Claire Tomlinson
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Clare Louise Tomlinson (b. 1968, Grantham, Lincolnshire) is an anchorwoman for the British satellite sports network Sky Sports, and has worked there for more than ten years. She is one of the presenters on Sky Sports News, usually on their late show Through the Night. She has previously been touchline reporter on Sky Sports' Ford Super Sunday, co-presented Goals On Sunday, Sky Sports' Sunday morning football highlights programme, and also been a part of BSkyB's UEFA Champions League coverage alongside Richard Keys, informing viewers of the interactive options available to Sky Sports subscribers.
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[edit] Early life
Tomlinson was educated at the Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School. In the early 1990s, Tomlinson worked at the Football Association as a media officer. Later in the decade, she was appointed as the head of the communications department at Arsenal Football Club, where she helped the then new manager Arsène Wenger deal with the media.[1]
[edit] Broadcasting career
She also became the first ever female to present the PFA Awards Ceremony at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on April 22nd, 2007.
Tomlinson was placed on leave from Goals on Sunday for two months, from October 2007.[2] This followed an infamous interview with the Derby County goalkeeper Stephen Bywater where he spelled out the word cunt [3] during an anecdote and was not reprimanded for it by Tomlinson or co-presenter Chris Kamara.
Tomlinson is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur F.C..
[edit] References
- ^ Football365.com - F365 Features - Football365 News
- ^ Stress takes its toll on Tomlinson | the Daily Mail
- ^ YouTube - Bywater - Goals On Sunday
