James Richardson (television presenter)
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| James Richardson | |
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| Born | James Oliver Richardson |
| Occupation | Television presenter Journalist |
James "AC Jimbo" Richardson is a television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a former presenter of Channel 4's Football Italia programme and co-presenter of Setanta Sports' The Friday Football Show and Football Matters. He currently presents the Football Weekly podcast on guardian.co.uk, and Late Kick Off South, South West and West for BBC One as well as making appearances on Football Today for the Barclays Premier League Channel.
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[edit] Television career
Richardson was the anchor of Football Italia on Channel 4 from 1992 to 2002.[1] During his time on Football Italia, Richardson was joined by Paul Ince and Paul Gascoigne during their periods in Italian Football. Between 2002 to 2005, he presented British Eurosport's coverage of Serie A as well as on Bravo TV's live coverage of Serie A and Gazzetta Football Italia.[1] He also presents British Eurosport's live Tour de France coverage.
He presented Bravo TV's first live PDC darts coverage alongside Dave Gorman during the 2010 European Championship Darts. In 2011 the BBC revealed Richardson as the new presenter of regional football programme Late Kick Off, for the South, West and South-West. The programme is made by Pergall Media, owned by Match of the Day commentator John Roder and former Meridian TV Sports presenter Andy Steggall.
[edit] Other media
Richardson also contributes articles to the football magazine, FourFourTwo, as their Italian football correspondent. He has also contributed texts to The Guardian.
For the guardian.co.uk, Richardson hosts the Football Weekly series of podcasts. Prior to hosting that show he fronted The Guardian's The World Cup Show for the 2006 World Cup. He is noted for his usage of puns and humour. Richardson was also the voice behind a series of Euro 2008 previews leading up to the final tournament in June.
Providing internet content, Richardson hosted the exclusive online coverage of England's World Cup qualifying game with Ukraine on 10 October 2009 alongside former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.[2]
Appearing in computer games, Richardson featured in Pro Evolution Soccer (also known as Winning Eleven 5 in Japan and World Soccer Winning Eleven 5 in the US) introducing each match as it was played. He collaborated along former Football Italia colleague Peter Brackley.
In 2011, FHM readers voted Richardson as the best pundit in the UK.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ingle, Sean, The Guardian (20 December 2006). Arrivederci, James, and thanks for the memories
- ^ Gibson, Owen, The Guardian (5 October 2009). Online broadcaster defends decision only to show England match on web
[edit] External links
- Football Weekly archive The Guardian
