Adrian Durham
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Adrian Durham (born 13 May 1969, Peterborough, England) is an English football oaf and buffoon.
Career
Durham currently hosts "Bowtime" Monday-Thursday between 4:00pm-7:00pm alongside ex-footballer Ian Wright on the national radio station TalkSPORT. His job is to read out adverts for competitions and spout a load of utter tripe. From March 2009 he hosts Friday's Bowtime with ex-cricketer Darren Gough. His previous slot before the 2006 World Cup on the station was presenting "Kick-Off" with Alvin Martin, Ray Houghton, or Gary Stevens.
Broadcasting style
Adrian often takes controversial positions in discussions, which are usually completely and utterly wrong in so many ways, sometimes resulting in a heated argument. He also likes to take the high ground about the fact he attended university, when most of the callers to the show have not. One of his suggestions is that he could do a better job than the current England manager, since, in his view, the only attribute an England manager needs is passion.[citation needed] He has also gone on record calling Jamie Carragher "a bottler" and accused Thierry Henry of going missing in big games.[1]
Jamie Carragher incident
On 9 July 2007, Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher announced he was considering retiring from international football. For this, Durham labelled Carragher a "bottler".[2] Durham stood by his opinions when Carragher actually called in to his programme and said “If you’ve got any bottle come down to Melwood or Anfield and we’ll see what happens".[3]
Television
Durham claimed that he does not own a television because "there is nothing worth watching on TV" and that "it ruined conversation."[citation needed] When asked by fellow presenter Rodney Marsh how he watched football on television, Durham said that he either went to his local pub or listened to the match on the radio.[citation needed]
In July 2006, Durham presented live coverage of Celtic's tour of America on Irish satellite channel, Setanta Sports.
Personal
Durham is an avid Peterborough UnitedManchester United& Chelsea fan.[4]
References
- ^ Kelso, Paul (30 November 2006). "Defending Henry". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ^ "Carragher's radio rage: 'I'm no bottler'". Channel 4 News. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- ^ "Fans back Carragher over radio slur". Liverpool Echo. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
- ^ "The Adrian Durham Q&A Interview". TalkSPORT. August 2003. Retrieved 29 August 2008.