Alan Brazil

Alan Bernard Brazil (born June 15, 1959 in Sinshill, Glasgow) is a former Scottish football player. He was a forward.

Alan started his career with Ipswich Town in 1977. He stayed with Town till 1983, appearing a total of 210 times, and scoring 80 goals. He then moved to Tottenham Hotspur in March 1983 for the season, making 31 appearances, and scoring 9 times. In June 1984 he joined Manchester United for a fee of £625,000. He stayed with United for two seasons, making a total of 41 appearences in the league, the League Cup, the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup. He scored 12 goals whilst with them.

In 1986, he transferred to Coventry City for £300,000, for a season, making 15 league appearences and scoring twice, before being given a free transfer to Queens Park Rangers. He made a total of four appearances for them, failing to score, before finishing his career at Bury Town.

He also 13 appearances for the Scottish national team, the most notable of which saw him playing in the World Cup finals in Spain.

His career was cut short at the age of 27 due to a serious back injury that could have seen him ending up in a wheelchair if he continued playing football in the top-flight.

These days, Alan Brazil can be heard presenting talkSPORT's weekday Sports Breakfast with Graham Beecroft. He is also a big fan of horse racing and, in 2003, formed the Alan Brazil Racing Club. Alan’s local course is the Point-to-Point course at Heighham in Suffolk. Alan Commutes from Suffolk to London everyday in his Lexus.

Alan is well known for living life to the full. It is this enthusiasm for life that has led to him becoming such a popular presenter.

Alan was famously sacked in 2004, after the Breakfast Show was broadcast at the Cheltenham Festival, from Tuesday to Thursday. Alan enjoyed himself too much and missed the Friday show. Alan was reinstated after a huge uproar from talkSPORT listeners. His several week absence was explained as due to him being lost in beer tent. As a caveat to his reinstatement, Brazil must now pay a £5000 fine for every show he misses.

Alan has several catchphrases the most common being "Why" which is often said in quick repetition. On hearing a location Alan will usually say "I've never been" or "beautiful" depending on whether or not he has visited it.