History

"Eventually I got a break as a news reporter covering Cumbria for a trial period. I also went to Kuwait to cover the aftermath of the first Gulf War and went to interview Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace as part of Manchester's Olympic bid coverage."

"Sport came knocking in the 1990s with the creation of the Premier League. I teamed up with Charlie Lambert and had a great seven or eight years."

"We covered the Olympic decision week in Monte Carlo, and visited other bid cities like Kuala Lumpur."

"Football was the main diet though. Manchester United played across Europe and I was lucky enough to go with them to the likes of Istanbul, Vienna, Milan, Turin, Madrid, Porto, Dortmund and Barcelona. It was a fabulous time."

"It culminated in United winning the European Cup in Barcelona in 1999, and I felt things could not get any better and it was time to move on."

"I had spells with BBC network and ITV, covering the European Football championships in 2000, then going on to documentary work in Brazil, and rugby sevens in Australia and New Zealand."

"I'm now freelancing, part of which involved a natural history series working alongside Alan Titchmarsh on the BBC. Since then I’ve done plenty of sports work from Sky, plus club football channels at Liverpool and Everton. I also do university workshops, alongside Charlie at Preston, for budding sports reporters, as well as various corporate DVD jobs and media training."

"There aren’t enough hours in the day at the moment!"