Last updated April 2008
Category: 5 Live
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John is a BBC Radio 5 Live football
and golf commentator.
John was born in 1966 and was brought up on
the family farm in Northumberland, which
straddles Hadrian's Wall.
John was educated at Haydon Bridge High
School before going to the University of
Wales, in Lampeter, where he gained a degree
in geography.
After completing the postgraduate
radio journalism course in
Darlington, he began his career in the
commercial sector at TFM Radio on Teesside
before joining the BBC in 1994 when he
moved to Radio Cleveland.
A year later, John transferred to the BBC
Radio Sport department in London and, by
1998, he had become part of the football
commentary team.
When he is not covering football, John
commentates on golf and has also dabbled in
cricket.
He lives in North Yorkshire with his family.
