Adrian Durham
Born
Adrian Durham

(1969-05-13) 13 May 1969 (age 54)
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
NationalityEnglish
Occupations
Years active1990s–present
Notable workTalksport

Adrian Durham (born 13 May 1969) is an English football journalist and broadcaster.

Early life

Durham was born in Peterborough and was educated at Dogsthorpe School.[1]

Career

Durham began his broadcasting career in Leeds in the early 1990s working on the TEAMtalk telephone service, alongside reporters such as BBC Radio 5 Live commentator Ian Dennis, which was established as an independent rival to Clubcall.[citation needed]

Durham joined TalkSPORT in 1999. He hosted the station's "Drive" programme on weekdays between 4pm and 7pm for 16 years. His co-hosts included footballer Ian Wright and cricketer Darren Gough. In July 2022, Durham left the Drivetime show. He still hosts Talksport's live football coverage.[2]

In 2010, Durham styled himself as the world's only celebrity Peterborough United fan.[3][4] He was described in The Guardian as an "expert phone-in troll, arrogantly spouting inflammatory football opinions in the hope of prompting some indignant phone rage from an uppity fan."[5] He once accused Jamie Carragher of being a "bottler" for retiring from international football, which prompted the Liverpool and England defender to call in to the show to confront Durham.[6] His criticism of Celtic manager Neil Lennon prompted a phone call from Celtic fan Rod Stewart, who gave Durham a "gentle lashing".[5]

References

  1. ^ "Pundit under the Spotlight - Adrian Durham". Just Arsenal. 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ "talkSPORTs Adrian Durham signs off after 16 years on Drivetime". Radio Today. 16 July 2022.
  3. ^ Radio: Adrian Durham | Radio talkSPORT Archived 3 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "The Adrian Durham Q&A Interview". TalkSPORT. August 2003. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  5. ^ a b Dee, Johnny (20 May 2011). "A week listening to … TalkSport". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Ogden, Mark (10 July 2007). "Jamie Carragher fumes at 'bottler' claim".
Preceded byNone TalkSport breakfast show host 2000 Succeeded byAlan Brazil
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