- Adrian Durham
Adrian Durham (born 13 May 1969,
Peterborough ,England ) is an English footballjournalist and broadcaster.Career
Durham currently hosts "Bowtime" Monday-Thursday between 4:00pm-7:00pm alongside ex footballer
Ian Wright on the national radio stationTalkSPORT . His previous slot before the 2006 World Cup on the station was presenting "Kick-Off" withAlvin Martin ,Ray Houghton , or Gary Stevens.Durham is an avid Peterborough Utd fan. [cite web | url=http://www.talksport1089.com/interview8.html | title=The Adrian Durham Q&A Interview | publisher=
TalkSPORT | date=2003-08 | accessdate=2008-08-29 ] Durham has recently been found out on the Drivetime show on TalkSPORT in combination with Arsenal legend Ian Wright.Broadcasting style
Adrian often takes controversial positions in discussions, which are usually disagreed with by listeners and co-presenters, sometimes resulting in a heated
argument . 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. Furthermore, Durham has a habit of responding to those who have contradicting views to his own in asarcastic and condescending response. He has recently gone on record callingJamie Carragher "a bottler" and accusedThierry Henry of going missing in big games.Fact|date=July 2007His opinions are also very fluid. This fluidity allows him to air apparently contradictory statements. He regularly reminds listeners he's first and foremost an England fan, secondly he's a fan of a team who plays proper football (i.e. a team that plays with flair) regardless of whether it's an English
club playing in a European CupFact|date=May 2007.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". [cite web | url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/sports/carraghers+radio+rage+im+no+bottler/594197 | title=Carragher's radio rage: 'I'm no bottler' | publisher=Channel 4 News | date=2007-07-10 | accessdate=2008-05-05 ] 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". [cite web | url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/07/10/fans-back-carragher-over-radio-slur-100252-19433238/ | title=Fans back Carragher over radio slur | publisher=Liverpool Echo | date=2007-07-10 | accessdate=2008-07-22 ]Television
Durham claimed that he does not own a television because "there is nothing worth watching on TV" and that "it ruined conversation."Fact|date=May 2007 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.Fact|date=May 2007
In July 2006, Durham presented live coverage of Celtic F.C's tour of America on Irish satellite channel,
Setanta Sports .References
External links
* [http://www2.talksport.net/presenters/presenter_detail.asp?pres_id=99984 Adrian's profile at talkSPORT]
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