Andy May (born 4 July 1987 in
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'S ...
), is a television and radio broadcaster and
Radio Academy
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award winner.
Broadcasting career
Andy currently hosts and reports on
BT Sport
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and can often be seen at the network's major
UEFA Champions League
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matches.
He was nominated by the
Sports Journalists' Association for 2015 Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year, which was won by
Sky Sports
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cricket anchor
Ian Ward (cricketer)
Ian James Ward (born 30 September 1972) is a British broadcaster and former professional cricketer. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium bowler for Surrey and Sussex, Ward was capped 5 times by England. Since retiring from prof ...
.
Andy conducted the first major television interview with
Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player, who most recently managed club Aston Villa. Described by pundits and fellow professionals as one of his generation's greatest players, ...
following his transfer from
Liverpool F.C.
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to
LA Galaxy
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and followed
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Leicester in the East Midlands of England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home m ...
during the club's fight against relegation during the
2014–15 Premier League
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season as well as the championship winning
2015–16 Premier League
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campaign.
In addition to
BT Sport
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, he also features regularly as a host on
The Sports Network
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in Canada and
Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale, usually referred to as RFI, is the state-owned international radio broadcaster of France. With 37.2 million listeners in 2014, it is one of the most-listened-to international radio stations in the world, along with ...
.
Previously Andy fronted the 'Community Feature' on
Match of the Day
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and remains the youngest journalist - aged twenty - to have presented on
BBC Radio 1
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. Other credits include:
Fox Sports Asia
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(formerly
ESPN STAR Sports
Fox Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of Sta ...
),
Real Madrid TV
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and
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It h ...
.
Andy began his broadcasting career with
Takeover Radio
Takeover Radio is a community radio station broadcasting on FM to Leicester and online. It also has a sister station, that broadcasts to the Ashfield district in Nottinghamshire. Takeover Radio specialises in helping children gain experience ...
and aged fifteen, he was named as the 'Best Newcomer To Professional Radio' by the
Radio Academy
The Radio Academy is a registered charity dedicated to "the encouragement, recognition and promotion of excellence in UK broadcasting and audio production". It was formed in 1983 and is run via a board of trustees, with a chair and a deputy chair ...
.
Personal life
A lifelong
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Leicester in the East Midlands of England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home m ...
fan who has spent most of his life in the city of Leicester.
External links
Twitter page
Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player, who most recently managed club Aston Villa. Described by pundits and fellow professionals as one of his generation's greatest players, ...
special on
BT Sport
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Scott Arfield for TSN
Claudio Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri Grande Ufficiale OMRI (; born 20 October 1951) is an Italian football manager and former player. He will be the new head coach of club Cagliari from 1 January 2023.
Ranieri began his managerial career in the lower leagues in I ...
on
BT Sport
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1987 births
Living people
People from Shrewsbury
British radio presenters
BT Sport presenters and reporters
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