A Great Face for Radio

The Adventures of a Sports Commentator

John Anderson

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781909178519
• Year: 2012

John Anderson tells the tale of how a humble insurance clerk from Guildford came to rove the world covering some of the biggest sports events of the past 25 years. Now updated with six new chapters including his stories and insights from the heart of the England camp during World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012, A Great Face for Radio is a hilarious memoir of his experiences as a radio sports correspondent and commentator. While reporting from Olympic Games, World Cups, and world title fights, John has been in the thick of football riots, was almost arrested during the 1996 Atlanta bombing, had to flee bottle-wielding fans at a rap gig, and survived gunfire during a high-speed car chase to a Johannesburg brothel. He has rubbed shoulders with stars such as Pele, Mike Tyson, Dame Kelly Holmes, and Carl Lewis, and once interviewed David Beckham in a French gents toilet.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Foreword by Terry Butcher
• Introduction: "Can I carry your bags?"
• CHAPTER ONE : "So how did you get into that then?"
• CHAPTER TWO : "Stan Laurel on a bad day."
• CHAPTER THREE: "I’m glad we’ve spoiled your night.
• CHAPTER FOUR : "Rimpick Star-Yon."
• CHAPTER FIVE : "Johnson’s flying."
• CHAPTER SIX : "I’ve got all my tattoos down the right-hand side."
• CHAPTER SEVEN : "Schi-laaaaaaaaaaaaaa-ci!!!"
• CHAPTER EIGHT : "I own everything that moves around here."
• CHAPTER NINE : "More famous than Julian Golding."
• CHAPTER TEN : "Such a typically American name."
• CHAPTER ELEVEN : "F****** Krauts!"
• CHAPTER TWELVE : "That was rubbish."
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN : "Have we scored?"
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN : "Scalded Cat"
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN : "Pimp My Book"
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN : "They Treat Us Like Refugees"
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN : "Thirty Five Days Without Chips"
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN : "Back In A Coffin"
• CHAPTER NINETEEN : "Hopefully He’ll Hear Us Up There"