James Richardson (football italia)

[daz]

You know - the guy that presents Football Italia... it's a shame he hasn't found his way onto any of the more mainstream channels, he's knowledgeable and a good presenter, and seems a likeable chap.

 

[VaderDSL]

Definitely a good presenter! Always remember watching football italia as a wee lad

He always struck me to have the perfect presenting voice, soft yet able to express emotions perfectly

 

[Indy500]

Italia actually made football interesting to me...

 

[HangTime]

Yep. Go back 10 years, switch on C4 on a saturday morning and you had two of the wittiest and best sports presenters back-to-back - Gary Imlach and James Richardson.

This summer Sampdoria have sold more Players than a cut-price Calais tobacconist

- lollerskates

I think the fact that he would interview players in Italian also helped matters, as he was able to earn a bit of respect over there.

 

[Goatboy]

So much better than all the presenters on TV now it's not even funny.

Good puns.

 

[ballistic]

better than john barnes

 

[freshy]

football italia was a cut above the rest - really for those in the know - compared to football focus! and the deserts he used to consume! wow....

 

[georges]

I used to love sitting in the morning watching this

 

[red11]

better than john barnes

A piece of blu tack possesses better presenting skills than John Barnes.

 

[Doohickey]

Yep. Go back 10 years, switch on C4 on a saturday morning and you had two of the wittiest and best sports presenters back-to-back - Gary Imlach and James Richardson.

- lollerskates

I think the fact that he would interview players in Italian also helped matters, as he was able to earn a bit of respect over there.

Last time I saw Gary Imlach on tv he was covering the Tour De France I think...

Football Italia was ace

 

[Violent-J]

I agree he's a good presenter and it's a program I watch frequently.

http://www.bravo.co.uk/footballitalia/index.php

 

[MR_Punk]

Very good presenter and an all round nice bloke by all accounts.

+44

 

[el_dazza]

Last time i saw him on TV he was doing coverage of the VC poker cup on pokerzone

 

[normanthefarmer]

a great presenter, far more better then any of the presenters currently on itv doing the world cup this year, i've found gareth southgate absolutly useless personnally.

 

[georges]

i've found gareth southgate absolutly useless personnally.

You're not the only one

JJ Okocha is possibly worse though.. he can barely speak English, and when he does, it sounds like he's stoned out of his mind.

"whay yehersss"

 

[Andybtsn]

Funny this thread should appear, I saw James on that Sven thing on channel 4 and wondered how he never got into mainstream football presenting.

I mean channel 5, come on, they employed John "Robot" Barnes!

 

[[DOD]Asprilla]

He's currently doing world cup podcasts for the guardian.

 

[da_mic_1530]

better than john barnes

my mingin toenail is a better presenter than him, really is bad, i like the guy but god is he bad at presenting

 

[Goatboy]

my mingin toenail is a better presenter than him, really is bad, i like the guy but god is he bad at presenting

I've never understood how a guy who oozed class in the Anfield rap and World in Motion could be so boring and lifeless on TV.

 

[Bubo]

Also, how cool is Leonardo on the BBC world cup panel? Such an erudite and articulate bloke, makes a nice change from Merk Lerensern.