James Horncastle

James Horncastle is an English sportswriter and a broadcaster. Specialising in European[1] and Italian football, Horncastle frequently covers football for BT Sport.[2]

Horncastle speaks fluent Italian [3] having formerly lived in Rome.[4] Horncastle started writing Serie B match reports for the Football Italia website[5] and is now a regular weekly pundit for BT Sport on their Champions League Goals Show and appeared weekly on their European Football Show for four years.[4][6][7][8]

As well as appearing weekly on British television Horncastle writes in English and Italian.[9] He has written for The Guardian,[10] the Daily Mirror,[11] The Daily Telegraph,[12] The Times,[13] The Independent,[14] The Blizzard,[15] Eurosport[16] and the Liverpool Echo[17]

He was reported by Forbes to be the first to break the $828m deal for A.C. Milan by Chinese investors from Silvio Berlusconi.[18]

He is used weekly as a European expert for BBC Radio 5 Live’s Euro leagues show with Mina Rzouki, Julien Laurens, and Raphael Honigstein.[19][20] He also produces columns for BBC Sport.[21]

He has contributed to Talksport,[22] The Anfield Wrap,[23] ESPN,[24] the A.S. Roma website,[25] Off The Ball[26] and FourFourTwo.[27]

For The Football Ramble Horncastle contributes weekly to their ‘On The Continent’ podcast.[28] Horncastle was a regular on the Football Weekly podcast and live shows.[29][30]

He is now a regular on ‘Golazzo’ for The Totally Football Show with James Richardson and Gabriele Marcotti[31] and has appeared as a guest at Totally Football live shows in England [32] and Ireland.[33] He has appeared on the panel at Gazzetta Football Italia live shows with James Richardson.[34][35]

He is a Leeds United fan.[36]

References

  1. Walsh, Kristian. "Fabinho likened to Premier League title winner as Liverpool hailed for 'very good' Emre Can replacement". Liverpool Echo..
  2. Cooney, Gavin. "'If I was Bale, I wouldn't want to be a Real Madrid player next season' - Lennon". BBC.
  3. Storey, Daniel (24 December 2015). "Footy on TV: James Horncastle - Football365".
  4. "James Horncastle". btsport.
  5. "Horncastle Exclusive: 'Calcio is passion' - Football Italia". www.football-italia.net.
  6. "Elephant Sport » BT Sport's European coverage is a welcome change". elephantsport.myblog.arts.ac.uk.
  7. Cooney, Gavin. "BT Cancel European Football Show With One Final Indignity".
  8. "European Football Show Extra Series and Episode Guides - TV from RadioTimes". Radio Times.
  9. "Rivista Undici". Rivista Undici.
  10. "James Horncastle". the Guardian.
  11. "James Horncastle - Mirror Online". www.mirror.co.uk.
  12. "'Italian Mourinho' Antonio Conte will be shock for Chelsea players after gentle Guus". 4 April 2016 via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  13. correspondent, James Horncastle, BT Sport Serie A. (6 March 2018). "Why Juventus want to make Paulo Dybala their new Alessandro Del Piero" via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  14. "James Horncastle".
  15. Storey, Daykin &. "James Horncastle - theBlizzard.co.uk". www.theblizzard.co.uk.
  16. "How Catania keep punching beyond their weight". 26 February 2013.
  17. Walsh, Kristian (22 August 2014). "Serie A specialist James Horncastle on Balotelli's move to LFC".
  18. Ozanian, Mike. "AC Milan Sold For $828 Million To Yonghong Li".
  19. "Euro Leagues Football Show - Downloads - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC.
  20. "Euro Leagues Football Show - Episode guide - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC.
  21. "Conte needs to stop complaining about money - Horncastle, In Short - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC.
  22. "James Horncastle".
  23. "Mohamed Salah Signing Reaction: James Horncastle On Liverpool's New £34million Man - The Anfield Wrap". 22 June 2017.
  24. "Transfer needs for Italy's title contenders".
  25. "Expert View: ESPN pundit James Horncastle on the Roma-Shakhtar tie". www.asroma.com.
  26. ""Juventus hate coming to London" - James Horncastle".
  27. "James Horncastle". FourFourTwo.
  28. https://radiostakhanov.com/onthecontinent/
  29. O'Callaghan, Eoin. "19 reasons you know you're a hardcore Football Weekly listener".
  30. Fennessy, Paul. "TheScore.ie chats to Football Weekly about Twitter trolls and why United would have been better off with Mourinho".
  31. "Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show - Totally Football Show". www.thetotallyfootballshow.com.
  32. "James Horncastle - Glee".
  33. www.manta9.com, Hazlitt Eastman. "Totally Football - Off The Kerb Productions". offthekerb.co.uk.
  34. "James Richardson on Football Italia: 'There was a romance to it'". 16 June 2017.
  35. "LIVE in London: 25 Year Anniversary of Gazzetta Football Italia - Forza Italian Football". www.forzaitalianfootball.com.
  36. "Football Weekly Live". The Guardian.
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