Mike Ingham

Mike Ingham MBE was the BBC’s Chief Football Correspondent for almost a quarter of a century and only the third person to hold this post after Brian Moore and Bryon Butler. His autobiography is a candid, comprehensive and sometimes controversial, account of how the world of broadcasting and football changed beyond recognition during his time. In a radio career of over forty years, Mike attended eight World Cups, commentated on twenty-eight F.A. Cup Finals, worked with ten full-time England managers from Ron Greenwood to Roy Hodgson and saw the team lose six tournaments in a penalty shootout. Now he has had the time to consider his broadcasting experiences, spanning the Heysel tragedy, covering Diana, the Princess of Wales’ funeral, fulfilling his childhood dreams by introducing Sports Report, commentating on World Cup Finals and even presenting his own music show on Radio One.