Barry Glendenning

Barry Glendenning (born 12 March 1973) is an Irish sports journalist who holds the position of deputy sports editor on the guardian.co.uk website run by the UK newspaper The Guardian.[1]

Glendenning was born in Galway and attended Cistercian College, Roscrea, and then studied for a degree in Arts at University College Dublin, but he did not complete.

Career

Glendenning is currently deputy sports editor on the guardian.co.uk and best known for his work on the Guardian's football podcast Football Weekly. He also regularly contributes to the site's satirical daily email service, The Fiver.[2] He is often responsible for the Guardian Unlimited "minute by minute reports", which feature live text coverage of Premier League and Champions League games and internationals and other sports.

Glendenning can also be heard co-hosting the Warm-Up with Max Rushden on Talksport on Sunday mornings 11am - 1pm.

On October 10, 2018 Glendenning was included in a list of the 238 most respected journalists working in Britain as published by the National Council for the Training of Journalists.[3]

On October 12th, the National Council for the Training of Journalists retracted this list and apologised for including Glendenning.

Controversies

The Guardian printed an apology[4] in response to complaints regarding comments made by Barry in a segment about Sir Jack Hayward on a football podcast, when Hayward was described as having been "quite openly xenophobic and racist".[5] Glendenning also later apologised for his choice of words.

Personal life

Glendenning is a supporter of Sunderland AFC.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Barry Glendenning". Guardian.co.uk. London. 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  2. ↑ Bechtel, Mark (2005-03-09). "Blue Frenzy: Chelsea and Barcelona put on an amazing show". SI.com.
  3. ↑ http://www.nctj.com/downloadlibrary/A%20list%20of%20the%20238%20most%20respected%20journalists.pdf
  4. ↑ Corrections; editor, clarifications column (21 January 2015). "Corrections and clarifications". Retrieved 23 January 2017 – via The Guardian.
  5. ↑ Suart, Paul (20 January 2015). "Wolves: Football pundit Barry Glendenning forced to backtrack over Sir Jack Hayward "racist" claims". Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Football live blog – 27 April - as it happened - Barry Glendenning, Evan Fanning and Scott Murra - Football - theguardian.com". 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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