James Horncastle

James Horncastle is a writer and a broadcaster that specialises in European[1] and Italian football who works 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]

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. 1 2 "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.
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