Jonny Gould is a British media presenter,

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, and

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. He has formerly broadcast on

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, and Talksport among others. Gould has commented on

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, and the state of

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across a number of outlets including his own ''Jonny Gould’s Jewish State'' podcast.

Career

Gould started his career as a sports reporter for BBC Radio WM in 1986 before joining Beacon Radio in 1988. From 1990 to 1993, Gould presented

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's ''Sports Roundup'' and ''Sports World''. Between 1992 and 1995 Gould provided sports news for

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as sports editor. He also co-presented the Thursday Night Sports Phone-In with Robbie Vincent between 1990 and 1994. Gould founded Sportsmedia in 1992 to provide sports news and business news to the independent and BBC radio sector. The editorial was entirely funded by corporate sponsorship. Among the many broadcasters who worked there were Ian Abrahams, David Garrido, Lynsey Hooper, Vassos Alexander, Russell Hargreaves, Kevin Hatchard and Marcus Stead. From 1997 to 2000, Gould was the sports presenter on

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's morning news show

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with Katie Ledger. From 2000 to 2002, Gould presented

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and was

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' first ever touchline reporter, covering the channel's first eleven games. He also appeared as a guest on ''Between The Lines'' on

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with

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. From 2008 Gould was a regular newspaper and sports pundit on

providing comment and analysis alongside

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and

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. In 2010 Gould started to appear regularly on

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as a football expert to discuss a wide variety of football-related stories. From February 2014, he became a regular contributor on

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with

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. Gould presented breakfast show sport for

between 2012 and 2014. After the Olympics,

then retained Gould to present the morning sports news. Gould briefly joined BBC Radio 2, deputising for

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as sports presenter on the Breakfast Show for two weeks in September 2014. In addition to the weekday shows on Smooth Radio, Gould presented the weekend sports show Extra Time on Talksport in 2012. Gould returned to working for the Wireless Group presenting the evening show on the newly launched DAB station

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. He moved to late afternoon on Sundays from November 2016. He left the station in July 2017 and returned after a summer at GB News in July 2021. Gould's podcast ''Jonny Gould’s Jewish State'' began in 2018 and has featured issues related to Israel and

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, as well as a focus on

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. Guests have included

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Shaun Bailey and

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, as well as ambassadors to the United Kingdom for

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, the

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and Israel.

Political views

Gould has written of how he "stood up to

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and the assorted ideologies his supporters espouse", regarding

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and

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. In a June 2020 article in the

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in which he referenced

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, Ethiopian Jews, the "importance of racial harmony" and the welcoming of all refugees regardless of skin colour, he closed the article with " All lives matter. All lives are sacred." In April 2021 he stated that "football is being hijacked by politics" following claims of antisemitic abuse on Aston Villa's social media channels following a

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message.

Personal life

Gould is a fan of his home city football club

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and has been a patron and later director of the ''Aston Villa Supporters' Trust''. He is also a follower of Scottish semi-professional club Nairn County. Gould resigned his position as a director of the Aston Villa Supporters' Trust in April 2021, alleging that he had been subject to antisemitic abuse which the Trust had not acted against. The Trust acknowledged the abuse Gould was receiving and responded with "any allegations made (against Jonny) are groundless". His mother's family originated in

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, moving to

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and

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. His family are

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, and his brother Ash is a former producer and long-term co-presenter of

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Philanthropy

Gould is also an ambassador for ''Action Duchenne'' a national charity supporting people living with

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and ''Striker Boy'', a mental health awareness campaign for children and young adults with the charity

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References

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