Andy May (born 4 July 1987 in

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...

), is a television and radio broadcaster and

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award winner.

Broadcasting career

Andy currently hosts and reports on

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and can often be seen at the network's major

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matches. He was nominated by the

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for 2015 Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year, which was won by

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cricket anchor Ian Ward (cricketer). Andy conducted the first major television interview with

Steven Gerrard Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and a former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time and one of Liverpool's greatest ever players,Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founded in ...

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and followed

Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Leicester, East Midlands, England. The club compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1884 as Leicester F ...

during the club's fight against relegation during the

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season as well as the championship winning

2015–16 Premier League The 2015–16 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the ...

campaign. In addition to

, he also features regularly as a host on

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in Canada and

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. Previously Andy fronted the 'Community Feature' on

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and remains the youngest journalist - aged twenty - to have presented on

BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and Contemporary hit radio, current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including ...

. Other credits include:

Fox Sports Asia Fox Sports Asia (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version o ...

(formerly

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), Real Madrid TV and

. Andy began his broadcasting career with Takeover Radio and aged fifteen, he was named as the 'Best Newcomer To Professional Radio' by the

Personal life

A lifelong

fan who has spent most of his life in the city of Leicester.

External links

Twitter page

Steven Gerrard Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and a former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time and one of Liverpool's greatest ever players,BT Sport TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe, Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group, they first launched as B ...

Scott Arfield for TSN

Claudio Ranieri Claudio Ranieri (; born 20 October 1951) is an Italian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the head coach of Serie A club AS Roma, Roma but will leave on 30 June 2025, followin ...

1987 births Living people People from Shrewsbury British radio presenters BT Sport presenters and reporters {{UK-tv-bio-stub