Email: richard.lenton1@stmarys.ac.uk
Biography
Richard has over 20 years experience working as a sports journalist in newspapers, magazines and broadcasting. He is the former editor of Golf Punk and Football Punk magazines.
More recently, Richard has been working for Eleven Sports Network and SingTel TV in Singapore. Richard presented live Premier League, FA Cup, European and international football on Eleven Sports. He hosted all 64 games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 19 consecutive days of 2015 South East Asia Games coverage, and all 51 matches of Euro 2016.
He won Best Sports Presenter at the Asian TV Awards in 2013 and 2015. Richard is now mostly working in the UK, making documentaries and producing a new podcast series of interviews with former footballers. The first episodes include interviews with Michael Thomas, Andy Cole and Danny Murphy.