Andy Dawson (podcaster)

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Andy Dawson is a British freelance writer and podcaster.

Dawson has written for The Guardian [1] and The Daily Mirror . [2] He is the author of the book Get in the Sea: An apoplectic guide to modern living. [3] [4]

Dawson regularly appeared on TalkSport with Sam Delaney on the show The Warm Up. [5] [6] Dawson has competed with Mark Lawrenson on the BBC Sport website football scores prediction game. [7]

Dawson is the co-host of comedy podcast Athletico Mince with comedian Bob Mortimer which takes an irreverent look at the world of football and beyond and which has also spawned multiple live shows and a book. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Dawson has co-hosted the podcast Top Flight Time Machine since March 2018 alongside broadcaster, journalist and West Ham United F.C. fan Sam Delaney (born 1975). [13] Dawson and Delaney have held multiple live show tours of the podcast around the UK. [14] [15]

Dawson courted controversy in May 2020 when he tweeted that he wanted to “pay hard cash to chase the ****** down the street and boot him in the balls” in front of his children in reference to Conservative MP and government minister Michael Gove over the government's handling of the Dominic Cummings lockdown breach during the COVID-19 pandemic, which met a mixed response. Dawson received a Police Caution for Malicious Communication. [16] He subsequently deleted his Twitter account before reactivating it. [17]

Personal life

Dawson is from Sunderland in the North-East of England, and is a life-long supporter of Sunderland A.F.C. [18] [19] [20]

Dawson has two children.

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  2. ↑ "Andy Dawson – Mirror Online". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "GET IN THE SEA! Online phenomenon publishes printed put-down bible – and reveals he's a Mackem". sunderlandecho.com. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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  9. ↑ Henderson, Paul. "Athletico Mince is the best podcast in the world (sort of)" . Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  10. ↑ Correspondent, George Caulkin, Northern Sports (8 May 2017). "'Soon we were asking if Watford's boss could scale walls with a scarf'". The Times. ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 30 October 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ "How Bob Mortimer Kickstarted the Golden Age of British Comedy – VICE". vice.com. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Podcast of the week: Athletico Mince's surreal, sideways look at the beautiful game". inews.co.uk. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  13. ↑ acast. "Top Flight Time Machine on acast". acast. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "Live Shows". Top Flight Time Machine. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  15. ↑ "The Wee Review : Top Flight Time Machine". theweereview.com. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  16. ↑ "Athletico Mince podcast star cautioned by police over Michael Gove tweet". Daily Mirror . 30 May 2020.
  17. ↑ "Fury as podcast host says he'd 'kick Michael Gove in front of his kids'". 28 May 2020.
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