Geoff Shreeves

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Geoff Shreeves (born October 1964 [1] ) is a British journalist. He is best known for his work with Sky Sports which he joined in 1992, during the inaugural Premier League season. In 2023 after 32 years he left Sky and joined CBS Sports.

Career

Shreeves went to Verulam School in St Albans, England. [2] His media career began in the United States in 1990, when Mick Luckhurst, a former National Football League player for the Atlanta Falcons, required a researcher for his role as presenter on TNT for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. [3] He began working for Sky Sports at the beginning of their coverage of the newly formed Premier League. [4]

He made his reporting debut in 1999 alongside Clare Tomlinson, [5] and now reports on the touch-line in Premier League matches on Sky Sports. He also reports for Fox Sports before Champions League games, and was a regular presenter for The Debate on Sky Sports before the show was discontinued in 2020. [6]

He appears in the FIFA video game franchise, providing injury updates during played matches. [7] Shreeves produced Football Godfathers for the Sky History channel where he interviewed Sven-Göran Eriksson, Louis Van Gaal, Roy Hodgson, Claudio Ranieri and Gerard Houllier. [8]

After working for Sky sports for 32 years, he joined CBS Sports. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Date of Birth". Companies House. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Wiki, Players. "Fox Sports Geoff Shreeves Biography". playerswiki.com. Players Wiki. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Lopez-Menchero, Tomas Hill (24 February 2017). "Geoff Shreeves: Life behind the microphone". Palatinate . Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Davies, Christopher (20 May 2013). "FWA Interview: Geoff Shreeves". Football Writers' Association . Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Burton, Madeleine (16 September 2010). "Sky Sports presenter to launch Herts 10K". The Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Wells, Darren (28 August 2020). "Sky Sports axe Goals on Sunday and The Debate as network's football overhaul continues". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Geoff Shreeves: One of the Most Famous Voices in Football". Champions Speakers. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Football Godfathers". Sky History. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Geoff Shreeves aims dig at Premier League after landing new job following Sky Sports exit". SPORTbible. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
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