Iain Macintosh

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Iain Macintosh is a British journalist, author and podcaster.

He has worked for ESPN, [1] and has been the editor at The Set Pieces and written for The Guardian. [2] He has also had articles in The Blizzard [3] and Sports Illustrated, [4] The Anfield Wrap, [5] and has appeared on the BBC television programme Premier League World. [6]

He has written numerous articles and books about the computer game Football Manager. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] He also authored a series of sports book entitled ‘Everything you would like to know about..’ with topics including football, golf, and cricket. [12]

Macintosh was a co-founder of Muddy Knees production which produces The Totally Football Show, an off-shoot of The Guardian’s Football Weekly podcast which he, James Richardson, and producer Ben Green left in order to create their own product ahead of the 2017-18 season. [13] The new shows attracted five million downloads in their first two months [14] and claim over 500,000 a week. [15] As well as the flagship ‘Totally Football Show’, the ‘Totally Football League show’ was presented by Macintosh as a weekly podcast co-produced by AudioBoom - who reportedly saw their profits increase by 329% at the start of the 2017 season. [16] Macintosh also appeared at Totally Football Live shows held at venues such as the O2, in London and Birmingham's Glee club. [17] [18] In 2020 Muddy Knees Media became part of The Athletic. [19]

Personal life

He is a supporter of Southend United. When asked by FourFourTwo MacIntosh chose as his favourite football book The Glory Game by Hunter Davies (1972). [20]

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References

  1. ↑ "Macintosh: Will Manchester rule Prem?". 7 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Iain Macintosh". the Guardian.
  3. ↑ Storey, Daykin &. "Iain Macintosh - theBlizzard.co.uk". www.theblizzard.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Iain Macintosh".
  5. ↑ "'LAWRO' - IAIN MACINTOSH - The Anfield Wrap". 21 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Gary Lineker on VAR, MOTD: The Premier League Show - BBC Two". BBC.
  7. ↑ "The joys of managing Manchester United".
  8. ↑ "Iain Macintosh". www.penguin.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Iain Macintosh Books & Bio. Cheap Books by Iain Macintosh. Book People". www.thebookpeople.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Iain Macintosh on the weird and wonderful experience of being addicted to Football Manager".
  11. ↑ "TheJournal.ie - 'I'll always be proud of winning the Uefa Cup with Southend'". www.the42.ie. November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Interview: Author and journalist Iain Macintosh - Back Page Football". 3 June 2010.
  13. ↑ Storey, Daniel (31 July 2017). "Exclusive: James Richardson to leave Guardian Football Weekly - Football365".
  14. ↑ Williams-Grut, Oscar. "Football journalist Iain Macintosh wants to build a podcast empire — the Totally Football Show is just the start". Business Insider. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "The Totally Football Show might just have started a sports podcast revolution". Belfasttelegraph– via m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  16. ↑ Hodgson, Camilla. "Totally Football Show and No Such Thing as a Fish podcasts help AudioBoom's revenue jump 329%". Business Insider. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "The Totally Football Show Live". m.ticketmaster.co.uk.
  18. ↑ "News: Kevin Bridges Joins Football Podcast Line-Up". 12 November 2017.
  19. ↑ "Muddy Knees Media & the Totally Football Show are part of the Athletic". 15 June 2020.
  20. ↑ Parkinson, Gary (26 November 2016). "FourFourTwo's Best Football Books Ever: The Writers' Choices". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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