James Horncastle

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James Horncastle is an English sportswriter and broadcaster. Specialising in European [1] and Italian football, Horncastle frequently covers football for TNT Sports. [2]

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Career

Horncastle speaks fluent Italian [3] having formerly lived in Rome. [4] Horncastle started writing Serie B match reports for the Football Italia website [5] and is now a regular weekly pundit for BT Sport on their Champions League Goals Show and appeared weekly on their European Football Show for four years. [4] [6] [7] [8]

As well as appearing weekly on British television, Horncastle writes in English and Italian for a number of newspapers and websites, [9] including The Guardian, [10] the Daily Mirror, [11] The Daily Telegraph, [12] The Times, [13] The Independent, [14] The Blizzard, [15] Eurosport [16] and the Liverpool Echo [17]

He was reported by Forbes to be the first to break the $828m deal for AC Milan by Chinese investors from Silvio Berlusconi. [18]

He is used weekly as a European expert for BBC Radio 5 Live’s Euro leagues show with Mina Rzouki, Julien Laurens, and Raphael Honigstein. [19] [20] He also produces columns for BBC Sport. [21] He has contributed to The Athletic, [22] Talksport, [23] The Anfield Wrap, [24] ESPN, [25] the A.S. Roma website, [26] Off The Ball [27] and FourFourTwo. [28] He is now a regular on ‘Golazzo’ for The Totally Football Show with James Richardson and Gabriele Marcotti [29] and has appeared as a guest at Totally Football live shows in England [30] and Ireland. [31] He has appeared on the panel at Gazzetta Football Italia live shows with James Richardson. [32] [33] Horncastle contributes weekly to The Football Ramble's ‘On The Continent’ podcast, [34] and was a regular on the Football Weekly podcast and live shows. [35] [36]

Horncastle is also in the process of writing and publishing a book about former Italian football player Roberto Baggio, titled 'It Isn’t Sunday Anymore: In Search of Roberto Baggio'. It is expected to be published on 31 July 2025. [37] [22]

Personal life

Horncastle is a Leeds United fan. [38]

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