Tam Cowan

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Thomas Cowan (born 21 April 1969) is a Scottish football journalist and radio presenter who was previously also a television presenter.

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Early life

He was educated at Braidhurst High School in Motherwell where he was one of the school captains. [1]

Career

Cowan presented Scottish football comedy TV show Offside . He has also taken to live stand-up comedy by taking "Offside" to the stage in 2002. The show was recorded live at the King's Theatre in Glasgow for DVD.

In February 2010, Cowan presented It's Never Too Late , a six-part documentary series for STV on literacy and numeracy difficulties among adults. Cowan was also a guest presenter for STV's overnight interactive strand The Nightshift and rejoined the station on 20 September 2011 as a main co-presenter for the lifestyle magazine show The Hour , alongside Michelle McManus. [2] [3] The programme was axed four weeks after a move to a weekly prime time slot and a revamp of the programme led to low ratings. [4]

For 16 years, Cowan was a restaurant critic and reviewer, and additional columnist, with the Daily Record newspaper. [5] He moved to their rival newspaper, The Scottish Sun , in March 2014. [5]

Cowan presents the comedy football radio show Off the Ball on BBC Radio Scotland, along with Daily Record and Sunday National journalist and good friend Stuart Cosgrove. Cowan was temporarily dropped from Off the Ball in 2013 for sexist remarks made about women's football in his Daily Record column. [6]

Former Hibernian player Marvin Bartley accused Cowan of bullying in December 2022 via social media. Cowan criticised Bartley after he had spoken out about alleged racist abuse of Jair Tavares during a match against Dundee United in October 2022. In the same social media post, Bartley insinuated that Cowan also had a problem with his partner, Sky Sports presenter, Eilidh Barbour. Cowan had been critical of Barbour after the presenter had voiced their disgust over sexist and racist comments made by a speaker at the Scottish Football Writers' Association awards in 2021. [7]

Personal life

Cowan is a well known fan of Motherwell F.C. He and his wife, Liz, have a daughter. [8]

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1998–2007 Offside PresenterFor BBC Choice, 1998-2001
For BBC Scotland, 2002-2007
2010 It's Never Too Late Presenter6 Episodes
2011 The Hour Presenter4 Episodes
Radio
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994– Off the Ball Presenter

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References

  1. ↑ "School to celebrate 50th anniversary with year of events". STV News. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  2. ↑ English, Paul (19 September 2011). "Record man Tam Cowan to co-host The Hour as it returns to TV in new format". dailyrecord.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "STV programmes news and information". Live Local.
  4. ↑ "STV drops magazine show The Hour". BBC News . 13 October 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 Lambourne, Helen (3 March 2014). "'Sexist' columnist joins rival title after 16 years". HoldtheFrontPage. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  6. ↑ McLaughlin, Martyn (29 September 2013). "Tam Cowan off air over women's football comments". The Scotsman. Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Former Hibs star Marvin Bartley accuses fellow BBC pundit Tam Cowan of 'bullying' over racism row". Edinburgh Evening News. 15 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Interview: Tam Cowan, broadcaster and Motherwell fan". The Scotsman. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2017.


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