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James Horncastle OSI (born 1983 or 1984) is an English sportswriter and broadcaster. He specializes in European and Italian football and frequently covers football for TNT Sports.[1][2]

Career

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Horncastle began writing Serie B match reports for the Football Italia website.[3] He appeared weekly on the TNT Sports European Football Show until its cancellation in 2017 and is now a regular weekly pundit on their Champions League Goals Show.[4][5][6][7]

In addition to appearing weekly on British television, Horncastle writes in English and Italian for newspapers and websites[8] including The Guardian,[9] the Daily Mirror,[10] The Daily Telegraph,[11] The Times,[12] The Independent,[13] The Blizzard,[14] Eurosport[15] and the Liverpool Echo.[16]

According to Forbes, he was the first to break the $828m purchase of AC Milan by Chinese investors from Silvio Berlusconi.[17]

He appears weekly as a European expert for BBC Radio 5 Live's Euro Leagues show with Mina Rzouki, Julien Laurens, and Raphael Honigstein.[18][19] He also produces columns for BBC Sport.[20] He has contributed to The Athletic,[21] Talksport,[22] The Anfield Wrap,[23] ESPN,[24] the A.S. Roma website,[25] Off The Ball[26] and FourFourTwo.[27] He is now a regular on 'Golazzo' for The Totally Football Show with James Richardson and Gabriele Marcotti[28] and has appeared as a guest at Totally Football live shows in England [29] and Ireland.[30] He has appeared on the panel at Gazzetta Football Italia live shows with James Richardson.[31][32] Horncastle contributes weekly to The Football Ramble's 'On The Continent' podcast,[33] and was a regular on the Football Weekly podcast and live shows.[34][35]

Horncastle is 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 29 August 2027.[36]

Personal life

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Horncastle speaks fluent Italian and lived in Rome.[37][4] He is a Leeds United and AS Roma fan.[38]

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  1. ^ Cooney, Gavin (28 May 2018). "'If I was Bale, I wouldn't want to be a Real Madrid player next season' - Lennon". BBC Sport.
  2. ^ Walsh, Kristian (29 May 2018). "Fabinho likened to Premier League title winner as Liverpool hailed for 'very good' Emre Can replacement". Liverpool Echo..
  3. ^ "Horncastle Exclusive: 'Calcio is passion' - Football Italia". www.football-italia.net.
  4. ^ a b "James Horncastle". BT Sport.
  5. ^ "Elephant Sport » BT Sport's European coverage is a welcome change". elephantsport.myblog.arts.ac.uk.
  6. ^ Cooney, Gavin (June 2017). "BT Cancel European Football Show With One Final Indignity". balls.ie.
  7. ^ "European Football Show Extra Series and Episode Guides - TV from RadioTimes". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  8. ^ "Rivista Undici". Rivista Undici.
  9. ^ "James Horncastle". The Guardian.
  10. ^ "James Horncastle - Mirror Online". www.mirror.co.uk.
  11. ^ "'Italian Mourinho' Antonio Conte will be shock for Chelsea players after gentle Guus". The Telegraph. 4 April 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  12. ^ Horncastle, James (6 March 2018). "Why Juventus want to make Paulo Dybala their new Alessandro Del Piero" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  13. ^ "James Horncastle". Independent.co.uk.
  14. ^ Storey, Daykin. "James Horncastle - theBlizzard.co.uk". www.theblizzard.co.uk.
  15. ^ "How Catania keep punching beyond their weight". Eurosport. 26 February 2013.
  16. ^ Walsh, Kristian (22 August 2014). "Serie A specialist James Horncastle on Balotelli's move to LFC". Liverpool Echo.
  17. ^ Ozanian, Mike (5 August 2016). "AC Milan Sold For $828 Million To Yonghong Li". Forbes.
  18. ^ "Euro Leagues Football Show - Downloads - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017.
  19. ^ "Euro Leagues Football Show - Episode guide - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018.
  20. ^ "Conte needs to stop complaining about money - Horncastle, In Short - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC. 19 February 2018.
  21. ^ "James Horncastle". The Athletic. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  22. ^ "James Horncastle".
  23. ^ "Mohamed Salah Signing Reaction: James Horncastle On Liverpool's New £34million Man - The Anfield Wrap". 22 June 2017.
  24. ^ "Transfer needs for Italy's title contenders". 3 January 2018.
  25. ^ "Expert View: ESPN pundit James Horncastle on the Roma-Shakhtar tie". www.asroma.com.
  26. ^ ""Juventus hate coming to London" - James Horncastle". Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  27. ^ "James Horncastle". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  28. ^ "Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show - Totally Football Show". www.thetotallyfootballshow.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  29. ^ "James Horncastle - Glee".
  30. ^ Eastman, Hazlitt. "Totally Football - Off The Kerb Productions". offthekerb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  31. ^ "James Richardson on Football Italia: 'There was a romance to it'". 16 June 2017.
  32. ^ "LIVE in London: 25 Year Anniversary of Gazzetta Football Italia - Forza Italian Football". www.forzaitalianfootball.com. 11 June 2017.
  33. ^ "On The Continent podcast". radiostakhanov.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-28.
  34. ^ O'Callaghan, Eoin (5 November 2014). "19 reasons you know you're a hardcore Football Weekly listener".
  35. ^ Fennessy, Paul (22 March 2014). "TheScore.ie chats to Football Weekly about Twitter trolls and why United would have been better off with Mourinho".
  36. ^ "It Isn't Sunday Anymore by James Horncastle | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  37. ^ Storey, Daniel (24 December 2015). "Footy on TV: James Horncastle - Football365".
  38. ^ "Football Weekly Live". The Guardian. 3 December 2014.
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