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Adrian Durham (born 13 May 1969 in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, England) is a football journalist and broadcaster. ==Career== Durham began his broadcasting career in Leeds in the early 1990s working on the TEAMtalk telephone service, alongside reporters such as BBC Radio 5 Live commentator Ian Dennis, which was established as an independent rival to (Clubcall ). He currently hosts TalkSPORT's "Drivetime" on weekdays between 4pm–7pm alongside former England cricketer Darren Gough. Durham styles himself as the world's only celebrity Peterborough United fan.〔(Radio: Adrian Durham | Radio talkSPORT ) 〕 He was described in ''The Guardian'' as an "expert phone-in troll, arrogantly spouting inflammatory football opinions in the hope of prompting some indignant phone rage from an uppity fan."〔(A week listening to … TalkSport )〕 He once accused Jamie Carragher of being a "bottler" for retiring from international football, which prompted the Liverpool and England defender to call in to the show to confront Durham.〔(Jamie Carragher fumes at 'bottler' claim )〕 His criticism of Celtic manager Neil Lennon prompted a phone call from Celtic fan Rod Stewart, who gave Durham a "gentle lashing".〔 He is also critical of Mario Balotelli, describing him as "an overpaid penalty taker who no longer takes penalties."〔(Mario Balotelli is an overpaid penalty taker! Brendan Rodgers is setting himself up for a fall with this one )〕 Durham has a daily feature on his radio show called the Daily Arsenal. This feature is played regularly between Monday and Friday at 5:30 pm in which Durham gives his latest opinion on the club. Durham was mugged at knifepoint in Rio de Janeiro after England's 2-2 draw in a friendly against Brazil on 29 May 2013, raising concerns over the safety of the host city ahead of the following year's World Cup. He was shaken but not harmed. Durham writes a weekly column for the ''Daily Mail''. In October 2013 he released his first book, entitled ''Is He All That?: Great Footballing Myths Shattered''. Among the views expressed in the book are that Arsenal's ''Invincibles'' team of 2003-04 was overrated, Italy's four World Cups are undeserved and the 1966 World Cup final was "a rubbish game". He insists that David Beckham was a "great footballer". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adrian Durham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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