Profile

Phil Matthews worked as sports editor for Ram FM and Trent FM until their merger and subsequent dropping of all sport content. He commentated on the Championship Playoff Final between Derby County and West Bromwich Albion at Wembley while with the station, before starting a two year stint commentating on all Derby County matches.

He has also commentated on European Championship football for Setanta and is a regular reporter on their Saturday Premier League round up. He has conducted television interviews for BBC East Midlands, Central Sport and Derby County's in-house t v channel Vision Rams, while his radio work has included cricket commentary for BBC Radio Derby and football for Today FM in Ireland and R T E.

He is regularly used by TalkSport for his extensive knowledge on the local football scene.

As a writer Phil has provided match reports for the Derby Evening Telegraph, Burton Mail, Teletext and Sport First.

In his early days he regularly wrote for some of the biggest football websites around including Socceritis and Zoofootball.

Top class sporting action Phil has covered includes: The Championship Playoff Final, European Championship qualifiers, the Davis Cup, County Cricket, The World Bowl Final, Boxing World Title Fights & Australian Rules Football.

Amongst the sportsmen Phil has interviewed over the years are: Kriss Akabusi, Sir Stanley Matthews, Gordon Banks, David Beckham, Ross Davenport,Steve Davis, Bob Donewald, Carl Froch, Sir Richard Hadlee, Leon Haslam, Sir Geoff Hurst, Martin Johnson, Donna Kellogg, Denise Lewis, Steve MacClaren, Greg Rusedski.

Phil has recently had his book Derby County On This Day published and is currently working on the follow up Derby County Miscellany.