Profile
Phil Matthews currently works as sports editor for Ram
FM and Radio Trent where he has been privileged to commentate
on the Championship Playoff Final between Derby County and West Bromwich
Albion at Wembley.
He has recently commentated on European Championship football for
Setanta and 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 also 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 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, 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 is currently writing a book on Derby County Football Club's
Great Players
