Iain Macintosh Explained

Iain Macintosh is a British journalist, author and podcaster.

He has worked for ESPN,[1] and has been the editor at The Set Pieces and written for The Guardian.[2] He has also had articles in The Blizzard[3] and Sports Illustrated,[4] The Anfield Wrap,[5] and has appeared on the BBC television programme Premier League World.[6]

He has written numerous articles and books about the computer game Football Manager.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] He also authored a series of sports book entitled ‘Everything you would like to know about..’ with topics including football, golf, and cricket.[12]

Macintosh was a co-founder of Muddy Knees production which produces The Totally Football Show, an off-shoot of The Guardian’s Football Weekly podcast which he, James Richardson, and producer Ben Green left in order to create their own product ahead of the 2017-18 season.[13] The new shows attracted five million downloads in their first two months[14] and claim over 500,000 a week.[15] As well as the flagship ‘Totally Football Show’, the ‘Totally Football League show’ was presented by Macintosh as a weekly podcast co-produced by AudioBoom - who reportedly saw their profits increase by 329% at the start of the 2017 season.[16] Macintosh also appeared at Totally Football Live shows held at venues such as the O2, in London and Birmingham's Glee club.[17] [18] In 2020 Muddy Knees Media became part of The Athletic.[19]

Personal life

He is a supporter of Southend United. When asked by FourFourTwo MacIntosh chose as his favourite football book The Glory Game by Hunter Davies (1972).[20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Macintosh: Will Manchester rule Prem?. 7 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Iain Macintosh. the Guardian.
  3. Web site: Iain Macintosh - theBlizzard.co.uk. Daykin &. Storey. www.theblizzard.co.uk.
  4. Web site: Iain Macintosh. 26 February 2012 .
  5. Web site: 'LAWRO' - IAIN MACINTOSH - The Anfield Wrap. 21 August 2012.
  6. Web site: Gary Lineker on VAR, MOTD: The Premier League Show - BBC Two. BBC.
  7. Web site: The joys of managing Manchester United.
  8. Web site: Iain Macintosh. www.penguin.co.uk.
  9. Web site: Iain Macintosh Books & Bio. Cheap Books by Iain Macintosh. Book People. www.thebookpeople.co.uk.
  10. Web site: Iain Macintosh on the weird and wonderful experience of being addicted to Football Manager.
  11. Web site: TheJournal.ie - 'I'll always be proud of winning the Uefa Cup with Southend'. www.the42.ie. November 2015 .
  12. Web site: Interview: Author and journalist Iain Macintosh - Back Page Football. 3 June 2010.
  13. Web site: Exclusive: James Richardson to leave Guardian Football Weekly - Football365. Daniel. Storey. 31 July 2017.
  14. Web site: Williams-Grut . Oscar . Football journalist Iain Macintosh wants to build a podcast empire — the Totally Football Show is just the start . 2023-05-03 . Business Insider . en-US.
  15. News: The Totally Football Show might just have started a sports podcast revolution. Belfasttelegraph. m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  16. Web site: Hodgson . Camilla . Totally Football Show and No Such Thing as a Fish podcasts help AudioBoom's revenue jump 329% . 2023-05-03 . Business Insider . en-US.
  17. Web site: The Totally Football Show Live. m.ticketmaster.co.uk.
  18. Web site: News: Kevin Bridges Joins Football Podcast Line-Up. 12 November 2017.
  19. Web site: Muddy Knees Media & the Totally Football Show are part of the Athletic. 15 June 2020.
  20. Web site: Parkinson . Gary . 2016-11-26 . FourFourTwo's Best Football Books Ever: The Writers' Choices . 2023-05-03 . fourfourtwo.com . en.

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