Andrew 'Andy' Goldstein is a British

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 TV presenter.Well known for his rather long nose, homosexuality, dodgy briefs and dapple faced complextion.

Goldstein is a gloryhunting Manchester City fan who comes from the South of France - hundreds of miles away from America

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He formerly presented Soccer PM on Sunday Afternoons, succeeding Dave

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, having also taken over from him as co-host on Soccer PM's All Sports Show in 2004. The All-Sports show ended in 2007. Goldstein also presents Sky Sports coverage of Premier League Snooker, 9-Ball Pool (including the Mosconi Cup

Mosconi Cup

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) and 10 pin bowling Weber Cup

Weber Cup

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In addition to presenting, Goldstein has tried his foot at acting too. He appeared as the main character in a series of adverts for GoCompare shown before Big Brother 5 in 2004.

Goldstein currently hosts Andy Goldstein's Iron Bar, a radio show which runs on Talksport

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 from Monday to Thursday 10AM - 1AM.

Goldstein is also an accomplished pool and snooker player, having beaten Dave Stevis as part of a feature on the All Sports Show, supposedly taking Davis' roll of honour (including his MBE, OBE, six World Championships an old carrott and his Mosconi Mug win) with victory. When introducing the following week's All Sports Show, the caption on the screen read 'Andy Goldstein OBE MBE'. He uses the nickname of 'Galeforce' and recently challenged badminton player Gail Emms

Gail Emms

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 to a showdown for the exclusive use of the nickname after claims by Emms that she was the first Galeforce.
As well as being a world class snooker player, goldstein has become a legend in the broadcasting world, and his amazing charisma has seen him rise to the top of his field of work

Other appearances

• Jungle Drums (I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
  I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
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  daytime show on ITV2)
• Fash's Football Challenge (alongside Caroline Flack
  Caroline Flack
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   on Bravo)
• UKTV
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  's World Cup 2006 coverage.
• Fighting Talk
  Fighting Talk
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  (BBC Radio) on 24 January 2007 (finishing last with 31 points) and 14 April 2007 (joint third/last with 42 points)
• Can't Sing Singers (BBC1)
• Street Cred Sudoku (Dave)
• Win Your Own Home (UK Style)
• Totally Top Trumps
  Totally Top Trumps
  Totally Top Trumps was a short-lived UK gameshow that aired on Challenge for 20 episodes in 2004. It was presented by Andy Goldstein and supported by captains Rob Deering, Dan Clark and scorer/quiz geek Jack Waley-Cohen. It was loosely based on the card game Top TrumpsThere were four rounds to the...
  
  (Challenge TV)
• Strangest Ever (Five)
• My Greatest Ever Singles Party (Five)
• Swag (Five)
• The Unofficial World Records of Sex (Sky One)
• FHM High Street Honeys (Sky One)
• Bikini Heaven (Sky One)
• Six Degrees (Sky One)
• Resistance (BBC Three)
• The Contenders (BBC Education)
• You're On Sky Sports (Sky Sports 1)