Jim White is a British

United Kingdom

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 journalist and presenter who has fronted STV's coverage of the UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 for the 2006/07 season by accident. He attended Manchester Grammar School

Manchester Grammar School

The Manchester Grammar School is the largest independent day school for boys in the UK . It is based in Manchester, England...

 and went on to read English at Bristol University.

Writing

White has covered major sporting events for the Daily Telegraph. He is an ardent Manchester United supporter and writes a regular column for fanzine

Fanzine

A fanzine is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest...

 United We Stand and The Telegraph. He also writes articles for Yahoo! Eurosport.

White has also written a book entitled, "You'll win Nothing with Kids", the memoir of his time as a wholly unsuccessful junior football coach.

Broadcasting

White is a long-serving contributor to BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...

 and Five Live

BBC Radio Five Live

BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...

 including appearances as a guest pundit on Fighting Talk

Fighting Talk

Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live during the English football season. Its first series aired in October 2003, and was presented by Johnny Vaughan. The second series featured Christian O'Connell. It is currently hosted by Colin Murray and is aired on Saturday...

. He has also appeared on Sky

British Sky Broadcasting

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, for which he has written and presented documentaries on Jose Mourinho

José Mourinho

José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid. He is commonly known as "The Special One".Mourinho is regarded by some players, coaches and critics as the best ever coach in football....

 and Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson , in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish ex-football manager. From October 2010 to October 2011 he managed Football League Championship side Leicester City....

and previously presented a sports current affairs show, The Back Page, on STV.

He took over in September 2006 from Jim Delahunt

Jim Delahunt

Jim Delahunt is a Scottish sports television presenter.-Broadcasting career:Delahunt joined Setanta Sports in August 2006 after more than eight years as anchorman of STV's Scotsport, the longest running sports programme in the world...

 as the anchor of STV's Champions League Live

Champions League Live

Champions League Live is a football programme currently shown on both ITV and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, broadcasting live UEFA Champions League football....

, hosting the programme for only one season, as STV bosses mistakenly believed that they had acquired the services of Jim White

Jim White (presenter)

Jim White is a Scottish sports broadcaster and Glasgow Rangers and Scotland supporter best known for hosting Scotsport on STV from 1989 until 1997/98, and now anchors Sky Sports' Scottish football coverage as well as being a regular presenter on Sky Sports News. He has become known for his...

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