Roderick Forsyth is a Scottish football journalist, commentator, author and broadcaster.[1] He has written extensively on Scottish football since the 1980s.[2]

Forsyth is also a former presenter of Sportscene, BBC Scotland's flagship TV football highlights programme. He was formerly football correspondent for BBC Scotland and is currently correspondent for the Telegraph group.[3]

Born in Glasgow, Forsyth has been one of the most familiar faces and voices on TV and radio for almost 40 years.[4] He has authored books on Scotland's two most successful clubs, Celtic F.C. and Rangers F.C., as well as The Only Game: Scots and World Football (1990).[5]

In June 2023, Forsyth, who has Parkinson's disease, announced that he was retiring after 40 years work for BBC Sport.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 'Roddy Forsyth. SPFL Trust, undated, accessed 2 January 2023
  2. ↑ 'Roddy Forsyth: the first ever international football match was indeed the start of something big'. The Telegraph, 30 November 2012, accessed 10 January 2023
  3. ↑ 'Interview with Roddy Forsyth'. RTÉ Radio 1, 30 October 2021, retrieved 10 January 2023
  4. ↑ 'Life: Roddy Forsyth'. Scottish Review, 15 April 2020, accessed 10 January 2023
  5. ↑ 'The Only Game' (Mainstream, 1990). Google Books, undated, accessed 10 January 2023
  6. ↑ 'Roddy Forsyth: BBC broadcaster retires after 40 years'. BBC Sport, 20 June 2023, retrieved 21 June 2023


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