Gerry McCulloch

Gerry Patricia McCulloch is a Scottish television presenter, sports reporter and football commentator.

Broadcasting career

McCulloch is a former BBC Scotland, Setanta Sports and STV journalist and television presenter. He worked for Setanta as a commentator and voice-over artist for its Scottish Premier League and UEFA club competitions coverage.

While at STV, McCulloch presented The Live Hogmanay Show, and was a roving reporter for the Scottish kids magazine show Skoosh and the lifestyle magazine programme The Five Thirty Show.[1] He was best known, however, for working as a sports news presenter on the Central Scotland edition of STV News at Six and, from March 2010, presenting the sports magazine show Sports Centre: Friday Night Football alongside Sheelagh McLaren.[2] He also fronted STV's live coverage of Scotland v Brazil from the Emirates Stadium in February 2011, as well as hosting coverage of the Murrayfield Rugby Sevens.

McCulloch left STV in August 2011 after it was announced that STV would be dropping Friday Night Football from their schedule,[3] and shortly afterwards started appearing as an on-screen football reporter on Sky Sports' flagship Saturday football show Soccer Saturday.[4]

Other media work

McCulloch is also a media trainer and presenter coach. He was also a presenter on Bid TV (formerly known as Bid-Up TV), between 2000 and 2003, and L!VE TV's local Edinburgh station at launch in 1997.

Until 2017, McCulloch was a host for Superscoreboard on Clyde 1 but left to be a commentator and correspondent for Celtic TV.[5][6]

Personal life

McCulloch is a classically trained concert pianist.[7] He was formerly married to nutritionist Amanda Hamilton.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Normally I would be tipsy by 11pm on Hogmanay". Glasgow Times. 30 December 2008.
  2. ^ "STV launch Sports Centre: Friday Night Football | Sports Centre | STV Sports Centre". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Sports Centre presenter Gerry McCulloch storms out of STV after show is axed". Daily Record. 13 August 2011.
  4. ^ "On Soccer Saturday..." Sky Sports.
  5. ^ "Gerry McCulloch to leave hugely popular Clyde 1 Superscoreboard football show". Glasgow Times. 12 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Gerry McCulloch Is Not "Coming Home To Celtic." It's A Mercenary Business And That's What He Is". The Celtic Blog. 30 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Gerry McCulloch". STV. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
  8. ^ Lyons, Beverley (1 July 2012). "Exclusive: Five Thirty Show host Gerry McCulloch dating ex-girlfrend of Rangers star Kenny Miller". Daily Record.


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