James Horncastle Explained

James Horncastle is an English sportswriter and broadcaster. Specialising in European[1] and Italian football, Horncastle frequently covers football for TNT Sports.[2]

Career

Horncastle speaks fluent Italian[3] having formerly lived in Rome.[4] Horncastle started writing Serie B match reports for the Football Italia website[5] and is now a regular weekly pundit for BT Sport on their Champions League Goals Show and appeared weekly on their European Football Show for four years.[4] [6] [7] [8]

As well as appearing weekly on British television, Horncastle writes in English and Italian for a number of newspapers and websites,[9] including The Guardian,[10] the Daily Mirror,[11] The Daily Telegraph,[12] The Times,[13] The Independent,[14] The Blizzard,[15] Eurosport[16] and the Liverpool Echo[17]

He was reported by Forbes to be the first to break the $828m deal for AC Milan by Chinese investors from Silvio Berlusconi.[18]

He is used weekly as a European expert for BBC Radio 5 Live’s Euro leagues show with Mina Rzouki, Julien Laurens, and Raphael Honigstein.[19] [20] He also produces columns for BBC Sport.[21] He has contributed to The Athletic,[22] Talksport,[23] The Anfield Wrap,[24] ESPN,[25] the A.S. Roma website,[26] Off The Ball[27] and FourFourTwo.[28] He is now a regular on ‘Golazzo’ for The Totally Football Show with James Richardson and Gabriele Marcotti[29] and has appeared as a guest at Totally Football live shows in England [30] and Ireland.[31] He has appeared on the panel at Gazzetta Football Italia live shows with James Richardson.[32] [33] Horncastle contributes weekly to The Football Ramble's ‘On The Continent’ podcast,[34] and was a regular on the Football Weekly podcast and live shows.[35] [36]

Horncastle is also in the process of writing and publishing a book about former Italian football player Roberto Baggio, titled 'It Isn’t Sunday Anymore: In Search of Roberto Baggio'. It is expected to be published on 31 July 2025.[37]

Personal life

Horncastle is a Leeds United fan.[38]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fabinho likened to Premier League title winner as Liverpool hailed for 'very good' Emre Can replacement . Kristian. Walsh. 29 May 2018 . Liverpool Echo. .
  2. Web site: 'If I was Bale, I wouldn't want to be a Real Madrid player next season' - Lennon. Gavin. Cooney. 28 May 2018 . BBC.
  3. Web site: Footy on TV: James Horncastle - Football365. Daniel. Storey. 24 December 2015.
  4. Web site: James Horncastle. btsport.
  5. Web site: Horncastle Exclusive: 'Calcio is passion' - Football Italia. www.football-italia.net.
  6. Web site: Elephant Sport » BT Sport's European coverage is a welcome change. elephantsport.myblog.arts.ac.uk.
  7. Web site: BT Cancel European Football Show With One Final Indignity. Gavin. Cooney. June 2017 .
  8. Web site: European Football Show Extra Series and Episode Guides - TV from RadioTimes. Radio Times. 2018-06-16. 2018-06-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180616130007/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fbf4jw/european-football-show-extra-episode-guide/. dead.
  9. Web site: Rivista Undici. Rivista Undici.
  10. Web site: James Horncastle. The Guardian.
  11. Web site: James Horncastle - Mirror Online. www.mirror.co.uk.
  12. News: 'Italian Mourinho' Antonio Conte will be shock for Chelsea players after gentle Guus. The Telegraph. 4 April 2016. www.telegraph.co.uk.
  13. News: Why Juventus want to make Paulo Dybala their new Alessandro Del Piero. James . Horncastle. 6 March 2018. www.thetimes.co.uk.
  14. Web site: James Horncastle. Independent.co.uk.
  15. Web site: James Horncastle - theBlizzard.co.uk. Daykin. Storey. www.theblizzard.co.uk.
  16. Web site: How Catania keep punching beyond their weight. 26 February 2013.
  17. Web site: Serie A specialist James Horncastle on Balotelli's move to LFC. Kristian. Walsh. 22 August 2014.
  18. Web site: AC Milan Sold For $828 Million To Yonghong Li. Mike. Ozanian. Forbes.
  19. Web site: Euro Leagues Football Show - Downloads - BBC Radio 5 live. BBC.
  20. Web site: Euro Leagues Football Show - Episode guide - BBC Radio 5 live. BBC.
  21. Web site: Conte needs to stop complaining about money - Horncastle, In Short - BBC Radio 5 live. BBC. 19 February 2018 .
  22. Web site: James Horncastle . 2024-04-13 . The Athletic . en.
  23. Web site: James Horncastle.
  24. Web site: Mohamed Salah Signing Reaction: James Horncastle On Liverpool's New £34million Man - The Anfield Wrap. 22 June 2017.
  25. Web site: Transfer needs for Italy's title contenders. 3 January 2018.
  26. Web site: Expert View: ESPN pundit James Horncastle on the Roma-Shakhtar tie. www.asroma.com.
  27. Web site: "Juventus hate coming to London" - James Horncastle. 2018-06-16. 2018-06-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103727/http://www.offtheball.com/Off-The-Ball/Juventus-hate-coming-to-London--James-Horncastle. dead.
  28. Web site: James Horncastle. FourFourTwo. 2018-06-16. 2018-06-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103530/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/users/james-horncastle. dead.
  29. Web site: Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show - Totally Football Show . www.thetotallyfootballshow.com . 2018-05-06 . 2018-06-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180616080413/https://www.thetotallyfootballshow.com/golazzo-totally-italian-football-show/ . dead .
  30. Web site: James Horncastle - Glee .
  31. Web site: Eastman . Hazlitt . Totally Football - Off The Kerb Productions . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003400/http://offthekerb.co.uk/totally-football/ . 2018-05-07 . 2018-06-16 . offthekerb.co.uk.
  32. Web site: 16 June 2017 . James Richardson on Football Italia: 'There was a romance to it' .
  33. Web site: 11 June 2017 . LIVE in London: 25 Year Anniversary of Gazzetta Football Italia - Forza Italian Football . www.forzaitalianfootball.com.
  34. Web site: On The Continent podcast . radiostakhanov.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180128062500/http://radiostakhanov.com/onthecontinent/ . 2018-01-28.
  35. Web site: 19 reasons you know you're a hardcore Football Weekly listener. Eoin. O'Callaghan. 5 November 2014 .
  36. Web site: TheScore.ie chats to Football Weekly about Twitter trolls and why United would have been better off with Mourinho. Paul. Fennessy. 22 March 2014 .
  37. Book: Horncastle, James . It Isn't Sunday Anymore: In Search of Roberto Baggio . 2025-07-31 . Mudlark . 978-0-00-846694-7 . English.
  38. Web site: Football Weekly Live . The Guardian. 3 December 2014 .

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