Geoff Shreeves enjoys seeing the surprise on people’s faces when he tells them he started live Premier League football on Sky.
“Well technically it is true,” says the man who has become one of most recognisable voices in the game with his compelling pre- and post-match interviews. Shreeves then smiles as he explains he gave the thumbs-up for referee Mike Reed to kick-off Nottingham Forest’s game against Liverpool on the first-ever Super Sunday in August 1992.
“It would be a good quiz question,” he says. “I was at the City Ground in my role as a floor manager. I had eight or nine years away from the camera before they finally let me loose with a microphone.”
