I read the other day that at the end of Euro 2008 Gavin Peacock will be stopping being a BBC pundit to move to Canada and training for the Ministry.
Since last September, he has studied for a BA in Theology at Ridley Hall, a college in Cambridge that trains future ministers. The pundit has been a Christian since the age of 19, when he was with Queens Park Rangers, and hosted a Bible study group for footballers. A frequent speaker at church events, he has preached at his Anglican church in Kent and this year he has combined his football broadcasting duties with presenting Songs of Praise.
Great news about Gavin Peacock.
I don’t think that there’ll be a shortage of football pundits at the BBC – they seem to have a huge number anyway
Lee Dixon, Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson, Alan Shearer, Garth Crooks, Martin Keown, to name but a few. And no doubt there’ll be some newly retired footballers ready to move sideways.