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British sports journalist

Tom Fordyce Alma mater Girton College, Cambridge Occupation Journalist

**Tom Fordyce** is a British sports journalist and author.[1] He wrote text commentaries on cricket and tennis, also writing features on various other sports and blogging from a number of different events.[2]

Fordyce graduated from [Girton College, Cambridge](/source/Girton_College%2C_Cambridge) in 1992 with a degree in Geography,[3][4] and started his career as a features writer on *Total Sport* magazine and as a writer on the *Sported* magazine.[5]

In 2007 he "blogged my way round the [Rugby World Cup](/source/2007_Rugby_World_Cup) in a camper van" with BBC colleague [Ben Dirs](/source/Ben_Dirs). He drove 4,500 miles around France whilst producing written and video diaries of the matches and interactions they had during the 44-day tournament.[5] In 2008 he covered the [Beijing Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) on a number of different sports. His contributions for the Olympics also included experiments to observe how well he could run in the [Beijing smog](/source/Concerns_and_controversies_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics#Air_pollution), and he also "road tested" the new [Speedo](/source/Speedo) swimsuit for "groinal roominess".[6]

In June 2009 Fordyce published his first book, entitled *We Could Be Heroes: One Van, Two Blokes and Twelve World Championships* with Dirs, charting the madcap escapades that resulted from trying to become the world champion in something.[7][8] Fordyce was the ghostwriter of [Peter Crouch](/source/Peter_Crouch)'s book, *How to Be a Footballer*[9] and [Geraint Thomas](/source/Geraint_Thomas)'s book, *The World of Cycling According to G*.[10] He was co-host of *[That Peter Crouch Podcast](/source/That_Peter_Crouch_Podcast)*, with Peter Crouch and [Chris Stark](/source/Chris_Stark).[11] He is also co-host of the history podcast *[We Didn't Start the Fire](/source/We_Didn't_Start_the_Fire_(podcast))* with [Katie Puckrik](/source/Katie_Puckrik) and the *Joe Marler Show* with rugby player Joe Marler.[12]

In June 2020, Fordyce left his post as chief sports writer at the BBC to "take up an opportunity in podcasting".[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-prolificnorth_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-prolificnorth_1-1) ["BBC's chief sports writer leaving after two decades"](https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/appointments-and-recruitment-news/2020/06/bbcs-chief-sports-writer-leaving-after-two-decades). Prolific North. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pressgazette_2-0)** ["Live blogging Big Brother: A new take on journalism or mindless rubbish?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165354/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/37866). *[Press Gazette](/source/Press_Gazette)*. 11 June 2007. Archived from [the original](http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/37866) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** The Year- The Annual Review of Girton College 2016–17, Cambridge University Press, 2017, p. 4

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Fiction and non-fiction from Girtonian authors"](https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/alumni-supporters/publications/publications-alumni). Girton College, Cambridge. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bbcbio_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bbcbio_5-1) Fordyce, Tom (1 March 2008). ["About Tom Fordyce"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/03/about-tom-fordyce.html). BBC. Retrieved 26 December 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bejing_6-0)** Fordyce, Tom (16 October 2008). ["Olympics Blog"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080504024931/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/tom-fordyce/). BBC. Archived from [the original](https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/tom-fordyce/) on 4 May 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-amazon_7-0)** *We Could Be Heroes: One Van, Two Blokes and Twelve World Championships* (paperback ed.). [Pan Macmillan](/source/Pan_Macmillan). 2009. p. 256. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-230-73615-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-230-73615-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Unabridged_8-0)** *We Could Be Heroes* (Unabridged ed.). [Pan Macmillan](/source/Pan_Macmillan). 2010. p. 320. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-330-51738-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-330-51738-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["How to be a Footballer by Peter Crouch"](https://nbmagazine.co.uk/how-to-be-a-footballer-by-peter-crouch/). NBMagazine. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Thomas, Geraint (2015). *The world of cycling according to G*. Tom Fordyce. London. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-78429-636-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-78429-636-0). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [928402224](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/928402224).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["That Peter Crouch Podcast"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06kyljg/episodes/downloads). BBC. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["We Didn't Start the Fire: The History Podcast"](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/we-didnt-start-the-fire-the-history-podcast/id1549243765). Apple Podcasts. 25 January 2021.

## External links

- [Tom Fordyce's analysis and opinion](https://www.bbc.com/sport/correspondents/tomfordyce?cps) at [BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)

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