Gary Newbon

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Gary Newbon began his career as an ATV sports reporter for their ATV Today programme in the early 1970s. Continuing illness to his boss, Controller of Sports Billy Wright, the former England football captain meant that he and a small team -including Trevor East- had to carry out Wright's functions whilst covering up the extent of his ill-health. Later becoming himself becoming Controller of Sports(West Midlands) for ATV and later Central Television, Newbon became a veritable superman- reporting on football and hosting boxing and darts programmes for the ITV network, whilst hosing sports coverage on ATV and Central, presenting sports reports on the regional news programmes and performing his executive role.

Retired from ITV,he is currently a Sky Sports presenter. He hosts the football phone-in show You're On Sky Sports, which is usually scheduled immediately after the evening's main game. He also hosts the greyhound racing on Sky Sports.

In 2004 he presented a phone-in show on national radio station talkSPORT. He presented "Final Whistle" on Saturday's between 5.00 and 8.00pm after a hectic day of league fixtures. The slot has since been taken over by Terry Christian and Micky Quinn of the same show.

Earlier, he was a roving reporter for ITV Sport, most noticeably the first one in for match reactions in the tunnels during UEFA Champions League games. His role was filled by Gabriel Clarke.

After his ITV Sport reporter Job, Gary joined up with Central Television and became the Central Sports reporter on Central's flagship News programme Central News at Six, before being replaced by Sarah Jane Mee and Matt Teale in 2005. He also lead the ITV Sport team at his time at Central which won them various awards for their UEFA Champions League and Formula One Coverage. Gary then returned onto Central screens as a pundit on Central Soccer Night in 2005 before moving to his current job at Sky Sports.

He was educated at Culford School in the same year as John Motson.

Newbon is also a Leicester City fan and was seen wearing a Leicester shirt when he was ordered to Tamworth FC after saying on Central Soccer Night that Tamworth would not progress to the FA Cup 2nd Round, which Tamworth did, which ended up seeing Newbon at the Lamb Ground having Footballs kicked in his backside, unfortunately all the players missed their shots!

Gary and his wife Katie live in Solihull. They have three children: Clare Newbon, a journalist for Grazia magazine, Neil Newbon, an actor who has had various television appearances, including a particularly famous appearance as an English waiter in the award winning British comedy Goodness Gracious Me and a film role acting opposite Stephen Fry, and his twin brother, Lawrence Newbon.