Jim White

[Mumsafan]

This fella is so annoying! His voice is so high pitched and gets even worse when there's breaking news. He makes it so hard to watch.

[anfieldanfield]

Which one is he ?

The silver fox ?

[Shaggy]

Which one is he ?

The silver fox ?

Aye, the Jock. I'll always remember him for his laughable part in Sky's coverage of the 'Owen to Newcastle' transfer.

[Mumsafan]

The one on now squeaking in a Scottish accent.

[Mumsafan]

Aye, the Jock. I'll always remember him for his laughable part in Sky's coverage of the 'Owen to Newcastle' transfer.

He was even worse when Kewell signed for us. I thought he was gonna explode!

[anfieldanfield]

[Shaggy]

He was even worse when Kewell signed for us. I thought he was gonna explode!

Missed that, I was on a beach in Nice....getting hideously over-excited about 'the final piece of the jigsaw'.

He's an eejit, though.

[anfieldanfield]

Aye, the Jock. I'll always remember him for his laughable part in Sky's coverage of the 'Owen to Newcastle' transfer.

Heh, I remember that...

Embarrassing.

[RedReet]

Missed that, I was on a beach in Nice....getting hideously over-excited about 'the final piece of the jigsaw'.

He's an eejit, though.

Ha ha, that illusive final piece.

Were we ever really that close though? I remember thinking it a few times, Collymore, Ziege, even Kuyt to a certain extent.

[Eth]

WHAT FOOTBALL PRESENTER TOLD POLICE: YOU CAN'T ARREST ME I'M INTERVIEWING JOSE MOURINHO TOMORROW Feb 11 2005


White loses his licence after breath test bust-up

By Kevin Turner



TV presenter Jim White refused a breath test and told police: 'I'm providing f ***** g zero'. The Sky Sports anchorman was fined £750 and banned from driving for a year after a court heard of his astonishing outburst.

And last night, a police source revealed: 'White told officers they couldn't arrest him because he was interviewing Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho the following day.'

The former Scotsport presenter, who is believed to earn £150,000 a year, was stopped by police in his silver BMW in Glasgow's west end last June.

He was arrested and taken to a nearby police station but, once there, he refused to take a breathalyser test.

Yesterday, depute fiscal Adele McDonald told Glasgow District Court: 'The police had reason to stop the accused and to take him to Partick Police Office.

'He refused to provide a specimen, saying, 'I'm providing f ***** g zero.' 'He failed to provide any reasonable excuse for failing to provide the specimens.'

Miss McDonald said 'the police had reason to stop' White as he drove along Church Street in Glasgow.

The presenter's lawyer, Ken Waddell, admitted: 'He did have certain reasons for not providing a sample of breath, but after advice from me he realises these do not amount in law to a reasonable excuse.

'He is aware he will be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence because of this.

'He has expressed remorse for being here today, as well as for being involved with the police in the first instance.

'My client is employed as a sports presenter and can pay a financial penalty.'

White's pleas of not guilty to driving while unfit through drink or drugs and failing to give a roadside breath test were accepted by the Crown.

Stipendiary Magistrate Robert Hamilton fined White £750 and disqualified him from driving for a year.

The presenter, of Hyndland, Glasgow, looked embarrassed as he left court, but refused to comment.

He currently hosts satellite channel Sky Sports's Scottish football coverage.

White also regularly presents the sports news. Since switching from Scottish Television to Sky, he has shuttled between Glasgow and London, where he has a second home.

In the summer of 2003,White split up from his second wife Avril, whom he married in February 2001.

She had moved out of their plush villa home and rented a flat, claiming White was drinking too much.

A few weeks later she hired a private detective and discovered that her husband had been cheating on her.

Police were called to the house after Avril discovered married mum-of-two Carol Allan, 42, there.

White was said to have often befriended strangers he met on the shuttle back to Scotland and frequently brought pals back to his house to party after the pubs near his home closed.

White's first marriage to Fiona ended in 1995 after 10 years.

It was uncertain last night whether White's court conviction would affect his position at Sky.

Bosses at the satellite broadcaster refused to comment on his situation.

[Shaggy]

A cheating, drink-driving piss-head. From Scotland.

Whatever next.

[Marky]

This ****** broke the 'God to Leeds' story back in that awful month of January 2001

[anfieldanfield]

God to Leeds was a horrible, horrible day.

[Cisseshairdresser]

This ****** broke the 'God to Leeds' story back in that awful month of January 2001

Whats his name again? Dya remember that little period where SSN changed its name to "Sky Sports.com TV" (or something similar), only to change it back a year later? What was all that about?

[spud_gun]

A cheating, drink-driving piss-head. From Scotland.

Whatever next.