Phil McNulty

Phil McNulty is an Irish Liverpool-born sports journalist. He has been BBC Sport’s chief football writer since July 2000.

Early life

McNulty attended Roman Catholic secondary school De [La Salle Academy, Liverpool|De La Salle Grammar] in Liverpool.

Journalism

He covered the FIFA World Cups for the BBC in 2002 [FIFA World Cup|Japan and South Korea], Germany and South Africa. He also does sports casting and analysis for BBC Radio on BBC [Radio 5 Live], BBC Radio 4 and BBC [Radio World Service]. McNulty wrote 449 articles from May 2007 to May 2018.

Recognition

In 2012, McNulty was ranked by a Press Gazette poll among Britain's top 50 sports journalists; Andy Stokes commenting that "McNulty is the Proust of the back pages".