The Profile
Alan's story, told with respect to the facts.
Before he was the voice that woke half of Britain up every weekday morning, Alan Brazil was a striker good enough to win a UEFA Cup with Ipswich Town under Bobby Robson and earn thirteen Scotland caps in a ferocious era for Scottish forwards. The playing career is often overlooked now because of what came after, but it was substantial. A young Brazil was close to joining the very best level European football could offer before injuries and timing pulled the career in a different direction.
The talkSPORT breakfast show, which he has anchored in various forms since 2000, is not what most people would describe as a conventional radio programme. It is three hours of opinions, anecdotes, guests, advertising breaks, and a certain unrepeatable energy that only Brazil could sustain for a quarter century. His ability to conduct a live interview with a Premier League manager while simultaneously running a commentary on the production team's competence is the kind of thing that built the entire station's identity.
He has been a fixture of British sports broadcasting for longer than most current Premier League managers have been in the English game. His speaker events combine genuine football stories from the early 1980s with the kind of broadcasting anecdotes you only get from two decades of live breakfast radio. His Steam appearances have been some of the most in-demand bookings we have run.
“I have been telling the same stories for thirty years. The trick is remembering which version you told last time.”
Career highlights
- UEFA Cup winner with Ipswich Town, 1981
- Thirteen Scotland caps
- Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Coventry City career
- talkSPORT breakfast show host, 2000 to present
- Multiple broadcasting awards including SONY Gold
First hand
Alan Brazil at Steam
Alan is a three-time Steam speaker. His most recent visit in January 2025 drew a waiting list that ran to two pages.