Clare Tomlinson
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Clare Louise Tomlinson is an English television presenter, formerly for British satellite broadcast sports network Sky Sports. She was born in Barrowby, Lincolnshire.
Education
[edit]Tomlinson attended the Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School. She studied history at the University of Leeds.[1]
Career
[edit]Tomlinson started her career in public relations, including a period as the receptionist for Max Clifford & Associates.[citation needed] In the early 1990s, Tomlinson worked at the Football Association as a media officer.
Later in the decade she was appointed as the head of the communications department at Arsenal, where she helped the new manager Arsène Wenger with media relations.[2]
Tomlinson joined BSkyB's UEFA Champions League coverage alongside Richard Keys. She then became touchline reporter on Sky Sports' Ford Super Sunday, and co-presented Goals On Sunday, Sky Sports' Sunday morning football highlights programme.
Tomlinson was placed on leave from Goals on Sunday for two months, from October 2007.[citation needed]
Tomlinson is a former presenter on Sky Sports News. She usually presented on the late show Through the Night.[1] In April 2007, she became the first woman to present the Professional Footballers' Association Awards Ceremony at the Grosvenor Hotel in London.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Tomlinson, Clare (1968- )". Grantham Matters. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ↑ Football365.com - F365 Features - Football365 News Archived 9 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
