Iain Macintosh

Iain Macintosh is a British journalist, author and podcaster.

He has worked for ESPN,[1] and has been the editor at The Set Pieces and written for The Guardian.[2] He has also had articles in The Blizzard[3] and Sports Illustrated,[4] The Anfield Wrap,[5] and has appeared on the BBC television programme Premier League World.[6]

He has written numerous articles and books about the computer game Football Manager.[7][8][9][10][11] He also authored a series of sports book entitled ‘Everything you would like to know about..’ with topics including football, golf, and cricket.[12]

A co-founder of Muddy Knees production which produces The Totally Football Show, an off-shoot of The Guardian’s Football Weekly podcast which he, James Richardson, and producer Ben Green left in order to create their own product ahead of the 2017-18 season.[13] The new shows attracted five million downloads in their first two months.[14] and claim over 500,000 a week.[15]

As well as the flagship ‘Totally Football Show’, the ‘Totally Football League show’, presented by Macintosh, is also a weekly released podcast co-produced by AudioBoom who reportedly saw their profits increase by 329% at the start of the 2017 season.[16] Macintosh also appears at Totally Football Live shows held at venues such as the O2, in London and Birmingham's Glee club.[17][18]