He attended Manchester Grammar School and read English at Bristol University.
He has covered major sporting events for the Daily Telegraph since 2003, after leaving The Guardian.
[4] White has also written a book, You'll Win Nothing with Kids, a memoir of his time as a wholly unsuccessful junior football coach.
[5][6] White is a long-serving contributor to BBC Radio 4 and Five Live, including appearances as a guest pundit on Fighting Talk.
The younger of the two boys, Barney, is an actor[9] known for playing opposite Ben Miller in Professor T. White also has a daughter Ellie who is a comedian and actress.