Meet The Team
The Absolute Radio staff league
The team that keeps Absolute Radio on-air and online are going head-to-head in a battle to find the biggest football buff in the building!
Find out more about the team below, and see the latest
Absolute Radio staff league table.
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Name: Adam Bowie
Occupation: Head of Strategy & Planning
Fantasy Team: Stonemason
Supports: Arsenal
Favourite footy quote: "He really gave it 110%"
Name: Adrian Hieatt
Occupation: News Presenter and Reporter
Fantasy Team: Hieatt’s War Machine
Supports: Cambridge United
Favourite footy quote: "They’re a finesse team"
Name: Andrew Bailey
Occupation: Breakfast Show News Presenter
Fantasy Team: Bailey’s Blaggers
Supports: Liverpool
Favourite footy quote: "You’ll Never Walk Alone!"
Name: Andrew Ryan
Occupation: Head of Legal
Fantasy Team: Filthy Beasts
Supports: Brisbane Roar (or if you need a team someone has actually heard of, then Arsenal!)
Favourite footy quote: "I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat."
Name: Anthony Abbott
Occupation: Digital Media Editor
Fantasy Team: The Villains
Supports: Aston Villa
Favourite footy quote: "He's got a foot like a traction engine!"
Name: Christian O’Connell
Occupation: Breakfast Show Presenter
Fantasy Team: OC Double Trouble
Supports: Southampton
Favourite footy quote: "Stokes has put Southampton in the lead."
Name: Clare Baker
Occupation: Head of Marketing
Fantasy Team: Shaker Baker
Supports: Chelsea
Favourite footy quote: "Football is a funny old game"
Name: Clive Dickens
Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
Fantasy Team: no repeat goalscorers
Supports: The Mighty Hornets – Elton John's Taylor Made ARMY! WATFORD F.C
Favourite footy quote: "Football is game of two halves"
Name: Dan Thornton
Occupation: Digital Marketing Manager
Fantasy Team: Badger First X1
Supports: Chelsa
Favourite footy quote: "I want to give my congratulations to them because they won. But we were the best team."
Name: David Kenny
Occupation: Commercial Producer
Fantasy Team: AC Alittlesilhousettoofaman
Supports: West Ham
Favourite footy quote: "He's going through a rich vein of form"
Name: David Lambert
Occupation: Programming Assistant
Fantasy Team: Lambert And Butler FC
Supports: Arsenal
Favourite footy quote: "Victory through harmony"
Name: Dwaine Field-Pellew
Occupation: Sales Ledger Exec
Fantasy Team: Dwaine’s Delight
Supports: N/A
Favourite footy quote: "I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat."
Name: Ed Draper
Occupation: Breakfast Show Sports Presenter
Fantasy Team: Dippers Dream Part Deux.
Supports: I'm not allowed to say for professional reasons!
Favourite footy quote: "At the end of the day..."
Name: Eloise Carr
Occupation: Station Assistant
Fantasy Team: The Underdogs
Supports: Arsenal
Favourite footy quote: ""
Name: Geoff Bargas
Occupation: Creative Writer & Producer
Fantasy Team: Likely Suspects
Supports: New Zealand All Whites (Yes, they are real!!)
Favourite footy quote: "For a big lad, he’s good with his...feet."
Name: Giles Darby
Occupation: Sales Controller
Fantasy Team: Darby’s donkeys
Supports: Liverpool
Favourite footy quote: "I hit him in self defence"
Name: Graeme Mullins (Pants)
Occupation: Head of Entertainment, Absolution with Tim Shaw
Fantasy Team: Pants United
Supports: I don't really.
Favourite footy quote: "I was a young lad when I was growing up."
Name: Greg Burke
Occupation: Producer, Absolution with Tim Shaw
Fantasy Team: Team GB
Supports: Liverpool
Favourite footy quote: "There are two great teams on Merseyside; Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves."
Name: Jack Woodcock
Occupation: Sponsorship Executive
Fantasy Team: Rottenham Hotspars
Supports: Tottenham Hotspur
Favourite footy quote: "Ooooh, that’s milky football"
Name: Jo Russell
Occupation: Presenter
Fantasy Team: Show me the money
Supports: My family supports Nottingham Forest
Favourite footy quote: "If something goes wrong with the team, we talk about it for twenty minutes and then we decide I was right"
Name: Kat Knapp
Occupation: Head of Promotions
Fantasy Team: Skipton Rovers
Supports: Skipton FC
Favourite footy quote: "At the end of the day... It’s a game of two halves!"
Name: Leona Graham
Occupation: Presenter
Fantasy Team: Leona's Lads 09
Supports: QPR
Favourite footy quote: "If they hadn't scored, we would've won."
Name: Lisa Bradrick
Occupation: Management Accountant
Fantasy Team: Bradders Barmy Army
Supports: Portsmouth
Favourite footy quote: "If the ball had gone into the net, it would have been a goal"
Name: Luke Moore
Occupation: Sponsorship Account Manager
Fantasy Team: The Hurricanes
Supports: You can stick it up your bollocks
Favourite footy quote: "Roy Keane (leg-end) to Mick McCarthy before walking out on the Ireland World Cup Squad
"
Name: Luke Stone
Occupation: Agency Account Manager
Fantasy Team: Stone Superstars Mk.II
Supports: West Ham
Favourite footy quote: "Jumpers for goalposts, hmmmm?"
Name: Mark Crossley
Occupation: Presenter
Fantasy Team: Absolute Bang Average FC
Supports: Bury
Favourite footy quote: "We're still fighting for this title! I would love it if we beat them, love it!"
Name: Melissa Exall
Occupation: Finance Manager
Fantasy Team: Exall’s Excellent Eleven
Supports: My dad supports Everton
Favourite footy quote: "I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way."
Name: Nelson Kumah
Occupation: Producer
Fantasy Team: Marlomar Barksdale
Supports: Liverpool
Favourite footy quote: "We were lucky to get nil."
Name: Paul Brown
Occupation: Head of Technology Services
Fantasy Team: Inter Menan
Supports: Tottenham Hotspur
Favourite footy quote: "If you can't stand the heat in the dressing room, get out of the kitchen"
Name: Paul Flower
Occupation: Music Promotions Consultant
Fantasy Team: Fizzypopfodder (may change to PF’s Failures)
Supports: West Brom
Favourite footy quote: "There's only two words for how we played tonight – not good enough"
Name: Rhiannon Clarke
Occupation: Communications Exec
Fantasy Team: Rhiannon’s Rovers
Supports: None (Reading if pushed!)
Favourite footy quote: "My husband's got golden balls"
Name: Richie Firth
Occupation: Breakfast Show Executive Producer
Fantasy Team: Richie’s Rovers
Supports: Arsenal
Favourite footy quote: "Thomas, charging through the middle. It’s up for grabs now."
Name: Rowan Link
Occupation: Business Development Director
Fantasy Team: The Lucky Dippers
Supports: England
Favourite footy quote: "Ferguson hairdryer team talk - it's the only way to manage the team here at AR..."
Name: Sarah Champion
Occupation: Presenter
Fantasy Team: Absolute Champions
Supports: Southend Utd
Favourite footy quote: "The dutch weren't ready, their defence wasn't steady and there was good old Teddy! A toast tonight with a glass of Sherry! Its England 4 the Dutch 1. Pick it out of the old onion bag!"
Name: Steven Phillips
Occupation: Purchase Ledger Exec
Fantasy Team: The Absolute Balls FC
Supports: Wimbledon AFC
Favourite footy quote: "If they hadn't scored, we would've won"
Name: Tania Snuggs
Occupation: Broadcast Journalist
Fantasy Team: Snuggy’s boys
Supports: Reading
Favourite footy quote: "It’s a game of two halves!"
Name: Tony Moorey
Occupation: Programme Manager
Fantasy Team: Citizens
Supports: Manchester City
Favourite footy quote: "If we played like that every week we wouldn't be so inconsistent."
Name: Tumshie Smillie
Occupation: Broadcast Journalist
Fantasy Team: Smillie's Superstars
Supports: Whoever's winning!!!
Favourite footy quote: "Most football teams are temperamental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental"
Name: Willie Morgan
Occupation: Absolute Radio Archivist & Programming Freelancer
Fantasy Team: Morgan's Diamond Lights
Supports: Tottenham Hotspur
Favourite footy quote: "This is Willie Morgan saying Welcome to White Hart Lane - the world famous home of the Spurs."