On the morning of Saturday 13th May I met Adam Pope, the BBC Radio Leeds commentator. We sat down in the LUDO lounge, and he showed me what research he does prior to a game. For example, for the match I was at, which was Leeds v Newcastle, he wrote down which teams both teams had played in their last game, who the ref was and if he’s done any previous Leeds games this season, and who VAR was.

Another piece of paper he showed me was a spreadsheet of the current squad, hold old they are, how many appearances they’ve made, goals, yellow and red cards etc and then he has to update it if players or managers leave.

He also uses a stats paper with stats on both teams of which there’s about 20 on a sheet although he may only use 5 or 6 in a game. The last paper he showed me is one where there’s 1 to 45 on side of the sheet, and 46 to 90 on other side and on there he writes down any key moments and what minute they happen e.g. goal, someone hit the bar etc.

We finished with me giving him one of my business cards with my sports blog on and a photo which was lovely.