You would think it would be a prerequisite for any candidate for a breakfast radio show but the fact he wasn’t an early riser proved a minor hurdle for Alan Brazil.
Well, apart from the one occasion when the love of the big jumps at Cheltenham and his fondness for a few pints of the black stuff caused him to sleep in and miss his work.
Yes there were a few other occasions but truth be told it wasn’t a bad record over a near-20 year career as the start of the hugely-popular talkSPORT Sports Breakfast.
And especially for someone with the reputation for burning the candle at both ends as the social butterfly that is the former Scotland striker.
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