David Croft in his natural habitat.
This article refers to David Croft (sports journalist). If you were looking for David Croft (comedy writer), you're doomed..., doomed, I tell ye.
David Croft is a sports journalist who made his name commentating on Formula 1 for BBC Radio 5. His relaxed mates-down-the-pub style earned him the commentary spot on ITV's coverage of GP2, and he is a current favourite for the BBC's impending F1 TV coverage.
Croft's relaxed mates-down-the-pub style (q.v.) was honed through several years of spending considerable time with his mates down the pub in his home town of Stevenage (twinned with Lewis, Outer Hebrides, and Hamilton, New Zealand), a fact freely attested to by one such mate, no less a figure than
dotdotdotcomma's very own Mathias Uncertain.
Having built up a successful relationship with the local media while working in various positions in Stevenage's renowned Gordon Craig Theatre, darling, Croft first branched out into journalism as a sports reporter for the local
Comet newspaper. His connections got him an introduction to James Allen, of all people, and the rest is the humanities subject of your choice.
Mathias Uncertain is resolved to keeping a number of, let us say, sensitive facts about Croft's past lives under wraps, including the less-than-savoury origin of his "Binny" pseudonym, pending certain, ahem, favours, that may, or may not, involve a lifetime's supply of San Miguel.
