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Ryan is an award-winning writer and TV presenter with experience working on websites, TV channels, magazines and newspapers across the world.

After beginning his career as a journalist in local newspapers and football match reporting, he joined the FHM team in 2006, writing features and presenting for FHMTV.

After a stint working for former England footballer Jamie Redknapp’s luxury lifestyle magazine venture ICON, he launched sports entertainment website The Spoiler in 2007. It won critical acclaim from The Guardian and the BBC, and was voted as one of the “Blogs of the Decade” by Sports Illustrated.

Ryan started presenting the Travel Channel series Travel 360 in 2008, which included an episode based around La Liga side Athletic Bilbao.

In 2009 he moved to the biggest-selling men’s magazine in the UK, Men’s Health, as Online Editor.

Ryan left London to start a new life of freelancing in the USA in 2011. Having contributed to the Yahoo!’s incredibly successful coverage of World Cup 2010, he now writes for the Dirty Tackle blog on a regular basis.

Ryan also presents and writes for Kick TV (youtube.com/kick), co-hosted by former US international Jimmy Conrad. Filmed in New York City and broadcast every day on YouTube, it takes an irreverent look at the latest international soccer news.

Ryan is an AFC Wimbledon fan, who has never knowingly been to Milton Keynes.

Short List

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    AFC Wimbledon, England, Carolina Panthers

  • Favorite Coaches

    Bobby Robson, Jose Mourinho, Joe Kinnear, Ian Holloway

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    1988 FA Cup Final

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Wimbledon vs Manchester Utd, FA Cup quarter-final replay, Feb 1997 (http://youtu.be/p2_pibFZJ0s)

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Senna

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  • Conor Yung posted 37 days ago

    Conor Yung

    Write more in the La Liga of B/R. Maybe Jimmy could write something two after all you have such contrasting opinions

  • Loni Bytyqi posted 53 days ago

    Loni Bytyqi

    U biast Manchester United fan..shut up please and go write about FC Wimbeldon

  • CHELSEA FRIEND posted 53 days ago

    CHELSEA FRIEND

    I know you Ryan... from KickTv that is

  • Joe Boran posted 56 days ago

    Joe  Boran

    Ryan I know you hate the Spanish teams and the Spanish National Team. Why do you have to bash on them with articles like "Spain are in decline" (after they drew only ONE FREAKING GAME) and "Madrid won't beat any German team" WTF can you please write some better articles instead of this type of sh*t. Spain are not even close to being in decline and Madrid can beat any German team on their day.

  • Ryan Bailey posted 75 days ago

    Ryan Bailey

    @Norman Not in the slightest, no! I'm a big Mourinho fan and have no allegiances to any Spanish teams.

  • Norman posted 75 days ago

    Norman

    Ryan Bailey, You dislike Madrid, don't you?

  • Josh Matt posted 188 days ago

    Josh Matt

    care for a fan add?