Bobby McMahon

by Fox Soccer Channel

Bobby McMahon

He played soccer at the school and youth level, before going on to play for Tayport, then one of Scotland's top amateur teams, and was selected for a Scottish Amateurs team trial. He also had a brief spell at the junior level. Junior football is a unique Scottish institution, one step below the Scottish League structure, with no age restrictions.

After immigrating to Canada in 1979, Bobby played and coached a number of teams in Winnipeg while representing the province of Manitoba on many occasions, highlighted by a representative game against Bologna of Italy.

During this spell he was lucky enough to have played for a number of decent sides that won a few trophies along the way. He continues to play at the Masters level - a nice term for "Old Timers" - when the body is willing.

A life-long Dundee supporter, Bobby's greatest memory relates to Dundee winning the Scottish League in the 1960's and their European adventures thereafter. Although he finds it difficult to comprehend, he also fondly remembers Dundee United beating Barcelona and Juventus around the same time. The greatest football thrill however, was attending his first Scotland-England game at Hampden Park, Glasgow, with nearly 130,000 close personal friends and two Englishmen in attendance.

Heroes from days gone bye include Johann Cruyff, Johann Neeskens, Franz Beckenbauer, Denis Law, Kenny Dalglish, Ruud Kroll, Marco Van Basten, Ossie Ardiles, Falcao and Martin Peters.

Since the World Cup in 1994 Bobby has provided soccer analysis for radio station CJOB in Winnipeg and others across Canada. "I penned nearly 250 columns on international soccer for the Winnipeg Sun from 1998 to 2003 and contributed a couple of pieces to When Saturday Comes an alternative soccer monthly available worldwide. "

Bobby McMahon joined Fox Soccer Report team in September 2001 and started writing a weekly column for FoxSoccer.com on MSN in August 2004. He was the runaway winner of the "Best Media Blogger of 2008" poll conducted by the website soccerlens.com, and received a similar award from EPLtalk.com following the 2008/09 season. Most recently, he has taken on the expanded role of studio analyst for UEFA Champions League Pregame and UEFA Champions League Highlights, bringing Fox Soccer Channel viewers the most comprehensive coverage of the world's biggest club soccer competition.