{"id":29098,"date":"2026-04-06T13:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/sam-matterfaces-father-passes-away-heartbreaking-announcement-made-live-soccer-sports\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:15:21","slug":"sam-matterfaces-father-passes-away-heartbreaking-announcement-made-live-soccer-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/sam-matterfaces-father-passes-away-heartbreaking-announcement-made-live-soccer-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Matterface&#8217;s father passes away, heartbreaking announcement made live | Soccer | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>talkSPORT presenter Sam Matterface revealed his father passed away on Friday night. He returned to work on Monday and praised his father, insisting that &#8220;he would have done the same thing&#8221; but saying, &#8220;Radio has always been my buddy.&#8221; Matterface covered the shocking news in less than two minutes before turning the focus to professional matters and launching into a discussion about Liverpool and Arsenal after the weekend&#8217;s games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Before that, he said he wanted to be &#8220;open and honest&#8221; in announcing the death of his father, who was affectionately known as &#8220;Little Pete&#8221; by colleague Alan Brazil. Matterface described his father&#8217;s death as &#8220;pretty traumatic circumstances&#8221; before explaining how his father, who worked as a painter and decorator, introduced him to radio during his childhood. He went on to emphasize how much pride his father took in his career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>he said: &#8220;Radio was his friend. I want it to be your friend, and it&#8217;s because of him that it will always be my friend. I hope today is also my brother&#8217;s friend, my sister&#8217;s friend, his friend&#8217;s friend, and his wife&#8217;s friend, because that&#8217;s important. So, let&#8217;s get started&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>More than 15 years ago, talkSPORT hired Sam Matterface from Sky Sports News as chief commentator for the new football season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Matterface joined Sky Sports News in 2007 and previously worked as a talkSPORT reporter at Capital Gold, as well as hosting the breakfast program at Portsmouth Station 107.4 The Quay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, I&#8217;m going to be honest with you right away. Things weren&#8217;t going particularly well for me this morning, and I&#8217;ll tell you why. It&#8217;s been a particularly tough weekend for me and my family, as I lost my father on Friday night suddenly and in some pretty shocking circumstances. So today, I want you to open up to me a little bit and indulge me a little bit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Little Pete, as Alan Brazil affectionately nicknamed him on The Breakfast Show, loved Alan, loved TalkSport, loved radio. People will probably ask why I came to work today, and you might be wondering too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;But the truth is, he would have done the same thing, and the other thing is, it&#8217;s important. I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve all been in a situation like this. When you&#8217;re working, you&#8217;re driving, sometimes you&#8217;re happy, sometimes you&#8217;re sad. I found the radio to be my constant companion, and I&#8217;m sure you would too. He introduced me to the radio. He was a painter and decorator, and he had a radio with him everywhere he went.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;He liked that I was on his favorite radio station, talkSPORT. Radio was his friend. I hope radio is your friend. 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