Geoff Twentyman, Jr.

Geoff Twentyman

Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey Twentyman
Date of birth	(1959-03-10) 10 March 1959
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000	Formby
0000–1983	Chorley
1983–1986	Preston North End	98	(4)
1986–1993	Bristol Rovers	252	(6)
1993	Yate Town
1993	Linfield
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Geoffrey "Geoff" Twentyman (born 10 March 1959 in Liverpool) presents the Drivetime show on BBC Radio Bristol, is the station's former Sports Editor, and a former professional footballer.

The son of former Liverpool player Geoff Twentyman, Geoff Jr. began his career as a trainee at his father's club, but after failing to make the grade there he played for Formby before being sold on to Chorley for around £1,000 and from there to Preston North End. After making 98 league appearances for Preston, scoring four goals, he was released by the Lancashire club, and was signed by Bristol Rovers. He was taken to Rovers by Bobby Gould, and was later managed by Gerry Francis, playing a total of 252 league games, scoring six goals, and made a Wembley appearance in the final of the Leyland Daf Cup in 1990. Twentyman began coaching youth football with Brimsham Green F.C. in Yate shortly after moving to Bristol, and is now the club's honorary president.

When Francis left Rovers in 1991, Twentyman applied for the vacant manager's job, but was not appointed.

After the end of his playing career he studied at Bristol Polytechnic and then joined Radio Bristol as a sports journalist. In 1993 he became the sports editor of Radio Bristol.

When Ian Holloway became the manager of Bristol Rovers in 1996, Twentyman joined him as assistant manager. The job wasn't to his liking and he returned to his previous job in 1997.

On 22 June 2008 he played for Bristol Rovers in the inaugural Western Masters, where the team finished third of the four teams competing.