Posted in News ‘It was Mum – and I could tell straight away… On air I still think Dad will be listening. Then I realise and feel hollow’: SAM MATTERFACE opens up on his father’s sudden death for the first time May 15, 2026 Matterface – the voice of ITV’s England coverage this summer – lost his father last month. Driving his nine-year-old son Herbie home from tennis club one Friday night, he got the call we all dread. https://www.dailymail.com/sport/football/article-15817525/Sam-Matterface-dad-radio-abuse-Clive-Tyldesley.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490