'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 on the call that changed his life, social media abuse and Clive Tyldesley's guidance

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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.

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'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 on the call that changed his life, social media abuse and Clive Tyldesley's guidance

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