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He attended the Perse School, Cambridge, 1970-1977 and was a keen sportsman representing the school at rugby, hockey, and cricket.
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As a schoolboy, he was a regular on the Newmarket Road End terrace at Cambridge United Football Club. Saggers played cricket as a specialist wicket-keeper for Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club through the 1980s. This included two list A cricket matches, although he averaged only 3.50 runs with the battalion
He also represented England at hockey.
Saggers began his broadcasting career at British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Cambridgeshire. He also worked occasionally for Clubcall, and according to Backpass, the retro football magazine (issue 39), once commentated for 45 minutes on Northampton Town v Cambridge United, sending the commentary to the Exeter City Clubcall line by mistake! He then joined British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sport in 1989. and became a regular sporting voice on Radio 4"s Today programme.
In 1992, Saggers left the British Broadcasting Corporation to join Sky News as senior sports correspondent. He was perhaps best known to international audiences as the voice of the Premier League football highlights show.
In 2001 Saggers returned to the British Broadcasting Corporation, presenting Sport on Five.
He has commentated for Test Match Special. Saggers joined talkSPORT in June 2009. This followed the British Broadcasting Corporation declining to renew his contract and his reported deep rift with Radio 5 Live commentator Alan Green.
He now presents Kick Office on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
This is alongside Stan Collymore on Mondays, with regular input from journalists and ex-football players.
