Kent's Neil Reynolds on his rise from tea boy with the KM Group to the face of Sky Sports' coverage of Philadelphia Eagles v Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII

One of our own will be guiding television viewers through coverage of the 57th Super Bowl this weekend.

Kent man Neil Reynolds, the main host of NFL on Sky Sports since 2017, is in Arizona where he’s building up to Sunday’s showpiece between Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.

To be fronting one of the biggest sports events in the world is a privileged position but it’s one Reynolds has worked hard to achieve.

Growing up in Maidstone before moving to Medway, he started his career as an editorial assistant with the KM Group in 1994, working on the daily Kent Today title in Chatham.

It was the foot in the door he needed and the start of a long road to fronting American football on Sky Sports.

“I was effectively the tea boy,” said Reynolds, who lives in Walderslade. “I went from being the tea boy to sitting at the Super Bowl. It’s definitely something I don’t take for granted.

“I’m very fortunate to do what I do but I’ve also put in quite a lot of hard graft. I didn’t just pop up on TV.

“It’s been quite a journey and every Super Bowl I reflect on all the great people that have presented the sport in this country on TV and now I’m getting a go at it and helping to grow the game.

“My job as editorial assistant was two things - make any tea or coffee the reporters wanted and file all their press cuttings.

“That was it. Then I started writing up little bits like weddings and bits from council meetings that no one really wanted to touch.

“I became a reporter for a couple of years, ventured into sport - I used to do the Medway Bears ice hockey - and then I left to go to an American football newspaper.”

Reynolds’ passion for NFL started in the 1980s, when Channel 4 started broadcasting games.

He became a fan of the Miami