"Alan Clarke (sports commentator) Alan Clarke (1920-1969) was a BBC Radio sports commentator from 1947-1969, who covered every major football event alongside Raymond Glendenning, Maurice Edelston, Brian Moore and Peter Jones. He was at the microphone as Geoff Hurst scored England's 4th in the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final. He died in May 1969 at the age of 49. His last broadcast was the second leg of the European Cup semi-final between Manchester United and A.C. Milan earlier in the month. He commentated on other sports including motor racing and also hosted music programmes for the Corporation throughout his career,"
"roof of the stand. Darke equated the experience to ""being on the deck of a ship in the middle of the Atlantic."" Ian Darke Ian Darke (born 1950) is an English association football and boxing commentator who currently works for BT Sport and ESPN. Darke was previously one of Sky's ""Big Four"" football commentators alongside Martin Tyler, Alan Parry and Rob Hawthorne. He was also the main commentator for Sky's big boxing fights and along with Jim Watt, covered some of the biggest fights involving British boxers. Darke worked for nearly ten years on BBC Radio covering boxing, athletics and"
"his ill-fated book on Brian Clough (which led to their split), a 38-year-old Martin Peters, Brazil 1970 and a clip of a 21-year-old genius called Diego Maradona. The Big Match The Big Match was a British football television programme, screened on ITV between 1968 and 1992. ""The Big Match"" originally launched on London Weekend Television, the ITV regional station that served London and the Home Counties at weekends, screening highlights of Football League matches. Other ITV regions had their own shows, but would show ""The Big Match"" if they were not covering their own match – particularly often in the"
"Moore would become synonymous with ITV Sport over the next three decades. Although ITV had covered League football before, the launch of ""The Big Match"" in 1968 began to garner the network a reputation as a respected alternative to the BBC. Moore's first big ratings success came in 1970 as the chairman of ITV's highly innovative World Cup coverage. Although a panel of football experts was not entirely new, Moore and Hill presided over a month of football debate – and glorious action – that bristled with controversy and charisma. Malcolm Allison, Derek Dougan, Pat Crerand and Bob McNab were"
"Ian Darke Ian Darke (born 1950) is an English association football and boxing commentator who currently works for BT Sport and ESPN. Darke was previously one of Sky's ""Big Four"" football commentators alongside Martin Tyler, Alan Parry and Rob Hawthorne. He was also the main commentator for Sky's big boxing fights and along with Jim Watt, covered some of the biggest fights involving British boxers. Darke worked for nearly ten years on BBC Radio covering boxing, athletics and football, before moving to Sky Sports in 1992 to commentate on the newly formed FA Premier League. He was the number two"
"John Inverdale John Inverdale (born 27 September 1957) is an English broadcaster who works for both the BBC and ITV. During his radio career, he has presented coverage of many major sporting events including the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the Grand National and the FIFA World Cup. He was the main television presenter of ""Today at Wimbledon"" until 2014 and has hosted television coverage of sports programmes including ""Rugby Special"" and ""Grandstand"". He has presented ITV's coverage of the Rugby World Cup and the French Open. Since 2013, Inverdale has been embroiled in several broadcasting controversies, which have prompted criticism as"
"to the network in September 2005. In 2007, he was named Sports Commentator of the Year by the Royal Television Society for his work in ITV Sport's ""The Big Fight Live"". John also commentated on boxing for Sky Television and Setanta. Before joining ITV, John was an award winning commentator on BBC Radio, covering major athletics meetings across the world from 1988 as BBC Athletics Correspondent, winning the Sony Radio Sports Commentator of the Year award, and also broadcasting numerous world title boxing bouts. As a writer he has principally worked for the Guardian. He has also been a regular"
"Clive Tyldesley Clive Tyldesley (born 21 August 1954) is an English television sports broadcaster. He has been ITV's senior football commentator since the retirement of Brian Moore following the 1998 World Cup final. In that role, he has led the ITV commentary team at the subsequent 4 World Cups and 4 European Championships, and been lead commentator on the last 17 UEFA Champions League finals as well as taking the microphone at 9 FA Cup finals for ITV. He won the prestigious Royal Television Society Sports Commentator of the Year in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2005, and was voted the"
"The Big Match The Big Match was a British football television programme, screened on ITV between 1968 and 1992. ""The Big Match"" originally launched on London Weekend Television, the ITV regional station that served London and the Home Counties at weekends, screening highlights of Football League matches. Other ITV regions had their own shows, but would show ""The Big Match"" if they were not covering their own match – particularly often in the case of Southern and HTV. The programme was set up in part as a response to the increased demand in televised football following the 1966 FIFA World"
"left until 1997). Parry has also covered athletics for Sky, but his main role has been as a football commentator. For five years he was the Monday Night Football commentator, before working on the pay-per-view games on PremPlus for four years. In more recent times, Parry has been one of Sky's 'Big Five' commentators – including Martin Tyler, Ian Darke, Bill Leslie and Rob Hawthorne (now 'Big Four' since Darke left Sky) – who commentate across a wide portfolio of matches in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League and Football League. Parry has commentated on seven League"
"and Reshmin Chowdury as roving reporter. Commentators on BT Sport Darts coverage were John Rawling, Jim Proudfoot, Vassos Alexander, Paul Nicholson, Deta Hedman and Chris Mason, these are shared with Channel 4's coverage, as the commentary is produced independently. BT Sport did not renew their contract for the 2019 tournament and the rights are now held by QUEST and Eurosport BT Sport's weekday daytime schedules often include sporting action from yesteryear. Football features heavily and includes league matches from the 1970s and 1980s from both the ITV Sport, including full editions of ""The Big Match"", and the BBC's ""Match of"
"Les Murray (broadcaster) Les James Murray (born László Ürge; 5 November 1945 – 31 July 2017) was a Hungarian-Australian sports journalist, association football broadcaster and analyst. He was the host of ""The World Game"" on SBS television, retiring in July 2014, and has been inducted into the FFA's Football Hall of Fame. As the country's most prominent TV presenter of Football, Murray played a major role in the sport's growing popularity in Australia beginning in the 1980s. Murray coined the phrase ""The World Game"", which later became the title of SBS's Football programme. Murray was born as László Ürge in"
"results as they came through, with the characters in each result appearing one by one. Remarkably, only two people regularly read out the classified results on ""Final Score"" when it was part of Grandstand: the Australian Len Martin (from the first programme until his death in 1995) and Tim Gudgin (from 1995 until Final Score was separated from Grandstand in 2001 – he continued to read the classified results until 2011). For twenty years (1965–1985) ""Grandstand"" faced competition from ITV's ""World of Sport"", but by the end of the 1980s ITV had stopped broadcasting Saturday afternoon sport in favour of"
"opinion on the outcome; however, this was streamlined for all but League or Tournament finals, where it was felt the extra ceremony was more appreciated. One noticeable resemblance to televised sport was in its soccer/football style commentary and pundit formats, though coverage also offered replay clips and highlights. Where appropriate, specialist commentators are brought in to contribute their own experience, such as national broadcaster and sports journalist, Trevor Harris. The Match (TV programme) The Match was the flagship show of the now defunct XLEAGUE.TV. It was a studio-based show which delivered highlights from tournament and league play from XLEAGUE.TV's club"
"and sports commentator Neil Durden-Smith. He married Rachel Morse on 11 December 2004; the couple have three children. Mark Durden-Smith Mark Durden-Smith (born 1 October 1968 in Soho, London) is an English television presenter best known for presenting ITV shows such as """" and ""This Morning Summer"", Sky 1 shows such as ""The Match"" and ""Double or Nothing"", and Channel 5's rugby union coverage. Durden-Smith was educated at Radley College. He then studied at Durham University. At Durham he made one appearance as a full-back for the rugby team and was a squad member for the 1991 tour to Zimbabwe."
"Ian Major Ian Major (19 September 1943 – 28 January 2009) was an Australian sports broadcaster. Chiefly known for commentary in Australian Rules football, Major broadcast Victorian Football League matches with Melbourne radio station 3XY from 1966–69. He formed an association with 3KZ for 21 years (1970–1991), commentating on VFL/AFL matches. His partner in the commentary box was Richmond's Jack ""Captain Blood"" Dyer, leading to the reference of the duo as ""The Captain and the Major"". They were named Australasia's top sporting commentators and given a Pater award. Major had also won awards as Australia's top sporting commentator in 1977"
"a number of sports. When LWT launched in 1968, he was the choice of the Deputy Head of Sport John Bromley to commentate on and present their new football show ""The Big Match"". Bromley's boss Jimmy Hill won the argument though and installed his choice, Brian Moore, in the role that he would fill for the next thirty years (Moore had commentated on the 1966 World Cup Final for BBC radio), although Davies and Moore both claimed to have been unaware of this until many years later. Davies joined the BBC in July 1969, making his first brief on-screen appearance"
"he has become a leading voice of cricket on radio, as the BBC Radio cricket correspondent and as a commentator on ""Test Match Special"". He has also contributed as a member of Australian broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ""Grandstand"" team. Agnew's on-air ""leg over"" comment on ""Test Match Special"", made to fellow commentator Brian Johnston in 1991, provoked giggling fits during a live broadcast and reaction from across England. The incident has been voted ""the greatest sporting commentary ever"" in a BBC poll; Michael Henderson, one of Agnew's peers and rivals, has described him as ""a master broadcaster ... the pick"
"bigger, with Eleanor Oldroyd and Tony Livesey presenting, and additional commentators, including Philip Studd, Jonathan Overend, Alastair Eykyn, Iain Carter and Catherine Whitaker. In addition the BBC also has non-exclusive radio rights to all ATP World Tour Masters 1000 matches until 2020. The BBC holds joint rights to the Six Nations championship in the UK with ITV Sport until 2021. The BBC will show all France, Scotland and Wales home matches live either on BBC One or BBC Two. Coverage of these games is complemented by an interactive service on BBC Red Button and Radio commentary on all matches. The"
"once before at 2GB. He is currently a host on the Nine Network's ""The NRL Footy Show"" (since 2010). He has been part of the menswear chain Lowes's advertising campaigns, which also feature other retired Rugby League players. Darryl Brohman Darryl Brohman (born 22 June 1956) nicknamed The Big Marn, is an Australian former former rugby league footballer and coach of the 1970s and 1980s, now best known as a commentator and media personality. Brohman played professional league for the Penrith Panthers and the Queensland rugby league team. At present, he is working for 2GB on its Continuous Call Team"
"He was married, with three children (including Scott Major) and five grandchildren. Ian Major Ian Major (19 September 1943 – 28 January 2009) was an Australian sports broadcaster. Chiefly known for commentary in Australian Rules football, Major broadcast Victorian Football League matches with Melbourne radio station 3XY from 1966–69. He formed an association with 3KZ for 21 years (1970–1991), commentating on VFL/AFL matches. His partner in the commentary box was Richmond's Jack ""Captain Blood"" Dyer, leading to the reference of the duo as ""The Captain and the Major"". They were named Australasia's top sporting commentators and given a Pater award."
"and reading thrillers. John Motson John Walker Motson, OBE (born 10 July 1945), also known as Motty, is an English football commentator who currently works for Talksport. Since 1971 he has been a commentator for over 2000 games on television and radio, including covering all the major football championships: FIFA World Cups, FA Cups, and UEFA European Championships. For a 30-year period, from the late 1970s to 2008, Motson was the dominant football commentary figure at the BBC, apart from a brief spell in the 1990s, when his friend and rival Barry Davies was selected for two FA Cup final"
"Martin Tyler Martin Tyler (born 14 September 1945) is an English football commentator and coach at Woking Football Club. In 2003, he was voted the FA Premier League Commentator of the Decade. After graduating from the University of East Anglia in the 1960s, Tyler helped in the publishing of Marshall Cavendish's ""Book of Football"". He was also ghostwriter on football pundit Jimmy Hill's column in ""The Times"" and reported matches under his own name for that paper. At the urging of Hill he took a job behind the scenes on LWT's ""The Big Match"" – which had been established in"
"Professional Radio' by the Radio Academy. A lifelong Leicester City F.C. fan who has spent most of his life in the city of Leicester. Andy May (presenter) Andy May (born 4 July 1987 in Shrewsbury), is a television and radio broadcaster and Radio Academy award winner. Andy currently hosts and reports on BT Sport and can often be seen at the network's major UEFA Champions League matches. He was nominated by the Sports Journalists' Association for 2015 Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year, which was won by Sky Sports cricket anchor Ian Ward (cricketer). Andy conducted the first major television"
"John Motson John Walker Motson, OBE (born 10 July 1945), also known as Motty, is an English football commentator who currently works for Talksport. Since 1971 he has been a commentator for over 2000 games on television and radio, including covering all the major football championships: FIFA World Cups, FA Cups, and UEFA European Championships. For a 30-year period, from the late 1970s to 2008, Motson was the dominant football commentary figure at the BBC, apart from a brief spell in the 1990s, when his friend and rival Barry Davies was selected for two FA Cup final commentaries and the"
"Len Martin Leonard Martin (17 April 1919 – 21 August 1995) was an Australian results reader. He was known in the UK for reading out the football results, associated football pools statistics and horse-racing results on the BBC's Saturday afternoon sports programme, ""Grandstand"". Martin was born in Australia where he began his broadcasting career. He came to England on holiday in 1953 for the Coronation and received a call from the BBC the day before he was due to sail for Australia. He never used his return ticket home, and only twice went back to Australia in 1983 and 1993,"
"and the final. Craig Doyle is the main presenter of the coverage whilst Lawrence Dallaglio acts as the main match analyst. Sarra Elgan and Martin Bayfield also present live action whilst further reporting comes from Tim Cocker, Jill Douglas and Chris Hollins. Austin Healey, Brian O'Driscoll, David Flatman, Ben Kay and Ugo Monye provide further punditry and co-commentary. BT Sport usually have one forward and one back acting as co-commentators on every match so one of Dallagio, Kay or Flatman, along with one of Healey, Monye or O'Driscoll join Nick Mullins, Alastair Eykyn or Andrew Cotter in the commentary box."
"a strong training ground for sports broadcasters and among his colleagues were BBC Match of The Day commentator Guy Mowbray, talkSPORT presenter Adrian Durham and Sky Sports' football reporter Johnny Phillips. He returned to the BBC in 1995 to work for BBC Radio Cleveland, BBC Radio Leeds and BBC Radio Newcastle. In 1998, he began commentating on Leeds United games for BBC Radio Leeds alongside Norman Hunter. In 2002, he left Radio Leeds to work as a football commentator for Radio 5 Live, for which he has covered four major international tournaments. Ian Dennis (football commentator) Ian Dennis (born 22"
"presenter. On 31 July 2017, it was announced that Murray had died following an illness. He was 71 years old. He was given a state funeral at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. Les Murray (broadcaster) Les James Murray (born László Ürge; 5 November 1945 – 31 July 2017) was a Hungarian-Australian sports journalist, association football broadcaster and analyst. He was the host of ""The World Game"" on SBS television, retiring in July 2014, and has been inducted into the FFA's Football Hall of Fame. As the country's most prominent TV presenter of Football, Murray played a major role in the"
"also commentated on snooker, boxing, crown Green bowls and darts. Johns retired to his house in Radyr near Cardiff where he was an active Freemason. His wife Joan died in November 2003 - they had been married for 53 years. He died at home in June 2007, aged 84. Hugh Johns Hugh Richard Lewis Johns (6 September 1922 – 27 June 2007) was an English football commentator, best known for his appearances for ITV. During his career, he covered 1,000 matches including four FIFA World Cup finals. Johns was born in Wantage, Berkshire. He served in the Fleet Air Arm"
"Darryl Brohman Darryl Brohman (born 22 June 1956) nicknamed The Big Marn, is an Australian former former rugby league footballer and coach of the 1970s and 1980s, now best known as a commentator and media personality. Brohman played professional league for the Penrith Panthers and the Queensland rugby league team. At present, he is working for 2GB on its Continuous Call Team broadcasts, on ""The Footy Show"" and makes guest appearances on the Australian version of the ESPN show ""Pardon the Interruption"". In the summer, he plays a small role in the nationally syndicated radio program entitled Summer Weekend Detention"
"Hugh Johns Hugh Richard Lewis Johns (6 September 1922 – 27 June 2007) was an English football commentator, best known for his appearances for ITV. During his career, he covered 1,000 matches including four FIFA World Cup finals. Johns was born in Wantage, Berkshire. He served in the Fleet Air Arm during World War II. After the war he tried acting whereupon he met his future wife, Joan Hatcher, who was then working as a stage manager in the West End. They married in late 1950. During the 1950s, he became a journalist working for a number of regional newspapers"
"productions are also shown domestically for highlights packages on Sky Sports' ""Football First"" programme. Alan Parry Alan Parry (born 1948 in Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English sports commentator, concentrating on football and athletics. He has commentated for all three main broadcasters of football in the UK – the BBC, ITV and Sky TV, as well as for both BBC and commercial radio. Starting his career at BBC Radio Merseyside, he joined the BBC in London in 1973, and immediately started regular football commentaries. Within a short time he was covering England matches, and by 1975 he was covering the"