Commentators (In Order Of Appearance)

Clive Tyldesley (ITV)
Clive succeeded Brian Moore as the Chief Commentator on ITV in 1998.
Having worked at Liverpool's City Radio, he moved to Granada Television in the late 1980s before working on BBC's 'Match of the Day' (1992-96).
He's covered the finals of all the major competitions for ITV including the World Cup, European Championships, Champions League and FA Cup.
South Africa provided his 3rd World Cup Final for ITV.
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Martin Tyler (Sky)
Martin has led Sky Sports' commentary team since it began in 1991 and is one of the most respected football commentators worldwide.
In 2003 he was named the 'Premier League Commentator Of The Decade' by fans.
He also works for Premier League Productions on the feed that's distributed outside the UK, and was signed by ESPN as their Lead Commentator for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Guy Mowbray (BBC)
Guy is one of the BBC's lead commentators on 'Match of the Day'. He also presents the regional football show 'Late Kick Off' in Yorkshire & Lincolnshire.
Having made his name with Metro Radio in the North East, Guy worked for Eurosport and was named Newcomer of the Year by the Royal Television Society in 1998. He spent 5 years at ITV before joining the BBC in 2004.
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Steve Banyard (Premier League Productions)
Steve is a lead commentator on the international feed of the Premier League that gets distributed to over 200 countries all around the world. In the UK, he's also heard on Sky from time to time.
He covers major international tournaments like the World Cup for HBS/FIFA and the European Championships for UEFA, and he's the composer and Executive Producer of 'Let's Hear It England'.
Rob Hawthorne (Sky)
Rob won a local radio competition in Birmingham by commentating on Trevor Francis' goal in the 1979 European Cup Final.
He made his television debut for Sky covering Leeds v Liverpool alongside Francis.
Before joining Sky, he worked for the BBC in local and network radio.
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Ian Darke (ESPN)
Ian joined ESPN in the USA after covering the 2010 FIFA World Cup for them in South Africa.
Previously, he was one of Sky's lead football commentators in the UK, and also their chief boxing commentator.
He commentates on the English Premier League and major international tournaments.
Peter Brackley
Peter's worked for the BBC, ITV and Sky, but many will know him best as the voice of Italian football for 10 years on Channel 4.
He's worked on World Cup Finals and European Championship Finals, together with FA and League Cup Finals.
He was also the commentator on the computer game Pro Evolution Soccer, and now broadcasts on the BBC's Championship coverage for their website.
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Simon Brotherton (BBC)
Simon commentates for both Match of the Day and Radio 5-Live.
He's covered 3 World Cups, 4 European Championships, 3 Africa Cup of Nations, 2 Champions League Finals and 2 UEFA Cup Finals.
Simon is also the voice of cycling on BBC Radio and has commentated on World and Olympic Boxing, Grand Prix Athletics, Formula One and World Series Baseball.
Peter Drury (ITV)
Peter joined ITV from BBC Radio in 1998 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup was his fourth World Cup Finals (in addition to three European Championships). Over the course of those 12 years, he has also commentated on countless matches in all the major European and domestic competitions, majoring currently on the Champions League and FA Cup.
A product of BBC Radio Leeds, he graduated to BBC network radio in 1993 and was, for some years, a core member of the "Five Live" commentary team.
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Steve Wilson (BBC)
Steve is one of the BBC's lead commentators on 'Match of the Day'.
He became known on the radio at Capital Gold in London before moving to the BBC with Radio Five Live, and then joining the TV team full time in 2004.
He's commentated on World Cup semi finals for BBC TV, as well as Champions League and FA Cup Finals for radio.
Jon Champion (ESPN)
South Africa 2010 was Jon Champion's 6th FIFA World Cup and his 3rd with ITV. His most memorable game remains England v Argentina in 1998 on which he commentated for BBC Television. Jon began his career with BBC Radio, he then spent 7 years with 'Match of the Day' and is now Chief Commentator for ESPN in the UK.
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Commentators


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BBC Sport
Guy Mowbray
Steve Wilson
Simon Brotherton

ITV Sport
Clive Tyldesley
Peter Drury

Sky Sports
Martin Tyler
Rob Hawthorne

ESPN
Jon Champion
Ian Darke

Premier League Productions
Steve Banyard

Ex Football Italia
Peter Brackley


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