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This is a list of media commentators and writers in the United Kingdom on the sport of Association football. A number of football players have had a second career as writers or commentators. However, many commentators never played the game at a professional level such as Dale Rowlinson and Gaz Mallachan, yet they have gone on to become famous ...
B. Trevor Bailey; Danny Baker; Clare Balding; Jack Bannister; Eilidh Barbour; Caroline Barker; Sue Barker; John Barrett (tennis) Ian Bartlett; Peter Baxter (radio producer)
Murray Walker – BBC Sport 1949–1996, ITV Sport 1997–2001, Network Ten 2006–2007, BBC Radio 2007, BBC Sport Website 2009–2015, Channel 4 2016–2018 Darrell Waltrip – Fox 2001–present John Watson – Eurosport 1990–1997, ESPN 1997–1998, BBC Sport 1998–2001, Sky Sports 2002–present, GT World 2016–present
The most famous BBC TV racing broadcaster was Peter O'Sullevan, who became one of the first ever TV sports commentators in the immediate post-war years and stayed with the BBC until 1997. Julian Wilson had presented the BBC's horse racing coverage from 1966 to 1997. Clare Balding took over presenting duties following Wilson's retirement.
[5] Since 2010 he has returned to Channel 4 to provide punditry for the 2011–12 NFL season and co-hosted the American sports podcast Americarnage with Nat Coombs and Dan Louw from 2011 to 2016. [citation needed] Carlson was the lead commentator for the BBC's coverage of the basketball at the 2012 Olympics, alongside co-commentator John Amaechi.
Robert Joseph Walker MBE (born 13 March 1975 in Oxford, Oxfordshire) is a British sports commentator, television presenter and freelance reporter, who has covered sports including tennis, snooker, darts, boxing, football, sailing, and athletics for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Setanta Sports and the IAAF.
Fletcher would also become a part of the channel's FA Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League team when BT acquired those rights in 2015. [7] Since 2016 he has commentated on the finals of the Europa League and the Champions League. [8] Since 2014 Darren Fletcher has anchored the Channel 4 coverage of the Red Bull Soap Box Derby.
He joined BBC Radio 5 Live in 2002 and was part of their 2002 FIFA World Cup commentary team. He presented the station's midweek sports programme, Sport on Five, from 2003 until 2005 and became a commentator for BBC television on Match of the Day in 2004. He also lent his voice to Sensible Soccer, the Ubisoft football game Action Soccer, and ...