Commentators The following Bob 70-71 players have all been known to do some commentating at some time or other.
1999 - onwards
99 = 1999-2000 season, 00= 2000-2001 season, 01=2001-2002 season, etc...
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Obviously this is not a complete list, but covers CONFIRMED reports
since the pages began, please tell me if you know of more...
So far we have ...
Colin Addison (Sheffield United) BBC Radio Wales 07 Sam Allardyce (Bolton Wanderers) ITV 05
Jimmy Armfield (Blackpool) BBC Radio Five and World Service. 99,00,01,02,03,04,05,06,07
Ron Atkinson (Oxford United) for ITV - where he once had own football programme.99,00,01,02,03. Real Radio (Yorkshire) 06
Alan Ball (Everton) Radio Solent 02,03,04,05, 06. BBC1 05.
Dave Bassett (Walton and Hersham) UKG2 05, Yorkshire TV (ITV region) 07
Alan Birchenall (Crystal Palace) Century 106: 04, Heart 106: 05
Tony Brown (West Bromwich Albion) Capital Gold 01
Trevor Brooking (West Ham United Squad) on Radio Five Live and BBC t.v.'s 'Match of the Day'.99,00,01,02.
Kenny Burns (Birmingham City) Century 106: 04, Heart 106: 05
Pat Crerand (Manchester United) for MUTVand local radio 02
Kenny Dalglish (Celtic) Channel 5, 02, 03. ITV 06
Roger Davies (Bridgnorth Town) Century 106: 04, Heart 106: 05 Rams FM 07
Terry Dolan (Huddersfield Town) Radio Leeds 05
Barry Fry (Bedford Town) BBC Radio Five Live 03
Ricky George (Barnet) BBC Radio 06
Bobby Gould (Wolves) for Talk Radio and Radio Five Live 99
Alan Gowling (Manchester United) Radio Manchester 07
George Graham (Arsenal) for Sky Premiership Plus (pay- per-view) 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06
Eddie Gray (Leeds United) Radio Aire 04, Radio Leeds 05,06, 07 Johnny Giles (Leeds United) Irish TV's 'Match of the Day' equivalent 01 Bryan Hamilton (Linfield) BBC Radio Five Live 02, 03, 07 Eurosport 03, 05 Eoin Hand (Portsmouth) RTE Radio One 07
Colin Harper (Ipswich) for the local station that covers the Ipswich Town games.99
John Hollins (Chelsea) Radio 5 Live, 03
Micky Horswill (Sunderland) Century FM (North East) 07 Brian Horton (Port Vale) BBC Radio Manchester 07
Emlyn Hughes (Liverpool) Yorkshire Real Radio 03
Norman Hunter (Leeds United) for BBC Radio Leeds.99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04. Yorkshire Radio 06,07
Derek Johnstone (Rangers) Radio Clyde 03, 07
Joe Jordan (Morton) for Channel Five. 99, Radio Leeds 01, Radio Five Live 02
Kevin Keegan (Scunthorpe) for Talk-Sports 99, 00
Joe Kinnear (Tottenham Hotspur squad) for RTE in Ireland. 99
Brian Little (Aston Villa) Sky 03, Radio 5 Live Extra 07
Larry Lloyd (Liverpool) Century 106: 04 Peter Lorimer (Leeds United) for BBC Radio Leeds: 99, 00, 01, 02, 03 Channel 5: 00 and Radio 5 Live: 01. Yorkshire Radio 06, 07.
Sammy McIlory (Manchester United) 07
Malcolm MacDonald (Luton Town) for Century FM (North East), 00,01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 Tyne Tees Television 01. (There is an article about Malcolm in 'Shoot Monthly Magazine' for May 2003). See 100 - 102 Century FM
Lawrie McMenemy (DoncasterRovers manager) Talk Sport 01,02,03
Billy McNeill (Celtic) for Channel Five.99, Radio 5 Live 00,01,02,03
Gordon McQueen (St Mirren) Sky Sports News 02,03,04,05, 06,07
Lou Macari (Celtic squad) for Talk Sport 00, Radio Five Live 02, Sky Sports News 03.04
Dixie McNeil (Northampton Town) BBC Radio Wales 07 Frank McLintock (Arsenal) Sky Sports News 02,03, 04 Rodney Marsh (Q.P.R.) for Sky One, 99,00,01 Sky Sports News 02,03,04. TalkSport 01, 05. See October 2006 News Dave Merrington (Burnley) BBC Radio Solent 02,03, 06
Bobby Moncur (Newcastle United) had his own phone in on Century FM (North East) 99,00, 06,07
Ronnie Moore (Tranmere Rovers) Yorkshire Television 01
Alan Mullery (Tottenham Hotspur) Sky TV 01, Sky Sports News 03, 05,06, 07
Phil Neal (Northampton Town) Talk Sport, Radio 5 Live 00
Martin O'Neill (Distillery FC) BBC1 05
Terry Paine (Southampton) South African television 01,02,03,04,05,06. Since 05 at least the channel has been Supersport)
Stuart Pearson (Hull City) MUTV 01
David Pleat (Peterborough) for ITV 99, 01, 05, 06, 07; Radio 5 Live 02, 07; ITV2 03.
Harry Redknapp (West Ham United) for ITV 01,03
Bobby Robson (Ipswich Town manager) ITV 02
Joe Royle (Everton) Channel 5 - 01, 02, BBC1 02
Graeme Souness (Tottenham Hotspur squad) for Sky 99,03. RTÉ Television 05
Graham Taylor (Lincoln City) for Radio 5 Live 01, 03, 04, 06, 07; ITV 01,02; BBC TV 05
Phil Thompson (Liverpool) Sky Sports News 05
Terry Venables (QPR) had own phone in on Virgin Radio Saturdays at noon (99), television programme on Sky Sports 01, and is also on ITV 99, 00, 01, 03, 05
Neil Warnock (Rotherham United) Yorkshire Television (ITV region) 06
Bob Wilson (Arsenal) for ITV 99,00,01 Radio 5 Live 02, 03
Further links on this site include...
See Where are they now ? November 2002
For further related links on this site see the following ...
An article on ITV's coverage of the 1970 Mexico World Cup Finals is at 'Low-Down on ITV's Experts'
Brian Moore's Obituary
Brian Moore has a stand named after him at Gillingham's Priestfield Stadium, see Statues
Kenneth Wolstenholme's Obituary
John Bromley's Obituary
Saturday Sport - an article by Kenneth Worstenholme on the BBC football programme that pre-dated 'Match of the Day'.
See Richard Stevens' email, at April 2002
BBC World Cup: Guidelines for commentary team - joke email does the rounds, see Summer 2006
Jimmy Hill has a plaque on the Sky Blue Wall of Fame at Coventry City's Ricoh Arena, see Statues
There's some great links to Football commentators at...
Anglia Gold Sport
50 Moments In Welsh Sport - Hugh Johns ITV Sport
And present day, ITV Football
BBC SPORT WORLD CUP TV-Radio Coverage
Guardian Unlimited Observer Sport The 10 greatest bits of commentary ever
Thanks to Peter McConnell for the first two links.
And thanks to Kåre B for the final link
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