About Me
Please see below for my recent client list and career history.
Current Clients
BBC TV SPORT
Football commentator on the Premier League for Match of the Day on BBC1 and BBC2 since the programme returned in 2004. Commentator on the Championship and Carling Cup for the Football League Show. Commentator on 2006, 2008 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations; 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games; 2007 Womens World Cup; 2009 Confederations Cup; with live matches shown on BBC3 and via the red interactive button. Reporter for Final Score on BBC1.
PITCH INTERNATIONAL
Football Commentator on international matches, Champions League and UEFA Cup. My commentary is used as a “world feed,” with the matches sold to various TV stations around the globe. Regular commentaries include South American World Cup qualifiers and South American Under 20 and Under 17 Championships; as well as international matches featuring countries such as England, Sweden and Wales. Between 2006-10 I covered all of Germany's home internationals; and every round of the German Pokal; the German Cup.
BT MEDIA/CSI SPORT
Commentator on live Championship and Carling Cup matches for world distribution and highlights use on BBC Sport and BT Vision. Presenter of the Football League highlights show shown around the world. Voiceover for edits used on the BBC Sport website.
IMG MEDIA
Commentator and highlights voiceovers for The Football League Show, produced by IMG for BBC TV. Occasional presenter of Futbol Mundial.
EUROSPORT and BRITISH EUROSPORT
Commentator on live matches from a wide variety of competitions and tournaments. Presenter of Eurogoals and other football programmes. Between 2002 and 2005 I was commentator for live Serie A matches and presenter of Gol!, the weekly Serie A highlights programme. Commentator for Euro 2004 and 2002, 2004, 2010 and 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
HOST BROADCAST SERVICES (HBS)
On site commentator for the 2011 Womens World Cup in Germany. These were international feed commentaries; and were used by stations around the world.
SETANTA SPORTS IRELAND & NORTH AMERICA
Football commentator on the Champions League; Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Cup for Setanta Ireland. These live matches are frequently simulcast on Setanta channels in North America, Canada and Australia. Commentator on live Champions League matches directly for Setanta North America.
KOTV
Occasional presenter of Goalissimo, a weekly football highlights programme. Occasional presenter of KOTV, a weekly boxing magazine show and of beach volleyball programmes.
CHANNEL 5
Occasional football commentator, matches covered both live-to-air and for highlights.
PERGALL MEDIA
I co-own this production company, with my friend Andy Steggall. We have produced two series (15 x 30 minutes) of Late Kick Off for BBC TV; a third series started in January 2012 and will run until May. Pergall makes the edition for the South, West & South-West, currently presented by James Richardson. We have made DVD's for Reading and Swindon Town Football Clubs; the history of the PFA for Sky Sports; golf programmes for Sky Sports & Setanta; and in-house films for use by a variety of clients, including Loch Lomond Golf Club.
BBC RADIO SPORT
Football reporter and commentator for Radio 5 Live. Sports presenter on the Radio 1 breakfast show between 1995-97. I have also been the presenter of numerous (probably thousands!) of sports bulletins on Radio 2, Radio 4, 5 Live and the BBC World Service.
MATCHROOM SPORT
Commentary on the PGA Europro Golf Tour (shown on Sky Sports) and on various other golf programmes.
EXCELLENT TALENT
My agents. Voiceovers and trails for many different channels; such as History, Discovery and Animal Planet; and a variety of adverts for both radio and TV; including Mail on Sunday, Compaq computers, FIFA computer games and the Territorial Army.
Previous Clients
SKY SPORTS
(1994-2000) Football commentator, reporter and voiceovers for Premiership and Nationwide league coverage.
ITV SPORT
(1998-2003) Reporter for The Goal Rush for ITV1 and ITV2. Post match interviews for The Premiership.
MERIDIAN TV (ITV1)
(1997-2003) Football commentator for Soccer Sunday and the Meridian Match, including live editions of Soccer Sunday.
ITV SPORT CHANNEL
(2001-02) Football commentator and reporter.
SETANTA SPORTS UK
(2006-09) Commentator on FA Cup, Italian Serie A, German Bundeslegia, Blue Square Premier and pre-season matches.
CHANNEL 4
(1999-2002) Football commentator on Italian Serie A.
ESPN STAR SPORTS
(1999-2001) Football commentator on Italian Serie A, Spanish La Liga and the Champions League.
NORTH ONE TV
(2005-07) Commentator on Italian Serie A shown on Bravo . Commentator for 2006 World Cup, shown on UKTV G2.
INPUT MEDIA
(2008-10) Voiceover Presenter of the FA Cup highlights programme distributed around the world. Commentary and presentation of beach volleyball programmes.
UEFA
(2002-04) Football commentator and programme presenter on Uefa.com.
SKY NEWS
(1994-95) Reporter and producer on the Sports Desk at Sky News.
TELEVIDEO
(1996-2004) Presenter, commentator and interviewer for football DVD’s and videos.
ISL
(1998-2001) Presenter of FIFA TV. Commentator on Brazilian football. Narration for videos, including the official video of Euro 2000.
TODAY FM
(Republic of Ireland 1998-2003) Commentator on Premiership football.
WARWICKSHIRE CCC
(1995-2007) Match day host for 20/20 cricket; and the Sunday League. In 2007 and 2008 I acted as host for corporate guests in the main hospitality rooms at Test matches and One Day Internationals.
Before leaving BBC radio in 1994 to freelance, I worked in local and national radio.