Alan Green

Alan Green (born 25 June 1952 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) has been a BBC Radio sports commentator since 1981, mainly on football but also on golf, rowing and the Olympic Games.Green was one of BBC Radio 5 Live's football commentators but his contracted was not renewed in 2020 and has been a winner of a Sony Radio Academy Award for Sports Broadcaster Of The Year. He is noted for his forthright style of football commentary and believes he has been involved in several controversies and disputes with managers including Alex Ferguson and Sam Allardyce although there is actually no evidence of this. He also worked in MLS as Atlanta United play by play lead announcer for Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Southeast. More...

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Last 5 matches worked on by Alan Green (see all)

Date	Match	Competition	Channel	Role	Language
04/02/2021	Bolton Wanderers v Liverpool	English FA Cup	BBC RADIO 5 LIVE	Main Commentator	English
16/07/2020	Everton v Aston Villa	English Premier League	BBC RADIO 5 LIVE	Main Commentator	English
02/07/2020	Sheffield United v Tottenham	English Premier League	BBC RADIO 5 LIVE	Main Commentator	English
04/03/2020	Sheffield Wednesday v Manchester City	English FA Cup	BBC RADIO 5 LIVE	Main Commentator	English
01/03/2020	Everton v Manchester United	English Premier League	BBC RADIO 5 LIVE	Main Commentator	English

Top 20 channels worked on by Alan Green

Channel	Occassions
BBC Radio 5 Live	916
BBC Match of the Day	5
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra	3
BBC One	1
BBC Radio 2	1

Top 20 teams worked on by Alan Green

Team	Occassions
Manchester United	227
Liverpool	193
Arsenal	168
Chelsea	144
Manchester City	97
Tottenham	52
Everton	49
Aston Villa	39
Newcastle United	37
Blackburn Rovers	37
England	33
Leeds United	30
Barcelona	29
Bolton Wanderers	28
Middlesbrough	27
Germany	20
Real Madrid	19
Portugal	18
Bayern Munich	18
Birmingham City	18

Top 20 people worked with by Alan Green

Person	Occassions
Mike Ingham	328
John Murray	153
Graham Taylor	133
Chris Waddle	101
Mark Lawrenson	80
Ian Brown	70
Jimmy Armfield	56
Pat Nevin	52
Simon Brotherton	41
Danny Mills	40
Mark Pougatch	38
Conor McNamara	37
Jonathan Pearce	32
Ian Dennis	32
Robbie Savage	31
Mark Saggers	25
Terry Butcher	23
Ian Payne	22
Darren Fletcher	20
Kevin Kilbane	14

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