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	1056
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	265
Liverpool	239
Arsenal	180
Chelsea	170
Manchester City	119
Tottenham	62
Everton	62
Aston Villa	58
Blackburn Rovers	45
Newcastle United	44
England	38
Bolton Wanderers	33
Leeds United	30
Barcelona	29
Middlesbrough	28
West Ham United	23
Wigan Athletic	21
Birmingham City	21
Sunderland	21
Germany	21

Top 20 people worked with by Alan Green

Person	Occassions
Mike Ingham	377
John Murray	175
Graham Taylor	149
Chris Waddle	113
Mark Lawrenson	96
Ian Brown	80
Jimmy Armfield	72
Pat Nevin	64
Conor McNamara	49
Ian Dennis	45
Simon Brotherton	45
Danny Mills	43
Mark Pougatch	39
Robbie Savage	35
Jonathan Pearce	32
Mark Saggers	25
Darren Fletcher	25
Terry Butcher	24
Ian Payne	22
Jan Mølby	22

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