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
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
23/02/2020	Manchester United v Watford	English Premier League	BBC RADIO 5 LIVE	Main Commentator	English

Top 20 channels worked on by Alan Green

Channel	Occassions
BBC Radio 5 Live	1167
BBC Match of the Day	9
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra	3
BBC Radio 2	1
BBC One	1

Top 20 teams worked on by Alan Green

Team	Occassions
Manchester United	289
Liverpool	268
Chelsea	186
Arsenal	185
Manchester City	137
Tottenham	80
Everton	71
Aston Villa	64
England	56
Newcastle United	47
Blackburn Rovers	45
Bolton Wanderers	33
West Ham United	30
Middlesbrough	30
Leeds United	30
Barcelona	29
Sunderland	25
Germany	22
Wigan Athletic	22
Birmingham City	21

Top 20 people worked with by Alan Green

Person	Occassions
Mike Ingham	407
John Murray	183
Graham Taylor	153
Chris Waddle	119
Mark Lawrenson	102
Ian Brown	82
Jimmy Armfield	76
Pat Nevin	74
Conor McNamara	50
Robbie Savage	50
Danny Mills	47
Ian Dennis	45
Simon Brotherton	45
Mark Pougatch	39
Jonathan Pearce	32
David Pleat	27
Darren Fletcher (commentator)	25
Mark Saggers	25
Terry Butcher	24
Ian Payne	22

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