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
13/12/2020	Germany v Turkey	UEFA Euro	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

Top 20 channels worked on by Alan Green

Channel	Occassions
BBC Radio 5 Live	647
BBC Match of the Day	6
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra	3
BBC One	2
BBC Radio 2	1

Top 20 teams worked on by Alan Green

Team	Occassions
Manchester United	167
Arsenal	127
Liverpool	121
Chelsea	107
Manchester City	78
Tottenham	43
Aston Villa	31
Everton	31
Barcelona	28
Blackburn Rovers	19
Bayern Munich	18
Real Madrid	18
AC Milan	16
Leeds United	14
England	14
Stoke City	14
FC Porto	14
Bolton Wanderers	13
Newcastle United	12
Netherlands	11

Top 20 people worked with by Alan Green

Person	Occassions
Mike Ingham	255
John Murray	103
Graham Taylor	93
Mark Lawrenson	74
Chris Waddle	58
Pat Nevin	48
Ian Brown	40
Jimmy Armfield	38
Simon Brotherton	31
Robbie Savage	29
Danny Mills	29
Jonathan Pearce	26
Ian Dennis	22
Ian Payne	22
Conor McNamara	22
Terry Butcher	18
Darren Fletcher	17
Mark Pougatch	15
Steve Crossman	13
Jan Molby	12

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