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Ray Houghton

Ray Houghton

Raymond James Houghton (born 9 January 1962) is a retired football player, and current analyst and commentator with RTÉ Sport. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Houghton played international football for the Republic of Ireland, for whom he qualified through his Irish father. Houghton is particularly remembered by Irish fans for scoring two of the most important goals in the national team's history, which resulted in 1–0 victories over England in Stuttgart at the 1988 European Championship, and Italy at Giants Stadium at the 1994 World Cup. More...

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Last 5 Matches (see all)

Date
Match
Competition
Channel
Role
Language
14/11/2026
UEFA Nations League
Co-commentator
English
14/11/2026
UEFA Nations League
Co-commentator
English
14/11/2026
UEFA Nations League
Pundit
English
04/11/2026
UEFA Champions League
Co-commentator
English
04/11/2026
UEFA Champions League
Co-commentator
English

Top 20 Channels

Channel
Occasions
talkSPORT
438
RTÉ 2 Ireland
238
RTÉ 2 Ireland / HD
235
talkSPORT App
211
RTÉ Player (geo/R)
143
World Feed
111
Newstalk 106-108FM
56
Off the Ball
54
Al Jazeera Sport +3
35
Sky Sports 1 / HD
35
talkSPORT 2
35
LFCTV GO [$]
25
LFC TV HD (radio commentary)
22
Sky Sports 2 / HD
21
Absolute Radio
18
Channel 5
17
RTÉ 2 Ireland / HD (highlights)
12
Today FM
11
LFC TV HD
9
RTÉ News
8

Top 20 Teams

Team
Occasions
Liverpool
308
- P. SOCCER SATURDAY -
200
talkSPORT Kick Off
186
talkSPORT GameDay Live
168
Ireland
136
Off the Ball
120
Arsenal
115
Tottenham
115
Chelsea
107
Manchester United
103
Manchester City
99
Southampton
63
Crystal Palace
58
Everton
55
West Ham United
51
Barcelona
47
Aston Villa
44
Fulham
44
Real Madrid
43
Bournemouth
40

Top 20 People Worked With

Person
Occasions
Darragh Maloney
271
Mark Saggers
267
George Hamilton
209
John Giles
200
Eamon Dunphy
159
Bill O'Herlihy
155
Jim Proudfoot
153
Liam Brady
142
Peter Collins
118
Richie Sadlier
109
Sam Matterface
92
Dietmar Hamann
90
Ian Danter
82
Rob Hawthorne
71
Kenny Cunningham
62
Ronnie Whelan
62
Ian Abrahams
59
Adrian Durham
56
Trevor Steven
50
Alvin Martin
48


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