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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
24/09/2026
British Football
Pundit
English
24/09/2026
British Football
Pundit
English
04/07/2026
FIFA WORLD CUP 2026
Co-commentator
English
04/07/2026
FIFA WORLD CUP 2026
Co-commentator
English
30/06/2026
FIFA WORLD CUP 2026
Co-commentator
English

Top 20 Channels

Channel
Occasions
talkSPORT
425
RTÉ 2 Ireland
238
RTÉ 2 Ireland / HD
228
talkSPORT App
183
RTÉ Player (geo/R)
136
World Feed
111
Newstalk 106-108FM
56
Off the Ball
54
talkSPORT 2
37
Al Jazeera Sport +3
35
Sky Sports 1 / HD
35
LFC GO
24
Sky Sports 2 / HD
21
LFC TV HD (radio commentary)
20
Absolute Radio
18
Channel 5
17
RTÉ 2 Ireland / HD (highlights)
12
Today FM
11
BBC Sounds APP
7
RTÉ News
7

Top 20 Teams

Team
Occasions
Liverpool
295
- P. SOCCER SATURDAY -
200
talkSPORT Kick Off
166
talkSPORT GameDay Live
146
Ireland
135
Off the Ball
120
Arsenal
117
Tottenham
115
Chelsea
107
Manchester United
106
Manchester City
96
Southampton
64
Crystal Palace
58
Everton
56
West Ham United
51
Barcelona
47
Aston Villa
45
Real Madrid
43
Bournemouth
42
Fulham
42

Top 20 People Worked With

Person
Occasions
Darragh Maloney
256
Mark Saggers
250
George Hamilton
205
John Giles
200
Jim Proudfoot
171
Eamon Dunphy
159
Bill O'Herlihy
155
Liam Brady
140
Peter Collins
112
Richie Sadlier
101
Sam Matterface
100
Ian Danter
82
Dietmar Hamann
80
Rob Hawthorne
71
Kenny Cunningham
62
Ronnie Whelan
62
Ian Abrahams
60
Adrian Durham
50
Trevor Steven
50
Des Curran
45


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