The moments you live for as a sports commentator!
#Blackburn win it against #Burnley with pretty much the last kick of the game to reach their first FA Youth Cup semi-final since 2012!
Emile Heskey alongside me for late drama in the East Lancashire Derby!
#sport #football #commentary
El Lanclasico, the Cotton Mills / East #Lancashire Derby - #Blackburn v #Burnley!
A footballing rivalry that began in 1884 takes a new chapter!
Both sides have only won the FA Youth Cup once, Blackburn in 1959, Burnley in 1968 - who will make the semis?
Join Emile Heskey and I for it!
#football
Lenna Gunning-Williams - remember the name!
A goal for the Spurs forward on her first England U23s start,assisted superbly by Jess Simpson!
Lianne Sanderson and yours truly on commentary for this during a 1-1 draw for England vs the Netherlands.
#womensfootball #Spurs #football #sport
For #IWD I want to highlight four brilliant women in sport:
@herworldcrickettour – superb cricket writer!
@abigailtennis – top-tier tennis broadcaster!
@mariamkourabi – built @shescoresbangers from scratch!
@annemariebatson – excellent reporter, presenter and more!
Follow and hire them!
23,465 at MK Dons for their community day TREBLING their average attendance, great to see!
The Dons romped to a 4-1 win, moving move up to 2nd and halting Harrogate’s recent revival with a first loss in six!
#MKDons #EFL #Harrogate #football #commentary
🎙️ Anthems always get the goosebumps going!
Fun night on 🏴 v 🇳🇱 WU23s commentary🎙️with Lianne Sanderson.
Lenna Gunning-Williams scored her first goal at this level early on, but Eva Oude Elberink equalised with mere moments left!
#womensfootball #Lionesses #Oranje #womenssport #commentary
Can Arsenal win the Women’s FA Cup for the first time in a decade?
The Gunners 7th win in a row, seeing off Bristol City, sets up a home quarter-final against Brighton in April.
Will this season finally bring a 15th FA CUP for #Arsenal?
#AWFC #womensfootball #football
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The Hatters are happy!
#Luton beat in-form Argyle to reach the #EFL Trophy semi-finals in my BBC Radio Devon ⚽️📺🎙️.
Tom Cleverly said #Argyle were “lacklustre, humbled, second best in every area, outdone at the basics” adding re injures that “we’re not keeping our budget on the pitch enough.”
Great to make it seven years in a row doing my annual guest lecture in Liverpool, focusing on practical tips for breaking into a notoriously tough industry.
Learning is always a two-way process so great to meet many talented young stars of the future!
#LJMU #Liverpool #journalism #lecturing
Once that’s done in the W6N France will chase a first title since 2018 and try to finally end England’s dominance. Again the schedule is kind on that front, Les Blues hosting the Red Roses in the final round in May.
#sixnationsrugby #music #RugbyUnion #France #violin
Winners last year, but a grand slam in 2022 is their only other title since 2010 - can Les Blues go back-to-back?
Antoine Dupont being fit helps, bringing all his magic!
The fixtures stack up nicely, facing both their biggest title rivals at home - Ireland tomorrow, England in the final round.
Written in 1792 by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle and adopted as the anthem three years later, it embodies the revolution, calling for the defence against tyrants and the spilling of impure blood in a true ‘battle cry’.
Defending M6N champions France have been in the top two six times in a row!
The Men’s #SixNationsrugby starts tomorrow (Thursday night, odd, I know) as France host Ireland at the Stade de France, where La Marseillaise will ring out!
Dusted off the violin for the first time in 15 years in (poor) tribute to a stirring national anthem!
#violin #RugbyUnion #France #sport
QUARTER-FINAL EXTRA TIME DRAMA! 📺🎙️🇫🇷🇺🇦
France beat Ukraine 4-2 to reach the semi-finals of the futsal Euros for the first time ever after a thriller, always fun to commentate on tense and high-quality international sport with so much on the line!
#sport #France #commentator #broadcasting #futsal
Love a good bit of cup drama, so it was fun to commentate on it recently as 3rd-tier Oxford United scoring three times late on to get a fourth FA Cup win this season and reach the 5th round!
Loved the vibes of the subs running on too! #football #commentary #womensfootball #FACup #womenssport
A HUGE day for Latvian sport! On their futsal EUROS debut the tournament co-hosts thrashed Georgia 4-0 in Riga.
Always a privilege to be on world feed UEFA 📺 commentary for a major international tournament and an unforgettable day in a country’s sporting history!
#futsal #EURO #Latvia
Back-to-back European champions Portugal face two-time winners Italy as both sides start their 2026 futsal EUROS!
Join me live and free on UEFA.tv for what should be one of the best games in the group stages!
#futsal #EUROS #Italy #Portugal
- 20 points in 11 now for Argyle
- Six wins and a draw from last seven away in all comps
- Deserved 1-0 win at in-form Peterborough United in my BBC Radio Devon commentary
#BBCRadioDevon #sport #football #EFL #Argyle
2025 was my 10th year as a pro sports broadcaster, not that I’m expecting a testimonial match! 😂
Commentating on the Lionesses victory parade, and shedding a few happy tears after, was epic having covered so much Women’s football - SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE went!
Happy New Year! #football #sport
I wouldn’t fancy being on the judge on the Birmingham City goal of the month competition for December!!! 😂 #sport #BCFC #FACup #football #womensfootball
When you are a sports-mad 15-year-old, you’ll want to try broadcasting…
It’s VERY important you pick up that microphone…
LUCK OF THE IRISH! ☘️🎙️📺⚽️
A dream Men’s U17 World Cup debut for 🇮🇪 and it’s always a dream to commentate on any World Cup!
After first working with them on the 2024 Paris Olympics, great to be back with the talented team at HBS, this time on ten games for FIFA+ including THREE shoot-outs!
#U17WC
How does a Champions League football commentator write out the lineups?
I use different colours and formations to help map it out.
Bonus points if you can guess correctly what the different shorthand pink annotations mean!
#football #broadcasting #womensfootball #sport #commentary #UWCL
How does a football commentators kit actually WORK?
A whistlestop tour behind-the-scenes from commentary for BBC Radio Devon at Leyton Orient, done through a netting - you never know what challenges live broadcasting will bring! 😂
#commentary #broadcasting #sport #sports #football
Have the Canaries finally found their wings?
A first win in 14 for Norwich City, beating QPR 3-1 - catch the best bits from my commentary on Sky Sports Football!
A first home win for Norwich since AUGUST!
#NCFC #commentary #sport #EFL #football #Norwich
2025 at @yorkshireccc.bsky.social meant a LOT!
From leading the white-ball Men’s and Women’s broadcasts to sharing the box with so many brilliant people.
So many on-field highlights and a great crew off it!
A special season, professionally and personally - a link to my grandad Ray Valente. ❤️🏏
Ethan Nwaneri is a STAR! This kid can PLAY!
The 18-year-old is a joy to watch, helping England go 5/5 in EURO 2027 qualifying, winning 4-0 in Slovakia.
Grateful to be trusted by the FA on England U21s commentary once again - their EUROS ‘three-peat’ is on!
#sport #football #Arsenal #Nwaneri
BAD MEMORIES FOR ARSENAL AT BAYERN… A DIFFERENT STORY TONIGHT? A Pernille Harder hat-trick sunk Arsenal to a 5-2 loss at Bayern, one of the Gunners last games under Jonas Eidevall. Remarkable to think that was just over a year ago, and that under Renee Slegers WON the #UWCL! #football #Arsenal
Young baller 🚨 - SAMUELE INACIO! 🇮🇹
Four goals at this U17s World Cup, this number 10 is a natural playmaker & finisher. Already at German club Borussia Dortmund, a finishing school for top talent, it was a joy to commentate on him in full flow!
#football #Italy #U17WC
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📺⚽️🎙️I love the unpredictability of football - 24TH plays 6TH, BATTERS THEM 5-0! 😂
A big win for Peteborough United against Blackpool in a game that genuinely could’ve finished about 6-5 based on the chances created!
#football #EFL #sport
