Andy Burton (TV Presenter)
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Andy Burton is a pitchside reporter and commentator, currently best known as a touchline reporter for
Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It ...
. He has worked for
Capital Radio Capital London is a radio station owned and operated by the Global media company as part of its national Capital FM Network. As Capital Radio it was launched in the London area in 1973 as one of Britain's first two commercial radio stations. ...
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/ref> and Bravo. He hit the headlines after launching an assault on presenter Richard Bacon in a dispute over his ex girlfriend in 2007. He was the main commentator on Bravo's Football Challenge joined by
Andy Goldstein Andy Goldstein is a British television presenter and radio broadcaster currently working for Talksport. He has presented ''Soccer AM'' on Saturday mornings, replacing Tim Lovejoy (having also previously taken over from him as co-host on ''Soccer ...
. He commentated for Sky Sports, on Premiership football matches shown in their Saturday evening highlights show, Football First. On 25 January 2011, Burton was suspended by Sky due to his involvement in the sexist comments made about a female assistant referee, Sian Massey, which also involved Andy Gray and
Richard Keys Richard Keys (born 23 April 1957) is an English sports presenter who has worked for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Talksport, Al Jazeera, Fox Sports, ESPN Star Sports , BeIN Sports; and has presented many top-level football matches. Career ...
. However, unlike Gray and Keys, Burton later returned to his regular duties at Sky. He was a scout at AFC Bournemouth for less than a season.


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