Robin "Rob" Maclean (born 1958 in

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) is a Scottish

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and

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. He currently works for

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and

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. Maclean began his career with the Highland News Group in

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before working for an

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news agency between 1979 and 1981. He then worked at

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for six years before joining

's flagship evening news programme ''

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'' in 1986. After two years with ''Reporting Scotland'' he left to join STV rivals ''

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'' in 1988. Maclean returned to BBC Scotland in 1990 where he worked as a presenter for both ''Reporting Scotland'' and ''

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''. In 1997, he succeeded

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as BBC Scotland's main football commentator, a position he held until his departure to

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in 2004 as the main anchorman for live coverage of

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matches. Until

's UK operation ceased trading in June 2009, Maclean was the main anchorman for their live coverage. Following Setanta's demise, he was the main anchor of STV's

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coverage, while also working as a commentator & presenter for

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. However, in 2010 he returned to the BBC full-time as the main presenter of ''Sportscene'', and a commentator for

. He has also commentated on

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matches for

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. From the start of the 2017-18 football season, Maclean appeared on

's coverage of Scottish football and the

following the departure of

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at the end of the 2016–17 season. Maclean has worked as a commentator on matches in the

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, and matches in European competition featuring Scottish clubs. He also hosted the Golf Show, a weekly radio golf magazine show live from St Andrews, on BBC Radio Scotland. Rob has a wife Pauline, a daughter Lily and a son Hamish.

References

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