Samuel Peter Matterface (born 21 April 1978) is an English sports broadcaster currently working for TalkSPORT and
ITV Sport
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BBC Radio Kent
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It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at The Great Hall in Tunbridge Wells.
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in 1998, then Capital Radio Sport from 1999. Matterface worked at the south-coast radio station 107.4 The Quay, where he presented the breakfast show and a variety of sports related programmes from 2001–2007.
Between 2006 and 2007, Matterface worked on the
Sky
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channel
Bravo
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, featuring in weekly segments on the football magazine show ''
Football Italia
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''. He presented short reels, entitled "What's a Matter You?", showcasing the more light-hearted moments of the
Serie A
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gameweek, amidst the ongoing 2006 match-fixing scandal. The section was dropped in 2007 when the rights to Italian football were acquired by the
free-to-air
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Sky Sports News
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History
Since 1992, Sky Sports had broadcast sports news, initially a brief ''Football Update'' and lat ...
in July 2007, before leaving in late 2010.
On 12 January 2018, Matterface was confirmed as Matt Chapman's replacement as commentator for
ITV
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's ''
Dancing on Ice
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''.
On 14 July 2020, ITV announced that Matterface would replace Clive Tyldesley as lead football and England commentator at the start of the 2020-2021 season.
Personal life
Matterface is a supporter of
Chelsea F.C.
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Matterface was previously married to former Sky Sports colleague
Natalie Sawyer
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Sawyer parted company with Sky Sports News in March 2018, after eighteen years of service having initially joined the ...