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Guy Nicholas Mowbray (born 16 February 1972) is an English football commentator, who primarily appears on the

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at the 1998 World Cup, he became the youngest ever television commentator on a World Cup Final, aged 26.

Early life

Mowbray's career began in the mid-1990s through the

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network, a series of premium rate phone lines containing club information and commentaries. He joined

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where he covered rugby league, cricket and football. He then moved to commercial station Sun FM in Sunderland and then to

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in Newcastle. Whilst at Metro Radio he started commentating on

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's matches alongside summariser

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. During this time he became sports editor and won Sony and EMAP Radio Awards.

Broadcasting career

Eurosport (1997–1999)

In April 1997 Mowbray made his television debut with

. In little over a year he became their primary commentator, leading the team (which included

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and Mike Vince) at the 1998 World Cup in France. At 26 he became the youngest broadcaster to commentate on the World Cup Final for television, and also picked up the Newcomer of the Year award from the Royal Television Society.

ITV (1999–2004)

Mowbray departed Eurosport and Metro Radio in 1999 to join

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. In five years with the network he covered live Champions League, Football League and Italian matches. He was a leading member of the commentary team on the ill-fated

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. He also contributed commentaries at

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and

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as well as the

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. ITV also held the rights to Premiership highlights for three seasons and Mowbray was a regular commentator alongside Clive Tyldesley,

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and

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on the Saturday night highlights show.

BBC (2004–present)

However, with the loss of Premiership highlights to the BBC in 2004, Mowbray found his prospects at ITV limited and turned freelance, gaining regular work with the corporation on ''

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''. Due to a change in format, the BBC send commentators to all the

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matches played on a Saturday, so he has been able to commentate on a Premier League match virtually every week. Mowbray has established himself in the BBC team and has been afforded live match opportunities in the FA Cup, as well as travelling to the 2006 World Cup, Euro 2008 and the women's World Cup in China in autumn 2007. Alongside his BBC commitments Mowbray has also contributed frequently to Eurosport's coverage since 2004 and has occasionally covered matches for

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. In January 2010, he hosted the Yorkshire & Lincolnshire edition of the BBC's regional football show ''

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'', and the following month he commentated on the BBC's live coverage of the 2010 Football League Cup Final. Mowbray was the chosen commentator for the BBC's coverage of England games at the

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following the retirement of

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from live commentary duties. He went on to commentate on England during Euro 2012 including England's eventual quarter-final shoot-out defeat to Italy. He was also chosen by the BBC to commentate the BBC's coverage of the

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matches in the

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tournament.

BT Sport (2015–present)

Since

acquired the domestic exclusive rights for the

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for the UK and

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from ITV and

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, Mowbray returned his Champions League commentaries since covering the network in 1999 for some matches on their channels.

IMG (2016–present)

Since the start of 2016–17 season, Mowbray went to commentate for the

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and the

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world feed commentary for the international viewers outside of the countries with the exclusive rights, but on the 2020 final, he replaced Tony Jones for the Champions League final live commentary duties. As part of his work for IMG, Mowbray commentated on Wrexham's

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ties on US television network

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Personal life

Born in

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, Mowbray continues to live in the city with his family. He was educated at Huntington School in the north of the city. He plays cricket regularly for Bishopthorpe Cricket Club second team, and occasionally for the first team. He is a supporter of

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Awards

* 1998

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(for Metro Radio commentary on Sunderland v Charlton play-off final) * 1999 Best Newcomer in TV Sport

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References

External links

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