Unsung heroes of sport on the radio. I’m thinking of the crew of chaps with the speech impediments who sum up the soccer on Irish radio on a Saturday afternoon. Like Andwew Cheal and Shane Pennington. Or the Rte GAA chaps, like Pat McAuliffe and Mike McCarthy ( Kerry would score three more points ).
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That Cian Murtagh chap on OTB is painful to listen to. Awful attempts at bants with the others. Needless to say he is a rugby football man, primarily.
Pat McAuliffe is a hero. Any man who spends his summer traipsing around county grounds watching camogie 'keepers making mistake after mistake as they repeatedly let the high ball drop in over their head deserves a fucking medal.
Dicky Davis on Soccer Saturday on Sky seems like an alright sort.
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Guy Swindells
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Paul Rowley
Jesus, that fuckin cunt. I tried to listen to the sports hour the other evening. Turned it off in five minutes.
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Chris Camara one is he ?
Oisin Langan is good.
Requiem for Moooichael McMullen
No he’s not.
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John Gwynne on Sky. Does soccer on a Saturday and occasionally does the darts too.
He sounds like a bubbly character. You’d get the impression he’d drink anyone under the table.
Ah…
There’s a guy who does the Everton games usually for RTÉ. Can’t pronounce his Rs. Seems like a lovely chap, always gives an update on matters of Irish interest for his “cross-channel” listeners.
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Does Phil Yates still provide snooker updates for sports news bulletins?
He does a fair bit of commentary for Eurosport.
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Great shout on Phil Yates.
John Keith?
He does both Liverpool and Everton games.
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That’s he. It was wrecking my head.
Yeah, he does both but Liverpool don’t seem to play at 3 on a Saturday as frequently.
He’s like a kindly grandfather, although presumably he doesn’t suck on Werther’s Original sweets during games for reasons of professionalism.
@mickee321 - is Pat Murphy still doing the East Midlands beat for 5 Live?
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Pat is still the man in the midlands for 5 live. I think he misses Paul Lambert though.
Steve Claridge.