John Murray (sports broadcaster)
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John Murray is an English
sports broadcaster and commentator for BBC Radio 5 Live
.
, which straddles Hadrian's Wall
. He was educated at Haydon Bridge High School and studied geography at the University of Wales, Lampeter
. His career in radio began at TFM Radio on Teesside. He joined BBC Tees in 1994. In 1995 he transferred to the BBC Radio Sport department in London and, by 1998, he had become part of the football commentary team.
Murray is the third choice football commentator on 5 Live behind Mike Ingham
and Alan Green regularly calling the Saturday 3pm game. He has also commentated on Golf
, Cricket
and Olympic Equestrian
. Murray made his FA Cup final commentary debut on 5 Live on May 15, 2010 describing Chelsea's 1-0 victory over Portsmouth alongside Ingham.
He lives in North Yorkshire with his family.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
sports broadcaster and commentator for BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
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Biography
John Murray was brought up on a family farm in NorthumberlandNorthumberland
Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...
, which straddles Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall was a defensive fortification in Roman Britain. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was the first of two fortifications built across Great Britain, the second being the Antonine Wall, lesser known of the two because its physical remains are less evident today.The...
. He was educated at Haydon Bridge High School and studied geography at the University of Wales, Lampeter
University of Wales, Lampeter
University of Wales, Lampeter is a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822 by royal charter, it is the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales and may be the third oldest in England and Wales after Oxford and Cambridge...
. His career in radio began at TFM Radio on Teesside. He joined BBC Tees in 1994. In 1995 he transferred to the BBC Radio Sport department in London and, by 1998, he had become part of the football commentary team.
Murray is the third choice football commentator on 5 Live behind Mike Ingham
Mike Ingham
Mike Ingham, MBE is a British football commentator and broadcaster.-Early life:He grew up in Duffield and Quarndon , and attended The Herbert Strutt School in Belper, then a grammar school...
and Alan Green regularly calling the Saturday 3pm game. He has also commentated on Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and Olympic Equestrian
Equestrian at the Summer Olympics
Equestrianism made its Summer Olympics debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It disappeared until 1912, but has appeared at every Summer Olympic Games since. The current Olympic equestrian disciplines are Dressage, Eventing, and Jumping...
. Murray made his FA Cup final commentary debut on 5 Live on May 15, 2010 describing Chelsea's 1-0 victory over Portsmouth alongside Ingham.
He lives in North Yorkshire with his family.