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This kicked in from 2001 and left the BBC without any regular week-by-week football. Champion therefore moved to join ITV in 2001, and was a regular part of ITV's commentary team for the Premier League, League Cup, Football League, and the UEFA Champions League. He was loaned back to ITV for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012, usually ...
He also began playing for the Republic of Ireland, picking up the first of 15 caps. Seven months after lifting the league and cup double, his leg was badly broken following a mistimed tackle from Everton's Gary Stevens in the League Cup fifth round game in January 1987. Former manager Bob Paisley said that it was one of the worst leg breaks he ...
Previously, ITV held the rights to English top flight football highlights (both in its current iteration as the Premier League and as the old Football League First Division). It acquired the Premiership highlights in 2000 for the 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons, surprising the BBC, the previous holders, and ending Match of the Day as ...
Townsend was part of ITV's coverage of the Premier League after they won the rights from the BBC to show top flight football on Saturday evening. In January 2015 ITV confirmed that Townsend, along with presenter Adrian Chiles , would not be retained by the broadcaster after the expiry of his contract in the summer of 2015, with the channel ...
It replaces Football League Extra, which had generally been shown late at night on Monday nights. Also, a new regional football highlights programme Soccer Night. The programme focuses on Football League clubs. 2005. January – ITV broadcasts American Football for the first time when it shows the play-offs and the Super Bowl. ITV also ...
Mowbray departed Eurosport and Metro Radio in 1999 to join ITV. 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 ITV Sport Channel. He also contributed commentaries at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 as well as the 2002 World Cup.
Welsby began his broadcasting career on Liverpool radio station Radio City as a sports reporter and commentator. [1] In January 1978 he joined Granada Television, working on its football programme The Kick Off Match and presented its 1980s successors Match Night (if shown on a Saturday) and Match Time (if broadcast on a Sunday) until their demise in 1983.
He also presents The Weekend Review on Premier League TV on Monday throughout the Football season. Pougatch has presented coverage of the IPL cricket and the African Cup of Nations for ITV . In January 2015, Pougatch replaced Adrian Chiles as the main football presenter on ITV , fronting the channel's coverage of the UEFA Champions League ...