Last updated April 2008
Category: 5 Live; Sport
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Alan Green is one of BBC Radio 5 Live's top
football commentators. He also presents the
Saturday night edition of the nation's top soccer
phone-in, 606, throughout the football season.
A
winner of the Sony Radio Awards Sports Broadcaster
of the Year, Alan was inducted into the Radio
Academy Hall of Fame in December 2007.
Alan was born in Belfast in 1952, and attended
Methodist College in his home town before
achieving an honours degree in Modern History
from Queen's University.
After leaving university, he worked in his local
newspaper until he moved to the BBC in 1975,
as a News Trainee.
Alan began his career in news, presenting
current affairs on radio in Northern Ireland
before joining BBC Radio's Sport department as
a senior sports broadcaster.
He now estimates
that he sees between 100 and 120 matches a
season, and has won the admiration of fans for
his honest assessments of games and players'
performances.
Alan has commentated on every major football
tournament of the last 20 years including the
1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups,
and the European Championships in 1988, 1992,
1996, 2000 and 2004.
He will be a key part of
5 Live's commentary at the European
Championship in Austria and Switzerland in
2008.
Best known for his uncompromising football
commentary, Alan also commentates on rowing
and golf.
Alan lists "time off" as a current hobby.
