Last updated April 2008
Category: 5 Live
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Mike is the Chief Football
Correspondent on Radio 5 Live, and a key
part of the 5 Live commentary team
throughout the Premiership season and in
Euro 2008.
He has commentated on
numerous World Cups and European
Championships throughout the last 20 years,
including 13 penalty shoot-outs, and is about
to commentate on his 12th tournament and
sixth European Championship – his first without
England's involvement.
Mike names his favourite tournaments in
order of preference as Italia 90, Euro 96 and
USA 94.
Mike started his career at BBC Radio Derby,
and he joined the BBC Radio Sport team
nearly 30 years ago.
Mike presented Sport On
2 on Radio 2 before becoming a football
commentator in 1984.
Mike also occasionally presented Andy
Peebles's show on Radio 1 in the early
Eighties, and is a keen record collector and
music fan.
Born in Cheshire in 1950, Mike now lives with
wife Lorna and their family in Buckinghamshire.
