Last updated April 2008
Category: Sport
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Jonathan became a commentator on
Match Of The Day during the 2004/05 season
following, three years at BBC Radio 5 Live.
He
started his career at BBC Radio Bristol in 1979.
His first match commentary was Bristol
Rovers against Exeter City in the League Cup,
and he became sports editor at the age of 23
at Radio West.
In 1987 he moved to London
and Capital Radio, where he launched Capital
Gold Sport a year later.
Jonathan has won several awards for his work,
including three Sony awards and the Variety
Club Radio Person of the Year.
He has
commentated on more than 150 England
internationals, four World Cups, five European
Championships and more than 20 Cup Finals.
Born in 1959 in Plymouth, Jonathan moved to
Bristol at the age of seven. He is still a Bristol
City FC fan, but his wife and three small children
are Arsenal, Brighton and Crystal Palace fans.
Jonathan studied English at Birmingham
University and at the National Broadcasting
School. He now lives in West Sussex.
