Martin Tyler

Martin Tyler ( born 14 September 1945 in Chester ) is an English football commentator. He was elected as Premier League Commentator of the last decade. His voice is one of the most famous in English football. Tyler commented on Premier League games as well as European Cup and World Cup matches.

Playing career

Tyler played before his time as a commentator football for the University of East Anglia in Norwich from 1964-1968, during his sociology studies. After studying English was at the Corinthian Casuals from Tolworth in the English Amateur League Isthmian League operates. After Tyler took the job as a commentator at the London station LWT he played only in the national team " Commentators XI ".

Commentators career

After graduating at the University Tyler was involved in the English football bible Marshall Cavendish 's Book of Football. He was also ghost writer of English football analyst Jimmy Hill in his column for The Times. After the urging of Hill, he took a job at LWT and commented on some important games for the London regional station. After the expulsion of the ITV presenter Gerry Williams Tyler succeeded him and became more and more known. His first major annotated game to a wider audience was the English second division match between FC Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday. After good performances as a commentator, he got a job in 1976 at Yorkshire Television, which also allowed him to be at the Football World Cup 1978 in the group of commentators for England. In 1979, he commented on his first European Cup final against Nottingham Forest Malmö FF in the national champion trophy, which won the English 1-0. In 1982, he commented on his first World Cup final. In the 80 years he has been the dominant voice in major English and international football matches in England. In 1991 Tyler on Sky Sports. Since 2006, the Englishman working for the Australian TV channel SBS in major events like the World Cup or European Championship. But his main employer remains Sky Sports. Tyler was elected as the most important commentator of the 90 Premier League 2005. Besides football, he commented yet netball, cricket and baseball. He also takes over with Alan Smith and Alan McInally currently annually the role as one of the English commentators in the computer game series Fifa.