Guy Nicholas Mowbray was born on 16 February 1972 and is an English football commentator, who primarily appears on the BBC and TNT Sports.
21 Facts About Guy Mowbray
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Guy Nicholas Mowbray was born on 16 February 1972 in York, Yorkshire.
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Guy Mowbray's career began in the mid-1990s through the ClubCall network, a series of premium rate phone lines containing club information and commentaries.
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Guy Mowbray joined BBC Radio York where he covered rugby league, cricket and football.
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Guy Mowbray then moved to commercial station Sun FM in Sunderland and then to Metro Radio in Newcastle.
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Guy Mowbray picked up the Newcomer of the Year award from the Royal Television Society.
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Guy Mowbray departed Eurosport and Metro Radio in 1999 to join ITV.
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Guy Mowbray was a leading member of the commentary team on the ill-fated ITV Sport Channel.
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Guy Mowbray contributed commentaries at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 as well as the 2002 World Cup.
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ITV held the rights to Premiership highlights for three seasons and Guy Mowbray was a regular commentator alongside Clive Tyldesley, Peter Drury and Jon Champion on the Saturday night highlights show.
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However, with the loss of Premiership highlights to the BBC in 2004, Guy Mowbray found his prospects at ITV limited and turned freelance, gaining regular work with the corporation on Match of the Day.
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Guy Mowbray has established himself in the BBC team and has been afforded live match opportunities in the FA Cup, as well as travelling to the 2006 World Cup, Euro 2008 and the women's World Cup in China in autumn 2007.
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Alongside his BBC commitments Guy Mowbray has contributed frequently to Eurosport's coverage since 2004 and has occasionally covered matches for Setanta Sports.
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Guy Mowbray was the chosen commentator for the BBC's coverage of England games at the 2010 World Cup following the retirement of John Motson from live commentary duties.
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Guy Mowbray went on to commentate on England during Euro 2012 including England's eventual quarter-final shoot-out defeat to Italy.
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Guy Mowbray was chosen by the BBC to commentate the BBC's coverage of the England matches in the Euro 2020 tournament.
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In 2024 and 2025, Guy Mowbray commentated on the revived edition of hit game show Gladiators.
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Since BT Sport acquired the domestic exclusive rights for the UEFA club competitions for the UK and Republic of Ireland from ITV and Sky Sports in 2015, Guy Mowbray returned his Champions League commentaries since covering the network in 1999 for some matches on their channels.
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Guy Mowbray continues to live in Haxby, York with his family.
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Guy Mowbray plays cricket regularly for Bishopthorpe Cricket Club second team, and occasionally for the first team.
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Guy Mowbray is a supporter of York City Football Club.