Peter Donald Drury was born on 24 September 1967 and is a British sports commentator who currently works for Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and NBC Sports in the United States as the lead commentator for their Premier League coverage.
19 Facts About Peter Drury
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Peter Drury went on to freelance for Premier League Productions on its international coverage of the Premier League until May 2022 but still does occasional commentaries for them.
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Peter Donald Drury was born on 24 September 1967 in Braintree, Essex, England.
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Peter Drury's father was a Church of England vicar based in Kent.
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Peter Drury went to St John's School, Leatherhead in Surrey.
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Peter Drury was usually the first man at the ground a couple of hours before the other spectators came flooding in.
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Peter Drury worked as an accountant for a period of one month after graduating from university.
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Peter Drury soon moved to Five Live following its launch on 28 March 1994.
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Peter Drury's credits include the 1996 UEFA Champions League Final and UEFA Euro 96, where he covered Group D matches involving Portugal and Turkey.
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Peter Drury then joined ITV in February 1998 and his first match for the network was a replay of an FA Cup sixth round tie between Sheffield United and Coventry City on 17 March.
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Peter Drury was immediately selected to be part of the commentary team as their junior correspondent for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, replacing John Helm.
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Peter Drury commentated on the 2014 FIFA World Cup final match between Germany and Argentina on 13 July 2014 at the Maracana Stadium.
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In 2015, Peter Drury replaced Jon Champion as the primary commentator in the Pro Evolution Soccer video game series, starting with Pro Evolution Soccer 2016, having narrated Sony's This Is Football series earlier.
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Peter Drury has covered most of the Premier League matches alongside co-commentator Jim Beglin, whom he has worked with since 1995 including his early work with 5 live.
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Peter Drury insists that viewers normally tune in to watch the match and not because of both of them.
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Peter Drury joined CBS Sports for its UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League coverage in August 2020, as the second-choice play-by-play commentator.
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On 18 June 2023, it was announced that Peter Drury would join Sky Sports, doing one game a week on Sunday, Monday, or midweek.
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Peter Drury will continue calling games for NBC Sports for Saturday 12:30 pm ET games.
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Peter Drury has been famed for his expressive and poetic style of commentary.