Steve Bower is best known as one of the main voices for BBC TV's Match of the Day, culminating in being part of the commentary teams for the 2010,2014,2018, and 2022 FIFA World Cups.
21 Facts About Steve Bower
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Steve Bower can be heard on TNT Sports covering the Europa League, Serie A, and the Bundesliga, NBCSN covering the Premier League in the US, and ESPN covering international matches.
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Steve Bower is the lead presenter on world feed Premier League Productions and presents Premier League football for Amazon Prime Video UK.
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Steve Bower then began providing commentary and presenting on the stations coverage of local football teams Everton FC, Liverpool FC and Tranmere Rovers matches.
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In May 1996, Steve Bower was appointed Head of Sport at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester, at the time the youngest sports editor in UK Independent Radio.
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Steve Bower presented various sports programme, and match commentary on Manchester United, Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers.
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From September 1998 to July 2007, Steve Bower was senior commentator and presenter at Manchester United Television where he provided commentary on Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup matches for the full 90-minute delayed broadcast with a co-commentator.
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Steve Bower gave commentary and on-location presentation on pre-season tour matches live around the world in places such as Australia, United States, China, Japan and South Africa, not to mention Reserve and Youth Cup matches.
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Steve Bower conducted after-match interviews at every game with players and manager, plus special exclusive sit-downs such as with David Beckham on signing in Madrid, Sir Alex Ferguson on announcing his retirement and Roy Keane on 'prawn sandwich' fans.
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Steve Bower's role comprised studio presentation, which included fans' phone-ins and special shows such as with Joel Glazer on his family buying Manchester United.
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Steve Bower provided studio presentation throughout Euro 2004 for talkSPORT radio in addition to full match commentaries on England qualifiers and Champions League matches.
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In July 2007, Steve Bower made the move to Setanta Sports where he was a commentator and presenter.
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Steve Bower's work included live Premier League games, live FA Cup matches, live UEFA Cup matches, live World Cup qualifiers, commentary and presentation of live Blue Square Premier games, including play-off games and a final at Wembley.
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Steve Bower worked on FA Cup matches including build-up to the final, as well as coverage of live England under-21 and under-19 matches, and coverage of the FA Youth Cup.
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Steve Bower has been heard commentating for Sky Sports and on Match of the Day for the BBC.
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Steve Bower lends his voice for ITV Sport's highlights of the UEFA Europa League on ITV4.
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Steve Bower continues as the No 2 commentator for Europa League as well as working Bundesliga and Ligue 1 for BT Sport.
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Steve Bower has worked for NBC Sports as a play-by-play commentator for Premier League matches as an alternate to Arlo White, and has hosted studio coverage for the network during the absences of primary host Rebecca Lowe, as well as various on-location segments.
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Steve Bower has hosted the network's Match of the Day and Premier League Download programs.
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In 2016, Steve Bower was a lead presenter for ESPN's coverage of Euro 2016.
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Now, Steve Bower is the presenter on Sundays for Premier League Productions for worldwide viewers.