The mark of an exceptional football commentator is when they add value to a match you're watching on television. Otherwise, if they're not adding anything worthwhile, you're better off watching the game in silence.

Take for example the incident when Dirk Kuyt scored for Liverpool in the first half of Tuesday's Champions League match against Lyon, only for the goal to be disallowed.

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Martin Tyler has joined ESPN's 2010 World Cup team as the main commentator, according to Sports Illustrated.

EPL Talk speculated back in July that ESPN were interested in acquiring Tyler. And now, according to SI, they expect ESPN to make a formal announcement this week.

Without a doubt, Tyler is by far the number one football commentator in the world and it's an incredible achievement for ESPN to acquire his talent.

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In early 2001, watching a game at North Sydney Oval with a friend, I noticed a familiar figure sitting a few seats across from me. Approaching him rather sheepishly, I excused myself and blurted that he was the finest Australian football commentator I'd heard, and that he always made football a pleasure to watch (or words to that effect). Click to continue reading...

Something to read after you enjoy C-Ron's appearance on Crackòvia... No idea what they're saying, but for some reason I still chuckled. There's a Barcelona Zlatan one here too. Arsenal's Champions League grief graph (Unprofessional Foul) Slide tackle sandwich (Dirty Tackle) The worst football commentator ever? Click to continue reading...

Tim White is a name that most of us were unfamiliar with before this week, but in the span of 24 hours we now know his name all too painfully well.

If you don't know who Tim White is, he's a football commentator. This week, he gave a woeful commentary for the UEFA feed of the Besiktas versus Manchester United match.

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The BBC's veteran radio commentator Alan Green has been at it again, this time insisting on Graham Taylor's removal as co-commentator for the recent England vs Croatia match. Mark Murphy wonders aloud whether it is time to put Green out to pasture.

BBC Radio Five Live's Alan Green has been at it again, having a spat with a fellow co-commentator and demanding his removal.

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It's been one of those weeks when business meetings got in my way of watching the mid-week Champions League playoff games, so I finally had a chance to sit down Wednesday evening to speed through five or more games that were waiting for me on my DVR player.

Fox's production aside (I thought they did a spectacular job for the first dip of their toe in the water; small improvements are still needed before the next round), the games for me seemed to have a magical quality about them.

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Arsenal fans want a similar implementation of Barcelona's formation but it is not as simple as 4-3-3.
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"Pressure, pressure, pressure!" Pep Guradiola insists were it not for the suffocating pressuring of opponents caused by his team, his side would not have been as successful.

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Alan Green, 5 Live's football commentator, has a squat, piggy face. He looks a bit like an Ugnaught. In other words, he has the perfect face for radio.
I like Green, albeit less than I used to – these days he's too quick to anger, but at least he never sits on the fence; he always has an opinion, and that's what makes a good commentator. Click to continue reading...

Martin Tyler, legendary football commentator, is the first interview guest of 2009 in the return of the EPL Talk Podcast, the only Premier League interview show on the Internet. Tyler's voice is synonymous with the Premier League. Many may argue, myself included, that he is the last of a great generation of football commentators. Click to continue reading...

In many ways, Phil Schoen is the voice of GolTV. The experienced soccer commentator is one of the most knowledgeable men in the United States on the topic of world soccer. Kartik Krishnaiyer recently had a chance to sit down with Schoen to ask his opinion on several topics, including: what does MLS need to do to [. Click to continue reading...

Martin Tyler will be the featured guest on the first 2009 episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. The number one football commentator in the world began his commentating career in 1974, and was recently voted as the Premier League Commentator of The Decade. If you've listened to an episode of the EPL Talk Podcast before, you'll know [. Click to continue reading...

The voice of football commentator Gary Taphouse will be very familiar if you watch a lot of Premier League football matches on TV. His unmistakable voice has graced plenty of EPL commentaries as well as World Cup qualifiers, Chelsea radio and much more. If you're interested in what a life is like for a football commentator, read [. Click to continue reading...