Alan Parry

Alan Parry (born 1948 in

commercial radio

.

Biography

Starting his career at

BBC radio's athletics commentator, covering the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics, 1974, 1978 and 1982 European Athletics Championships, 1974, 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games and the first World Athletics Championships in 1983

.

From 1981 he largely relinquished his radio

Football League

, and Parry commentated on a live match almost every Sunday for the Central region.

After covering

Football League. Parry has commentated on seven League Cup Finals for Sky. Parry is also the commentator for Wales'

live international matches on Sky.

Between 1998 and 2002 he also worked as a football commentator for

talkSPORT and a presenter during the World Cup hosting a phone-in. In the 2002–03 season he presented Saturday afternoon football coverage on Capital Gold

.

The 2006–07 season was another busy one for Parry. As well as his core commitment of 1 live match from every weekend of the

League Cup. His season's highlights were the League Cup Final which he commentated on for the seventh time and the two-legged Champions League semi-final between Manchester United and AC Milan. During the summer he commentated on the Copa América

for Sky, including the final.

He, by his own admission, is a supporter of

Aston Villa vs. Liverpool on 29 December 2009. Parry has also been involved with Wycombe Wanderers

for over ten years now including a spell as a director.

Parry then became commentator of the revived Gladiators on Sky One replacing John Sachs.^[2]

When not working for Sky Sports, Parry has been heard commentating Premier League matches for Premier League Productions, a venture of IMG Sports Media who produce, package and broadcast the live production of games for the Premier League for its international broadcast partners. The same productions are also shown domestically for highlights packages on Sky Sports' "Football First" programme.

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Alan Parry". Liverpool in a Nutshell. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ "Cast list". gladiatorszone.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

[LiaN-1] "Alan Parry". Liverpool in a Nutshell. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

[2] "Cast list". gladiatorszone.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

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