Simon Hill

Simon Hill
Simon Hill
	Hill in 2007
Born	1 November 1967 (age 56); Manchester, England, U.K.
Occupation	Football broadcaster

Simon Hill (born 1 November 1967) is an English football commentator based in Australia. He is also a gifted musician and vocalist, specialising on the Drums. He plays in several bands-

After graduating from the

freelance author while studying for the NCTJ Pre-Entry Course in Newspaper Journalism

.

He landed his first job at

BBC Radio Five Live, working as both a presenter and commentator on Premiership

and European Football.

Hill began his television career at BBC, working on the digital channel BBC News 24 before he was approached to work as a presenter and reporter the new

ITV

Sport Channel.

Simon then moved into freelancing roles for various TV and radio channels – including Capital Gold Radio.

Australian-based work

After more than a decade working in radio and television in the UK, Hill joined SBS Sport in Australia.

He was the local studio host for SBS's Ashes Cricket coverage (the main program was a relay from Channel 4 in the UK) in 2005 (Australia's tour of England).

He also commentated the 2006 FIFA World Cup as well as being a regular on Toyota World Sport and The World Game.

On 29 July 2006 he joined

FourFourTwo.^[2]

After 14 years at Fox Sports, Hill was made redundant in July 2020, claiming he was 'removed' from the network after a host of cost-cutting measures."[3]

In his absence for the remainder of the postponed 2019-20

Newcastle Jets for the club's home fixtures.^{[citation needed}

]

In August 2020, Hill announced a freelance affiliation with Optus Sport, joining the network as a commentator on their UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League broadcasts.^[4] Over several months, he appeared in their match day podcasts and provided a weekly column on the website, before leaving the network shortly after.

With former Australian footballer

A-League commentary feed for SEN. "SIMON HILL RETURNS TO A-LEAGUE ON SEN 1170"

. SEN Sydney.

In August 2021, Hill signed with Channel 10 to commentate on the Socceroos, Matilda’s, A-League & W-League.