Mike Ingham

Mike Ingham MBE
Born	1950 (age 66–67) Cheshire, England
Residence	Buckinghamshire, England
Nationality	England
Occupation	Football commentator
Employer	BBC Sport

Mike Ingham MBE (born 1950 in Cheshire) is an English football commentator and broadcaster.

He grew up in Duffield and Quarndon and attended the Belper School (then The Herbert Strutt School) in Belper. He gained a Bachelor of Law degree.

He began his career working for BBC Radio Derby in 1973, later joining the BBC in London in 1979.

For some years he regularly hosted the Saturday afternoon sports programme Sport on Two, and around 1984 he also became a match commentator, working alongside Peter Jones and Bryon Butler. In 1991 he took over from Butler as the BBC's football correspondent.

From 1990, Ingham worked alongside Alan Green as BBC Radio 5 Live's principal commentating pair, working on FA Cup Finals, World Cup finals, European Cup finals and virtually all the biggest matches in Britain and throughout the world, with many of his commentaries also being heard on the BBC World Service. He is noted for his measured, eloquent style, often seen as something of a throwback to earlier days of sports broadcasting. He also commentated on the BBC's coverage of Princess Diana's funeral in 1997 and co-presented from the stage at the Live Earth concert in 2007 where he, alongside Alan Green, introduced The Pussycat Dolls.

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