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EPL Talk: Interview With Gary Taphouse, Football Commentator

  • patrick · 1 year ago
    what a knob...

    "I’ve spent ages thinking about this question and have come to the conclusion that beyond being a football commentator I’m not a very interesting person as I can’t think of a single thing!"

    in other words. I'm really shallow and have yet to consider how great it is to actually be involved in sport as a career... damn
  • SSReporters · 1 year ago
    Well done Patrick.......you show him....whatever.


    Good interview Gaffer, may I suggest Daniel Mann next time?


    As for TWI Chiswick, I'll drill it into your brains, when Sky produces a Football First broadcast that is only shown live to international viewers, the commentators are at the grounds as is the case on BBC's Match of the Day.


    When it's not a Football First game and it's a live Sky Sports game or Setanta Sports game, TWI brings in their own commentating team (like Steve Banyard and Efan Ekoku) for international viewers.


    Games like Arsenal/Bolton from Ian Darke and Gary O'Reilly are from the studio, but Manchester United/Chelsea from Jon Champion and Robbie Earle are in the TV gantry. Monday night matches from Martin Tyler and Paul Walsh are almost guaranteed to be from a studio, with the exception of Man United/Portsmouth from Alan Parry and Paul Walsh, which was at the ground.


    I notice that when there are 3 live Setanta/Sky games on, TWI sends 1 or even 2 commentators to the grounds, but never all of them, but that is another misconception that 90% of their fixtures are off a monitor.


    So to summarize:


    Football First games = Commentators at the game from Sky that are broadcast on TWI

    Live Sky Sports and Setanta Games = TWI commentators separate from Sky and Setanta's live broadcast, with 1 or 2 sent to the actual gantry.



    From what I know only Taphouse's World Cup work and TWI International Feed games are done off-tube.


    Hope this helps.


    -SSR