Ian Darke: The Legend
- Josh Schneider-Weiler
- Aug 19, 2017
- 1 min read
Our guest is BT Sports play-by-play announcer Ian Darke. Darke has been calling sports for over 40 years. He’s called every season of the Premier League and before he worked for BT, he worked as a commentator for Sky Sports where he also called boxing.
He’s called every World Cup since 1982, and has voiced some of the game’s biggest goals. He called the Landon Donovan winner over Algeria in the 2010 World Cup and Sergio Aguero’s last minute goal to win Manchester City the title in 2012 just to name a few.
In the interview he talks about: where he was during England’s World Cup win in 1966, his early broadcasting career struggles, his special pre-game preparations, a recurring dream he has, his most hated commentating cliché and he even does a bit of announcing during the interview.
Timeline
Memories of England’s 1966 World Cup Win 5:05
Early struggles in broadcasting 9:35
What fans don’t know about Steve McNamaman 16:45
What fans don’t see Steve McNamaman 15:50
How he prepares for a game 20:10
His “magical book” 25:15
The origin of his boxing career 36:00
Muhammad Ali story, Clip 36:15
Commentating boxing vs. football 42:40
His most hated football cliché 46:00
He gives his impression of the England WC final goal 48:30
His favorite music 53:55
A recurring announcing nightmare he has 56:55
3 of his favorite games he called 1:01:25
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