![]() In 2013, he joined BT Sport for their coverage of the Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Other than football, he presented The Boat Race, as well as snooker tournaments such as the short-lived Nations Cup.ĭrury commentated on the 2014 FIFA World Cup final match between Germany and Argentina on 13 July 2014 at the Maracanã Stadium. He also commentated on the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup / Europa League, ITV's 'The Premiership' (coverage of the English Premier League between 20) and the This is Football video game series, starting with 2 (2000). During his 15 years with ITV, Drury commentated on four World Cups (1998–2010) and four European Championship tournaments (2000–2012). He was immediately selected to be part of the commentary team as their junior correspondent for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, replacing John Helm. ![]() After finishing 1–1 in both the original and replay matches, the Blades came out victorious, winning 3–1 on penalties. He then joined ITV in February 1998 and his first match for the network was a replay of an FA Cup sixth round tie between Sheffield United and Coventry City on 17 March. Televised commentary (1997–present) ĭrury later moved on to Broadcasting House in London at the start of 1997–98 season where he got an opportunity to cover matches of the day including the third match which was Everton vs Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday 4 October 1997 at Hillsborough Stadium. In 1997, he also commentated on The Open Championship and the Ryder Cup with 5 Live. His credits include the 1996 UEFA Champions League Final (alongside future ITV colleague Jon Champion) and UEFA Euro 96, where he covered Group D matches involving Portugal and Turkey. He soon moved to Five Live following its launch on 28 March 1994. He also commentated on both legs of Leeds United's UEFA Champions League first round tie with VfB Stuttgart in September 1992, in which after coming back from a 3–0 first-leg deficit to win 4–1, he remarked that their fans were 'proud as punch' of Howard Wilkinson's team and they were to be eliminated on away goals, but it went into a play-off which they won 2–1 on 9 October. His early works with Radio Leeds included matches involving Halifax Town, Bradford City and Huddersfield Town. In March 1990, Drury got a job with BBC Radio Leeds and he was there at a time when Leeds were champions of the Football League First Division in the 1991–92 season. Before joining BBC Radio Leeds, he worked for sports journalism agency Hayter's.Ĭommentary career Beginnings with BBC Radio (1990–98) He worked as an accountant for a period of one month after graduating from university. When he was 18 and he used to see Hull City matches, he was usually the first man at Boothferry Park a couple of hours before the other spectators came flooding in. While growing up, Drury's commentary idol was BBC Radio's Peter Jones, who Drury describes as having a "beautiful, authoritative, and poetic voice". He went to St John's School, Leatherhead in Surrey. The first club he supported as a four-year-old was West Ham United, but he has since gone on to support different clubs, most notably Watford as he now lives in Hertfordshire. His father was a Church of England vicar based in Kent. Peter Drury (born 24 September 1967) is a British sports commentator who currently works for Sky Sports and NBC Sports as the lead commentator for its Premier League coverage.ĭrury previously freelanced for CBS Sports (US) on its English-language coverage of UEFA Champions League and the Europa League from 2020 to 2022, with Pitch International for the English-language world feed of the EFL Cup through 2022, with Amazon Prime Video for its Premier League coverage in the United Kingdom through the 2022–23 season, with BT Sport on coverage of the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League through the 2022–23 season, for Gravity Media for the English-language world feed of the UEFA Europa League Final in 2023, and for Host Broadcast Services (HBS) for the English-language world feed of the men's FIFA World Cup in 2014, 20.ĭrury was formerly with ITV Sport as its second-choice football commentator, a role he had held from 1998 to 2013.ĭrury was born on 24 September 1967 in England. Sports commentary ( Association football)
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