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Revision as of 17:50, 17 February 2008
Tony Jones (born 26th May 1958) is a football (soccer) broadcaster based in England. He has contributed to all the commercial UK broadcasting outlets - Sky Sports, five, Channel 4 and ITV - commentating on everything from the UEFA Champions League to the English non-League.
He was part of the Hostbroadcastservices (HBS) team at the 2006 World Cup, and his voice has been heard on games distributed overseas by TWI/IMG and Octagon/BT.
He has won a Royal Television Society award for his sports reporting, and has also been responsible for producing several programmes.
Work with ITV
Jones began his career in ITV in 1982 at Anglia Television in Norwich, where he joined a sports department that included Gerry Harrison, an established network commentator who was to later hold an executive position with TWI.
Jones commentated on football and produced a number of programmes - including an insight into the horse racing industry and the arrival in England of Sergei Baltacha, the first footballer from the Ukraine to play in the West following the collapse of the old Soviet Union. He also won a Royal Television Society award for his journalism.
For the ITV network, he has been a regular contributor to the Football League review show The Championship and in 2007 commentated on both the quarter-final and semi-finals rounds of the UEFA Cup.
Work with Channel 4
Jones worked with Channel 4 in early 2004, commentating on the Copa Libertadores with Tim Caple.
Work with five
Jones's work so far with five has included live UEFA Cup games as well as internationals and fixtures in the Argentine and Dutch Leagues. He now commentates on Five's Football Italiano show, he's next commenttary will be Roma vs Fiorentina on the 23rd Febuary 2008.
Work with Sky Sports
Jones has been covering games for Sky Sports since 2002, starting with the German Bundesliga.
In 2004, he became part of their team of commentators for Football First - covering the English Premier League for audiences both in the UK and overseas.
Other Credits
Jones worked for the Host Broadcaster at the 2006 World Cup and was part of their commentary team at the World Under-20 Championships in 2005.
He has provided commentary on games for the ESPN Classics channel.