ITV have rights so it will be on ITV 4.

Just catching up on things over Christmas; you were all correct that Hinchcliffe wasn't originally supposed to be doing the Hull v Man City match. He stepped in late for Gary Neville. AH was due to be at Leicester but Garry Birtles covered that instead. He's certainly putting in the hours, with more to come!

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm guessing AH was the nearest/most senior co-com they had to Hull.

I do remember that Kevin Keatings lives in the North East so I would had thought he would had done Newcastle's Boxing day match and Daniel Mann comm on Birmingham

Where has George Gavin gone to?

Was GN ill?

Thanks

Here we have the Sky Sports commentary statistics up to and including 27th December 2016 (including the Liverpool v Stoke match):

COMMENTATORS
Premier League
Martin Tyler - 17
Rob Hawthorne - 16
Bill Leslie - 14
Alan Parry - 10

Sky Bet EFL Championship
Daniel Mann - 25
Gary Weaver - 17
Bill Leslie - 5
Martin Fisher - 1

Sky Bet EFL League One
Gary Weaver - 8
Rob Palmer - 3

The EFL Cup
Rob Hawthorne - 4
Gary Weaver - 2
Daniel Mann - 2
Bill Leslie - 1
Martin Tyler - 1


CO-COMMENTATORS
Premier League
Alan Smith - 20
Gary Neville - 12
Davie Provan - 10
Andy Hinchcliffe - 8
Niall Quinn - 7

Sky Bet EFL Championship
Andy Hinchcliffe - 18
Don Goodman - 11
Danny Higginbotham - 9
David Prutton - 8
Garry Birtles - 2

Sky Bet EFL League One
Danny Higginbotham - 4
Garry Birtles - 4
Don Goodman - 2
David Prutton - 1

The EFL Cup
Andy Hinchcliffe - 3
Alan Smith - 2
Don Goodman - 2
Danny Higginbotham - 1
David Prutton - 1
Niall Quinn - 1


TOTALS
COMMENTATORS
Gary Weaver - 27
Daniel Mann - 27
Rob Hawthorne - 20
Bill Leslie - 20
Martin Tyler - 18
Alan Parry - 10
Rob Palmer - 3
Martin Fisher - 1

CO-COMMENTATORS
Andy Hinchcliffe - 29
Alan Smith - 22
Don Goodman - 15
Danny Higginbotham - 14
Gary Neville - 12
David Prutton - 10
Davie Provan - 10
Niall Quinn - 8
Garry Birtles - 6

Here we have the BT Sport commentary statistics up to and including 27th December 2016 (including the Eastleigh v Boreham Wood match):

COMMENTATORS
Premier League
Darren Fletcher - 16
Ian Darke - 5
Jon Champion - 1

The Emirates FA Cup
Adam Summerton - 3
Steve Bower - 2
Jon Champion - 1
Peter Drury - 1
Paul Dempsey - 1

Vanarama National League
Adam Summerton - 11
Steve Bower - 5

UEFA Champions League
Derek Rae - 10
Paul Dempsey - 10
Darren Fletcher - 8
Adam Summerton - 8
Peter Drury - 8
Dan Mason - 8
Alistair Mann - 8
Guy Mowbray - 8
Jonathan Pearce - 8
Dave Farrar - 8
Ian Darke - 7
Jon Champion - 7
Simon Brotherton - 6
Steve Bower - 5
Steven Wyeth - 5
John Roder - 3

UEFA Europa League
Adam Summerton - 6
Dan Mason - 6
Jon Champion - 6
Steven Wyeth - 6
Peter Drury - 5
Ian Darke - 5
John Roder - 4
Darren Fletcher - 3
Steve Bower - 3
Derek Rae - 2
Simon Brotherton - 2
Alistair Mann - 2


CO-COMMENTATORS
Premier League
Glenn Hoddle - 15
Steve McManaman - 8
Owen Hargreaves - 8
Robbie Savage - 6
Trevor Francis - 6

The Emirates FA Cup
Adam Virgo - 5
Jim Beglin - 1
Kevin Davies - 1
Chris Perry - 1

Vanarama National League
Adam Virgo - 16

UEFA Champions League
Don Hutchison - 14
Danny Mills - 11
Nigel Spackman - 9
Clive Allen - 8
Owen Hargreaves - 7
Trevor Francis - 7
Stewart Robson - 7
Chris Sutton - 7
Matt Holland - 7
Robbie Savage - 5
Efan Ekoku - 5
Ally McCoist - 5
Steve McManaman - 4
Jim Beglin - 4
Jermaine Jenas - 4
Martin Keown - 4
Danny Gabbidon - 3
Richard Hughes - 3
Chris Perry - 2
David Pleat - 1

UEFA Europa League
David Pleat - 6
Jermaine Jenas - 6
Jim Beglin - 6
Efan Ekoku - 6
Chris Perry - 5
Clive Allen - 5
Danny Gabbidon - 3
Richard Hughes - 3
Robbie Savage - 3
Owen Hargreaves - 3
Stewart Robson - 2
Don Hutchison - 1


TOTALS
COMMENTATORS
Adam Summerton - 28
Darren Fletcher - 28
Ian Darke - 17
Jon Champion - 15
Steve Bower - 15
Dan Mason - 14
Peter Drury - 14
Derek Rae - 12
Steven Wyeth - 11
Paul Dempsey - 11
Alistair Mann - 9
Simon Brotherton - 8
Guy Mowbray - 8
Jonathan Pearce - 8
Dave Farrar - 8
John Roder - 7

CO-COMMENTATORS
Adam Virgo - 21
Owen Hargreaves - 18
Don Hutchison - 15
Glenn Hoddle - 15
Robbie Savage - 14
Clive Allen - 13
Trevor Francis - 13
Steve McManaman - 13
Efan Ekoku - 11
Jim Beglin - 11
Danny Mills - 11
Jermaine Jenas - 10
Stewart Robson - 9
Nigel Spackman - 9
Chris Perry - 8
David Pleat - 7
Chris Sutton - 7
Matt Holland - 7
Richard Hughes - 6
Danny Gabbidon - 6
Ally McCoist - 5
Martin Keown - 4
Kevin Davies - 1

George Gavin has retired. Or more likely not had a contract renewal. He was semi-retired anyway.

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Flicking through yesterday's football. In a shock horror moment that I picked up on a couple of weeks ago, after the Derby penalty Gary Weaver says "ice in those vains!"

Andy Hinchcliffe is the co-commentator tonight for Southampton V Spurs.

Simon Thomas is with Jamie Redknapp at St Mary's for Southampton Vs Tottenham on Sky Sports 1.

Greg Whelan is pitchside.

Commentary by Rob Hawthorne and Andy Hinchcliffe.

Beaten to it by Cardio!

Presumably it's Hawthorne with Hinchcliffe

I am correct, Rob & Andy

Really surprised it isn't Trevor McDonald and Mr Blobby. :O

Still no Dwight

I must say, these short build ups & one man studios are a bit shoddy from Sky

What's with just the one pundit? Was the same yesterday if I'm not mistaken. Poor from Sky although I'm pleased Thomas is presenting. Best one out of all of them now Ed's gone.

It's always like this over Christmas. Normally just whoever's local.

Scottish Premiership - St Johnstone v Rangers (BT Sport 1):

Darrell Currie presenting from McDiarmid Park with Kris Boyd, Terry Butcher and Stephen Craigan. Eilidh Barbour reporting.

Commentators - Derek Rae, Terry Butcher and Chris Sutton

Cheers for the info! I wasn't sure whether it was GN or Davie Provan who AH was a late replacement for (as I noticed that DP didn't do any games neither).

And, all the games done, still sounds refreshing, and very good, does Andy Hinchcliffe.

It's been a while since we had one of these, a list of best commentators http://worldsoccertalk.com/2016/12/2...-commentators/

There's 3 or 4 names on those lists I've never heard of!

Who's JP Dellacamera, Andres Cantor or Phil Schoen?

Good to see Jon Champion right up there on both lists. No.1 for me.

I'm enjoying Hawthorne's commentary tonight.

Why didn't either Rob Hawthorne or Andy Hinchcliffe mention the possibility of a red card when it was a foul that denied a goal-scoring opportunity? Maybe both were confused because a shot was taken after the foul was committed!

Thanks Pako