Ian Darke

Ian Darke is an English association football and boxing commentator who currently works for BT Sport and ESPN. Darke was previously one of Sky's "Big Four" football commentators alongside Martin Tyler, Alan Parry and Rob Hawthorne. He was also the main commentator for Sky's big boxing fights and along with Jim Watt, covered some of the biggest fights involving British boxers. More...

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Last 5 matches worked on by Ian Darke (see all)

Date	Match	Competition	Channel	Role	Language
26/06/2024	Georgia v Portugal	UEFA Euro	Fox (USA)	Main Commentator	English
25/06/2024	England v Slovenia	UEFA Euro 2024 Championships	Fox (USA)	Main Commentator	English
24/06/2024	Croatia v Italy	UEFA Euro 2024 Championships	Fox (USA)	Main Commentator	English
21/06/2024	Netherlands v France	UEFA Euro	Fox (USA)	Main Commentator	English
20/06/2024	Spain v Italy	UEFA Euro	Fox (USA)	Main Commentator	English

Top 20 channels worked on by Ian Darke

Channel	Occassions
BT Sport 1 HD	263
BT Sport [app] (geo/R)	241
BT Sport Player [$] (geo/R)	236
BT Sport Ultimate 4K	181
World Feed	170
BT Sport 2 / HD	155
Sky Sports 1 / HD	117
ESPN (US)	78
BT Sport 3 / HD	63
ESPN+ USA ($/geo/R)	63
ESPN 2 (United States)	60
Sky Sports 1	46
BT Sport Extra 1	36
Sky Sports (United Kingdom)	34
Sky Sports 2 / HD	33
Discovery+ UK ($/geo/R)	29
PremPlus	28
TSN+ Canada [$] (geo/R)	21
TNT Sports 2 HD (UK)	18
Sky Sports (highlights)	17

Top 20 teams worked on by Ian Darke

Team	Occassions
Arsenal	135
Manchester United	127
Chelsea	119
Manchester City	102
Liverpool	95
Tottenham	87
West Ham United	76
Everton	61
Aston Villa	47
Newcastle United	44
Fulham	43
Barcelona	41
Real Madrid	39
Southampton	39
West Bromwich Albion	33
Blackburn Rovers	31
Crystal Palace	29
England	29
Brighton H.A.	29
Wolves	27

Top 20 people worked with by Ian Darke

Person	Occassions
Jake Humphrey	264
Steve McManaman	220
Owen Hargreaves	168
Glenn Hoddle	146
Robbie Savage	141
Des Kelly	137
Michael Owen	132
Rio Ferdinand	91
Reshmin Chowdhury	88
Lynsey Hipgrave	88
Richard Keys	87
Martin Keown	82
Andy Gray	81
Jermaine Jenas	69
Paul Scholes	60
Joe Cole	57
Stewart Robson	51
Matt Smith (presenter)	48
Jules Breach	43
Peter Crouch	41

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