Andy Gray (footballer, born 1955)

Andrew Gray
Gray in 2004
Personal information
Full name Andrew Mullen Gray[1]
Date of birth (1955-11-30) 30 November 1955 (age 68)[1]
Place of birth Glasgow,[1] Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1970–1973 Clydebank Strollers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1975 Dundee United 62 (36)
1975–1979 Aston Villa 113 (54)
1979–1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 133 (38)
1983–1985 Everton 49 (14)
1985–1987 Aston Villa 54 (5)
1987Notts County (loan) 4 (0)
1987–1988 West Bromwich Albion 35 (10)
1988–1989 Rangers 14 (5)
1989–1990 Cheltenham Town 20 (7)
Total 513 (185)
International career
1975–1985 Scotland[3] 20 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Mullen Gray (born 30 November 1955) is a Scottish football broadcaster and former player.

He played as a forward for Dundee United, Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Everton, Aston Villa, Notts County (on loan), West Bromwich Albion, Rangers and Cheltenham Town. He won 20 caps for Scotland. He also had a season as Ron Atkinson’s Assistant at Aston Villa when he retired from playing, juggling that role with his Sky Sports duties. He decided to go into broadcasting full time in 1993.

Gray was the lead football pundit for Sky Sports (since it began its broadcast of the Premier League in August 1992) and was the channel's co-commentator for nearly 19 years (often working alongside Martin Tyler) until his dismissal in January 2011, following multiple allegations of sexism. Gray, along with former Sky Sports anchor Richard Keys, then signed for talkSPORT in February 2011. They both now work for beIN Sports in Doha, Qatar; since June 2013 they have been the main presenters of Premier League and UEFA Champions League match broadcasts within the Middle East and North Africa region.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Andy Gray". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ "Andrew Gray". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann.
  4. ^ "Richard Keys and Andy Gray: What did they say on air to get sacked by Sky Sports? Controversy explained | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 15 August 2021.