Guy Mowbray dismisses claims Match of the Day commentary is post-game

‘Completely false, wrong and utter RUBBISH’: BBC commentator Guy Mowbray dismisses claims Match of the Day commentary is recorded post-game instead of live and at stadiums – as Gary Lineker says his colleague is ‘100 per cent’ truthful

  • Guy Mowbray has spoken out against a Match of the Day commentary myth 
  • Online rumours suggested commentary is added after matches and not live 
  • Mowbray spoke out about the ‘completely false, wrong and utter rubbish’ tweets
  • He hit back at fans questioning him on Twitter, labelling their claims ‘nonsense’ 
  • Match of the Day host Gary Lineker backed him with a ‘100 per cent true’ post

Guy Mowbray has angrily hit out at those who suggested Match of the Day commentary is not recorded live.

Online rumours suggested commentary for the Premier League highlights show was recorded and added post-game instead of live and in the flesh at stadiums.

And BBC commentator Mowbray dismissed the ‘nonsense’ claims, labelling them ‘completely false, wrong and utter rubbish’ – with Match of the Day host Gary Lineker backing up his statement.

Guy Mowbray (second right) blasted claims Match of the Day commentary is not recorded live

Mowbray, 50, is one of BBC’s most high-profile commentators and has worked there 18 years

He said: ‘Been shown a couple of tweets today from people who ‘know’ that the MOTD commentary is done afterwards over the edit. 

‘What else completely false, wrong and utter rubbish do they ‘know’? Never the case, never was, never will be. All live. I actually do ‘know’.’

When it was suggested ‘the odd line’ might be added post-match for continuity reasons, Mowbray added: ‘The odd line. Maybe once in an entire season. 

Match of the Day host Gary Lineker (pictured above) tweeted ‘100 per cent true’ in agreement

‘Speaking for myself, there has to be a VERY good reason for it – not just to make the editor’s job easier, or in a ‘predictive’ context. Apologies, but I care about what we do and can’t abide falsehoods being spread around as fact.’

Lineker posted: ‘Confirmed: 100 per cent true,’ with fellow MOTD commentator John Roder responding: ‘I can’t quite work out why people believe we do the commentary afterwards for MOTD. We don’t, it’s all live, & then we go home.’

Working for Eurosport at the 1998 World Cup, Mowbray – then 26 – became the youngest ever TV commentator to cover a World Cup final. 




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