Martin Tyler

Martin Tyler is, to my mind, the gold standard of football commentary. Having played and coached before settling behind the microphone, he understood the rhythm of a match from the inside, and it shows in his timing. Thirty-plus years at Sky Sports gave him a front-row seat to countless decisive moments, and his great gift was knowing when to roar and when to let the picture breathe. His voice in the FIFA games meant entire generations grew up hearing him narrate their own play. I think of commentary as an act of meaning-making, not name-calling, and Tyler treated it as exactly that craft.

Name (English)

Martin Tyler

Name (Japanese)

マーティン・タイラー

Reading

まーてぃん・たいらー

Born

September 14, 1945 (age 80)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Origin

Chester, United Kingdom

Occupation

sports commentator / association football player / association football coach / sports journalist / pundit

University

University of East Anglia

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Tyler
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724831

Tags

• sports commentator
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.