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Pete Graves | |
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| Born | 7 April 1982 |
| Occupation | Sky Sports Presenter |
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Pete Graves has been a British television presenter working for British Sky Broadcasting.
He anchored live association football and rugby union matches on Sky Sports. He also co-presented on Sky Sports News and Sky News. [1]
Graves eventually took over the position of head commentator on all Newcastle United matches [2] working alongside Mick Martin. His first Premier League match was Newcastle's 0–0 draw away at Portsmouth F.C. in October 2005 - He was just 23 years old.[ citation needed ]
Graves moved to Real Radio (formerly Century Radio) in 2007. [3] He worked as a sports reporter and continued to present live coverage of Newcastle United matches. His new co-commentator was Bobby Moncur. His first match on Real Radio was the 2–1 victory over Liverpool F.C. in February 2007.
Graves wrote, produced and hosted a special one-hour programme dedicated to the life of his hero Sir Bobby Robson to mark his 75th birthday. The programme received widespread recognition and was aired again following Sir Bobby's death in July 2009. [4]
In February 2009 Graves joined Sky Sports News as a reporter. [5] However, from June 2009 he was used mainly as a Presenter. [6]
Sir Robert William Robson was an English footballer and football manager. His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswich Town. He is widely considered to be one of the best English managers of all time as well as one of the greatest managers in the history of the game.
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