Alan Green
Alan Green
Alan Greenhas been a BBC Radio sports commentator since 1981, mainly on football but also on golf, rowing and the Olympic Games...
ProfessionSportscaster
Date of Birth25 June 1952
teenager fall listening
As a teenager I was very clear that I wasn't in the church just to toe the line, but I saw there was a capacity within Christianity and the bible not to fall into line but to question the status quo, that's what kept me in the church. I was listening to the sort of music that did that questioning.
thinking expectations people
That level of expectation that I'm going to be conservative is really disappointing, but it is how many people think about clergy and the church
inspiration differences church
The bible is not a blueprint for every day of your life, it is an inspiration not a blueprint. That requires that we listen to one another and get challenged and grow by living with difference within the body of the church.
football foul commentators
John Arne Riise was deservedly blown up for that foul
football has-beens commentators
John Moncur has been much more effective since he came on
along call death dollars gulf homeless life millions toll truly turned understand untold upside
With the death toll still rising, it will take untold millions of dollars to get back some semblance of life along the nation's Gulf Coast. Most of us will never truly understand what it is like to have your life turned upside down overnight. No place to call your own. To become homeless in a day is unthinkable.
pay attention share
I've bought QPP shares but unfortunately both times I bought it they immediately dropped by over 10p. Do you pay much attention to the dealing notes?
football care clubs
They care about their club, and that's why they always have something good to say, even when it is negative
football ifs commentators
Tugay is writhing around all over the place as if he were dead
spiritual secular
I've never really separated out the spiritual and the secular.
football ideas looks
Xavier, who looks just like Zeus, not that I have any idea what Zeus looks like...
christian white people
As a parish priest of the Church Of England I promise to look after everyone in the community, not just those who come to church, not just white people, not just the Christians.
football playing-football commentators
Ziege hits it high for Heskey who isn't playing
running football feet
Bruce, on his right foot, is still running...