""When I was growing up, listening to the radio and watching television, it was really commentary to matches in far flung places that captured my imagination,""
""I always remember those European matches because in those days - we're talking 1970s, early 1980s - it was quite a rarity that those matches would be shown live on television. "Access to those matches on the radio - and international matches as well - were a big part of what really fired my imagination.""
""It must have been my first game abroad and the stadium there was right next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa," he recalls. "That was a fantastic way to start - you can't get any better than your first [European] commentary next to a World Heritage site. "There were only a couple of hundred people at the ground, but right outside is the Leaning Tower of Pisa.""
John Murray is a Radio 5 Live commentator who joined the BBC in 1994 and has worked for three decades. The career has taken him to more than 200 stadiums across five continents, including World Cups and high-profile club matches. Early influences included radio and televised international matches in the 1970s and 1980s that sparked an interest in far-flung venues. The first gantry experience occurred at Stoke City's Victoria Ground while working for TFM Radio, followed by a European commentary in Pisa beside the Leaning Tower. The role continues with assignments such as Newcastle's Champions League trip to Azerbaijan.
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