- Steve Bower
Steve Bower {born in 1973) was educated at
Calday Grange Grammar School , and started his mainstream career in Regionalradio in the 1990s at Piccadilly Radio inManchester , where he was Head of Football.In September 1998, at the launch of MUTV, Steve became the commentator for the channel. Although at this time it was largely recorded Reserve matches he lent his voice to. Bower's MUTV commentary work, alongside
Paddy Crerand , can be heard in the 2004 filmThe Day After Tomorrow .In the Autumn of 2000, he and long time co-commentator from his days at Piccadilly, 1968 European Cup winner,
Paddy Crerand were given their own show by MUTV entitled "Crerand and Bower...in Extra Time". The show has become a jewel in the crown for the channel and is, by far, MUTV's most viewed talk show.Bower conducted the infamous
Roy Keane interview in the MUTV show "Roy Keane Plays The Pundit" which was never broadcast due to Keane's reported stinging attack on his fellowManchester United players. ref|011105Added to this, Steve has undertaken freelance work with
talkSPORT in the past, where he worked on twoEuropean Football Championships .In May 2007, Steve left MUTV to join
Setanta Sports as a commentator on their expansive football coverage for the 2007/08 season, with his first match being aConference North playoff between Farsley Celtic and Hinckley United working alongside Paul Parker. Bower has also seen his duties cover the 2007Peace Cup pre-season tournament, hosted inSouth Korea , featuring games involving Bolton Wanderers and Reading and Tottenham Hotspur's pre-season tour ofSouth Africa .He is now the main commentator/presenter of
Setanta 'sConference National coverage withPaul Parker Steve also played amateur football in the 1990s for Heswall F.C. in the West Cheshire Football League and for Colwyn Bay Reserves.Fact|date=June 2008
References
#cite web | title=United push panic button after Keane's video nasty| work=Article from
The Times Newspaper (1 November 2005) | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premiership/manchester_united/article585137.ece | accessdate=28 June | accessyear=2007External links
* [http://www.mutv.com MUTV website]
* [http://www.setanta.com Setanta Sports website]
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