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Gray was born in Glasgow, but his mother was of a Hebridean background, from the village of Back, near Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... The road through Back (Scottish Gaelic: Am Bac) commences at a road junction in Newmarket, north of Stornoway. ... Lews Castle in Stornoway Boats in Stornoway Stornoway from the ferry Another picture of Lews Castle Bayhead, Stornoway // About the Town Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh in Scottish Gaelic) is a burgh on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of approximately 5,600 people in the town itself... Visit and Contribute to the Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia. ...

Playing career

The striker started his professional career with Dundee United, playing two full seasons there, and playing the 1974 Scottish Cup Final, which allowed Gray his first taste of European football. Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. ... The 1973-74 Scottish Cup was the 89th staging of Scotlands most prestigious football knockout competition. ...

In October 1975, he headed south to Aston Villa and won England's golden boot in 1976/77 with his tally of 25 league goals. His 29 goals in the following season earned him the PFA Young Player of the Year and PFA Players' Player of the Year awards (a historic double not repeated until Cristiano Ronaldo won both awards for the 2006-07 season). However, these accolades were not enough to convince Scotland manager Ally MacLeod to select him for the 1978 World Cup squad. Aston Villa redirects here. ... // First Division Liverpool retained their league championship trophy and won their first European Cup to confirm Bob Paisley as a successful replacement for Bill Shankly in his third season at the helm. ... The PFA Young Player of the Year is awarded at the end of every English football season, by the members of the Professional Footballers Association, the players union. ... At the end of every English football season the members of the PFA, the players union, vote on which of its members has played the best football in the previous year. ... Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH (pron. ... Alistair (Ally) Reid MacLeod (26 February 1931- 1 February 2004) was a Scottish professional football player, but was perhaps better known for his time as a football manager. ... The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the World Cup, was held in Argentina between June 1 and June 25. ...

The striker then moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 1979 for a then-British record £1.5m. After scoring the winning goal for Wolves in the 1980 League Cup final, he remained with the club through their relegation and immediate return to the top flight. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. are an English football club playing at Molineux Stadium. ... The 1980 Football League Cup Final was a football match held on March 15, 1980 between League Cup holders and European champions Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers. ...

He moved to Everton in November 1983 for a bargain £250,000. He enjoyed two great years with the Merseyside club, winning the FA Cup in 1984 (scoring with a handball in the final against Watford), and League Championship and European Cup Winners' Cup medals a year later. He is also remembered for his infamous 'diving header penalty' which resulted in an embarrassing miss, and a broken nose for the player. Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. ... The 1984 FA Cup Final was contested by Everton and Watford at Wembley. ... It has been suggested that Harry the Hornet be merged into this article or section. ... // First Division Howard Kendalls world class Everton side beat neighbours Liverpool to the league championship, while Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United followed closely behind. ... The season 1984-85 of the European Cup Winners Cup was won by Everton FC in the final against SK Rapid Wien. ...

The arrival of Gary Lineker spelled the end of Gray's time with Everton and he returned for a second spell at Aston Villa for £150,000. Afterwards, he spent a season at West Bromwich Albion before joining Rangers, the team he has supported all his life. After this brief, yet championship-winning spell, at Ibrox, he dropped into non-league football with then Conference club Cheltenham Town before retiring in 1990. After hanging up his boots, he entered coaching as an assistant at Aston Villa, before focusing full-time on his television work. Gary Winston[1] Lineker, OBE (born 30 November 1960 in Leicester) is a former English international football striker who scored ten goals in two World Cups for the England national team and is currently a sports broadcaster for the BBC. He is also known for appearing in adverts for the... West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or W.B.A.) are an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands. ... For other uses, see Rangers F.C. (disambiguation). ... Ibrox Stadium, originally Ibrox Park, is the stadium of Rangers F.C. It is located on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox district of Glasgow, Scotland. ... The Football Conference is a football league at the top of the National League System of non-League football in England. ... Cheltenham Town Football Club are a football team based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. ...

International

Gray won 20 caps for Scotland, scoring 7 goals for his country. He also won four caps at Under-23 level and played at schoolboy level. His full international debut came on December 17, 1975 in a 1–1 draw with Romania. However, he was surprisingly not selected for any of Scotland's World Cup squads during his playing days. First international Scotland 0–0 England  (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Scotland 11–0 Ireland  (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 February 1901) Biggest defeat  Uruguay 7–0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1954) Best result Round 1, all European Championship Appearances 2 (First... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Commentator

Gray is considered as one of the best football pundits, earning a reputed £20,000 a week ^[1], and can be seen and heard regularly on Sky Sports' Ford Super Sunday. He has worked for the broadcaster since 1990, and has therefore been part of every season of their Premier League coverage. He had also worked for BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT and was recognised with the Royal Television Society's Sports Presenter of the Year award in 1996. Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ... Ford Super Sunday is Sky Sports flagship live football programme, televised most Sundays throughout the Barclays Premiership season on Sky Sports 1. ... For other sports leagues which may be referred to by this name, see List of professional sports leagues. ... BBC Radio Five Live is the radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... talkSPORT is a commercial sports and talk radio station, based in London, broadcasting to the United Kingdom providing sports talk, live commentaries, phone-in discussion and talk shows. ...

He is also known for his trademark phrases "Take a bow, son", "You don't save those!" and "I'll tell you what the best do, they take their chances" which have been parodied on Soccer AM. His exuberant commentary of Steven Gerrard's late third goal in Liverpool's last group stage game of the 2004/2005 UEFA Champions League has become regarded as a classic piece of recent commentary, and featured in an advert for Sky Sports HD. However it has also led to accusation of bias and rumours that the ex-Evertonian is actually a closet Liverpool fan. His rabid defence of Liverpool following their 3-0 loss at Old Trafford to Manchester United on March 23rd 2008 further compounds these rumours as does his somewhat personal reference to Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard as 'Stevie G'. He has also made semi-regular appearances in Sky One's hit soccer drama Dream Team in a typical role as pundit alongside Richard Keys. Andy Gray also played a part in the movie A Shot at Glory which starred Rangers legend Ally McCoist and Oscar winner Robert Duvall. Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football show presented by Helen Chamberlain and Andy Goldstein. ... For other uses, see Dream Team. ... Richard Keys born April 23, 1957 in Coventry, England, is a television presenter on the British sports channel Sky Sports. ... A Shot at Glory is a film by Michael Corrente released in 2001 (but made in 1999), starring Robert Duvall and the Scottish football internationals Ally McCoist and Craig Mackay. ... Alistair Ally Murdoch McCoist MBE (born September 24, 1962 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former professional football player who played as a striker. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award-, two-time Emmy Award-, and four-time Golden Globe Award-winning American film actor and director. ...

Gray and ITV Sport's lead commentator Martin Tyler provide commentary in EA Sports' FIFA 06, FIFA 07 and FIFA 08 football video games. In addition, Gray had already provided comments for FIFA 98: Road to World Cup, which had main commentary provided by John Motson. Gray also commentated on FIFA 2002. Andy Gray also writes for the Irish Daily Star on soccer. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... current EA Sports logo EA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on sports. ... FIFA 06 (also known as FIFA Soccer 06 and FIFA Football 06) is a video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts based around the game of football. ... FIFA 07 (also known as FIFA Football 07 and FIFA Soccer 07) is the second latest in Electronic Arts series of football (soccer) simulator video games. ... FIFA 08 (also known as FIFA Football 08 and FIFA Soccer 08) is the latest installment of Electronic Arts popular series of football video games. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... John Walker Motson OBE (born 10 July 1945, Salford, Lancashire), known as Motty, is an English football commentator. ... Mega Drive FIFA International Soccer cover The FIFA Series is a popular series of football (soccer) video games, released yearly by EA under the EA Sports label since late 1993. ...

Personal life

Gray fell for the former Olympic gymnast Suzanne Dando when she landed a job alongside him on Sky Sports in 1999. Gray told tabloid reporters that his womanising days were over: "With age, I hope, comes maturity. I certainly do not see myself with anyone else." ^[2]. Gray and Dando split up shortly afterwards, when he was caught cuddling a blonde in Puerto Banus. He is now engaged to Rachel Lewis, an ex-model and the former wife of his long-time friend and agent ^[3] and he wants to return to live in Back, Outer Hebrides on the Isle of Lewis in the near future. Suzanne Dando (born 3 July 1961) was a British gymnast, most famously at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and now commentator mainly with Sky Sports. ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ... This article is about the year. ... Puerto José Banús, more commonly known as Puerto Banús is a marina near Marbella, Spain on the Costa del Sol. ... The road through Back (Scottish Gaelic: Am Bac) commences at a road junction in Newmarket, north of Stornoway. ... Visit and Contribute to the Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia. ...

Gray has been married twice before, to Vanessa Taylor and Jacqueline Cherry. He has fathered five children, by four different women - his two ex-wives and former girlfriends Sara Matthews and Janet Trigg.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} The People (02/04/2006) Exclusive: Randy Andy Rat It Again.. With Best Mate's Wife people.co.uk (accessed 4th October 2006)
2. ^ Guardian Unlimited (06/02/2005) The ten sporting love matches guardian.co.uk (accessed 4th October 2006)
3. ^ The Life Ring (Aug 2006) The Life Ring stars at a glittering celebrity golf day TheLifeRing.com (accessed 4th October 2006)

External links

• Andy Gray profile at scottishfa.co.uk
• International stats at Londonhearts.com