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Introduction
How do the commentators at a football game draw the audiences attention throughout?
How do they manage to create such a gloss on a world class sporting event?
And how has football commentary changed between the years 1994 and 2010?
This English Language Investigation will look at all 3 of these questions and answer them by first looking and analysing transcripts of a certain period in World Cup finals since 1994. It will also look at the theories that explain how the language used and the tone used affects such a wide range of a target audience. This investigation is based on a passion of the 'beautiful game' and a dream of being a sports journalist one day. Also an interest in the theory of language and power has developed over time.
Profession football has been around over 150 years and has evolved with many platforms arising such as the recent financial polarisation but one of, if not, the biggest influential happenings since it's creation in 1863 is the media and especially television media, there are now over one hundred Premier League matches live on tv every season. One of the biggest sporting events that happens ever four years is the World Cup, this is where these best nations compete for a much coveted trophy and the bragging rights to say you're the best. Now the British television media such as BBC and ITV has shown great interest in it over the past twenty years especially in the final of these competitions even though none of the home nations are participating in it.

Media Text - A Tribute to Martin Tyler

A Tribute to Martin Tyler

            Martin Tyler has been a Premier League commentator since its creation in 1992, after nearly 22 years he’s now the chief football broadcaster for Sky Sports. In his time with the media giants he has been named the F.A Premier League commentator of the decade. Also on his list of fantastic credentials is that he is the EA Sports FIFA official commentator alongside Andy Gray from 2006-2011 and then Alan Smith 2012-Present. His early days as a football broadcaster saw him doing print work for a book of football before moving into television with London Weekend Television, he became familiar to viewers of Southern TV, Yorkshire, Granada and ITV sports programmes in the 1970s and 1980s. He joined BSB's Sports Channel in 1990 and then Sky Sports at its launch in 1991.

            One moment that he will be remembered for is his fantastic commentary on the final day of the 2011/2012 season where Manchester City became champions of the Premier League in the most dramatic end to a season in its era. They looked down and out with just five minutes to go before goals from Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero rescuing them to prize the title away from rivals Manchester United. It was a historic moment in not just domestically but also world football. Tyler’s commentary of the Aguero goal was one of the reasons why it was such a great moment, the drama he created by not only his tone of voice but how from being calm one second to a split second reaction that made the whole of the English media just stop and stare. He treats every game he commentates in like he’s a fan of the two teams and that is a reason how he brings in the audience brilliantly.