Dave Farrar

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Dave Farrar is a British broadcaster, specialising in television football commentary, mainly for Eurosport. He joined the network in 1999 after spells with BBC Radio Lancashire and the BBC World Service, replacing Guy Mowbray as the station's number one football commentator.

From 2002 to 2005 he covered Serie A on a regular basis for the channel and also worked on live coverage of French football. He covered the finals of Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, as well as four African Cup of Nations tournaments.

Farrar has also worked for ITV Sport, Bravo and BBC Radio Five Live on a freelance basis. During the 2006/2007 Ashes cricket series he hosted a regular podcast for The Guardian newspaper.

A keen cricketer and footballer, his cricketing idol was David Gower and he is an avid supporter of Everton Football Club.