Robin (Rob) Maclean (born 1958 in Invergordon) is a freelance Scottish television presenter, football commentator and sports writer.
MacLean began his career with the Highland News Group in Inverness before working for an Aberdeen news agency between 1979 and 1981. He then worked at Northsound Radio for six years before joining BBC Scotland's flagship evening news programme Reporting Scotland in 1986. After two years with Reporting Scotland he left to join STV rivals Scotland Today in 1988.[1]
MacLean returned to BBC Scotland in 1990 where he worked as a reporter for both Reporting Scotland and Sportscene. In 1997 he succeeded Jock Brown as BBC Scotland's main football commentator, a position he held until his departure to Setanta Sports in 2004 as the main anchorman for live coverage of Scottish Premier League matches.
Until Setanta Sports's UK operation ceased trading in June 2009, MacLean was the main anchorman for their live coverage, sharing presenting duties towards the end of the season with Jim Delahunt, who hosted the highlights package shown by Setanta weekly fixtures.
Following Setanta's demise, he was the main anchor of STV's UEFA Champions League coverage, while also working as a commentator & reporter for BBC Radio Scotland.
However, in 2010 he returned to the BBC full-time as the main presenter of Sportscene, and a commentator for BBC Radio Scotland. He also occasionally commentates on Premier League matches for Match of the Day.
He also hosts the Golf Show, a weekly golf magazine show live from St Andrews, on BBC Radio Scotland.[2]
Rob has a daughter Lily and a son Hamish.
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| Preceded by Jock Brown |
Regular football commentator of Sportscene 1997–2004 |
Succeeded by Paul Mitchell |
| Preceded by Dougie Donnelly |
Main presenter of Sportscene 2010-present |
Succeeded by Uncumbent |