Jacqui Oatley MBE to MC the afPE 2019 National Conference

25/04/19

The Association is delighted to announce that Jacqui Oatley MBE will be the MC for the duration of the afPE 2019 National Conference at St George’s Park on 8th and 9th (main day) July.

Jacqui is a TV sports presenter for BBC Sport and ITV Sport. She is best known for being the first female commentator on BBC One’s flagship football programme, “Match of the Day”. She is also the UK’s first female darts presenter, covering PDC tournaments on ITV4, and the first female presenter of the BBC’s sports news radio show, “Sportsweek”, on Radio 5 Live. In August 2015, Oatley was named eighth most influential woman in sport by “The Independent” newspaper.

Jacqui presents and reports for numerous BBC sporting shows including “Final Score”, “The Football League Show” and “The Women’s Football Show”, as well as their coverage of live women’s international football matches, the annual Women’s FA Cup Final, the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada and the 2013 UEFA Women’s Championship.

She is a football and darts anchor for ITV Sport, hosting many of their live international events. She was a presenter of ITV’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations coverage and has anchored both their FA Cup and FA Youth Cup programmes. Her most recent ITV work is as co-presenter of Euro 2016, alongside Mark Pougatch. She has also appeared as a guest pundit on TV2 in Norway.

Aside from her TV roles, Jacqui is a fully qualified FA football coach, a director of Women in Football, and a married mother-of-two. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting and diversity in sport. The award was recognition of her work behind-the-scenes championing the role of women working in football, as well as women’s football.

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