Legendary Sky Sports presenter Nick Powell has released an emotional statement after announcing that he will be retiring from live broadcasting.
The 65-year-old has spent 43 years in the business with 29 of those at Sky.
And he will be calling it a day later this week on what will be his 66th birthday.Ā Ā
Powell has covered some of the biggest events across a variety of different sports during his long and storied career.Ā
And the journalist has posted a farewell message on the Sky Sports website, remembering the good times and the bad.
Powell wrote: ‘And there you have my job in a nutshell: holiday irrelevant; knowledge, authority and quick reactions essential.
‘I have built all that up over 43 years of live broadcasting, good and bad.
Sky Sports presenter Nick Powell has announced he will be retiring from live broadcasting
The 65-year-old has spent 43 years in the business covering many different sports
‘The good – being there for England men’s first Ashes win in 20 years at The Oval in 2005, Super Saturday at the 2012 London Olympics and Andy Murray’s 2013 Wimbledon triumph.
‘The bad – the Bradford fire, the Hillsborough disaster and the premature loss of sportspeople like Gary Speed.
‘And the surreal – interviewing Archbishop Desmond Tutu and covering a Bruce Springsteen concert on the same afternoon for Yorkshire Television, or explaining The Hundred to viewers of Sky Germany. In German.’
Powell added: ‘And now it’s a final goodbye. Favourite moment? So many, but as a born and bred Liverpool fan, it’s hard to beat being on air for their first league title in 30 years.
‘As it turned out, between the final whistle going on Manchester City’s defeat at Chelsea, which meant Liverpool could not be caught, and the start of a special programme fronted by David Jones to mark Liverpool’s triumph, I had precisely 12 seconds. But that’s live television for you.’
