At the age of twelve, in 1976, she was in the Bradford City ground when a wooden terrace caught fire resulting in fifty six deaths.
this guy knows about women commentators its towards the end  about 1 hr 16 mins 

Perhaps not the first name that comes to mind in the world of female sports presenters, Woodsy is definitely an inspiration for would-be sports presenters across the world.From having to take a break from university, to landing herself work experience as a trainee sky sports female presenter behind the scenes, the 32-year-old worked her way up the ranks with continuous endeavour and skill to the job she has today.Nowadays, not only does Woods present The Debate, but she also reports pitch-side with Sky Sports, Super Sunday alongside being a prime-time presenter on talkSPORT – a testament to the concept that hard work and determination surely does pay off.This BT Sports female presenter made her name covering the Champions League alongside Gary Lineker years ago on an English version of Al Jazeera but recently has risen in the limelight with the European Football Show.She began anchoring coverage of the World Athletics Championships, the US Open Tennis Final and the WTA Championships.From there on, Hipgrave has become the female sports presenters shining star, supporting women in and outside the role.So much so, that she cut off a caller on a live show who belittled the presenter by patronizing her – a ruthless, yet necessary move as a representative of the growing women’s sports reporter contingent.The veteran Arsenal defender made the perfect transition from player to renowned BBC female sports presenter in the aftermath of her domestic and international retirement.Indeed, the 34-year-old took on the challenge of immersing herself into the world of men’s punditry well, given the level of sexist and chauvinistic comments that were fired at her online and on social media, especially around the altercation she had on air with fellow Sky Sports colleague Graeme Souness.But manning the helms of reporting during the men’s 2018 World Cup, and now earning and grafting her way to becoming a respected BBC sports presenter female figure means that she has been able to exorcise those demons and continue to reach new heights.Next up in our top 7 best UK female sport presenters is Kelly Cates, daughter of the famous, and decorated, footballer Kenny Dalglish.Cates came into the world of football media from a young age, and since then has slowly integrated her way into a male-dominated industry.Indeed, the Liverpool fan has certainly made a name for herself amongst the Sky Sports female presenters contingent after reporting on the 2010 World Cup, the London 2012 Olympics, and many racing events.And not one for letting her male colleagues take all the limelight, the female sports presenter was even able to get one over Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville after that famous camera angle incident…The BBC female sports presenters have had an absolute steal amidst their ranks in Gabby Logan.The respected reporter swiftly turned from the world of Welsh international gymnastics to football media and has excelled and thrived within the industry.Instead of joining the Sky Sports ranks, Logan has continued to stick with BBC.Given that her father, Terry Yorath, played for Leeds and Wales, the love affair with football is apparent. Doesn't transcend from sport to entertainment for me. Of course, when it comes to punditry (a separate issue), women have to be 100x sharper than a man as they'd get eaten alive by the baying mobs if they ballsed up.

Indeed their performances can often be better than the football on view Barker is synonymous with one thing: Wimbledon. Transfer Rumours Pre-Season Brian Johnston was one of the finest cricket commentators, but was pretty damn awful awful as a player apparently. Gender should have zero impact in whether that person is the best for the job, its the individual's character? What happened to equality in the Men’s World Cup?

But with womens football there are more serious deficiencies, like not being strong enough to get corners across, less shots from out of the box because they can't reach, goalkeepers - oh heck.