The voice of soccer for a generation, Philip Greene passes away

LEGENDARY commentator Philip Greene passed away early yesterday morning.

For those of a certain vintage he was the voice of a generation for soccer addicts. For the rest, put simply, he was the Micheál O’Hehir of the Irish soccer world.

Born in Dublin, he began his radio career with RTÉ in the 1940s and became editor, producer and presenter of the popular Sports Stadium programme.