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David Jones is an English sports presenter working forSky Sports and formerly a non-executive director ofSunderland A.F.C.[1] He currently[when?] fronts the live coverage on Super Sunday and Monday Night Football.
Jones went toStokesley Comprehensive School in North Yorkshire. He became a presenter onSky Sports News in February 2003 after spending two seasons as a pitch-side reporter onPremiership Plus. Starting his journalistic career as a news reporter on theDerbyshire Times inChesterfield, he joined Sky for the launch of Sky Sports News in 1998, presenting alongsideGeorgie Thompson for a number of years. Jones presentedThe Football League onSky Sports from the 2007–08 season until 2011. He started presenting livePremier League matches in 2010.
Starting in 2012, Jones was announced as the host ofThe Footballers' Football Show, a programme which discusses the key football issues of the week.[citation needed] In June 2013, Sky Sports announced a brand new show for the2013–14 season calledSaturday Night Football, for their coverage of 5.30pm Saturday evening Premier League fixtures. The show was presented by Jones alongsideJamie Redknapp with an audience of football fans debating current football issues.[citation needed] The audience was later dropped but Jones and Redknapp continued to host the show until Sky lost the rights for the Saturday evening matches in 2016.
Jones became the main football presenter on Sky Sports in August 2016 after the departure ofEd Chamberlin to host ITV's coverage of horse racing. Jones now presents the flagship Super Sunday and Monday Night Football programmes alongside pundits such asJamie Carragher,Micah Richards,Roy Keane andGary Neville.[citation needed] When Sky Sports launched their new week nightly football discussion programmeThe Debate in August 2017, Jones hosted the first show.[citation needed]
In addition to this, Jones was heavily involved with Sky Sports' liveUEFA Champions League coverage and has presented numerous live England international matches.[citation needed]
Jones became a non-executive director ofOxford United on 11 February 2015.[2] After managerMichael Appleton left to take up a role withLeicester City, he was part of the three-man panel to find the next Oxford United manager in June 2017.[3] The club ultimately appointedPep Clotet, the former Swansea and Leeds assistant manager.[citation needed] On 18 December 2019, Jones was announced as a new non-executive director ofSunderland.[4]
He is a fan ofSunderland.[4] He took part inThe Match onSky1,[when?] playing at Newcastle United'sSt James' Park stadium.[citation needed]