David Anthony Gubba (23 September 1943 – 11 March 2013)[1] was an English journalist and television sports commentator.
He began work as a local newspaper reporter with the Cyril Briggs Press Agency in Warrington, contracted to work on the Lymm edition of the Cheshire Country Express newspapers, before moving up to the job of staff reporter for the Daily Mirror.
This was the era when John Motson and Barry Davies were the BBC's senior commentators so Gubba rarely got to commentate on games at the highest level, but notable matches he covered were the 1986 World Cup semi-final between France and West Germany, the 1992 Olympic Final, and the 1996 Charity Shield.
He also commentated on ice-skating, hockey, table tennis, bobsleigh, ski jumping, speed skating, cycling, rowing, judo, golf and tennis and was the main presenter of the BBC's coverage of the World Darts Championship from 1984 to 1990 and the 1987 Cricket World Cup.
He listed witnessing the debuts of George Best for Manchester United and Michael Owen for Liverpool as highlights of his career.