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For me off the top of my head it has to be Kenneth Wolstenholme's " They think it's all over, it is now " just because of the sheer scale of the achievement for England to win the world cup on their home turf . Although "How does he sit down with balls that big " by Rob Warner runs it close .
Kammy missing the red card at Portsmouth was absolute gold and still leaves me in tears when I watch it
‘Is Gascoigne going to have a crack? He is, you know… OH, I SAY! Brilliant! That… is… Schoolboys’ Own stuff!’
“Kirkpatrick to Williams. This is great stuff! Phil Bennett covering. Chased by Alistair Scown. Brilliant! Oh, that’s brilliant! John Williams, Bryan Williams. Pullin. John Dawes. Great dummy! To David, Tom David, the halfway line. Brilliant by Quinnell! This is Gareth Edwards! A dramatic start… what a score!”
2012 Champions League Semi Final. Chels Barca.
And the final as well fir that matter.
Aggers at the cricket world cup final and the bbc commenyatros when jenny jones won snowboard olympic bronze
Peter Aliss can be very dry with his humour . I remember somebody missed a tiny put to win a big tournament and he said , dry as you like " probably not the best moment to ask him for his autograph "
I have no idea what a commenyatro is but it sounds cool and snowboardey
David Platt swivels as the ball comes over his shoulder, the ball floats past Jean-Michel Pfaff's outstretched hand,
"and England have done it! In the last minute of extra time!"
For the moment, where I was, the people I was with possibly the single best 3 seconds of my life. Still tingles now.
I'm too young to know the 1966 one for real, but of course that is iconic. I don't know if you've heard the retelling where he said he wasn't even really trying to score, he said he was just knackered, couldn't run any further and thought that the harder he hit it, the further over the bar it would go and the longer it would take to get back......
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Harry Carpenter losing all semblance of impartiality : "Get in there FRANK!"
Bruno v Tyson 1989
Can I say two?
Remember the Olympics a good while ago, when one of the GB rowing teams (eights I think) won the gold medal - they had an ex-cox commentating and his voice just got higher and higher as it looked like they were going to clinch gold.
And nobody mentioned Phil Liggett on the 1987 La Plagne stage of the TdF when Stephen Roche chased down Pedro Delgado
Its Stephen Roche! (2:05 in)
Wide to West. Eddie Hemmings. Unreal.
TV? I always feel that radio gives that extra edge e.g. Ian Robertson as a Scotsman describing Jonny Wilkonson's drop goal to win the world cup, and I'm Welsh. The Rob Andrew "Yes, Yes" is the icing on the cake.
Two for me, Beckham banging that one in against Greece, but super saturday just eclipses every sporting moment I've ever had, my two kids watching mo, jess and Greg take 3 golds was like nothing I've ever seen before. Today they both strive to win...
"Good God Almighty! Good God Almighty! That’s killed him. As God is my witness, he’s broken in half!"
Kammy missing the red card at Portsmouth was absolute gold and still leaves me in tears when I watch it
This x1000. It's pure comedy gold. "What.... a red card Geoff..... I must have missed that???. Whist turning back and forth.
"What has happened Chris Kamara?"
"I dont know Geoff.. I dont know?????"
"And for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green."
Murray Walker giving a lengthy explanation of how a driver said he had been struggling with the car, blaming it on a turbo or something...
James Hunt, in response: ‘ and all I can say to that is bullshit’
https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/8km9z5/james_hunt_swears_during_live_bbc_broadcast_of/
Phil and Paul when Armstrong rode through the field.
BBC commentary (John Lloyd?) as Murray wins Wimbledon.
Steve Cram has done some great work on the athletics, one of Mo's gold medals and a couple of Bolt's greatest runs sprint to mind.
Came here to say Danny Hart, Champery but Moab got there 👍
STAY ON YOUR BIKE DANNY!
I’ve never seen that Danny Hart video - that’s amazing!!
When he did that whip near the end - that was just awesome.
“How does he sit on that bike.....” 😂
That Danny Hart video is incredible!
Pagey (particularly) and Warner commentating on the Danny Hart run at Champery is just amazing.
What’s sad and interesting is that as far as I know Pagey hasn’t done any commentating since and Rob has cleaned his act up a lot, so clearly it crossed a line that someone was unhappy with.
not really a commentary but...
Didn't quite get his leg over
sorry jimdubleyou my browser doesn't always format utube vids correctly so you don't see whats been posted sometimes
"I've got to stop now as there's a lump in my throat."
Was gonna put Liggett ‘that’s Stephen Roche’ but beaten to it. Good call. Loving the perennial Danny Hart at Champery.
Some great one's above 🙂
"The batman's Holding - the bowler's Willey" - Brilliant!!
"Willey bowled Dilley, caught Lilley"
"For those of you watching in black and white, the pink is next to the brown"
From the doyen of commentators, Barry Davies:
Where are the Germans? Frankly, who cares?
A rare bit of partiality during the Seoul Olympics
EDIT: The batman’s Holding – the bowler’s Willey - sadly a myth, I am great fun at cocktail parties
Clarke! One - Nil!
What’s sad and interesting is that as far as I know Pagey hasn’t done any commentating since
Apparently he does World Champs for the BBC some years.
But we're all watching it on Red Bull obvs.
He talks about it in a podcast from earlier this year, Downtime one probably. Well worth a listen, some great stories.
‘Is Gascoigne going to have a crack? He is, you know… OH, I SAY! Brilliant! That… is… Schoolboys’ Own stuff!’
Hard to top this, for those of us of a certain age anyway.
What a team that was.
Hahahaha, that Castleford v Wigan is class !
Jonah Lomu v England.
Some of David Coleman’s best Colemanballs:
“That’s the fastest time ever run – but it’s not as fast as the world record.”
“A truly international field, no Britons involved.”
“The Republic of China – back in the Olympic Games for the first time.”
“Don’t tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let’s just have another look at Italy’s winning goal.”
“He’s 31 this year – last year he was 30.”
“He just can’t believe what’s not happening to him.”
“In a moment we hope to see the pole vault over the satellite.”
"He is accelerating all the time. The last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before that in 62.”
“It’s gold or nothing ... and it’s nothing. He comes away with the silver medal.”
“There is Brendan Foster, by himself with 20,000 people.”
“Forest have now lost six matches without winning.”
“The front wheel crosses the finish line, closely followed by the back wheel.”
“And here’s Moses Kiptanui – the 19-year-old Kenyan who turned 20 a few weeks ago.”
“If that had gone in, it would have been a goal.”
“This evening is a very different evening from the morning we had this morning.”
“I think there is no doubt, she’ll probably qualify for the final.”
“Nobody has ever won the title twice before. He (Roger Black) has already done that.”
“Both of the Villa scorers – Withe and Mortimer – were born in Liverpool as was the Villa manager Ron Saunders who was born in Birkenhead.”
"And the line-up for the final of the women's 400 metres hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman."
"We estimate, and this isn't an estimation, that Greta Waltz is 80 seconds behind."
Am I missing something, the Danny Hart video linked to has no commentary at all for me, just the ambient sound.
That is definitely my answer, I still watch it periodically, it's truly phenomenal, as a piece of athleticism and the presentation thereof!
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“Kirkpatrick to Williams.
Saw the thread title and immediately thought of this clip....
Cor, Ryan Giggs, you know? Giggsy, isn't it? Mmm? Giggsy-Wiggsy? Mmm? Oh! Ryan-y Giggsy-Wiggsy. Isn't it? You know, marvellous.
As a kid I was watching TV with my parents and the continuity announcer meant to say 'and for those of you up at 11 tonight will be in for a fair share of grumble and groan' (International Wrestling) but it came out as 'grumble and grunt'. As cockneys, we were amused.
"Oh, he's got him with a right hand, oh you can't believe it… Ali's doing his shuffle and I don't think Foreman's going to get up… he's trying to beat the count… and he's out! Oh my God, he's won the title back at 32! He took on Foreman at his own game and he beat him at it!"
Harry H Carpenter, Rumble in the Jungle
That Danny Hart one is my all time favourite...but rugby fans of a particular vintage surely enjoyed this Butler and Moore classic.
Shave away Gavin!!
Way back when in the 70's Tyne Tees Television had a Sunday afternoon football highlights programme called "Shoot"
Newcastle had a centre forward called Paul Cannell ..
Wolstenholme's commentary went along the lines of ..In comes the cross and there's a shot and it's a goal f' Cannell.."
Another that made me titter..oooerr missus.. was I think David Coleman commentating on a European Athletics championship final in which their was a sprinter called Koch .. * and Koch's pulling away " made a schoolboy giggle
Castleford v Wigan best video ever - straight to the top of my yoochoob faves
Agreed. Heard it so many times but every time I crack up!
What makes that Castleford v Wigan clip even better? Yes that’s right*, it’s Dickie Bird commentating
*ah imagine if it was and that’s what he was really like
And one with Walker claiming nothing could stop Mansell now, shortly before a tire falls off, or the car catches fire, or he runs out of fuel, you know the drill!