World Cup Commentators

[allen]

I miss Barry Davies' haughty disgust at the smallest infraction.

"Dear oh dear. No, no, no. We don't need this. Ah! Goodness me!"

I always got the impression he'd rather be watching the polo, but he had a job to do and he was going to do it, despite the ruffians on the pitch.

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

I miss Barry Davies' haughty disgust at the smallest infraction.

"Dear oh dear. No, no, no. We don't need this. Ah! Goodness me!"

I always got the impression he'd rather be watching the polo, but he had a job to do and he was going to do it, despite the ruffians on the pitch.

Always preferred Barry to Motson growing up. Motson's commentary for Lineker's opener in the 86 final does my head in- he sounds depressed. My favourite Davies one is "oh yes, oh yes by the youngster" (Leicester vs QPR cup game from some time in the 70s). Brilliant!

 

[Buckers]

I dont even consider him a pundit. He's just a contrarian.

Exactly. Paid to be controversial, just comes across like an asshole.

 

[allen]

Always preferred Barry to Motson growing up. Motson's commentary for Lineker's opener in the 86 final does my head in- he sounds depressed. My favourite Davies one is "oh yes, oh yes by the youngster" (Leicester vs QPR cup game from some time in the 70s). Brilliant!

Yeah, Davies and Motson are the forever voices of football commentators in my head.

I'm a little too young to remember David Coleman being anything other than the guy on Question of Sport, but I always love the old footage of mad exotic England games with Coleman doing crackly commentary over the phone.

"One nil!"

"Two nil!"

He was a bit one-note, mainly just delivering the score, but it's still a classic voice!

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

Yeah, Davies and Motson are the forever voices of football commentators in my head.

I'm a little too young to remember David Coleman being anything other than the guy on Question of Sport, but I always love the old footage of mad exotic England games with Coleman doing crackly commentary over the phone.

"One nil!"

"Two nil!"

He was a bit one-note, mainly just delivering the score, but it's still a classic voice!

Same here on Coleman- i recall him more from the athletics in the 80s and 90s, but love his voice on the old footage- "one nil" as you say. So simple, but so effective.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

The Spanish commentator for this WC, who's been doing it for years and presents the Spanish equivalent of MOTD, is continually making mistakes.

''And a corner. Oh, no, it's a goal kick''

''The goal's been ruled out for offside. Oh, no, the ball had gone out before the cross came in.''

''Good cross by Fernandez. (ball sails over everyone's head and out on the opposite wing) Throw in to Poland''

Keeps naming players who were substituted half an hour before and countless other gaffs

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Think it was Coleman at the 74 WC. Poland v Italy, when Deyna scores a cracker to put Poland 2-0 up, David cracks out a ''That will do!''

 

[gonetomorrow]

ITV have put some classic matches up on ITVx

Brian Moore, now there was a commentator

Bit pro-Liverpool for my liking, but aside from that he was superb

Worked great with a variety of colour commentators as well. Had good chemistry with Clough, Atkinson, Keegan and Pleat

Moore and Keegan is perhaps the most affable commentary duo of all-time

Big Ron. Mr Bojangles. No one wore sheepskin carcoats like that man. He had a vocabulary all his own. Not always PC which did for him in the end.

"Little eyebrows" was a classic, describing the long throw to the near post for Chivers, or whoever, to flick it behind him.

 

[Papa Shango]

Yeah, Davies and Motson are the forever voices of football commentators in my head.

I'm a little too young to remember David Coleman being anything other than the guy on Question of Sport, but I always love the old footage of mad exotic England games with Coleman doing crackly commentary over the phone.

"One nil!"

"Two nil!"

He was a bit one-note, mainly just delivering the score, but it's still a classic voice!

Brian Moore calling games down a dodgy telephone line from the Eastern Bloc for me especially with the weird wall of sound you got from the crowd, no chants or anything or even cheers just a load of white noise when a team scored etc.

I miss the days when football from another nation looked and felt different. These Qatar games (and any other places for many years now) could be anywhere in the world.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Barry Davies the voice of Actua Soccer of course

The game would bug out sometimes and you'd play an easy sideways pass to another player and the computerised version of Barry would yell "Cantonaaaaaaaa!!!!" like a goal had just been scored lol

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

Think it was Coleman at the 74 WC. Poland v Italy, when Deyna scores a cracker to put Poland 2-0 up, David cracks out a ''That will do!''

Great that, blunt and to the point.

I think my fave commentary from 1974 was a Bazza one. Holland are playing Argentina and he says something like "The Dutch seem to be able to score whenever they feel like....LIKE NOW" (cue- Cruyff cross to Rep at the far post)- impeccable timing.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Barry Davies the voice of Actua Soccer of course

The game would bug out sometimes and you'd play an easy sideways pass to another player and the computerised version of Barry would yell "Cantonaaaaaaaa!!!!" like a goal had just been scored lol

Pro Evo 2. The best/worst commentary team ever. Chris James and Terry Butcher. It was translated from Japanese with nobody checking that it made sense. It was also really bad at matching names with contextual stuff.

"BARCELONA!!! Are first to trouble the scoreboard! I'M CHRIS JAMES!"

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

Fave commentaries: Maradona vs England (2nd goal)- not the main BBC one, so not Bazza's "you have to say that's magnificent". I'm not sure who the commentator is, it goes something like "Maradona, turning like a little eel, away from trouble, the little squat man". lol

 

[roydo]

Fave commentaries: Maradona vs England (2nd goal)- not the main BBC one, so not Bazza's "you have to say that's magnificent". I'm not sure who the commentator is, it goes something like "Maradona, turning like a little eel, away from trouble, the little squat man". lol

Peter (?) Jones.

 

[Sharpies volley]

Yeah, Davies and Motson are the forever voices of football commentators in my head.

I'm a little too young to remember David Coleman being anything other than the guy on Question of Sport, but I always love the old footage of mad exotic England games with Coleman doing crackly commentary over the phone.

"One nil!"

"Two nil!"

He was a bit one-note, mainly just delivering the score, but it's still a classic voice!

Coleman was the best ever, I think.