World Cup Commentators

[Diogenes the Cynic]

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!"

I loved that game.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

I loved that game.

"ha ha ha, yes Terry!"

 

[YoboCopter]

Ally mcgoist ( exitable kid)
John hartson ( so thick its funny)
Clive tildsley ( like his voice and calming nature)

There my 3 favourites for diff reasons

 

[Jimishorts]

”You’d think now any goal will win it”

Such insight at 0-0 with 90 seconds to play.

 

[MercuryBlue88]

Hate hate hate John Hartsons co commentary. Absolutely pointless. Can we get some ex managers on please, people with actual insight rather than an ex player who is too stupid to do anything else with himself.

 

[BigMick]

Some of the oldies might remember 1970 when the BBC ran a football commentators competition of the 1970 world cup. Amongst the finalists were Ian St John, Ed Stewpot Stewart, and Gerry Harrison who I think went on the commentate for ITV.

Here's the final hosted by the great David Coleman. Panel of judges includes Sir Alf Ramsay and Tony Book.

Look at that Wales front three - Ron Davies, Wyn Davies and Toshack - not bad! Westy in goal for England with Keith Newton and Bally also in the team.

Sadly the video won't upload - put 'Sportsnight with Coleman - final of the football commentators competition.' into YouTube to find out the winner!

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[barneygumble]

Doesn’t make it on to British TV, but Derek Rae is great. Just so knowledgeable, and a really, really nice fella to boot.

Does the British Broadcast on the Bundesliga.

 

[roydo]

Doesn’t make it on to British TV, but Derek Rae is great. Just so knowledgeable, and a really, really nice fella to boot.

Does the British Broadcast on the Bundesliga.

Nope.

 

[Drico]

Some of the oldies might remember 1970 when the BBC ran a football commentators competition of the 1970 world cup. Amongst the finalists were Ian St John, Ed Stewpot Stewart, and Gerry Harrison who I think went on the commentate for ITV.

Here's the final hosted by the great David Coleman. Panel of judges includes Sir Alf Ramsay and Tony Book.

Look at that Wales front three - Ron Davies, Wyn Davies and Toshack - not bad! Westy in goal for England with Keith Newton and Bally also in the team.

Sadly the video won't upload - put 'Sportsnight with Coleman - final of the football commentators competition.' into YouTube to find out the winner!

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Wasn't it Idwal Robling or whatever his name was?

 

[BigMick]

Wasn't it Idwal Robling or whatever his name was?

St John's face when he didn't win was a picture

 

[Alan Whittle]

Peter (?) Jones.

He and Bryan Butler were the Arlott and Swanton of Football commentary. Knowledgeable, articulate, informative and economical with language. A joy to listen to.

 

[Drico]

St John's face when he didn't win was a picture

I'm going to watch it now, so...

 

[gonetomorrow]

Denis Law did a stint as a studio reporter for ITV on The Big Match. He would read a results round-up and then hand back to Jim Rosentahl or Brian Moore. No banter or anything but dead straight.
They didn't have Strictly in those days of course.

 

[ForestBlue]

All commentators talk too much!

 

[allen]

All commentators talk too much!

None more so than radio commentators, which I get in an auditory medium - but what kind of deviant chooses the 5 Live commentary when watching a match on BBC One is what I want to know... who needs the mile-a-minute-fill-every-silence stream of nonsense when they can see the ball?