What piece of Commentary still has you in stitches, or makes the goose bumps come up on your neck?

I still love the timeless piece where Jonners and Aggers lose the plot during a test match after Aggers says that "he just didn't quite get his leg over" What are your favourites?


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Who can forget Jonner's "The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey"

Originally posted by CaptainSwing
Who can forget Jonner's "The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey"

To save the good Captain from getting a forum ASBO placed upon him I should explain that he is of course referring to Michael Holding the West Indian bowler and Peter Willey the England batsman..........I agree with you on that Capt it was another classic from Jonner's :thumbsup:

The other classic was David Coleman at the Olympics (can't remember which one but it was along the lines of "Juanhorito (?) opens his legs and shows his class"!!

Referring of course to the Cuban middle distance runner when he suddenly accelerated away.

a quality goal by a quality player..........

the greatest comeback since lazarus.......

he's sweating like a hippo in a power shower.....

its like watching a child in a playpen....

Originally posted by Saxon
The other classic was David Coleman at the Olympics (can't remember which one but it was along the lines of "Juanhorito (?) opens his legs and shows his class"!!

Referring of course to the Cuban middle distance runner when he suddenly accelerated away.

Yeah I remember that as well, it was Alberto Juantorino who was running....:thumbsup:

Been mentioned before in cycling threads...

When Stephen Roache made a dramatic comeback on some mountain ascent during the the (year - '89?) Tour De France.

Quality, uncontrolled, emotional commentary by Phil Ligget.

Looked like Delgado had made a significant break on the climb and Roache was gonna slip to an uncatchable time deficit.

Then as the camera followed Delgado over the line, you saw Roache appear round the corner, and end up only about 7 secs down.

Ligget was nearly overcome with emotion. I was jumping up and down in the living room.

And Roache collapsed after crossing the line and had to be given oxygen. He went on to win the Tour.

Thinking about it still makes the goosebumps rise.....

1999... Champions League final still sends shivers down my spine everytime I hear the commentary team at the end... still sends a tear down my face remembering that special night, and the best year I've had in my life.

Barry Davies during Olympic Gold Medal Hockey match.Great Britain go three one up."And where were the German Defence,quite frankly,who cares"!!
Don't you love an unbiased commentary.

Michael Slater came out with a good one the other day, surveying the fancy dress in the crowd.

Slats: There's Darth Vader.

[Darth gives the camera the one-fingered salute.]

Slats: Wow, that really is the dark side!

Made me laugh, anyway.

Originally posted by CaptainSwing
Michael Slater came out with a good one the other day, surveying the fancy dress in the crowd.

Slats: There's Darth Vader.

[Darth gives the camera the one-fingered salute.]

Slats: Wow, that really is the dark side!

Made me laugh, anyway.

Yeah, we saw that and collapsed in laughter for about ten minutes! Athers also came up with a pretty amusing moment when he was talking about the possibilities of having a cameraman in the (inflatable) Blue Square blimp. He then retracted and admitted: "in retrospect that's a bit of a stupid idea". No ****, Athers! :D

My favourite commentary comes from the legendary Sid Waddell:

“When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer. Eric Bristow's only 27”

I can't remember the exact event but i think it may have been formula 1, someone was interviewing Ozzy Osbourne and asked him about his dogs, live on air Ozzy answered, " they're at home, sh***ing.":clap:




(rhymes with fitting)

Sherringham........ AND SOLKSJAER HAS WON IT!!!

Hate Man U but I'll always remeber that.

My all time favourite has to be the golfer Sam Torrance interviewed at the end of a round in a championship, quote
'If you'd have offered me a 69 this morning I'd have been all over you'.:hihi:

or a man who made loads of verbal gaffs in his career, David Coleman.....
'A fascinating duel between three men'. Good old Coleman:heyhey:

Can I be slightly greedy and include one other that has just sprung to mind?
Barry Venison during a match commentary,
'Batistuta is very good at pulling off defenders' :D

Oh and Radio 5's Alan Green commentating on England's 5-1 drubbing of Germany in 2001 World Cup qualifier that was just classic radio commentary.

BTW Jonners and Aggers the all time classic as per the original post.

"For those of you watching in black & white, Spurs are playing in yellow"......David Coleman

The radio sheffield commnetary on the playoff final dvd my favourite bit is at the end when they say"Sheffield Wednesday 4
Hartlepool United 2". I can never hear that enough times, especially as we have'nt won many since then(stockport being the exception).

1. Weightlifting commentator at the Olympic Snatch and Jerk Event: "This is Georgiana from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."

2. Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."

3. Grand Prix Race Announcer: "the lead car is absolutely, truly unique, except for the one behind it which is exactly identical to the one in front of the similar one in back."

; > > 4. Greg Norman, Pro Golfer: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."

5. Ringside Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries and even some deaths in boxing - but none of them really that serious."

6. Baseball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."

7. Basketball analyst: "He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces."

8. At a trophy ceremony BBC TV Boat Race 1988: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is hugging the Cox of the Oxford crew."< BR>> > > >
9. Metro Radio, College Football: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."

10. US Open TV Commentator: "One of the reasons Arnie Palmer is playing so well is that, before each final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them. Oh my God, what have I just said?"