Björg Lilerion
Long before Gary Neville’s ‘goal-scoring climax’ against Fernando Torres at Camp Nou or Roy Keane destroying another Manchester United game, there was the real gloating goat: Björg Liller Lean. Situation: Norway came from behind to beat England 2-1 in 1981 World Cup qualifying, and an ecstatic Lillelien started telling us all about it. “We are the best in the world!” he shouted in Norwegian. “This is incredible. England, the home of giants!
Bjerg then began making the most of his O-level courses in British History. “Lord Nelson! Lord Beaverbrook! Sir Winston Churchill! Sir Anthony Eden! Clement Attlee! Henry Cooper! Lady Diana! We have defeated them all! In his English Before delivering the coup de grace: “Maggie Thatcher, can you hear me? Maggie Thatcher… your kids got a good beating!”
It’s impossible to point out that not many England fans cared what Beaverbrook (died 1964) or Attlee (1967) thought of the defeat, and Lililing could have updated his reference a bit Literature (Elton John! Kate Busch! Steve Davis! Bruce) Forsyth! What really resonated was the Scandinavian joy of the time. The words “your kids took it hard” last longer than the memory of the game that inspired them.
Murray Walker
Murray Walker has the perfect pitch of a Formula One car, his voice rising and revving up like an engine running at full throttle. The idea that he had found new emotional heights is incredible, but he did it in 1996 in Japan. The son of a charismatic former world champion, Damon was killed in a plane crash when Damon was 15. His father was a straight-shooting , the beloved Nigel Mansell. Hill is a relatively conservative person, and perhaps that makes Walker feel particularly protective of him.
After finishing second behind Michael Schumacher for two consecutive years, the Williams driver won the final race of the ’96 season and had a chance to claim his own F1 title. “Damon Hill came out of the tight corner to win the Japanese Grand Prix,” Murray announced. “I had to stop because I had a lump in my throat.” In the silence that followed, when Walker turned off the microphone and sobbed, it was clear that the man with all the words – who could roar with excitement at the most boring of F1 parades – —Suddenly become the most eloquent when saying nothing.
Harry Carpenter
Frank Bruno’s double act with Harry Carpenter was a staple of the British boxer’s popularity in the 1980s. But for Carpenter, while such bizarre banter in TV interviews is entertaining, it’s also important to maintain disciplined, BBC neutrality when it comes to fights. This façade was shattered in 1989 when Bruno traveled to the United States to challenge the brooding, ruthless heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson. , but the challenger fired back at the swinging Iron Mike, shockingly.
“Bruno’s face is marked, but he’s fighting back and he hurts Tyson with his left fist! He knows he can hurt him now,” Carpenter shouted, then hoarsely urged him to keep punching: ” Get in there, Frank! The commentator was mortified by his response. “This shouldn’t happen at all,” he said. “I suddenly found myself shouting: ‘Come in, Frank’. I’m ashamed of it today because it was very unprofessional. But I couldn’t stop myself… I wanted Frank to win. Bruno was KO’d in the fifth round, But those four words were spoken when Ali briefly let his guard down, telling the audience how he truly felt about his friend in the ring.
Verne Lundqvist
Sometimes we have to accept: Americans do better. The most famous shot in Tiger Woods’ storied career was That 2005 Masters chip. The world’s best golfer ran into trouble when he hit the green from the rough on the 16th hole of the final round. But as his perfect shot landed 25 feet from the flagpole and began its unerring flight toward the flagpole, U.S. commentator Verne Lundquist picked up the cue and within seconds Accelerate from whispers to cheers.
“Here it comes… oh my gosh,” he said, teetering on the edge as the ball drifted towards the hole and then – with the Nike logo perfectly balanced – dropped into the hole. Have you ever seen anything like this in your life? Lundqvist exclaimed, an elated Woods high-fived his caddy and Augusta National’s patrons went crazy. Meanwhile, on Auntie Beeb, the venerable Peter Allis could only say a deadpan “thank you” when the ball dropped, while someone else in the commentary box (Ken Brown?) – might have just Spilling hot tea on their legs – added weakly. CBS 1-0 BBC case.
Emmy Fuller, Ed Lee and Tim Warwood
The trio made more than 300 complaints to the BBC and were described as “a handful of unemployed children’s entertainers” by the Guardian’s Stuart Heritage, who is defending them. It’s all in response to Great Britain’s great moment at Sochi 2014. Olympic medals on the snow – while commentators Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood and snowboarder Aimee Fuller failed to do so. .
Jones’ cheerleading competition in the second round was just the appetizer: 10 athletes could top her score of 87.25, so Jones would have to finish eight spots behind to win a medal. Cue some elite-level schadenfreude, especially when Austria’s Anna Gasser fell and the trio began to cheer. “Should we do this? Probably not,” Fuller correctly assessed. Thankfully, Warwood was there to bring some balance: “Amy, you can cry, that’s okay. Ed and Amy both cried—and now I’m leaving! All professionalism will be thrown out the window.”
Not comments full of great-man gravitas (for example, we can’t imagine Barry Davis saying “It feels like I have slugs in my underpants” as tensions mount). But 300-odd games of destructive play be damned, and what was truly a joyful moment at the Olympics was overshadowed by the negativity of three men who knew the impact Jones’ bronze medal could have on the sport they love.
Mick Morgan
Mick Morgan’s performance in the 1994 Regal Cup final against Castleford’s rugby league powerhouse Wigan should only be heard by Tigers fanatics because he was The club’s in-house commentator. But the Yorkshireman’s energetic prose eventually won a cult following, racked up seven figures of views on YouTube and coined a three-word phrase that has since been coined by darts commentators and more slogan. I’ve never seen anything like this!
Wigan Athletic’s Kelvin Skerrett’s swinging forearm struck Andy Hay in the face, lighting the fuse for Morgan. “Oh, so what? Send him away! Get this dirty bastard off… This is so evil. Get him off the pitch! That’s so typical of him. But referee Dave Campbell’s yellow card put Morgan’s The stroke was taken to a whole new level. “He gave him a yellow card. I’m speechless! You bastard without a bottle, Campbell. You idiot… I’m speechless.”
But Morgan urged – “Come on, Cas, rub it in!” – and Lee Crooks’ shot from the eventual penalty saw the former England international go from furious to delighted mad. “What a great try! Push it on yours. He’s the best prop in the world, never mind the rest of the crowd.” Before finishing in Mick style: “What a show! None of us can speak. Quite the opposite; fact Proof that Morgan can speak for all of us.
