The other day I heard Peter Drury come out with the phrase "Berbatov tries to penetrate Jenas..." which I thought was good... But for me nothing beats David Pleat's "the sight is in end for Arsenal" about 30 seconds before Barca scored in last years Champions League Final.
2006-11-09 01:32:09 · 50 answers · asked by Ron 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
Brazillians when a goal is scored. Never ceases to make me chuckle at it. Longest goaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllll in history i'd say.
2006-11-09 04:26:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
When the Cincinnati Bengals went into overtime against the Cleveland Browns earlier this season and the Bengals were about to kick a field goal (which would automatically end the game if successful) and the announcer was like "I don't know why they are kicking a field goal with over a minute still on the clock! The browns still have time to score." The other commentator says "The game is over after this kick!". I laughed so hard!
2016-03-19 05:46:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember Terry Venables being asked, "Don't sit on the fence Terry, what chance do you think Germany has got of getting through?". Terry Venables replied: "I think it's 50:50."
Other quotes that are not strictly commentary:
When Martin O'Neill asked Brian Clough why he was playing for the reserves, Cloughie answered, "because you're far too good to play for the third team."
When Ian Holloway was asked about his recent bad luck, he replied, "the way things are going, if I fell into a bucket of boobs I'd probably come up sucking my thumb!"
2006-11-10 01:15:42 · answer #3 · answered by Andy J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The black players at this club lend the side a lot of skill and flair, but you also need white players in there to balance things up and give the team some brains and some common sense."
(Crystal Palace chairman Ron Noades, speaking in 1991.)
On the difficulties of adjusting to playing football and living in Italy: "It was like being in a foreign country."
(Ian Rush)
"Bill Frindal has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator."
(John Arlott)
"Hodge scored for Forest after 22 seconds - totally against the run of play."
(Peter Lorenzo)
"We actually got the winner three minutes from the end but then they equalized."
(Ian McNail)
An inch or two either side of the post and that would have been a goal.
Dave Bassett, Sky Sports
The best quotes have to be from the legendry Micheal Ó Muircheartaigh on the GAA.
"Anthony Lynch the Cork corner back will be the last person to let you down - his people are undertakers"
" Colin Corkery on the 45 lets go with the right boot. Its over the bar. This man shouldn't be playing football. He's made an almost Lazarus-like recovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man but he couldn't kick points like Colin Corkery.
"Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now ... but here comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail ...... I've seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park!"
"Teddy looks at the ball, the ball looks at Teddy"
"In the first half they played with the wind. In the second half they played with the ball".
"He kicks the ball lan san aer, could've been a goal, could've been a point.............it went wide."
Pat Fox out to the forty and grabs the sliothar, I bought a dog from his father last week. Fox turns and sprints for goal, the dog ran a great race last Tuesday in Limerick. Fox to the 21 fires a shot, it goes to the left and wide..... and the dog lost as well
"Teddy McCarthy to Mick McCarthy, no relation, Mick McCarthy back to Teddy McCarthy, still no relation "
2006-11-09 05:50:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nothing beats this: BBC television commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme's description of the final moments of the England-West Germany final is the British equivalent of Foster Hewitt's famous "Henderson has scored for Canada!" call at the 1972 Summit Series.
Here's how Wolstenholme described Hurst's final goal:
"Some people are on the pitch (the crowd starts to spill onto the field)... they think it's all over (Geoff Hurst scores to put England two goals ahead)... AND IT IS OVER NOW!"
Wolstenholme's call is not only soccer's most famous piece of commentary but also a touchstone moment in British culture and among the most famous phrases in modern English. Such was the power of Wolstenholme's words that it spawned a quiz show named, "They Think It's All Over" on BBC1 and was part of the lyrics in the New Order song, "World in Motion."
I understand the phrase is now patented and has earned the commentator who is now retired some millions.
2006-11-09 02:22:33 · answer #5 · answered by redandkop 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the game when Arsenal played Real Madrid at half time before Henry's goal that where talking about arsenal controling the game.
Ally McCoist said, "Well i'll tell you, it's so true it's not"
Also Terry Venables before the champions league final pretending to be Sven.
"Arsene, this is Sven, why is young Theo not playing"
anyone remember that? lol
2006-11-09 20:21:43 · answer #6 · answered by Michelino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Bassett is always a plonker! and John Motson
Here are some Basset ones,I think the most famous one is "An inch or two either side of the post and that would have been a goal." "You have got to miss them to score sometimes."(And I honestly believe we can go all the way to Wembley. . . unless somebody knocks us out." "What will you do when you leave football, Jack - will you stay in football?"(STUART HALL, Radio 5 Live) "I've got a gut feeling in my stomach. . ."(ALAN SUGAR, speaking on BBC1) "And I suppose they [Spurs] are nearer to being out of the FA Cup now than at any other time since the first half of this season, when they weren't ever in it anyway."(JOHN MOTSON, BBC) "Johnson has revelled in the 'hole' behind Dwight Yorke. . ." "Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve."(JOHN GREIG) "Both sides have scored a couple of goals, and both sides have conceded a couple of goals."(PETER WITHE, speaking on Radio 5 Live)"Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead."
(TOM FERRIE) "I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat."(RON ATKINSON)
"The Uruguayans are losing no time in making a meal around the referee."(MIKE INGHAM) "The minute's silence was immaculate, I have never heard a minute's silence like that."(GLENN HODDLE)
2006-11-10 00:11:03 · answer #7 · answered by Lazarus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when robben hit the post at the end of the chelsea vs spurs game andy gray said something along the lines of "we are right behind the goal here and i knew it was hitting the post as soon as it left his foot, it was just whether it was goin in or coming back off."
I thought this was a classic 'i know eveything' andy gray moment.
probably not the funniest but a recent one all the same.
2006-11-09 08:59:22 · answer #8 · answered by got2avekayanow 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has to be Barry Davies in an FA cup tie. Mark Hottiger, the Swiss international crossed the ball for Everton, and Davies went 'And Swiss'. Still makes me laugh now...
2006-11-10 01:43:49 · answer #9 · answered by randomguy14 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"And Smith must score..." BBC Commentator on Brighton's Gordon Smith in the 1983 FA Cup Final against Man Utd, in the dying seconds, when the score was 2-2, and Smith only had Bailey in goal to beat from the edge of the penalty area. Smith didnt score... I hate him.
AND
As an England player (can't remember who. Batty?) was stepping up to take a penalty in the shootout against (Argentina?Please remind me!) in the France 98 Quarter Final, with all Englands hopes on it.
Commentator "So Kevin, quick, can he score, yes or no?"
Kev Keeg "Yes"
He missed...
And a manager whose name escapes me, of a team whose name escapes me, fairly recently. (May have been Bolton)
"That was our best result yet. This season. At home. In the cup. In February. On a Monday." (Not word perfect but that was the gist of it.
Anyone know any techniques to improve my memory?
2006-11-09 07:39:59 · answer #10 · answered by Mark J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
on BBC Radio 5 Live- the following being said about Manchester United defender Heinze:
He's very tough. He likes to tackle himself
2006-11-09 08:10:47 · answer #11 · answered by toietmoi 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋