Favourite Commentator?

[Prince Monolulu]

I enjoy that Aussie on the Radio for the Cricket, Jim Maxwell. Entertaining.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Kenneth Wolstenholme
David Coleman
Barry Davies

 

[Pavilionaire]

Football-wise it's Brian Moore - for me no one's come close since.

My favourite double act? Sid Waddell and the heavily underrated Dave Lanning at the darts.

 

[vegster]

I enjoy that Aussie on the Radio for the Cricket, Jim Maxwell. Entertaining.

He is OK but he has that annoying Australian habit of answering any question with " Aw look......"

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

Davies and Motson the Voices of my Youth!

On reflection I do wonder why it is that Cricket is blessed with so many fine commentators compared to Football?

Richie Benaud, Tony Cozier and Brian Johnson also the Voices of my Youth, sadly all gone...

And Jim Laker. Wonderful summariser. I could listen to him for hours as a kid. As for football, definitely Bryon Butler or Peter Jones on the radio. Today's commentators don't meet their standards, though I do quite like Conor Macnamara. Mike Ingham wasn't bad either. Alan Green's obsession with the Premiership has always annoyed me. Television wise, it would have to be Barry Davies and John Motson. Davies in particular seemed to be able to commentate knowledgeably on a number of sports. Of today's commentators, my favourite is Kevin Keatings on Sky, though he only does Spanish football. I like his voice and presentation style, and the fact that he has clearly done his homework.

 

[Papak]

Rugby - Bill McLaren

Golf - Peter Alliss

Darts & Football - John Gwynne

 

[honey boy zimba]

Reg Guteridge boxing
Andrew Hawes local
Hugh Johns football
Ron pickering athletics
John rawlings radio boxing
David vine ski sunday
Dave lanning speedway
Ken walton wrestling

 

[portlock seagull]

Barry Davies, Brian Moore and Gerald Succint (?) as a summariser

 

[Everest]

Barry Davies, Brian Moore and Gerald Succint (?) as a summariser

Sinstadt

 

[ManOfSussex]

The thing about Gerald Sinstadt is I prefer my football commentators to not have skeletons in the cupboard - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/charges-dropped-1434811.html

It's Barry Davies for me. When Southgate missed against Germany in Euro96, he, albeit politely, said what everyone else said in the country at the same time - 'Oh, no!'

Simple, but brilliant.

 

[portlock seagull]

The thing about Gerald Sinstadt is I prefer my football commentators to not have skeletons in the cupboard - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/charges-dropped-1434811.html

It's Barry Davies for me. When Southgate missed against Germany in Euro96, he, albeit politely, said what everyone else said in the country at the same time - 'Oh, no!'

Simple, but brilliant.

All you've proved there is he's innocent! Still, nice conspiracy theory against one of the games great servants.

 

[ManOfSussex]

All you've proved there is he's innocent! Still, nice conspiracy theory against one of the games great servants.

His arrest and the location of it happened though. Obviously it was all a misunderstanding and presumably that sort of thing went on all the time in niche Islington cinemas.

 

[Eeyore]

I've often bored the younger generation with tales of football on the wireless. And for me Peter Jones (RIP) was the greatest voice of all. Unmistakable, appropriate, sensitive. And much like John Arlott (whom I only came to know after his passing) made me feel that I was there as I listened to the European nights as a child with my small transistor under the covers.

I wrote a piece about it after the win at Fulham last year. Many memories.

https://brightonlines.com/2015/08/15/a-win-on-the-wireless/

 

[portlock seagull]

His arrest and the location of it happened though. Obviously it was all a misunderstanding and presumably that sort of thing went on all the time in niche Islington cinemas.

But nothing happened? Apart from a wrongful arrest. That happens all the time, you're more guilty with a parking ticket. Ever had a parking ticket? Still do carry on with your nod wink smoke there's fire 'evidence' and believe what you want to. I'm done here.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Who is your favourite football commentator (television or radio)?

Mine is the late Hugh Johns. Back in the days when we in the south, on Sunday afternoons, got The Big Match (or, occasionally, Southern Soccer with David Bobbin), and ITV was regionalised, Hugh Johns was the commentator for ATV, so he covered football in the Midlands. With his infectious enthusiasm for the game, he made the dullest game seem exciting.

as soon as I saw the title I thought of Hugh Johns

 

[ManOfSussex]

But nothing happened? Apart from a wrongful arrest. That happens all the time, you're more guilty with a parking ticket. Ever had a parking ticket? Still do carry on with your nod wink smoke there's fire 'evidence' and believe what you want to. I'm done here.

Fair enough. I recall Frank Skinner saying 'it's happened to the best of us, if you're watching Gerald' when ripping it out of him about it on Fantasy Football back in the 90's.

(I've never had a parking ticket by the way)

 

[wilf tranter]

Kenneth Wolstenholme on BBC Radio shortly after the war. I remember listening to his broadcasts and being awed both by the technology of the wireless and his mastery of it.