- 1. It’s time to ditch the clone army of commentators and hear something new ...
- (Stories)
- Embed from Getty Images With John Motson soon to retire, the age of distinctive commentators’ voices has ended. In their place are a group of estate agentesque safe choices 6 September ~ Having ...
- Created on 06 September 2017
- 2. Best and worst commentators ...
- (Season reviews)
- Best Alan Green’s incessant moaning reminds me of watching games with my Dad. Anthony Hobbs Worst Keegan, as always. Cris Freddi Perhaps I’m alone but I think Clive Tyldesley’s a big improvement on ...
- Created on 14 July 1999
- 3. Harry Pearson column: Why lumping it up to the big man doesn't always pay off
- (Stories)
- ... h for a big man,” commentators would say, in an astonished tone that suggested they’d just seen a llama execute a bicycle kick. One man who did not share this prejudice against very tall footballers ...
- Created on 29 August 2019
- 4. Caught Beneath The Landslide: Manchester City in the 1990s by Tim Rich
- (Clubs)
- DeCoubertin Books, £18.99 Reviewed by Tony Curran From WSC 383, February 2019 Buy the book In the same way that political commentators thrive during governmental mayhem, those documenting the history ...
- Created on 18 January 2019
- 5. WSC 382 out now
- (Stories)
- ... on doesn’t appear to notice, the commentators don’t consider it unusual enough to mention it and the game just carries on. Broadcaster Jacqui Oatley shared the clip on Twitter a few days later asking, understandab ...
- Created on 06 December 2018
- 6. From cow dribbles to a "Preben Elkjaer" – a global tour of football cliches
- (Stories)
- ... excellent and exhaustive corrective to this mode of thinking. Believe it or not, countries across the globe have their own, singular set of vivid terms for all aspects of the game, coined by commentators, ...
- Created on 11 June 2018
- 7. When Oldham's amazing cup runs led to a grudge match with Manchester United
- (Stories)
- ... I just wanted to double-check that my eyes hadn’t been deceiving me for the previous two hours. You could tell all season long that pundits and commentators alike were rather stunned by little Oldha ...
- Created on 14 May 2018
- 8. From the archive ~ Keepers should only ever score long punts up field
- (Stories)
- ... going to get it by hanging around in his own penalty area. So he started going up for corners. Commentators would gasp as he got a head to the ball, maybe claimed an assist. Eventually, he nodded one ...
- Created on 03 April 2017
- 9. Overpowering crowd noises are a rare thing of beauty
- (Stories)
- ... to overpower PA systems blasting music samples and bellowing the scorer’s name, commentators screaming their bons mots, or someone watching the same telly as you emitting an inconsiderate ooh, aah or ooft. ...
- Created on 07 October 2016
- 10. Turkey stars under fire after “shameful” Euro opening
- (Stories)
- ... the looks of pre-game commentary on social and other forms of media, he was successful. An overwhelming majority of fans and commentators agreed that adopting a controlled approach to the game, and prioritising ...
- Created on 14 June 2016
- 11. Jürgen Klopp: The biography
- (Managers)
- ... ith statistical data. And while Neveling has gained access to sundry commentators and ex-colleagues, Klopp himself doesn’t contribute to the book. All of which makes it long on facts and short on revelation. ...
- Created on 10 May 2016
- 12. Musical tribute shows Eusébio’s place in world football
- (April 2016)
- ... North Korea at Goodison. The game is seen from four points-of-view: a father and son watching on TV in Portugal, Eusébio’s family in Mozambique, two Portuguese TV commentators and, unfortunately, two North ...
- Created on 13 April 2016
- 13. The FA Cup’s fate has probably been decided
- (February 2016)
- via Twohundredpercent 23 February ~ Another weekend of FA Cup action has passed by, with coverage packed with platitudes from pundits, commentators, managers and players towards the world’s oldest football ...
- Created on 23 February 2016
- 14. Have Mic Will Travel
- (General)
- ... big four commentators, but his defection to the ill-fated Setanta to become their top dog lasted just one season. How does Crocker feel after his chance to take priority at a channel was so brief? No ...
- Created on 09 December 2015
- 15. Simulation games
- (Writers competition)
- ... field. The penalties and red cards are questioned rhetorically by the commentators, impeded by their lack of playing experience to make an outright accusation of diving. In the studio, the ex-professional ...
- Created on 01 August 2014
- 16. US are World Cup regulars and should expect more
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... n (ironically, that's a typically American idea). With each marvellous Tim Howard save, I heard a warning gong in my head. Something else about these finals has me feeling old. Commentators here bur ...
- Created on 09 July 2014
- 17. Germany's nation of experts question Löw's methods
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... there are some serious questions being posed about the tactical set-up of this Germany team. Many commentators have questioned whether Löw is certain of his strongest defence and some of the performances ...
- Created on 04 July 2014
- 18. Brazil must find their shine against dangerous Chile
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... Brazilian commentators point out that Scolari changed his team at the same stage in the 2002 World Cup, with the introduction of Kleberson in place of Juninho Paulista bolstering the defensive qualities o ...
- Created on 28 June 2014
- 19. Italy's post-World Cup shake-up already begun
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... o make the step up. Plenty of commentators have complained that there's a problem with the system, beyond a simple reboot, with an unequal share of money, too many foreign imports and lack of decent infrastructure. W ...
- Created on 27 June 2014
- 20. Ecuador & Honduras preview ~ World Cup 2014
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... ayer. Among the former Honduras players working as TV commentators will be Carlos Pavon, a widely travelled (14 clubs) striker who played at the 2010 World Cup and now works for the US-based Hispanic n ...
- Created on 15 June 2014
