Who is your favourite sports commentator?

Ian Darke.

richie benaud

richie a legend and Peter O'Sullivan

the usual suspects such as benaud, o sullivan and the late bill mclaren + a mention for jim laker and peter bromley.

Simon Holt

i liked peter o'sullevan but thought he stayed too long, some appalling calls in his later years. brilliant in his prime.

gary mccall usa golf pundit

john arllott .

I agree with green willow! :)

brian johnstone was my favourite. was genuinely sad when he died.

mm has Peter O'Sullivan spot on too. Aussie Jim McGrath is about as much use at calling a race as Stevie Wonder.

Jimmy` chin` Hill

Murray Walker

"whispering" ted lowe ...anyone ? and "oooh i say" dan maskell

Alastair Hignell. Legend. Suffers with MS too

i like the footie one who is always happy and totally unbias w ith a slight northern accent. he sounds like he has a mouth full of saliva and marbles tho. it is a shame i don't know his name, he deserves it.

i don't mind Mark Bright(?) too

i know the ones i hate.

Peter Alliss

Steve Cram is ok. Wish they'd retire Storey and Foster.

Dealam - John Hall?

like alan green

couldn't tell u mate. if the marbles bit sounds like him then thats the one lol. quite unique...

i hate Alan Green. moany moany miserable knt.

Gerald Sinstadt

in fact, i am sure he came from athletics berganboy...

may not be the same one then. there is one commentator that does football on 5 live on saturdays, never the big game, but like a blackburn or fulham one, and he uses totally rediculous langiage. and everything is a metaphor etc. usually evry good to hear his summary of the match

used to be Hugh Johns and whspering Ted Lowe

Stuart Hall is his name. legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3xPMH-u7a4

david coleman

David Pleat

David Duffield

Bill McLaren

Michael Holding.... all wonderful :)

sid waddell
john hunt
mcenroe as a pundit
phil clarke as a pundit

peter brackley

Ian Darke, boxing and football

hOWDI IS SPOT ON WITH pETER jONES.

sORRY !!

Having had Bill McLaren brought to mind with his sad demise, Iit takes me back to watch the 5 Nations with my Dad and Grandad in the "back kitchen" of my Grandads house on his black and white Rediffusion cable TV.

His mastery of language ( McLarens , not my Grandads) stays with me now.

I caould/can almost taste /smell the atmosphere he made.

Wonderful voice, knowledgeable man, and seems like a good fella too.

'Time & time again' Hansen

I thought Peter Jones was a terrible commentator. "And Smith will play it to Bloggs. And Bloggs will play it to Davis".

"Will"? They have done, you twunt.

When it comes to football, John Murray is a very good commentator and a good bloke, too. Rob Hawthorne, Jon Champion and Guy Mowbray are very good TV commentators.

On cricket, Hussain and Atherton are excellent. Benaud has gone at the game, but he was the best. And like robdylan, I was upset when I heard that Brian Johnston had died.

Peter Bromley was a vocie synonymous with racing on the radio.

Must disagree with last posters comments about Peter Jones.

It was a voice and style of his time.

I liked Bryon Butler back then. And Mike Ingham (obviously a few years younger than Jones) was/is also good. I just didn't like Jones.

Peter Jones is my favourite, an educated man and a wonderful wordsmith. Died 20 years ago this April.

Makes most of the people who try and commentate on football today sound utterly inept.

I do like John Murray though.

and the sun shines now...

horses - martin harris
dogs - errol blyth
football - brian moore
cricket - david lloyd on tv, jonners on radio.
golf - ken brown
rugby - ian robertson
tennis - john mcenroe
snooker - clive everton
boxing - ian darke
darts - dave lanning/ john gwynne
motor racing - murray walker
entertainment value - stuart halls reports on sports report 5live.

Clive Everton - The doyen of sports commentators.

Blowers & Aggers

the man whos name was put up for my selection was the "it's a knocKOUT" man...

Noooooooooooooo, i do love his summeries( i have never hear his comms as he doesn't have that status) but unfortunately this isn't the man with "marbles" in his mouth. i would describe him as having either a silver spoon or a dictionary in his mouth. a very articulate man and a pleasure to listen to imo.

tony adamson?

Clive Everton for me , says just about enough - ridiculous decision to ditch him imo

god bless murray walker

Graham Vs Green 21 Jan 23:26
Clive Everton - The doyen of sports commentators.

DDuck 21 Jan 23:57
Clive Everton for me , says just about enough - ridiculous decision to ditch him imo

When Paul Hunter died, Clive Everton asked for money to give an interview.

I should add that in the end he gave an interview to this company for nothing, but it took a lot of time and effort to persuade him not to ask for money for it.

Maybe in a minority, but I actually think Martin Tyler is an excellent commentator.

Althouigh i do miss Moore. "Thomas....it's up for grabs now!!!"

football: i ama fan of martin tyler, i think he calls the match well and sometimes brings andy gray back to some normality

cricket: most of them on sky sports, unlike the ex footballers on sky, they are not afraid to call it like it is, slate the players who need it and praise either side but i do think michael holding is superb

rugby: unpopular choices prob but i do like eddie n stevo on the league coverage (but hate phil clarke) and i was a a fan of bill mclarens commentary.

Kevin Keatings - The fella who does la liga for sky

David Lloyd - No brainer

**Glendenning

Jim Ross and Tazz

About 10 years ago, a mate of mine was playing in the Welsh Open snooker tournament in Newport. I gave his wife a lift to the venue, and went into the players/press lounge for the evening. All the top players were there (the ones playing that evening), along with TV people as well. There was a desk in there with televisions showing the match in progress, and I sat there watching it.. next thing, Ted Lowe came and sat alongside me, and Clive Everton the other side. It was the most uncanny experience ever having 'whispering Ted' sitting next to me describing what he was seeing, had to pinch myself that it was really happening.
Great memory, thanks Ted, obviously my top commentator anyway.

Kirk Herbstreit

Not strictly a commentator but Stuart Hall does brilliant match reports and previews. My favourites, for varying reasons, are/were:
Arlott (nap)Possibly the best exponent of the commentators art
O'Sullevan (nb)
Coleman
McLaren
Benaud
Blowers
Johnstone
Motty
Of the modern ones I think Mcenroe and Gower are pretty decent and Jim McGrath (Aussie racecaller for the rare occassions BBC honour us with horseracing) is possibly the best in his field.

I remember listening to John Inverdale's radio commentary of the olympics, which I enjoyed. Not such a fan of him on TV though.
Brian Moore is a surprisingly good rugby pundit (and a qualified mancureist!) and the entire Scrum V team are very good also.

British:Used to love David Coleman doing football in the 70's.
Peter Allis obviously very good.Benaud(Aus I know)always good.
USA:Pat Summerall and John Madden commentating on NFL were outstanding.I like Joe Buck and Troy Aikman these days.

Murray Walker.

jim beglin

golf ...... henry longhurst
cricket.....john arlott, ritchie beneau, freddie trueman
football...stuart hall summaries

i always enjoyed cliff morgan talking about rugby

no mention of tommo?....strange

How anyone can like Sid Wadell is beyond me, absolute clown of the highest order.

Arlott, but then cricket is a great sport to commentate on if you are a great communicator and Arlott was the best.

Bill McClaren was very evocative, but Cliff Morgan gave my favourite ever commentary from any sport ("This is Gareth Edwards....a dramatic start....WHAT A SCORE!!")

Most football commentators are average, with Alan Green just unlistenable at times, but Stuart Hall is an absolute legend.

roger - have you ever heard a of a CD called ' the wit of cricket'?

Theres a great Arlott story in there.

Its a fantastic listen. Dickie Bird, Brian Johnston and Henry Blofeld.

Its a great laugh.

Havent got that one Mr E and would run a million miles from anything with Blofeld in.

He so badly wants to be a latterday, whimsical Arlott figure, the desperation is almost painful to witness. Whilst Arlott never forgot he was there to provide accurate information on the cricket, which he invariably did, Blofeld sees it just as a stage for his grandeliquent waffling and missess so much of the actual action whilst shoehorning in another diatribe about buses down the Harleyford Road.

Arlott, whilst he could fill a rain delay with pleasurable and thought-provoking comment, was also the master of the sharp one liner ('Cunis' bowling is like his name - neither one thing or the other').

Both Benaud and Arlott were great on cricket.

However, with the game modernising, I have to admit to liking the current Sky line up of Botham, Gower, Lloyd & Hussain. There isn't a handover when you think 'Oh ****, I've got to suffer this pr1ck for the next half hour'. They have also brought in excellent co-commentators, the last couple of series, in Shane Warne and Shaun Pollock, with Michael Holding also being a good addition when playing the Windies.

Alan weekes for me....commentated with a real passion. I remember first hearing his excitable yet brilliant commentry during the epic olympic ice hockey medal round game at lake placid in 1980 between usa and russia and then behind the mike when torvill and dean won the gold in Sarajevo..r.i.p Alan

reg gutteridge and harry carpenter legends

Quite like John Champion as a footy commentator myself.

Richard Hoiles
Mike Atherton

rogerthebutler - wholly agree with your remarks re Blofeld.

"What happened there, Trevor - I didn't quite see?"

Not ssure he is my favourite but he doesn't mince his words Geoffry Boycott

Miles Harrison - Sky rugby god.

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