Who are your top ten all time greatest sports commentators ?

1. Vin Scully BASEBALL (NAP)
2. Hank Stram NFL
3. Michael O`Heir RACING
4. Arthur Montford FOOTBALL
5. Brian Moore FOOTBALL
6. John Madden NFL
7. Eddie Waring RL
8. Ted Lowe SNOOKER
9. Dan Maskell TENNIS
10. Sid Waddell DARTS

1. Vin Scully BASEBALL (NAP)
2. Hank Stram NFL
3. Michael O`Heir RACING
4. Arthur Montford FOOTBALL
5. Brian Moore FOOTBALL
6. John Madden NFL
7. Eddie Waring RL
8. Ted Lowe SNOOKER
9. Dan Maskell TENNIS
10. Sid Waddell DARTS

sorry for double post computer playing up.

David Coleman
Peter O'Sullivan
Harry Carpenter
Hugh Johns
Peter Jones
Richie Benaud
Bryan Butler
Brian Moore
Dave Lanning
Gerald Sinstadt

golf .......dear old henry longhirst, ...jim nantz
cricket, beneaud great shout, add john arlott
tennis again maskell was great, add mcenroe and becker
athletics, not really a commentator but michael johnson
football barry davies
rugby bill mclaren

1) P. O'Sullivan - Horseracing
2) S Holt - Horseoeracing
3) G Goode - Horseracing
4) H Carpenter - Boxing
5) M. Walker - Motor Racing
6) B Moore - Football
7) J McEnroe - Tennis
8) Dickie  Davies - Eurosprt 1991
9) J Inverdale - Sky SportS
10) H Irfvine - Snooker

Horse racing - Sir Peter O'Sullevan
Cricket - Richie Benaud
Rugby Union- Jonathon Davies
Rugby League - Eddie Waring
Boxing - Reg Gutteridge
Snooker - Ted Lowe
Football - Brian Moore
Tennis - John McEnroe
Darts - Sid Wadell
NFL - John Madden

10) H Irfvine - Snooker

That was a genuine LOL moment.

1 D Coleman Athletics
2 S Waddell Darts
3 H Carpentor Boxing
4 B Davies Football
5 Goode  Horse Racing
6 D Maskell Tennis
7 B Mclaren Rugby
8 M Walker Motor Racing
9 R Benauld Cricket
10 Motty Football

Hugh Johns - midlands football
James Hunt & Murray Walker - F1
Jon Beekhuis - Indy Cars
Dave Lanning - speedway
Ritchie Woodhall - boxing
Ted Lowe - snooker

Slippy - At least that made YOU laugh.................

1. David Coleman
2. John Motson
3. Peter Jones
4. Jonathan Agnew
5. Murray Walker
6. Henry Blofeld
7. Barry Davies
8. Harry Carpenter
9. Brendan Foster
10. Alan Green

Derek and Clive were underrated commentators.

Here they are in action shouting them home in the Durex handicap at Newmarket.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWpRcRCUKsY

Albert Bartlett - rooster fighting

Murray Walker
Richie Benaud
David Coleman
John Motson
Ted Lowe
Barry Davies
Brian Johnston
Ian Robertson
Clive Everton
Peter O'Sullevan

peter alliss a shocking omission

Midway through the BBC's final round telecast from the British Masters, Ken Brown remarked that wayward Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano needed Countdown star Carol Vorderman to help work out his yardages.

"Carol Vorderman," mused Allis, dreamily. "Watched her on TV the other afternoon and got aroused."

After several seconds of dread-laden silence, the veteran broadcaster put his speechless colleagues out of their misery by adding: "That's seven letters ... not bad for a lad who left school at 15!"

John Arlott
Barry Davies
Bill McLaren
Peter O'Sullevan
Peter Jones
Murray Walker
Harry Carpenter
Richie Benaud
Reg Gutteridge
Tony Cozier

1. David Coleman - Athletics/Football
2.Barry Davies - Football
3.Reg Gutteridge - Boxing
4. Ron Pickering - Athletics
5.Bill McLaren - Rugby.
6.Archie McPherson- Football
7.Tony Greig - Cricket
8.Sid Widdall- Darts
9.Phil Liggett - Cycling
10. John Hamner - Racing.

Been some fantastic commentators through the years, very hard to pick a winner, Peter Bromley on the radio dead heats with David 1-0 Coleman for me.

phil liggett


seriously,

Peter osullevan racing
Graham Goode - racing
David Coleman Athletics
John Mcenroe - Tennis
Barry Davis - Football
R Benauld - Cricket
Clive Everton - Snooker
Brian Moore - Rugby
B Mclaren - Rugby
Harry Carpenter - Boxing

Peter osullevan racing
Graham Goode - racing
David Coleman Athletics
John Mcenroe - Tennis
Barry Davis - Football
R Benauld - Cricket
Clive Everton - Snooker
Brian Moore - Rugby
B Mclaren - Rugby
Harry Carpenter - Boxing

John Arlott - head and shoulders...........

Julian Wilson [horses]
Bill Mclaren [rugger]
John Arlott [cricket]
Brian Johnston [cricket]
Christopher Martin Jenkins [cricket]
David Coleman [footy]
Clive Everton [snooker]
Willie Thorne [snooker]
Fella on Pittsburgh radio [NFL]
Al Michaels [NFL]

John Arlott

{fresh air}

Peter O'Sullevan
Richie Benaud
David Coleman (Athletics)
Martin Cross (Rowing)
Brian Moore & Eddie Butler
Ron Pickering (Skiing)
Cliff Morgan
Alan Green (Rowing or Golf NOT EVER football!!)
Simon Holt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TQaxme_Sug

And now Steve Davis is going for the brown.

And for those of you without a colour television that's the ball next to the pink.

Cracking stuff.

thanks or all the entries will post results of the best ever top ten of all time when a suitable amount of entries are submitted please keep them coming.

Ted Lowe was a terrible commentator - had no feel for the game at all

Ted Lowe on octogenarian Fred Davis trying to get on table to play a shot at a stretch with the rest.

"You`ve got to remember Fred`s in his 80s now and it`s not so easy at that age to get your leg over".

Ron Pickering - Athletics
Jack Karnhem - Snooker
Barry Davies - Football
Sir Peter O'Sullevan
John Barrett - Tennis
Peter Bromley - Racing
Henry Blofeld - Cricket
Christopher Martin-Jenkins - Cricket
Sid Wadell
Desmond Lynam - Boxing

I can't see Kent Walton in any of the lists.

Yet he was the voice of wrestling on the telly for 33 years.

1 Benaud
2 McLaren
3 Arlott
4 Coleman...athletics
5 Martin-Jenkins
6 Peter Jones..football
7 Hussein
8 Brian Moore
9 Carpenter
10 Atherton

11 Hallett...snooker

Make Barry Davies no.10

I.Peter O'Sullivan
2.Harry Carpentor
3.R.Benauld
4.D,Coleman
5.B.McLaren
6.D.Maskell
7.M.Walker
8.B.Moore
9.S.Waddell
10.K.Wilstenholme.

will give the result sunday eve keep em coming and thanks again folk

Vin Scully won`t make the list but he`s still the greatest commentator ever.

10. Peter O' Sullevan (horse racing)
9. Simon Holt (horse racing)
8. Harry Carpenter (boxing)
7. John McEnroe (tennis)
6. Sid Wadell  (darts)
5. Murray Walkwer (F1)

Sid must be 1.01 for the most votes.

I don't watch football, rugby or cricket, and rarely watch athletics.

Gave up watching F1 years ago.

I don't pay a lot of attention to sports commentators tbh but I always loved the commentaries on the old extel service in the betting shops in Glasgow.
Was a guy called John Copeland. Not sure if he did the whole of Scotland.
I'm sure anybody who punted then will remember this guy.

I spent years working in shops and I couldn't name one commentator.

themightymac     21 Nov 14 00:51 
Vin Scully won`t make the list but he`s still the greatest commentator ever.

He'd make it if this were an American site. Still, he's no Bob Uecker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfkOFia0wE

I spent years working in shops and I couldn't name one commentator.


Must have been the echo in the toilets you were cleaning that muffled the sound

I know independent bookies who cleaned toilets and swept the floor to save on unnecessary expenditure.

Barry Davies Football
David Coleman Athletics
Peter O Sullivan Horses
Bill McClaren RU
John Motson Footie
Mike Langley 5live footie
Nasser Hussain Cricket
Geoff Boycott Cricket
Peter Alliss Golf
Peter Jones radio2 footie

Trevor Denman.

A few worthy of a mention...

Eddie Waring  RL.
Kent Walton  Wrestling
Dorian Williams  Showjumping
Tony Calo  US Horseracing
Ken Venturi Golf
Phil"the wheel' Liggett cycling
Peter West/Jonners Cricket
Alan Weekes Football
Ron Pickering Athletics
Harry Rigby Green Bowls

thanks all keep em coming results announced sunday eve

call me a taxi
I spent years working in shops and I couldn't name one commentator.

I had to visit their Glasgow office one day and got introduced to him.
Anybody of that era will remember him, if not by name, by his style.
Heard nothing like it in any of the English shops and was better than anything on the tv or radio.

one for some fellow scots

David Francey..football.

the mightymac........youre no3  i agree......fantastic

Poor Dougie Fraser used to do Extel commentaries.

will post results sunday eve thanks all for your time and trouble keep them coming please

I agree with Benaud, an absolute great.  Alas I am too young to remember Arlott though he is often put up as the absolute Doyen of sports commentating.

i personnally loved david coleman sports commentary on football.............. one nil,  and athletics   ovetts eyes like blue chips of ice    and of course................. los angeles the mens 15000 meters final..........................   and finally when he broke the news on sportsnight when millwall had rioted at luton.

its down to personal taste of course

results sunday plz keep em coming folk

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Roger Ingham-Fell running
Peter Deighton-UK Harness Racing
The bloke that does the commentry at Dingle-Cann't understand a word he says(even the paddy's cann't understand him).

results 10.30

I forgot all about John McEnroe who is brilliant,can i put him in for S Waddell please.

Has steve cram been mentioned? an  excellent athletics commentator,

This guy should be in, the asylum that is, not the poll.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myBaUy_68m0

derek thompson

"Steady Big Fella"

anubis7 19 Nov 14 21:58 
1. David Coleman
2. John Motson
3. Peter Jones
4. Jonathan Agnew
5. Murray Walker
6. Henry Blofeld
7. Barry Davies
8. Harry Carpenter
9. Brendan Foster
10. Alan Green


I read down that list and I got down to 9. Brendan Foster and thought "He must be the worst commentator of all time!" Then I saw 10. Alan Green and shook my head in disbelief and realised I was wrong.

To each his own. That said, Alan Green is fecking dire!

ten minutes thanks

ok thank you all for participating here is the all time betfair community chit chat top ten greatest commentators.

1 David Coleman athltics/football/olympics 120 points
2.Peter OSullivan Horse Racing             97 points
3.Richie Benauld Cricket                   80 points
4.Harry Carpenter Boxing                   66 points
5.John Arlott Cricket                      62 points
6.Barry Davies Football                    61 points
7.Murry Walker Moter Racing                48 points
8.Bill Mclaren Rugby                       41 points
9.P Jones Football                         34 points
10.Sid Waddell Darts                       29 points       

Thanks again for your contributions.

Quite remarkable.

Only  29 points for Sid 

Not many darts viewers on here.

one nil best........................................
gordon banks what a save!
what we have witnessesd today is barbaric...the battle of santigo   italy v chile
ovetts eyes like blue chips of ice
los angeles the mens 1500 olympic final........ coe v ovett
sebastion coe gets revenge in the mens 800 olympic final
sportsnight.... what i have witnessed tonight is a disgrace.... millwall riot at luton

god bless

Arthur Montford rip

Not a commentator as such more a broadcaster but the results when read out by Len Martin were always interesting with his way of emphasising the scores

true geordie

the winner wasnt a surprise in my book although sid waddells lowly position surprised me , again its personal preference.