Top 10 commentators’ gaffes

10. Alan Brazil

Now there's a man who could never quite control himself. Sacked more times than Big Ron, he never quite got over this classic:

- "I was sad to hear yesterday about the death of Inspector Morse, TV's John Shaw." 
- "John Thaw, Alan." 
- "Do you know, I've been doing that all morning. John, if you're listening, sorry mate"

9. Murray Walker

There are so many gaffes by Murray Walker that we'd have to write a whole book, but we picked this one as our favourite:

“There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire”

8. Alan Brazil (again)

"Our talking point this morning is George Best, his liver transplant and the booze culture in football. Don’t forget, the best caller wins a crate of John Smith’s"

7. Willie Carson

Good old Willie, a legend on an orange box. It's a little harsh that we haven't included Clare Balding in this, after her horror show at the Grand National, but here's Willie at his very best, with Clare...

Clare Balding: "How do jockeys prepare for such a big race?"
Willie Carson: "They usually have four or five dreams a night about coming from different positions."

6. Harry Carpenter

One of our favourite old Colemanballs...

"Ah, isn't that nice. The wife of the Cambridge President is kissing the Cox of the Oxford crew."

5. David Pleat

David regularly confuses us, and once more, there are thousands of Pleatisms that could have gone in here...

“Steven Gerrard is one of only a few Liverpool players who never get left out by Rafa. And even he doesn't always get picked”

4. Ted Walsh

Commentating on the horses is a tricky job indeed - and Ted Walsh just put his foot in it.

"This is really a lovely horse. I once rode her mother." 

3. John Motson

Motty realised he'd said this almost immediately, but decided to carry on with his own stat-laden bravado. Well done to him...

"And for those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are playing in yellow."

2. Ron Atkinson

No list of gaffes is complete without Big Ron, the man who enlivened many a shite match on ITV before being sacked for being a racist bigot. Here he is at his non-racist best.

“Argentina are the second-best team in the world, and there’s no higher praise than that”

1. Pat Glenn, weightlifting commentator

It has to be. From the Olympics, the gaffe that went around the world. Sorry, Pat...

"And this is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing" 

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published: 30th September 2009 by Free Bet Bookmaker

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