MAGIC MOMENTS FROM BEHIND THE MICROPHONE
‘HE DROPS FOR WORLD CUP GLORY’
Commentator Ian Robertson ,2003 Jonny Wilkinson’s World Cup winning drop goal (right) for England against Australia in Sydney. ‘It’s up, it’s over! He’s done it. And there’s no time for Australia to come back!’ cries the Scot.
‘HE IS BEING CARRIED ON THIS WAVE OF EMOTION, FARAH HITS THE FRONT...’
Mike Costello,2012 ‘Farah wins gold!’ Super Saturday at London 2012. Mo Farah wins 10,000m to cap a golden 44 minutes, after wins for Jessica Ennis and Greg Rutherford.
‘MANCHESTER UNITED RULE EUROPE, I DON’T BELIEVE IT BUT IT’S HAPPENED’
Alan Green, 1999 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sends Green into high-pitched madness as he scores in the last minute to beat Bayern Munich 2-1 to win the European Cup — and the Treble.
‘IT SEEMS LUDICROUS TO SAY IT BUT A BRITISH MAN HAS JUST WON WIMBLEDON’
Jonathan Overend, 2013 77 years of hurt are over. Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic in straight sets to become the first British champion since Fred Perry.
‘SOMEHOW EUROPE FOUND A WAY, THE COMEBACK TO END ALL COMEBACKS’
Iain Carter, 2012 ‘It has come down to this. Five feet. Martin Kaymer, this to retain the Ryder Cup for Europe on the 18th green at Medinah. Sends it on its way and IN! And somewhere a man called Seve, the golfing patron saint of lost causes is smiling down the broadest Seve smile you have ever seen.’
‘I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU’RE DOING, STOP IT’
Alan Green, 2000 Steve Redgrave clinches his fifth Olympic Gold in the coxless fours at Sydney 2000.
‘ENGLAND LOOK PATHETIC TRYING TO TACKLE HIM’ Ian Robertson, 1995 All Black Jonah Lomu announces himself on the World Cup stage in South Africa as the wing hammers his way through five Englishmen to score.
‘HIS SHIRT IS OFF, HE CELEBRATES, HE RAN 50 YARDS RIGHT THROUGH THE ARSENAL DEFENCE’
Alan Green, 1999 Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs slices through the Gunners’ rearguard and slams one past David Seaman in a famous FA Cup semi-final victory.
‘DUDEK SAVES FOR LIVERPOOL’
Mike Ingham, 2005 ‘It is quarter to one on Thursday morning in Istanbul as Jerzy Dudek saves a lame Andriy Shevchenko penalty to end the most incredible European Cup final of them all.’