Laugh, chortle and weep at the top 10 funny sporting commentary moments
Published 13:08 30/12/08 By By Chris Wilson, Mirror.co.uk
Ladbrokes has been quizzing punters at the PDC World Darts Championship about their favourite ever sporting commentary moments.
The top five (listed below) features the likes of John Motson, Brian Johnson and Sid Waddell, while Ted Lowe and Barry Davies are included in our picks to make up the top ten.
1) John Motson
"For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are playing in yellow"
2) Brian Johnson
"The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey"
3) Sid Waddell
"We couldn't have more excitement here if Elvis walked in and asked for a chip sandwich"
4) Harry Carpenter
"Ah! Isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge President is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew"
5) David Coleman
"She's winning, she's winning.....she's lost"
Mirror.co.uk's favourites:
6) Jonathan Pearce
"Welcome to Bologna on Capital Gold for England versus San Marino with Tennent's Pilsner, brewed with Czechoslovakian yeast for that extra Pilsner taste, and England are one down"
7) Brian Johnson
8) Barry Davies
"Where were the Germans? [pause] And quite frankly, who cares?" (After Great Britain's third goal in the 1988 Olympic Hockey final against Germany.)
9) Ted Lowe
"Steve is going for the pink ball - and for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green"
10) Unknown Australian horse racing commentator
Bonus! Alan Partridge
Perhaps the horse racing commentator above had been listening to this Alan Partridge clip?
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