Category: Five
Live; Sport
Date: 15.08.2005
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Five Live is asking the nation to vote for
the best piece of commentary ever in sporting history.
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Listeners have been invited to nominate their favourite
commentaries to be voted on this week, and the winning commentary will
be decided this Friday.
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Five Live Breakfast
launched the competition this
morning (Monday); the nominations have been collated and a shortlist
of nine commentaries has been drawn up.
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On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, three commentary
moments will be put to the vote - with the winners of each day battling
it out on the Friday to be crowned 'The greatest commentary in sporting
history'.
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Listeners can vote online at bbc.co.uk/fivelive or text
on 85058.
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Tuesday's three commentaries are a mixture of football
and rugby from the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties:
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"Lee... interesting...
VERY interesting! Look at his face!"
Derby County 1-0 Manchester City
The Baseball Ground, Derby, 20 September 1975
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Francis Lee had been a massive figure at Manchester
City, scoring 112 league goals in nearly eight years with the Maine
Road club. Then Derby County signed him for Β£100,000 at the start of
the 74/75 season and he immediately helped his new club to their second
Championship win in four years. Later in 1975, Franny lined up for Derby
against City and scored a blinder, prompting some legendary commentary
from Barry Davies.
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"Can you hear me, Maggie
Thatcher?! Your boys took one hell of a beating!"
Norway 2-1 England: World Cup Qualifier
Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, 9 September 1981
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Norwegian TV commentator Bjorn Lillelien
launched into one of the most unashamedly partisan pieces of commentary
ever when Norway beat England 2-1 in Oslo. The man must have had a list
of great English men and women in front of him and proceeded to reel
off their names in his excitement. It remains one of the all-time greatest
taunts of England supporters.
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"This is the one. He
drops for World Cup glory... It's up! It's over! He's done it! Jonny
Wilkinson is England's hero yet again."
Australia 17-20 England: Rugby World Cup Final
Telstra Stadium, Sydney, 22 November
2003
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Rugby correspondent Ian Robertson was
the man commentating for Five Live during the nerve-wracking final moments
in Sydney. England were taking on the might of Australia on their own
turf and the game had been nip and tuck all the way through, looking
almost certain to go into an extra 'sudden-death' period. Then Matt
Dawson set up Jonny Wilkinson for the drop goal, and our man could barely
control the emotion in his shaking voice as the ball spun towards the
uprights. Listen out for Rob Andrew's shrieking in the background...
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The remaining commentaries will be announced later this
week.
