Sport Commentary Gaffes !

Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious. - Alan Minter.

Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew. - Harry Carpenter - BBC TV Boat Race 1977.

There goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class - David Coleman at The Montreal Olympics.

For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip - John Motson

Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field - Metro Radio

"AWW NAWW"

I vaguely seem to remember one from Murray Walker along the lines of: "Well its 10 points for a win, 8 points for the 2nd fastest, 6 points for 3rd fastest right the way down to 1 point for the slowest fastest".

During last nights T20 cricket match Leicestershire v Yorkshire,Matthew Hoggard bowled the 1st ball of an over to Joe Sayers.When the ball struck the batsman in the box,Sky commentator Nasser Hussain said "one ball gone"

Repoter: (to Ian Rush upon his return to Liverpool from Juve) why do you think you're form suffered in Italy ?

Rush: I could'nt settle it was like being in a foriegn country.

Not a commentry gaffe but it is funny imo.

On Sky Sports coverage of todays 4th Test,Michael Atherton commented on a poor 1st over by R.P.Singh & mistakenly refered to him as R.P.Swing.To Botham countered with "well R.P.Singh isn't swinging it"

This one always had me in stiches

the bowler's holding, the batsman's willey....... oh how i wish it had been spelt and 'grammarsized' differently....!!! now that would have been a cricket match even a few ladies might have wanted to have watched...??

(18-08-2011 13:09 )kelly1066 Wrote:  the bowler's holding, the batsman's willey....... oh how i wish it had been spelt and 'grammarsized' differently....!!! now that would have been a cricket match even a few ladies might have wanted to have watched...??

The whole thing is actually mythical, despite bigguy01 claiming that Brian Johnston had prepared it a few years before and saved it for the right moment. The claim that it happened was made in a letter written to Brian Jonston by someone called "Miss Mainbrace". Johnston didn't know himself whether he had really said it or not, but the BBC went through the recordings of the broadcasts from the match in question and couldn't find anything like that. It appears to have simply been a joke by "Miss Mainbrace", although nobody has ever come forward and claimed to be that person or to have written the letter that started the story.