How to be a Co-Commentator

For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive

The Athletic

Soccer,, Sports

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The Athletic's Adam Hurrey, Charlie Eccleshare and Amitai Winehouse examine the art of co-commentary, from the relaxing chattiness of Ally McCoist to the A-list authority of Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher — and why "Relight My Fire" by Take That (feat. Lulu) is an unlikely but perfect showcase of why we need co-commentators.

They also discuss some not-quite-so-seamless Match of the Day commentary editing and why the proposal to start clapping referees out on to the pitch may be one of the worst ideas in football history.

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0:00.0	The Athletic
0:02.0	I'm sorry, you can sit there and look and play with all your silly machines as much as you like.
0:08.0	Is Gascoing going to have a crack?
0:10.0	He is, you know.
0:12.0	Oh, he's there!
0:14.0	Brilliant!
0:16.0	The cheese!
0:18.0	He's round the goalkeeper!
0:20.0	He's done it!
0:22.9	Absolutely incredible!
0:29.0	He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked.
0:33.6	A supporter who was eyewit without a shadow of an out giving him lip.
0:36.8	Oh, I say, it's amazing.
0:39.9	He does it tame, and tame, and tame amazing. It does it tame and tame and tame again.
0:41.4	Frank up the music.
0:43.3	Charge a glass.
0:47.4	This nation is going to dance all night.
0:50.7	The authenticity of Actua Soccer 2.
0:54.0	Trevor Brooking, how to describe a ball to the balls,
0:56.4	Ali McCoyst, doing your homework,
0:57.5	Andy Hinchcliff,
0:59.1	the stigma of the near post,
	...

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