: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:38 pm  

Mike "Stevo" Stephenson surely...

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:56 pm  

Ron Hill doing a Cas match.

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:17 pm  

More a summariser than commentator but big Ron Atkinson was always good doing the football.

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:01 pm  

af wrote:

Ron Hill doing a Cas match.

David Doyle-Davidson doing a Hull match. No bias there.

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:23 pm  

Defo Murray Walker
honourable mentions for knowledge and erudite passion-
Harry Carpenter on Boxing
Peter O'Sullivan on Horse Racing

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:31 pm  

David Coleman... his commentary made athletics popular and I also enjoyed his football commentary.

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:24 pm  

Sid Waddell is an annoying bawbag. He just spouts a right load of crap that has nothing to do with the sport he is supposed to be commenting on.

Like me I guess.

However, to answer the question, and sorry for offending my Yorkshire friends even more, David "Bumble" Lloyd in the creekit is the daddy.

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:34 pm  

Mark Hobson & Bobby Ham

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:39 pm  

Ray Warren

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:05 pm  

Some GREAT names posted fron the past. Modern commentators are platinudinous, factual but lacking in enthusiasm and knowledge.
Apart from Sid Waddell : though seriously lacking in structured verbosity and uninteded mixed metaphores and inane similarities, there been no one up to the sheer suspension of belief since Eddy Waring