Kenneth Wolstenholme

Kenneth Wolstenholme, DFC (born Worsley, Lancashire,. July 17 1920; died March 25 2002) was the original football commentator for BBC television in the 1950s and 1960s, responsible for the game's most famous commentary phrase.

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Wolstenholme started his career as a journalist with a newspaper in Manchester, before joining the RAF as a bomber pilot. After the war he became a freelance journalist, working for BBC radio before moving to television in 1948.

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While most sports commentators gain some recognition if their career is long enough, Wolstenholme is almost entirely remembered for his commentary of the 1966 Football World Cup Final, specifically the words he used as the match came to a conclusion during injury time, as a small pitch invasion took place just as Geoff Hurst scored to put England 4-2 ahead:

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