BBC World Cup final commentator on being a ‘narrator and guide’ and why he is looking forward to watching Messi and Mbappé
The 1966 World Cup final has cast a long footballing shadow over this nation but that is also true of broadcasting, being the occasion of the most memorable single piece of sporting commentary, one that has transcended sport and entered everyday parlance.
Kenneth Wolstenholme’s line, “They think it’s all over … it is now” as Geoff Hurst rifled home the decisive fourth goal for England at the end of extra time is instantly recognisable, as much a part of the folklore memory of the match as Nobby Stiles’s jig of joy or Bobby Moore lifting the trophy.
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