• Kenneth Wolstenholme, DFC & Bar (17 July 1920 – 25 March 2002) was an English football commentator for BBC television in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best...
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  • Financial Kenneth Wolstenholme (1920–2002), English football commentator William Wolstenholme (1865–1931), English composer and organist Wolstenholme Towne...
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  • "They think it's all over" is a quote from Kenneth Wolstenholme's BBC TV commentary in the closing moments of the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, when England...
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  • running status there have been only five regular main presenters: Kenneth Wolstenholme (1964–1967), David Coleman (1967–1973), Jimmy Hill (1973–1988), Des...
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  • interviewed by Frank Lee Brian (played by real-life football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme). John Sessions and Jim Broadbent made character appearances in Series...
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    most famous calls in English football history, when BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme described the situation as follows: "And here comes Hurst. He's got...
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    Kilkenny and Waterford for BBC Television, English football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme was moved to describe hurling as his second favourite sport in the...
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  • 2012. "Kenneth Wolstenholme". The Daily Telegraph. 27 March 2002. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2010. Kenneth Wolstenholme...
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  • but the broadcast had three million viewers. Veteran broadcaster Kenneth Wolstenholme linked off screen, and Peter Brackley and Paul Elliott commentated...
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  • Wembley during the 1965 FA Cup Final win over Leeds, commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme referred to it as "Liverpool's signature tune". Marsden told BBC...
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  • – Luton Town v Newcastle United and Charlton Athletic v Everton. Kenneth Wolstenholme and Cliff Michelmore were the commentators. An early attempt at live...
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  • field an hour before kick-off. He then handed over to commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme, who was acting as the television commentator for his 11th FA Cup...
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  • produced by Talkback and shown on BBC1. The show's name was taken from Kenneth Wolstenholme's 1966 World Cup commentary line, "they think it's all over...it is...
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  • George Kenneth Wolstenholme (September 7, 1916 – November 16, 1995) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member...
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    Coleman presided over the ceremony alongside Jimmy Hill, Cliff Morgan, Kenneth Wolstenholme, and Harry Carpenter, who also went on to present the show until...
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  • with classic black and white sepia-toned graphics and commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme creating the feeling of watching an old World Cup game. The playable...
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  • the 1950 FIFA World Cup were shown on BBC Television. 14 October - Kenneth Wolstenholme commentates on BBC Television for the first time. 1951 28 April -...
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  • The game prompted a memorable piece of commentary from the BBC's Kenneth Wolstenholme when describing the run and shot from Hurst which led to his third...
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  • for the 1970 World Cup behind Kenneth Wolstenholme but took over as BBC's senior football commentator when Wolstenholme left in 1971. Coleman commentated...
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  • That's it."), was in contrast to his opposite number at the BBC, Kenneth Wolstenholme, with the often quoted line "Some people are on the pitch. They think...
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  • think it's all over" quotation, uttered by football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme at the end of the 1966 World Cup Final, between England and West...
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  • (Granada Television, BBC) Benedict Wong, actor, born in Eccles. Kenneth Wolstenholme, football commentator for BBC television in the 1950s and 1960s,...
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    distraught as he collected his loser's medal, and BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme remarked: "Emlyn Hughes there, really absolutely sick."[citation...
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    at 4–2 to England. As Hurst collected the pass, BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme delivered with one of the most famous pieces of football commentary:...
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  • which, as one historian has observed, are "as famous in Germany as Kenneth Wolstenholme's "They think it's all over" is in England" (the latter having been...
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  • Todd (whose Irish Wolfhounds were bigger than him), Jack Train, Kenneth Wolstenholme, Ralph Reader and Terence Rattigan. In 1955 Johnson (aged 2) was...
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    for the fourth time as a Grandstand special. The commentator was Kenneth Wolstenholme, whose post-match comments again went against the majority of the...
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  • part of a delegation which included Jimmy Greaves and commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme that visited US in 1966 following England’s World Cup success. The...
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  • "Nan", commenting on the 1966 World Cup win and the comments of Kenneth Wolstenholme. The sketch involves "Nan" and her grandson watching a David Beckham...
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  • Wilson Arsenal (1963–1974) BBC Television (1974–1994) ITV (1994–2002) Kenneth Wolstenholme None BBC Radio (1946–1948) BBC Sport (1948–1971) ITV (1974–1979)...
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