BBC Radio 5 Live’s 30 Defining Sporting Moments

Originally broadcast on 28th March 2024.

As part of 5 Live’s 30th Birthday celebrations, Eleanor Oldroyd looks back with Steve Bunce and John Murray at the 30 defining sporting moments heard on 5 Live.

Featuring Matt Dawson, Jonathan Overend, Vicki Sparks, Jonathan Agnew and Mike Costello.

Well it is five live Sport and as you might just have spotted throughout today uh we’ve been celebrating our 30th birthday today here on five live and between now and 10 we’ve got a really special program for you we asked you to choose the defining sporting moments of

The past three decades and over the next 2 and a half hours we’ll reveal the results and relive some iconic events all right Engineers boost up that sound listen to this I don’t care what you’re doing stop it if you’re not standing get up on your feet the season

Comes down to these moments now and in goes Aguero oh Aguero has scored One Nation one country One South Africa and one New World Cup champion it’s going to be a glorious end to a magnificent summer of sport for David we Championship points for the world number one and defending Champion Serena

Williams Kelly Holmes will not be denied this is Magnificent the Flash BS go off like fireworks on Center course the times say leis Hilton is the winner St has won the European Cup Tiger Woods is Master’s Champion 1997 he could become the best there’s ever been Rael Blackmore becomes the

First female Rider to win the Grand National this will go down as one of the Epic days in Ryder Cup history walk on walk on with hope in your heart it seems ludicrous to say it 64 75 but the British man has just won Wimbledon leer city are the Premier

League champions surely Chloe Kelly could have woned an extra time for England I don’t think you’ll hear a word I’m saying because you’ll realize that Pama ceston Frankin Dory have the lead sh is there and scores for England Wales have won the Grand Slam ever Rano is the US Open Champion nine

.58 seconds England have won by two runs he drops for World Cup Glory it’s it’s over he’s done it England win the World Cup it’s six it’s six Wiggins wins the stage and he looks up at the lights above the ring and that is the end of an

Era Arsenal the Champions unbeaten from start to finish so Stadium Roars and the nation Roars as in goes on to win Olympic Go well I’ve got to say that the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up I’ve got tingles down my spine I’ve got tears in my eyes I don’t know how I’m going to get through the next two and a half hours but fortunately I have two

People alongside me who are no strangers to five live and big sporting events our football correspondent John Murray and our boxing expert kind of expert on everything really Steve buns I have to say when I was thinking about this and just listening to that now I thought isn’t

Sport on the radio fantastic I mean John what do you think listening to that for anyone who has invested in BBC Radio 5 live over the course of the last 30 years even if it’s the full 30 years a fraction of the 30 years we we even

Though we say it ourselves we’ve got an absolute treat in store for for people who love sport on the radio radio over the course of the next two and half hours and listening to those clips Ellie I’m not sure how many there were I was trying to remember where I was when

Various ones came up you’re right I mean um you talk about you nearly had tears in your eyes well I went one better I think I’ve had to dab my glasses about three times and that’s just the opener that’s just the opening two minutes so so many incredible voices so many

Incredible Sports people so much has changed really but in in other ways hasn’t changed in the way we cover sport in the way that we report on these these Champions John it’s you know it’s it’s incredible to think that all of those moments happened in the last 30 years

And you think and that and that and that you know it’s it’s been an incredible era for us yeah I mean I remember back to as you both do as well when BBC Radio 5 live was in the offing to replace the old Radio 5 what the intention was was

To make it a news and sports station and on the sporting side it was live sport that was the the the central pillar and that remains the case to this day you know we we talk about it don’t we in the radio sports room about how life sport

Is the king that that is that that is what drives the network and and the voices who’ve done it I remember very well when I first started working in the sports room I’d have my head down with my razor blade cutting tapes and and I would hear voices walking in that i’ I’d

Never met them I didn’t know their faces and I turned around oh my goodness that’s what Peter Bromley looks like and you are now one of those voices John for the Gen generation to come let’s let’s try and not make each other feel really old because we’ve been there you almost

Since the start I’ve been there since the start buy for you as well I mean it is it is the voices isn’t it it is the moments it’s the people who can deliver those moments so brilliantly it’s different voices over not just the 30 years of five live because those

Commentaries are Timeless those commentaries there are Timeless if I didn’t know most of those events they could have been 1957 they could have been 1967 1977 1987 and you invest something whether it’s just John Rawling doing 9.87 seconds of an Olympic 100 meters final or whether it’s the last words after

Seven weeks of the Rugby World Cup the last seconds from Robo those last seconds you’ve invested the time either that day or in the previous six weeks or maybe you’ve only been on for five minutes maybe you’ve just tuned in for that 100 meters it makes no difference

Those seconds those last words those final words they live forever they live large in your head well be prepared to get lots of tingles over the next two and a half hours because we have got a treat in store for you we’re going to look back then at the 30 defining

Moments of the last 30 years between now and 10:00 this is how it worked the top 30 were picked by a well-informed production panel of our top-notch producers and then from that 30 a top 10 were selected by a five live panel of also topnotch and well-informed broadcasters including John and myself

Which then went to a public vote on the BBC sport website so we will also be revealing what you voted for as the greatest moment now you might not agree with everything your favorite might have missed out but just enjoyed taking a step back in time to relive some

Brilliant commentary of some truly great sporting achievements we’re going to start our top 10 with this because there are three Olympic moments in the top 10 and our first is at number 10 Great Britain of has a fine tradition in Middle distance running and at the 2004 Olympic Games Kelly Holmes reigned

Supreme in Athens holes is up to Fourth it’s miles Clark with 200 met to go from Andre NOA and here comes Holmes she’s side by side with Mata but Mata shows her strength and almost elbows holes out of the way Holmes having to come very wide indeed but she still looks relaxed

She’s full of running this could be a British goal they come around now towards the straight and Holmes is challenging and she hits the front Mata goes with her mata’s so strong Holmes is sprinting for the right line the two are side by side is Holmes going to be the

Stronger I think she is here comes chapl but Holmes has taken the gold it is a gold medal for Kelly Holmes for Great Britain 156.35 and she stares upwards she doesn’t know quite if she’s done it but now she celebrates because confirmation comes and Kelly Holmes at the age of 30

4 is the Olympic champion they’re coming up now 250 M to go and Holmes tries to go past alessi she does so she’s up into fifth place and around they go now around the final Bend is still you have doimo from hoeta and Holmes is coming to

Challenge she comes onto the shoulder of Thomas Cher she’s up into second place she looks to see if there’s any danger behind her and there isn’t it’s now down to the Sprint it’s y dock him over from homes and now it’s starting to hurt and thas shov is not beaten yet but Holmes

Hits the front thomasova tries to go with her but Kelly Holmes will not be denied this is magnificent a brilliant run from Kelly Holmes and she takes the gold in the best time she’s ever produced and what a moment to do it Kelly holes 800 met Champion is now the

1500 met champion and that was just magnificent John we’ve read on our biogs week after week when we followed Kelly Britain’s greatest ever middle distance Runner my she is male or female for me the best middle distance runner in my era I have just been so privileged to see the most

Phenomenal double by the nicest athlete you would ever meet and my does she deserve it well Allison kishle alongside John rolling on commentary for Kelly Holmes winning the 800 and 1500 meter double and Steve buns you were in that stadium in Athens weren’t you for the

800 M how close was that race well first start I mean I don’t want to to drag on here but she shouldn’t even been in the race she wasn’t meant to run the the 800 she decides to run the 800 very late in the day there’s all sorts of rumors

Whether it was six days five days or the day before qualification and the problem was one of the problems was Mata there and you heard John there just trying to stay calm John Roland commentated buta was coached by the same woman as Kelly Holm so there was a problem there she

Had to reach out the people plus 1500 was her race that was coming up I think five or six days later so she was drawn plus she she was full of injuries and I don’t want to sound like an old broken record she was full of injuries she was

Talking about retirement she had no chance come on let’s be absolutely honest here and you could hear kishle there she was nearly in tears I think I’m told a second after that she was in tears it was one of the most improbable doubles and done in style and the 1500

On the Saturday one of the great Saturday Olympic nights of all time that was just I mean I was floating on air watching that one yeah I mean to to get that double as well it’s so difficult to do you know to be able to to go through

The rounds you know to be fit enough to be in a position where you can run all the Heats you can run the semi-final you can get to the the start line in the final and run that as well they’ve been at this brilliant place in Cypress with

A beautiful name like ailles ailles mountain or something it was just beautiful that was that was and and in at that camp there she talked about how she’ never felt so good but that was for the 1500 so she’d have a heat she’d have a semi-final then she’d have a final and

So what she had to do after the 800 I mean it makes sense but you still have to think about it it’s yet to pull back in both of those races but still quality I mean the the planning the mental strength and I think we I think we

Touched on it she was 34 she was a seasoned Army campaigner and I’m convinced that’s what got her through it and the thing about that is that at 34 everyone knew her she wasn’t new on the scene and anyone who took an interest in athletics knew the backstory

And that I think is what added to it yeah and and the fact the fact you had Allison reacting in the way that she did cheer we’re going to hear lots of people cheering during commentary moment and actually the purists will say to you summarizer do not make a noise but

Actually there are times when you just get in that moment and particularly with with athletes and competitors big you know it’s a big moment when that happen absolutely well let us hear from Dame Kelly Holmes as she now is who spoke with us for the show well I think what

Had happened previous to 2004 was so much of a roller coaster highs and lows injuries Galore you know had seven years of injuries yet I’d still managed somehow to have the resilience to keep fighting back for every championship and getting medals so the whole Hope was

Still there of you know achieve a dream that I wanted for 20 years but it was then the mental capacity to think can I still just lift this up taking on that double though that 800 1500 meter double was a big risk I mean you know even even

Though you knew you were in fantastic shape and also cuz the 1500 came second and that was the event that you dreamt of being Olympic champion in yeah I took the biggest risk I think of my whole career because I doubled up as you know on many championships going into that year in

2004 I won all my 800 meter races and lost pretty much all my 1500 meters but I think it was a psychological thing because I was so almost desperate to do the 1500 well every time I went into a race I was just messing up whereas in

The 800 because I hadn’t thought I just was using that almost as the training tool for the 15 I was just able to run it so there is a thing where your mindset becomes the overarching factor of your success because you can talk yourself out or into something when

You’re in shape anyway and so when I went in to do the 800 is because actually going back to site the holding Camp I did this 400 meter session and the 400 meter Runners had just done a similar session and I’d beaten the 400 meter Runners times in this session and

They were like you going to do the 4×4 as well I was like No And um I just knew like I was flying you know I had a training partner a male training partner and that really helped me that prep so when I went into decide I literally only

Decided I think the day before we went into Athens and I was like what have I got to lose if I Come Away with two Medals of any color cuz I really believed I win two medals what a great end to a career I knew I was in really

Great shape but I just never ever visualized me winning Olympic gold in 800 I don’t know why had won equal amounts of pretty much of medals but it was just something something clicked and then I won and it was just like I mean everyone remembers my face

My eyes popping out my head it was a shock to me like it was to everyone else I still look at it I watch that race a million times because I do it on my speaking engagements and I still think how the hell did I win

This well that was Dame Kelly Holmes I mean that’s an extraordinary thing isn’t it Steve that actually at 34 she was in the best shape she’d ever been yeah but she she was also worried you know she talks about having the the two heads one

Says go in enter the 800 you can win it and the other one says don’t be stupid you can’t win it just before she leaves at the place by the way is called Aphrodite Hills in Cyprus now you know that’s lovely so as she’s leaving there

She turns to various people and she says everything’s going so well it’s all gone so well it’s bound to go wrong so she had this belief and my understanding is after she won the 800 there seems to have been a weight lifted off her shoulders and I can absolutely

Absolutely understand that so the weight was lifted off her shoulder so in a bizarre kind of way let’s whisper it she did the 1500 for fun she got the gold and she just enjoyed and that night that particular Saturday night at there when the 4X 100 meters boys pulled off their

Amazing stunt Against The Americans on that particular night she ran like she never had a care in the world which was probably not what was going on inside her gut but she ran like she never had a care in she put fear into the others and

You can sense that you sense that in any sport when you’re watching two athletes no matter what the sport is John you know that you can sense when a player of some description has put fear into their opponent and she put fear into that field well I was in Athens I wish I

Could say that I’ve been in the stadium for that night as you say for the for the men’s 4 by 100 later on and Kelly Holmes as well but being in Athens I went for Kebab instead and I always regretted it but it was a good Kebab

Let’s face it anyway I don’t don’t you know we all like to think that we we know enough for words I mean that that was kind of the options mostly was going for kebabs but yeah no I I I we would all like to think you

Know we know we know when things going to happen but it just proves sometimes you just don’t but that was a such a a lovely interview that I did with Kelly she gave us a half an hour of her time she was really Frank and open as well so

You’ll be able to hear that whole interview in the path to Paris which is our Olympics and Par Olympics show on five live over the coming weeks it’s just 120 days to go until the Paris games open we’ll be across it all here here on five live so let’s go to number

Nine your ninth moment is one of the great golfing comebacks it’s the Autumn of 2012 and Europe are 104 down on day two of the Ryder Cup in Medina but with the inspirational Ian polter in the side we were about to witness a sporting Miracle ready to roll it forward towards

The hole it goes he has it of course he does of course he does Ian pter wins the match he has birdy the 40 the 15th the 16th the 17th and now the 18th and now an Embrace with Ry Moy yes the USA is still of a handsome lead but it’s not as

Much as it could have been what a victory for mooy and polter but what a performance by Ian polter towards the end it’s come down to this 5 ft Martin kimer this to retain the Ridder cup for Europe on the 18th green at Madina sends

It on its way and in and the cup is safely in European hands and he leaps into the arms of his captain and he’s lifted andof Martin kyber’s the hero and Europe have retained the cup somehow Europe have found a way the comeback to end all comebacks achieved in hostile

Territory and somewhere a man called seevi the golfing patron saint of lost cses is smiling down the broadest sevy smile you’ve ever seen his a Apprentice Ole has done it somehow and he’s done it sevy style from the most unlikely of positions and his hero is Martin kimer

Whose nerve held to hold that five-footer and make sure that the rder cup stays in European hands so beautiful commentary by our golf correspondent Ian Carter and Andrew Cotter there as well and John Murray you were part of that commentary team for the miracle of

Medina as it became known but I mean it was a miracle wasn’t it there was no way in the world that they should have won that I clearly remember exactly where I was and my match had finished um and we were then deployed as we do on the final

Day of the rider cup to certain points on the course and then when it was all coming down to the crunch we were actually all deployed around the 18 so I can see myself halfway down the left hand side of the 18th in amongst the trees actually watching Ian commentating

On Martin kimer on the green and that is what you want the right cup to be that’s how you want it to finish and I’m so pleased that you know when we were judging This Ellie you’ll remember I made a strong claim for this BEC because

It’s a great event you know it’s become a great event and even for people who aren’t don’t follow golf for the rest of absolutely yeah and and it had kind of come to the four in the 80s before Radio 5 live came into being but it’s been

Such an important thread of a big sporting event during the course of the 30 years and whenever it comes comes around we clear the schedules commentating on the rder cup is is unlike anything else because it doesn’t build to a crescendo it starts at a cresendo the first shot on the first

Morning is massive and it just carries on like that the thing that struck me about that watching it and not watching all of it was one of those guys that tuned in tuned in it was one of those it was like a slow build you you ended up

Watching it now one of the things that that struck me was the story that emerged afterwards that roor and polter were convinced going into that last day even though it was still 106 it had been 104 they were convinced that they could pull off this miracle

Did you get that feeling when you’re out there cuz I love getting the idea that you you in the you’re having breakfast in the morning and genuinely were you talking there seven commentators sitting around and and the engineers on the other table and the other people going back you know were you genuinely

Thinking this could happen you always do that and I also remember it at Brookline as well when it went the other way I remember very much at Brookline sitting in the conference with Ben crenchaw who was the captain at Brook Lan and I remember him sitting there saying I have

A feeling and you it was a very similar scenario and I remember was thinking they’re not going to turn this around and they do turn it around did you have did you have the feeling Johnny are you are tell us here you had the feeling because of that I always have the

Feeling and you know I’ve I’ve learned over the years really to try not to write anything off you must feel got absolutely I mean what a year we had in 2012 what a year of sport we will be hearing Super Saturday from the London Olympics a little bit later on in the

Show but here are a couple of other moments from that year which made our top 30 250 me to go Shang leading now but being taken on by David we we is having to go the longer way around in lane two but now he’s surging he’s driving he’s pushing and he’s into the

Lead into the home straight B now Jang on the inside Fights Back who is challenging on the outside 50 minut to push we is the front we takes command we takes gold for the third time at the par Olympic Games he raises his left arm once again he produced the Tactical

Master Class when it was needed and listened to the crowd once again and the momentum takes him onto the back straight of the stadium and when they come to write the history of This Magnificent summer of sports they will reflect on how no one has left a bigger

Imprint on the paralympic games than David we and now further back in the pelaton his arms are Loft Bradley Wiggins rides into the record books one of the Great Moments in British sporting history here in Paris in yellow Bradley Wiggins wins the tour to France well

What do you do to top three Olympic gold medals it’s quite a tall order isn’t it but Bradley Wiggins has somehow found a way he’s top the lot he stands on cyclings Everest he is the winner of the 2012 Tour to France well that was Simon Brotherton and before that Mike Castello

And the noise inside that a London Stadium of the Olympic stadium for David we um the Paralympics it’s a real kind of game changer I think you think of the way that sport has changed in the 30 years and actually what happened in 2012 changed the way we cover disability

Sport for good as well but we are going to go back to another Olympics 12 years before that it’s our second Olympic moment of the top 10 and it features one of Britain’s all-time great Olympians it’s so tense we’re so close to history Great Britain leading red grave in that

Second seat knows how close he is to five successive gold medals here come Italy again and the Australians aren’t out of it the Australian svenia disputing the bronze medal possession Italy trying to get close to Great Britain Great Britain have maintained that lead we’ve only got 200 M to go

Great Britain lead Italy Second Great Britain up to 44 Strokes a minute the power is on they’re surging for the line are they going to hold off the Italians here they are 15,000 people on their seat out of their seats now cheering Great Britain on Great Britain lead 75

Minut meters to go Italy come again Italy haven’t finished Great Britain only a few meters ahead it’s going to be so so close Great Britain reaching for the line reaching for the line there’s only 5 minutes to go and Great Britain o champions my word history is made I

Don’t care what you’re doing stop it if you’re not standing get up on your feet applaud Tim Foster and James krnel cheer for Matthew pinsent but take the roof off for the greatest British Olympian of all time the greatest Roar of all time Steve redg gra at 38 years of age

Sensationally five successive Olympic gold medals well done Great Britain well if any crew could have handled the pressure they must have been under for the last two days it is this crew if there any athletes that could have performed when most required it is these athletes and they are elated

Matthew Pinson quite rightly stands up he’s going to crawl down the boat he’s going to crawl over the head of Tim F looking for Steve he’s going to give Steve Redgrave An Almighty hug because the guys have proved now for three Olympics that they they are champions

And red grave red grave at last can retire the most brilliant Olympian the Britain has ever produced and pinent having Embrace Steve red grave falls off the boat he’s into the lake what a scene what an Embrace and I hope you don’t mind but I’m going to have a weep

Leading up to Sydney there was a lot of talk about uh Steve regro had this dream of being a five-time Olympic gold medalist which is absolutely rubbish I thought I might be able to get to to three games and possibly win one gold medal but I was always very good at at

Looking forward and not looking back so in Sydney my aim was trying to win a gold medal that I didn’t have just happened to to to make a total of five so I think that probably helped in some ways if if you look back too much is

That the situation is that uh you then get carried away in in your own hype in some ways and think it should be a formality when you got to work even harder year on year to uh just stay at the same level and staying at level is

Never good enough you’ve got to move forward and be better and faster and because there’s always people over your shoulder pushing the boundaries a little bit more and looking at the the four in Sydney as well that that famous four that got you over the line by just a

Fraction fraction of a tiny little tiny bit of a canvas of a boat did you ever think that actually there was quite a lot of they had quite a a difficult task because of the pressure because of knowing that it was going to be your fifth yes and no in some ways

That the the sort of the months lead up to it that you can get sort of drowned in your own thoughts um and and the pressure on what you’re trying to achieve and you see it with with the rer cup is is that the bond of the well

Certainly on the European side of the rider cup is that you’re doing something bigger than just one person person and uh that you don’t want to let yourself down but you don’t want to let your team down going back to your partnership with with Matthew pinsent was that the the

Most special do you think was it the most important Partnership of your life apart from obviously from your wife um of course I I uh the uh awards that I’ve been given by the BBC at the sports review uh notably I’ve forgotten to mention my wife at each one of them so

I’ve had a lot of ribbing from that over over the years uh yes and no it was very special between with with with Matt and I of competing at um a three games together but honestly it’s the first one that’s the special one is that you have this dream to become Olympic champion

And uh that you feel that you can do it there’s people around you feel that you can do it but you’ve got to put that sort of Dreams into reality and so Crossing that line for the first time of that dream becoming a reality is uh is

Probably the most special one it’s um I get asked the question a lot and I try and sort of spin it around in some ways is that I’m a father of three is that uh of asking me which is my favorite child politically I’m supposed to say all

They’re all the same but as they’re growing up they all have good days bad days as long as we do as well and uh that uh that uh your feelings change minute by minute hour to hour to and they’ve got their own personality they’re all special in their own right

But if my arm was really twisted it has to be the first one for that reason because it uh it is taking that dream into reality well that was s Steve Redgrave who famously said didn’t he after Atlanta if you ever see me near a boat again then shoot me and then came

Back and and won his fifth in Sydney and that’s our number eight in our alltime list our top 10 moments as voted for by you do you think that he’s still the greatest British Olympian of all time Steve I do I mean Dy Thompson obviously

Has a big claim I mean if Dy was here now we wouldn’t even be talking about Steve red we’ have we’ have daily we’d have daily in one to 10 straightforward that’s just that’s the way daily Works no I think so because looking at the the what happened in Sydney knowing that the

Italians had stuffed them in lur not that much longer before and the Italians fancied it and they were a real arrogant group the Italians and I happened to sort of see them there press conference one and I went along to it cuz I’m an Olympic nerd so I spend 24 hours a day

At the Olympics doing stuff and I remember these Italians and of course all rowers are enormous they’re all Giants they’re all 6′ five six s they haven’t got any fat on them and these Italians had these big sort of dressing gown Style hoodie Tops on and I thought

They they thought they were like from a Marvel series and of course they were so confident on that Lake that day and they they was this mad surgeon some sort of technical thing about how many how many plls they did it just set all sorts of

Records and they held on one by like a foot and a half point 38 of a second it’s obscene well we heard Alan Green alongside Richard Phelps commentating there and and like Alan John football is your main thing but you’ve done other sports as well and I always remember

Greeny saying that he loved doing the rowing it brought him such joy to do it and as as Steve says that’s why these are defining moments aren’t they because because they’re so close they’re me they’re so memorable but I mean that that commentary from Allan I remember it

So well because I just think that is the most gripping evocative atmospheric piece of Sports commentary emotional as well isn’t it from Allan who I know had very much invested in the rowing and uh you know spent a lot of time working on that and in terms of as you say Ellie

The commentary for Allan for me for Simon Brotherton as well so for most of our time being Football commentators I always remember Simon saying to me what he liked about commentating on cycling Wass and same for rowing there’s a Finish Line it finishes in football commentary

Okay even even if it is a very late goal there’s almost always still time you might not be calling the winning moment you might not be as we might find out as we move through the top 10 as we may well do yes but with the uh but with the

Rowing so often in my limited time of of commentating on rowing what I used to love about it was the EB and flow and there was a lot of EB and flow Cruz would be ahead drop back so it’s it’s quite it’s an exciting watch yeah and and also you’ve you’ve done

Taekwondo have you done Taekwondo you’ve done Judo ta kwondo you and I sat together in the Commonwealth Games didn’t doing Judo which was a challenge fortunately you turned up you’d been sent somewhere else I think in glasow this I think wasn’t it it was it was you’d been s somewhere else i’ briefly

Covered Judo in Beijing yeah and I’d been a presence really just to keep an eye on what happened there but and and then sent there and I was sitting next to Barry mcgan who also was not steeped in Judo uh and you turned up you you

Then turned up and you were you were like an angel of Mercy well I mean I think I think it would be a case of the partially cited leading the blind probably on that one well look coming up we will be counting down from number 7even to number four we’ll be reliving

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Are with me and we’re going to talk about football for a minute or two because there have been so many incredible football moments on the station we could probably John have done a a top 30 on football Alone um but when five live came on air in 1994 the very

First tournament the World Cup in America was a pretty low-key Affair as far as the home nations are concerned well very much so and and also with because of the time zone as well provided a challenge as so many of the World Cup tournaments have

But I think that you know when when we came to judging the final 10 it was quite a difficult balance wasn’t it because not just on five live generally football dominates doesn’t it because it’s such a big beast it’ll eat up everything if you let it but that had a

Very different feel to it and we become so invested don’t we in the home Nations and sometimes sometimes a little too invested in the home Nations when they’re not there then you can have that more General view it’s a little bit like Wimbledon before Tim Henman I feel I

Think there was a more open-minded approach to the tournament and to the sport than there were when you had some real home contenders well talking about investment in the home Nations two years later five live finally got a big tournament involving home Nations it was

Euro 96 on home turf and it was a pretty special few weeks as football very nearly came home all right Engineers boost up that sound listen to this now gascoin for England lifts the ball over Henry in the area oh go a wonderful goal for England cheir now back to anderton

Anderton strike deflected vazar has got it out sharing’s there and it’s 40 to England sheringham has got two has got two Hollander being absolutely destroyed here here comes the corner teed in by Gasco little head off a cheer is there and scores for England England have scored after only 2 minutes a corner

Kick from Gasco was flicked on at the near post and Alan Shiro charged in like a ball and headed the ball past kopka it’s an absolutely dreamed start to the semi-final Gareth Southgate because it’s now 55 it goes to the sudden death and Gareth Southgate who has been magnificent at

The heart of England’s defense now has to score a goal to keep England going in the European Championship here he comes oh and it’s been saved by kopka kopka Dives to his right Gareth Southgate didn’t really strike it cleanly he looks down he looks for La coper moves away

Holding his head and hoping that Germany can take advantage Andy Moher places the ball very carefully in the spot Seaman has been the hero for England throughout the championship he has to be again Müller comes up and it’s a goal for Germany and as in chin six years ago the

Germans held their nerve better and Germany are through to their fifth European Championship final the dream dissolves for England they dissolve inside the center circle and it’s German celebration so Euro 96 we heard lots of your predecessor Ming him in that commentary John and it’s extraordinary isn’t it to think that Gareth Southgate

That Miss penalty is going to be managing England in another European championship finals this summer in in Germany but I was there as a fan I I was there in the 94 World Cup as a fan as well and then as a fan in 96 I’ve never actually covered a major football

Tournament for five live in the last 30 years time yet probably not but but how important was Euro 96 for the country do you think yeah I think uh listening to that and the M memories absolutely come flooding back I remember I was working at Wimbledon that summer and I remember

Driving to Wimbledon in the mornings the Sun was shining it’s a little bit like Boris Johnson’s sunlit Uplands isn’t it to think back to Euro 96 and the feeling that there was around it and uh as you say it feels like it’s part of the narrative that we’ve had over these

Three decades Gareth Southgate the penalty that was saved there the penalty shootout victory in Moscow the Euro final under Southgate that goes to penalties and you see Gareth Southgate with bukayo saaka who he’s sent forward to take his first penalty as Southgate was sent forward to take his first

Penalty in the semi at Euro 96 and then katar how does it end because Harry Kane misses a penalty so that is an absolute thread isn’t it yeah we’re not going to talk Redemption because it’s it’s a it’s a cheap way of putting it but I mean

Bucy what were you doing back in 1996 what are your memories of that summer it was obviously it was Atlanta games I was at the I was at the Atlanta games and I was just covering as much boxing as I could I was working for the Daily Telegraph and I remember being offered

Some tickets for that semifinal and it was a really complicated process I had to get somewhere by a certain time to get them and then someone needed pay him but he wasn’t being paid there and in the end I said no and I regretted it it

Was fairly obvious me and my Kebab in Athens no no no it’s not time out it’s nothing like your Kebab in Athens cuz you had a pass which got you in to that Olympic stadium and you could have got in there somewhere so it’s nothing like

You don’t try and palm off with Kebab in ains and and tell me it’s the same as me not taking up the offer of two semi-final tickets I was bad you were terrible sorry Ellen I love you to De but I’m you’re never ever going to live

Down that Kebab I know well look Euro 96 is not in the top 10 it wasn’t our top 30 but we’re going to go back to the top 10 and football takes up the number seven spot as we go right back to the new camp in 1999 for a remarkable

Champions League final Beckham spins and Beckham plays it to his left n’s left foot plac it into the penal here and effenberg [ __ ] though he is tover it behind for a corner key for the night now again delivery by Beckham everybody up absolutely everybody including schmeichel schmeichel’s inside the

Munich penalty ER Beckham crosses stage time schel jumps falls to the far post towards York half cleared gig shots sharing equalizes tny sheringham has equalized in stopping time for Manchester United can you believe it oh Teddy Teddy went to Manchester United and he might win the lock

Yet well you felt it was coming I mean they had the early chance to Dwight York about a minute earlier Beck him through the corner in everybody challenged for a second by and had a chance to clear the ball was returned and at first when

Shingham put it in the back of the net I’m straight away looking at offside he wasn’t offside what happened was most of the buying players had pushed out and Shang mov didn’t make great contact but he enough contact naturally programs will be delayed if we require extra

Time and remember in extra time a Golden Goal will finish it and Manchester United have got their legs Alan how the pendulum swung red flours go off at the end to our left we’ve got about a minute of stoppage time to go it’s now Manchester United one byon Munich W Teddy sheringham vital

Contribution as it’s laid forward by irn and SAR is after it and he’s on side and sheringham makes a run into the penalty area solar just to the left of the Box tries to pull the cross back and hits KFOR and it’s a corner to Manchester

United and schmeichel W come up for this one uh I think that’s a safe bet surely not a winner in stoping time we’ve already had an equalizer Beckham crosses on the Left Right footed it’s a clear header and it’s going get into that SAR has won the European Cup for

Manchester United it’s absolutely astonishing it was sharing him who headed it on and solare stabbed the ball with his right foot into the roof of the net and Manchester United rule Europe I don’t believe it but it’s happened they’ve come from one n d and stoping Stein to beat Bayern Munich and the

Munich players are on their knees they don’t W hit them Manchester hit them what a substitution sheringham with the touch from Beckham’s Corner salaw as only he can reacted in the middle of the six-yard box look at the Germans they are lined down there are seven players

In their own penalty era lying down they cannot believe it what a fantastic substitution by Manchester United what about that Roar well I’ll tell you something I I said earlier tonight in the commentary how often questions have been posed about this Manchester United side and they keep on answering them I

Can’t believe that they’re going to win from this position but they’re winning the balls on the edge of their penalty area is that the final whistle it is Manchester United have won the Champions League and Alex Ferguson is embraced by his staff he’s dancing with the light his players celebrate

And to a man Munich are on the turf they can’t believe what’s happened to them Peter schichel embraced by Raymond vaner High well what scenes of delight and delirium and Alex Ferguson still hasn’t got on the pitch yet he’s leaving it to his players I’m sure he’s close to tears

I’m sure the Manchester United manager is close to tears but he’s leaving the stage so far to an incredible bunch of of Heroes can you believe that they’ve come back from this Mark lweny I never known an end to such a football match such an important football match in my

Life it is absolutely incredible an English football as a whole should celebrate because English football is back on top of Europe it’s 15 years since Liverpool won the European Cup Manchester United have taken up the gaunlet and they’ve won a fantastic trouble an unbelievable travel joining Celtic joining Ajax but I tell you

Winning the European Cup the standard the way it is now it’s probably the greatest achievement of all Alan Green and Mark lawrenson as heard unedited on five live absolutely remarkable I mean John we should just say shouldn’t we that that we had a big discussion in our

Panel to decide the top 10 moments and we’ll come back to some of the other great domestic moments of the last 30 years very shortly but what was it about that treble in 1999 that really stood out yeah and we should say you know remember this is a piece of fun people

Are say well why is this in why is that not in etc etc but we’re talking about defining moments defining moments that appeared on on five live and do do that treble the historic nature of it the drama of it brilliant commentary as well like Allen’s commentary on Steve

Redgrave that commentary I remember so many people would come to me and presume it happened to Alan as well but so many people would talk about those pieces of commentary that just absolutely encapsulated the moment and he Mark lawrenson you I know Mark so well so

Many events with Mark for him to say that that carries real weight to say never seen anything like it when you listen to it live like that and unedited like that you can hear greeny just running out of energy he’s absolutely exhausted he can’t believe after the

Sharing them goal he’s talking now about the goal and goal and he almost doesn’t want to believe what he’s seeing on the pitch so he’s commentating but he’s in disbelief and it’s when you listen to it raw like that and unedited and uncut and long like that in real time it’s just

Pure and utter disbelief just that particular thing that that little bit there makes that extraordinary as an Arsenal fan I’d like to discuss the rest of the season with you on account of Arsenal stuffing them all over the place and losing the championship by just one point but we’ll

Leave it there because that would be that would be childish that would be childish that would be picky wouldn’t it I’ll leave it there John well the fact that actually everybody has their team pretty much everybody at five live we try not to give it away too much but

Everybody listening to five live has their team and that was very specifically about the Manchester United treble but as John has hinted there were lots of Club moments that made our top 30 well could this be Roma Revisited the problem for Liverpool is that the greatest striker in Europe at the moment

Andre chevchenko the European footballer of the year the man whose decisive penalty won the European Cup at Old Trafford against Juventus two years ago he wants the ball immediately his body language looks all right he wants to get on with it but of course if he misses here

Liverpool against all the odds have won the Champions League chevchenko D that Sav for Liverpool and against all the odds the team who are 3-0 down at halim Liverpool have won the Champions League walk on walk on with hope in your heart this is amazing a Knights they will never forget Liverpool are

Champions of Europe we are playing the last 2 minutes of the Premiership season which began for Arsenal in this Stadium 39 weeks ago with a victory over Everton few people could have anticipated what was going to follow but you know these boys are going to go off and they’ve got

A tough summer coming up people like HRI and Vieira Ray are all going to be involved there it goes Paul Durkin one of English football’s most distinguished referes blows his whistle for the last time and confirms something that hasn’t happened since the very first season of League football in this country 115

Years ago Arsenal the Champions unbeaten from start to finish an absolutely Monumental achievement through Sunshine through snow through Wind and Rain through summer autumn winter and spring played 38 lost zero will it ever ever happen again Willian with a free kick for Chelsea oh he’s angled It Wide here

To the left hand side they’re not going to take it to the corner flag are they they are and that’s it it’s finished 22 and we can say now leester city are the Premier League champions they’ve won the league for the first time in their history The Impossible Dream is now

Reality and they have blown apart the established order of the Premier League toam were the final Challengers and tonight they’ve been denied by Chelsea here at Stanford Bridge leester City winners of the Premier League in 2016 I can’t believe it I bet you can’t believe it I suspect

This he can’t believe it but 2016 in the Premier League it’s the year of the fox and Leicester city everywhere wherever you are you must be celebrating like you’ve never celebrated before the most important moment in Leicester City’s 132e history improbably gloriously Leicester city are the champions Morgan is just getting the

Medal around his neck here comes the captain and Steve worthy Leicester city fanatic die hard he’s going to present the trophy listen to the crowd they’re busy revving it up here we go bless the city Premier League champion 201516 the most improbable sporting history sporting Story the biggest story in the history

Of the Premier League Manchester United have beaten Sunderland by one Goen Hill season comes down to these moments now and in goes Aguero oh Aguero has scored for Manchester City Sergio Aguero with seconds to go has ended 44 years of heartbreak what a moment for the son-in-law of Diego maridon there are

People kissing and hugging in front of us Manchester City lead QPR by three goals to two and right at the end the man from Argentina looks like he’s done it well absolutely incredible there was a last its tackle the ball came in right on the very edge of the box it broke to

A Aguero hasn’t really had a chance all afternoon kept his cool drove the ball in at the near post and that has sent Manchester City absolutely Delirious the United game is already finished I’m not sure news has filtered into them yet they are almost there and all of the

Bench and all of the staff are waiting to run on here for Manchester City referee Mike Dean has looked at his watch for the first time most of the people here weren’t even alive the last time Manchester City enjoyed this moment 44 years ago they all run into the

Center and Liam Gallagher is here for example from Oasis Fame he wasn’t even born the last time 1968 Roberto manini was three this is what it means and they can’t do anything about the hundreds and hundreds of City fans coming on to the pitch now what a

Knife edge what a game I think we should make the point that QPR I think is safe well even though they’ve lost today but these are amazing scenes at the EAD stadium and Manchester City are champions for the third time in their history Mike kingham with Danny Mills

You heard Pat Murphy in that little mix as well um you’re John and it’s extraordinary isn’t it to think you had Leicester winning the title in 2016 Arsenal the invinci was in 2004 just for you buy we had Sergio aguero’s iconic goal in 2012 to Win Manchester City

Their first league title in 44 years and Liverpool’s come back against AC Milan to win the 2005 Champions League final so if you’re a Leicester fan an Arsenal fan a man city fan or a Liverpool fan those are your defining moments probably of the last 30 years so what was it that

Again that made us say right well we can’t have a top 10 made up entirely of football moments so why not why why did none of those make the top 10 John I guess it must be the nature of the way that Manchester United won that treble

And I know Manchester City fans will say well what about our treble but you know first is Big isn’t it being the first to do it yeah yeah it does does give it that edge I I feel you can make a strong case any of those four or five being in

The top 10 without comfor absolutely I mean you know we we could easily be we could have easily just played a 30C 202 clip of the treble United’s treble and switch one of those in without a doubt CU in authen there was nothing between the commentary every single commentary

Was absolutely brilliant spine tingling brilliant stuff which one of of those four John if you were a random voter let’s put John Under Pressure let’s put him on a picture if you’re a random voter we stopped you on the street which one of those for which one of those made

You gulp the most the Liverpool fans you come up and poke you in the chest next time you’re anfield say why did you not put the 2005 Champions League win well made you top I still I do think it’s Barcelona I think it’s 99 yeah which which is part

Of the reason why it is actually in the top 10 and you know Istanbul is Istanbul I mean absolutely incredible it’s a penalty shootout to me that you know winning it in 90 minutes you want you want the unexpected drama I know they’ve come from three nail down yeah to eventually win it

That’s probably why it would swing it for me let me just ask a quick question and I know I know we’re tired on time I’d love to know what was said by the five Live commentators at halim in Istanbul what was said as they follow cuz you remember you remember you

Remember that everybody was smiling and happy fun you should say that Steve go on John because I remember aliser yolman who was the producer in Istanbul trying to make a case to Allan and Mike who were commentated who were commentating that night and he was shall we say

Brushed off at the notion that Liverpool could possibly come back oh that’s brilliant but you were think you know you can’t you can’t argue can you really it’s 3-0 down but but I mean the the other interesting thing that strikes me about about this is that it’s getting

The moment I think leicester’s title win in 2016 is arguably the greatest achievement in premier league history as as actually as Pat Murphy said in in that bit of commentary there but the moment that they won it was an equalizer by Eden Hazard for Chelsea against Tottenham and they were watching weren’t

They in Jamie vardy’s house I think wasn’t it the Leer City players so to not actually be on the field of play to to win it as an Arsenal fan what do you remember about that 2004 that 3 Four Season I remember I was I was at various

Games that season it was a busy time but I remember thinking really early in the season there is something special about this side it was covered those matches as a fan and also in the Press Box and there was something different there was something different building and um yeah

It was it was it was glorious I mean sadly there’s a lot of people dining out on it still and we’ve we’ve moved on all long way since then well we started this football section with a European championship in England we’ll end it in the same way but a very different

Outcome at number six you voted for the most recent moment in our top 10 it had been 56 years since England’s men won the 1966 World Cup from then England’s men and women had suffered heartbreak after heartbreak but on a sunny afternoon in Late July 2022 England beat

Germany after extra time at Wembley once again this time it was the lionesses who ruled so corner to be taken from this right hand side englands have the white shirt there camped by the penalty spot Corner delivered England almost get something on it oh it’s missed and it’s

Stabed in at the second attempt and surely Chloe Kelly could have wed an extra time for England she rips up her Shir she whs it around her head the substitutes are on the pitch because England have taken the lead against Germany in extra time and could that be

The girl that wins the liones the first major trophy in their history it’s England 2 Germany won you know what Vicki England do not care how that ball is gone in Chloe Kelly does not care it was the scrappiest goal you’ll see on tournament but she was there first

Inside the 18y inside the six picking up that second ball she just stabbed the toe at it and this place is booming there’s less than 30 seconds to play it has to be now or never for Germany they’ve got to get the ball over the halfway line

Otherwise it’s all over M BRS the goalkeeper picks it up throws the ball out in front of her 10 seconds to play Broms raises her arm in the air play the ball to the edge of the penalty area England win the first contact with Scott it’s helped on towards the halfway

Line no more years of Hurt No More needs for dreaming because dreams have become reality at Wembley after 56 long years in its Glory against Germany once again and this time it yields history of its own because the the lionesses have finally won their first major trophy England are European Champions And Vicky Sparks commentating there and timing that music Peak to Perfection Vicky I mean what a day thank you so much for joining us what are your Reflections and memories on that day hello oh it’s so great to be with you and do you know what I’m actually quite

Emotional listening back to that because it brings it all back doesn’t it and you know you talk about the timing it it’s interesting I remember actually getting some advice from John ahead of the final because we knew didn’t we we knew that this could be a moment of history for

England as a country and for the lionesses in particular this first major Trophy and given how well they played throughout the tournament we knew could be it and I remember getting some advice from John because obviously he’s commentated on so many huge games and so many huge occasions about how to capture

That moment and I remember you saying John that just in the buildup to it just you know reflect on what you might want to say and and it will come to you at some point it will come to you and it was actually I think it was around the

Semi-final against Sweden and I was in my hotel room think in Sheffield and was just deciding to soundtrack obviously getting into the mood for the commentary and I have to admit I did put on three liines 98 it was only the semi-final stage but but I put it on because for me

The first tournament I ever really engaged with after I got into football as a young child was France 98 so that was the the version of three lines that that really that really got to me and it was listening to that that was such an emotive track for for me as a young

Football fan it was just that no more years of hurt and and no more need for dreaming so I’d had that in mind if they did do it but then the fact that and you never know what they’re going to play you know could have been Sweet Caroline

But the fact that as I was saying all of this I could feel it building and yes I thought let’s try and time it and uh yeah then the crowd took over and did the rest we’ve had some great football commentaries on the program already tonight we’ve heard from Mike kingham

We’ve heard from Alan Green you think about Brian Butler you think about Peter Jones who are their predecessors we’ve heard from John as well and John Vicki is the one who got to call England winning a major championship and I I remember why it was that uh it was nice

To talk to Vicki before that because of course i’ been in a similar position the year before I think we spoke about that Vicki didn’t we when when when it was the final for the men in 2021 and I remember the kind of things that I was

Thinking in advance of that of course England England didn’t win at at Wembley on that occasion but uh a year later Vicky you got to uh you got to bring it all to the four Vicki could I ask you and John a question here it’s about it’s about those words for that Finishing

Line for that final whistle for that final Bell I remember Andrew Castle talking about when he was preparing for Andy Murray to win Wimbledon for the first time and how he just he was ansted over that what he would say on air so John let’s let’s say going into the

European final this summer okay have you got some lines worked out and did you have some lines worked out Vicki like on the back of your hand or what they were they inside your head well as I think I probably said to Vicki on on that morning at Wembley which of course

Turned out to be the day that it was in 2021 which was a defining day of a different type I remember walking out of the hotel going to Wembley and thinking I don’t know what I’m going to say I don’t know what I’m going to say if they

Win it but i’ said what I always fall back on I might have said this to you Vicki the most famous piece of commentary in this country is Kenneth Wilston home saying what he says for when that moment when England won the World Cup in 1966 it’s nothing clever

It’s nothing special he says what he says and the emotion around that tournament Vicki and and I I found myself becoming really emotional for reasons that I couldn’t really put my finger on at the time when the lionesses won and then I thought it was because of

All the teams that have gone before all the women’s team sport that didn’t get the coverage that didn’t have that crowd that didn’t have that noise at Wembley going back you know the 30 years at five live have been on air and you know kind

Of bit further back to the start of my my broadcasting career and this was a this has been a really significant few years I think and and and in a way the lioness’s winning brought it all to a glorious Peak yeah and I think that’s such a good point Ellie because when you

Speak to not just women in football but women across sport I think there was a huge emotional connection with that you know it wasn’t just recognition for for the lionesses and the wonderful achievement that it was but it was also recognition of Excellence of women in

Sport and I think you’re right I think that did cut across disciplines not just within football but for for so many women who have worked so hard and been outstanding athletes we don’t want to say that that recognition never happens I I think the Athletics and the Olympics

And and you know in tennis in particular I think there are sports where women have cut through the mainstream for a long time and and very much are celebrated but I think to see that happen in football to see a soldout crowd at Wembley for a European

Championship final to see England do it in the most dramatic fashion as well against Germany you know it had all the ingredients and I think that is one of the reasons why why it cut across and it meant so much to people well actually let’s have a listen to some of those

Great moments in in women’s sport or featuring Sports women since 2017 cuz actually if you break down our top 30 after 2017 there were more women’s sporting moments in the top 30 than there were men’s Gad on strike shrub Sol in now B for baller six wickets for an

Shol England’s hero England win the World Cup in front of a packed house at Lords who go nuts in the crowd England in a huddle [Applause] listen to that noise for an England women’s team winning a World Cup on home soil in 2017 and England has done it by just nine runs at

Lords unbelievable unbelievable can you imagine this team 12 months ago complete upheaval changed this team they believed they had a team that could make this world final and win and they have done it I’m sat here with a tear in my eye cuz I’m very proud as an English

Player proud to watch those girls go out there and deliver and wow what a performance Jam Point number three serve out what it’s an ace she’s done it with an ace she’s down on the floor Emma Rano is the US Open champion at the age of 18

She came through qualifying she has not dropped a set 20 straight sets of tennis she cannot believe it but believe it she must the fairy tale in New York emanu is the US Open Champion with a straight set 64 63 win what a performance from Eva CaRu so clutch Under Pressure she’s just

A phenomenal talent but you know to deliver that sort of performance today I think is another level she is an absolute Champion she’s won the US Open at the age of 18 the first qualifier ever to even make make it to the final and she’s won the tournament with the

Tennis that got her there under pressure she was unbelievable tonight and I think it’s just the full package coming to the second last in the Grand National Rachel Blackmore jumps to the front on minela times chased by a rank Outsider Balco de Flo these two are stable mates one’s

Really fancied one’s a huge Outsider minela times at the last from Balon de Flo borrow Saint in any second now are the only other two Runners who can give M Rachel Blackmore anything to worry about these four are clear now from discorama and far class they’re on to

The running now down to the famous elbow no female Rider has won the Grand National Rachel Blackmore is out in front she’s just eving away energy wise Balco flow in second place any second now is back in third position but what of the great grand national Stories

Being told on this cold April afternoon Rachel Blackmore becomes the first female Rider to win the Grand National what an amazing story well that was Rachel Blackmore winning the Grand National called home by John Hunter we heard XI salmon commentating on Emma ranu winning the US Open and Allison

Mitchell and Ebony rainford Brent at Lords in 2017 as England’s women won the Cricket World Cup and and it wasn’t the first time obviously that England’s women had won the Cricket World Cup they’ve done it before but never at a sellout Lords and that for me was the

Significance of that moment bit like the noise that we heard at Wembley for the lionesses was that that fact that in the early years of five live there were not very many great I mean as Vicki said plenty of individual moments featuring Sports women but hardly any team sports

Because women’s team sport just did not get the credit that it deserved but it didn’t get the funding that it deserved for all that time as well and it took in some ways actually our colleagues on BBC TV to say right we’re going to put that

Out there it may not be getting the best crowds at the moment it needs more funding but by putting it on the screens it then meant that sponsors came in that funding came in and actually for me that has almost been the biggest change actually the last 30 years is the growth

Of women’s team sport from the 2012 Olympics we had the the Rio gold medal in in hockey which I think we might hear a bit later on but you know from from the 2012 Olympics onwards it came to the four much more you needed a leap of leap

Of faith and you needed just say a combination of people bit of a perfect storm of it being covered suddenly newspapers which is obviously my background in the 1990s there were some female columnists there were some there were there were some female writers as such but nothing like there is now and

Women’s sport was if we pulled out any random Monday editions of the Daily Telegraph from from 1992 93 94 95 there’s next to no women’s sport in there let’s get that absolutely right so it took a leap of faith radio television and also newspapers but it

Also took a leap Faith by most of the men running all of those institutions let’s get that absolutely right to cover that particular Sport and you you talk about 2012 Ellie the coverage at 2012 I know it was a great Olympics for for Britain brilliant Olympics for London

Great Olympics for East London but it was a superb Olympics for British women yeah and to change the focus slightly and bring it back to our gig broadcasting what a change there’s been over the course of these 30 years I mean you were there Ellie Charlotte

Nickel of course back in in my early days the early days of five live and of course we had many female colleagues behind the scenes Joan Watson of course would appear on air off air back in those times but female Football commentators I know well and that’s

That’s why I’m admire Vicki so much actually and Allison Mitchell who we heard there and people like Jackie Oley who was you know a real Pioneer for for as as a woman football commentator um XII salmon as well and Sara Orchard in rugby and Vicki for you I mean I didn’t

Have the opp well I mean I probably would have had the opportunities to commentate but it wasn’t seen when I first started out as something that women did you know we were just about allowed to report on football matches although you got a few people objecting to that present programs talking about

Men’s sport and it was mostly men’s sport that we were talking about back then there wasn’t much women’s sport but actually for you I don’t know what for you was the most significant thing and what made you think I can become a football commentator specifically rather

Than a presenter or report it yeah I think I was fortunate to be around when five live got the rights to the WSL back in 2014 and they used it as an opportunity to develop people who were already within the BBC maybe working for

Local radio as I was at the time men and women who had had a bit of commentary experience but but wanted to develop in that area so I’d done a little bit of commentary with BBC Radio London had reported for them for a long time but had just done my first commentary with

Them and then this opportunity came along to to get involved or apply to be on this scheme with with the WSL coverage so so that’s how I and Robin caran of course who who does such a brilliant job with the lesses for for bbct TV and and Elsewhere on Match of

The day we both came through that scheme essentially but yeah I think I was quite fortunate growing up in that I just felt accepted because I loved football so as a fan firstly and then within the industry and you know as you say Jackie Oley had done much of the day but was

The only woman really who done football commentary but I think I still felt inspired maybe not commentary per se but in in terms of reporting and certainly enjoying the commentary of people like John and you know there’s there’s so many to mention in that category it just

It didn’t really occur to me that there was any difference between somebody who likes football that’s a man and wants to go into broadcasting and somebody that likes football and is a woman and wants to go into broadcasting and you know I I don’t I don’t see myself as a female

Commentator I just see myself as a commentator the only prerequisite is loving the sport and loving broadcasting and working hard to improve and to develop your skills that should be open and is open to everybody Vicki thank you very much indeed um very well done and

The lionesses are number six in our top 10 Countdown as voted for by you well we’ve just been talking football John specialist subject so buncy we’re going to indulge you on boxing so many big moments could have made our top 30 here’s the one which did Lennox Lewis

Taking on Mike Tyson back in 2002 Lewis misses now Tyson look Tyson almost almost went down to a right uppercut now what’s the referee doing this time he’s pushed Lewis away what on Earth’s he doing he’s giving Tyson a standing eight count Tyson ducked below waist level

He’s given Tyson a standing eight count and he saved Tyson there the right eye of Tyson is very very badly swollen here and I think this fight is coming towards its concl ill usion Lennox Lewis is showing the the new will beat the old Mike Tyson is still in there bravely

Going out on his shield Lewis a right uppercut and a left hook Tyson holds on tries to throw a left hook of his own and holds on and the referee has to split them Mike Tyson is desperately tired Lewis Ducks as Tyson throws a right’s hook of desperation right

Uppercut inside from Tyson did land and Lewis looks tired as he tries to throw the big right hand and he gets it right over the top and Tyson is down his nose is blooded his eyes are blooded and he looks up at the lights above the ring

And that is the end of an era the end of Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis rules Supreme in the eighth round it is Lennox Lewis by knockout well that was Lewis Tyson with John Rawling I mean just Steve sum up what that meant actually for Lennox Lewis to beat Mike Tyson at

That point well it was a fight that we were pushing for in boxing for years and years and years then it came close then they had a press conference in New York to a for formally announc it and they got into a scuffle and Mike Tyson bit a

Chunk out of lennox’s leg fight got pushed back finally it was made but it was made under a couple of different rules there were there were two lines of policemen in the ring separating the boxers it was screened simultaneously on two giant American broadcasters so there were two MC’s there was two of

Everything and there was hate there was vital there was nastiness it was absolutely vile that period in Memphis I loved every single second of it it was one of the greatest weeks of my Sporting Life the fight itself was a letdown Lennox near enough played with him and

Took him out and and what John was you reading between the lines of what John said there in that commentary is it was very sad seeing even that Mike Tyson go down the way he did because when he went down John it was final it was horrible

And it was bloody and I have to say as well John that you know I’m I’m not one for buying fights on the on the Telly but I will always try and listen you know if it’s not ridiculous time in the morning and I’ve got to get up the next

Day because actually I think on on the radio you can kind of enjoy that that viseral sense of of just you know Gladiators going at each other but without without the blood in the core because there’s such a lot to go at isn’t there and as Steve suggested

You’re so close also some of the Great broadcasters have commentated on boxing way before five live going back desz Liam Harry Carpenter Harry Carpenter um Aon Andrews of course and of course in America as well boxing commentary on the radio back to the 50s some of those

Rocky Marciano fights with the big micro giant silver microphones are just glorious we heard it there in that clip that just that ringing of the Bell the crowd and the ringing of the bell and you can hear the punches I know great radio back to the countdown

Now and on to number five now England’s men’s cricketers had never won a 50 over World Cup Captain Owen Morgan though had revolutionized the side after years of failure in ODI World Cups they took on New Zealand in the final at Lords in 2019 and what a final it turned out to

Be two runs off this ball New Zealand win one ball one run and England win it’s come to this here’s the last ball of the World Cup final Archer bows it it’s clipped away into the leg side they’re going to come back for the second the throws picked up they throw

To the quicket Keeper’s headend he’s run out is he I think he’s run out England think he’s run out England are convinced he’s being run out they’re celebrating it was thrown to the right end to Butler’s end who had to work hard to take those Bales off England the sure they’ve got him

Through a tie in the tie breaker but it’s England’s game on more boundaries in the match New Zealand looked devastated Gil’s on his hunches I think he knows I think he knows as England do here’s the replay wait for the cheer we’re watching Butler gather the ball he’s got a bit of work

To do to take it to the stumps wait now listen that tells you that England have won the World Cup fireworks going off the grand stand it’ll be confirmed on the [Applause] screen out and droa Archer has done it from the most unpromising start he’s on his

Knees well done young man my word what an effort that is well that was our cricket correspondent Jonathan agnu I mean Jonathan goodness me what unbelievable memories of that day at Lords and made Harder by the fact that you had to wait for that replay to absolutely 100%

Confirm what everybody at Lord thought yeah it’s funny listening back but of course it was impossible from our Ang we had the bats are running away from us 100 yards away there’s all the dust is out by about two or three feet there’s no way in our commentary box you can see

If is definitely out but of course these days the problem is that the Umpire doesn’t make a decision on the field so you’ll have heard there in the course of all that with all the excitement a little bit of classic commentator filling while I’m waiting for the I’m

Waiting for the verdict on the screen because you know you could tell from the body language that it was almost probably out but did butland knock the Bales off with with his arm I mean there’s so many different things that could have happened for it not to have

Been out so you had to wait you had to wait and finally thank goodness it came up on the screen and everything looked right and it was taken cleanly and obviously got it out of his ground but it was just an utterly exhausting day and the most incredible Climax and he

Can go all the way through all things that happened in that in that World Cup final and to come down to that you know another tie in the tiebreaker situation well I don’t think we’ll ever see anything like it again frankly we’ve been talking about these are the

Defining moments the defining moments in 30 years of five lives history and the significance of that game as well because you know I’ve I’ve said we we talked already about the women winning the World Cup in 2017 you know which was not the first time they’d won it but for

The men to have never won the 50 over World Cup I mean it almost almost felt like it had to happen it had to be lifted from them this weight of of never having having won it yes it did and if you think that they started the cycle

Bottom and so they’ actually rebuilt this whole team this actually quite a tight Squad from scratch largely from an absolute hiding in the previous World Cup and of course they got rid of people like Jimmy Anderson Stuart Broad and they went off in this completely New Direction with Owen Morgan the captain

And sort breathing new life into things really and it’s funny looking back on it that one of Owen Morgan’s best friends is Brendan McCullum you can see where a lot of the thought processes came from there’s no doubt that Morgan spoke a lot to McCullum we know what MCC mccullum’s

All about because of his basball so you can see how there was a clearing of minds and how they charted this progress and Jonathan what about you describing that from someone who has been the man in the arena to describing what you will very well know is a defining moment and

The add that’s involved in that yeah because you really appreciate therefore what what Archer did that day and particularly to come back from that bad start of the wide and the six they’re only wanting 15 the pressure that he’s under and Lords when you can hear the

The noise there at the back I mean it was just I’d never known an atmosphere like it at Lords um it was just rocking and of course they’ been the gap between the Innings and inevitably Sweet Caroline and all that stuff going on you know it was it was a a remarkable

Atmosphere and yes I mean for Archer to come up and particularly to to get over that poor start that he had in a team that he really didn’t know very well um all of those things and the players didn’t know him very well you know least if someone that You’ you’ve been with

For the fouryear program you know you’ll know what makes them tick and when they need an arm around them or when they need you know a fir a word or something people didn’t really know jof for Archer at all and just to come and do that was absolutely extraordinary well it was an

Incredible day of sport that day as well I remember it really well because the World Cup final I actually started on breakfast we did the breakfast program from Lords that morning um and then the final was on five live and The Wimbledon Men’s final and epic feder jokovic final

That was on five sports extra at exactly the same time um I have to say Jonathan that that when it came to deciding what made our top 10 I I almost felt like I was trying to choose between my children between that World Cup Final in 2019 and

Something that just happened just a few weeks later at headingley which was part of our top 30 two balls two runs one Wicket can’t have a tie can we in goes lion bows reverse sweep Fielder field over he’s set off lion dropped it Lions dropped it no

He was run out by yards and lion has dropped the ball no leech survives he’s set off for that run I don’t know why Stokes wasn’t going anywhere where he should have been run out by two yards wow and leech dropped leech was well short and lion dropped the ball he

Dropped the ball oh they’re showing it on the screen oh wow that’s just spold it hasn’t it it’s still two to win it’s the last ball of the over what’s Stokes going to do he’s going to Slug it in goes line bows to him he does Slug It leg before Wicket

It’s AAL Wilson they he’s getting it not out no no rev not out no reviews umpire Wilson has said not out oh from a sweep if that is out with way Wilson’s had this oh oh wasn’t over again what drama but still not over yet and Australia had their moment they had

Their moment if that’s hitting the stumps oh lion wanted that why you give that Li because England have reviews well that’s a good point no cuz then it’s unpassed call then well then it’s out that’s a good point oh dear right okay 358 for9 Stokes on strike England need one to

Win and in comes Pat comings from the far end he bows to Stokes who hammers it for four and scan with a bat raised I can’t believe we’ve seen that that is the most extraordinary Innings ever ever been played by an Englishman he punches the air his helmet’s off he

Was hit on that helmet this morning bits flew off all over the place and he’s slumped to his knees one Australians there it’s lion I think who knew he knew he could have run him out he’s got his hands on his knees he’s feeling Dreadful

One or two teammates going P him on the back that won’t help him well I mean Jonathan I’ve got that’s my winner I’m sorry that’s beating the World Cup for me right well controversial correspondent says that that should been in the top 10 come on a test match to

Finish like that you know and 7 7 OD needed and the last pair together and you know John mentioned what it’s like when you’ve been there yourself you know and you know what batting and Jack Le’s situation is like that from my perspective that just had everything and

There’s a reference there to the ti which of course reflects back to the World Cup final Aire Wilson who had an absolute shocker of shocker of a series I mean you knew every decision he gave was wrong and so that’s why again the shout of umpire Wilson goes in it’s that

Little it’s that bit of extra drama that adds to it and of course he got it wrong you know Stokes has pl we should have given it out so there’s all those things are just to win a test match and the quality of stokes’s innings to play as

He did with every single Fielder on the boundary I know an absolute absolute absolutely dead confident I will never see never see an Innings like that again and a finish like that again so I’m sorry everyone that that that is is my own personal winner out of those two for

That year I have to say that as well we had so many um videos sent to us on on TMS as well of people because it was bank holiday wasn’t it and so people were watching on the beach and listen were listening on the beach T Cricket gets you test

Cricket grabs you and you can’t help but get absolutely sucked into it and just one other thing you know this is all about radio the number of people who know where they are when they listen to a dramatic moment on the radio because your brain has to work you can sit there

And watch the Telly and it tells you everything what’s going on it’s all very nice and so on and you see the pictures but when you’re listening to a radio commentary of something dramatic your brain has to work you have to imagine and see it picture it yourself what we

Are lucky enough to be describing to you you have to work and it burns it’s there it makes an imprint in your mind and so the number of people come to I was there then that happened or I remember that radio has that power that television doesn’t well Jonathan I think we’re

Going to make you happy now because at number four in our list it’s more Cricket it’s test cricket and perhaps the defining ashes series of modern times England striving for this last Wicket they’ve been doing that for a while harson comes up and bows and kasperovich goes back and parry’s one as

He caught down the leg side there’s an appeal for the catches out England of won England of won by two runs wow what a finish what an incredible test match that is astonishing stuff and quite fittingly Steve harson takes the Woody wig and G Jones takes a very good catch down the leg

Side what a phenomenal test match 127 for S if anyone can do it for Australia it’s Shane War but he won’t be able to do it all in this over England need two to win war comes in and bowls to Giles it turns it away through midwicket

That’s it England have won the Test match the batsman complete their two they’re raising their backs as they do so and what a climactic finish to another remarkable test match the third in succession in this outstanding series and who would have thought it that England with one test match to play now

Lead in this series by two two matches to one and it’s Unique and that the ashes are going to be secured by England by some sort of ceremonial removing of the Bales by the two umpires no one in the crowd actually knows what’s going on here there’s been

No uh public address announcement about this we’ve just got inside word up here this is what’s going to happen they are inspecting for light they’re really just going through the motions here the umpires are going to their respective ends and in the most extraordinary manner the Bales are removed by umpire Bowen he

Throws one in the air and England have one the ashes finally in the most bizarre ending oh let the crowd speak for [Applause] themselves and I’m now going into the England dressing room well there’ll be great scenes of celebration in fact the players are going through to shake hands with each

Other Duncan Fletcher England coach you’ve won the ashes yeah it’s fantastic fantastic I mean there’s not much you can really say I think at the end of the day the players must be very proud of themselves and England must be very proud of their cricketers well that was

Duncan Fletcher talking to Jonathan agnu so so I kind of hadn’t taken that on board Jonathan that actually that defining moment of the 2005 ashes bizarre though it was you actually commentating pitch side or on the pitch rather than in the commentary box I was

The other end of the ground yes I got there a wireless microphones you can have these days and I was this outside the England dressing room and we were told how this game was going to end if you remember the Gloom came down and it was always going to end upit a bit

Messily but how do you do it when you’ve got the ashes at stake how are you going to create a moment and so that’s what they decided the empires would go out have a look at the light say that’s not good enough and take a bail off and

That’s it end of the game and therefore the crowd could could react you couldn’t just have a PA announcement oh by the way ladies and gentlemen bad light stop play and that’s it and England won the ases and that would not have worked would it so they had to create something

But the funny thing was the Duncan I managed to grab there and I said I’m going to go into the England dressing room and actually I opened the door and there’s no one there because they were all they’d all gone across to the Australian side and Duncan I managed to

Grab just like that um because well it’s nice to see that that little s tradition was continued and that’s where it was but that that was an incredible series as we know you know the first test started just as all the others had with glamma gr taking a load of wickets in

Australia winning and then of course he trod on the ball before a ball was bold at Edge Bass in that dramatic finish where you got two Australians commentating Jim Maxwell and Jeff Lawson why are they commentating because of the silly tradition that we have on test match special that the winning

Commentator calls his team home and we’d given up so we said to Jim and you go you go go and call Australia home and Jeff you go in there beside him and suddenly they’re commentating on on an England win which wasn’t quite what Jim had anticipated then you had a great Old

Trafford game with 20 OD thousand people couldn’t get in that Trent Bridge test you heard there Matthew hogard hitting Lee for four and most unusual un likely thing to get England up towards the Target and then of course that that last test match as well with Kevin Peterson’s

Brilliant 100 so that series really did set up English Cricket I mean it was very disappointing that the the authorities decided to take it off free to Air the following year it was gone I mean there was just that opportunity that I think the game the game badly

Missed it happened again in 2019 after Stokes but it was it was covid this time that really nailed it but 2005 cricket was on a launch pad as a result of that series and it’s a shame that it it became restricted after that Jonathan thank you very much indeed Jonathan agnu

One of the other key voices I think of five lives 30 years as well we’re heading into to the top three then we’ve got Johnny Wilkinson’s drop goal Andy Marie Wimbleton win in 2013 and Super Saturday at London 2012 so what have you voted for as your number one find out

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On the 30 defining moments of the last 30 years we’ll get back to the countdown shortly but first we’ve witnessed some remarkable achievements from some big International names they’re into the last Fong I don’t think you’ll hear a word I’m saying because you’ll realize that fui c and Frank indor have the lead

But northern Fleet are going after him and Northern Fleet and P re challenging it’s NE and Ne stri for TR Fuji chest is going to win it Franky Gori s and in second place norn Fleet and then came wacky and IIs flut that is history made the crowd are running towards the

Unsaddling enclosure to greet today’s hero he’s been a hero many times I don’t think any jockey has ever run won seven races in one day the last time that six wins in a row was done in 1957 so seven wins in seven races and just a recap

Wall Street in the 2:00 defant in the 235 Mark of AEM the big one at 320 decorated hero in the 355 Faithfully in the 4:30 lock angel in the 5:00 foran balling and now for Michael Stout 535 the crowning Glory Fuji armest makes all the running to give Frankie an

Absolutely fantastic day and the crowded ask something they will never ever forget this is the men’s 100 m final at the world championships with the Olympic champion Usain Bolt in Lane number four and they’re away first time and Bol gets a good start but so too does Tyson Gay

Bol hits the front with 40 m gone Bol pulls away from gay in second place Po in third 9.58 seconds the Beijing magic has been transplanted here to Berlin he is already round onto the back straight such is the pace of this man both arms outstretched cuz

That’s what he did he flew home to Victory the Olympic champion has become the world champion blowing Minds all over the stadium once again you same B the winner in 9.58 seconds stunning stuff and this is to break yet another record the record set by Raymond Floyd

And Jack Nicholas of 17 under here at the Masters all is quiet around the 18th this for a 69 for Tiger Woods in it goes and he clenches his fist twice and Tiger Woods is Master’s Champion 1997 the youngest ever Masters champion 21 years of age and sport in general and

Golf in particular has found itself a new and exciting Superstar he could become the best there’s ever been his story is just beginning well we heard there Frankie Dori winning seven races in one day at Ascot Usain bolts world record 100 meter run in 2009 and Tiger

Woods winning his first major in the 1997 Masters and you got to say John Murray that Tony Adamson called that AB absolutely correctly and I mean what in incredible to hear the great Peter Bromley commentating as well on horse racing just a reminder isn’t it the what

What we do this job that we do that we are that we’re right there we’ve got the classic ringside seat Steve to to watch and see the changing of the times and the changing of the stars and I remember listening to Tony you know who had such

A lovely way with his his style of commentary I remember standing again must have been covered the match behind at St Andrews with a clubhouse there the 1 and the 18th and I remember Tony describing how he was watching Jack Nicholas finishing off his round on the

18th as Tiger Woods was teeing off on the 1 but it’s that degree of privilege that we have as you guys as commentators me as a pundit co- commentator that’s a privilege that I mean it’s it’s just a position it’s an enviable position we should never ever take it lightly we

Should mention as well that Mike Costello commentary of Usain Bolt 9.58 how do you commentate on 100 met race in less than 10 seconds you’re asking the wrong man there yeah uh our Marvel you know some of the great Athletics commentators we’ve had whether it’s John roling Ian dark Alan Perry when you’ve

Got that restricted amount of time you know to think of the the Ben Johnson race everything that was going on in that economy of words but meaning of big words yeah I’m wondering really if if might give Castello some stick because really no disrespects and don’t take

This the wrong way Bolt 100 meters are easy Big E big big Geer gets in front stays in front and wins for God’s sake that’s easy whereas you’re absolutely right the Ben Johnson 100 m there’s 17 30 there’s 40 stories on that on that track in just under 10 seconds C still

Easy and his feet out with a cigar it’s a dole right we’ve talked about great International names that have been at the Forefront in the last 30 years of five live bolt Dori tiger some big names in tennis too so Williams sets serving towards the RO box towards angelite

Kerber 53 40 love is this the moment reaches up serves down wide stretch room Kerber short ball forand down the line on the approach from Williams who plays the backhand volley it drifts in the stretch on cber forehand volley finishes it off and Serena Williams is flat on

Her back on the Center Court Turf that is her seventh Wimbledon tile her 22nd Grand Slam singles title she draws level with Stephie graph she has finally made it across the line there was a great Embrace from both Williams and Kerber at the net they exchange a few words but

This day is all about Serena Williams she is back five live at Wimbledon at quarter past N9 incredible late night drama here as Nadal serves at du he’s going to have another Match Point what a serve from Nadal he hasn’t been known over the years for his serve but it’s

The area of his game which has improved immeasurably over the last couple of years and that could be the serve which does it for him again here at wimon he’s got Championship point for the fourth time he’s got to serve into the body here be mad if he

Didn’t from the Royal box end in front of some of his Heroes rapael Nadal has Championship point for the fourth time in almost total darkness on Center Court forehand return from Roger feder the defending champion who next fed’s is over and is on his back the flash bulbs go off like fireworks on

Center Court the longest Final in history surely the greatest Final in history and we have a new Champion the king of pry has conquered the grass he is Raphael Nadal of Spain well we heard Serena Williams winning her seventh Wimbledon along with rafhan adal beating Roger federa in that epic 2008 final so

Let’s bring in Jonathan overend our former tennis correspondent commentator on some unbelievable moments Jonathan on five live of one of the greatest eras in tennis hi Ellie I I think you have to say it is the greatest era if it were ever to be repeated I mean imagine the

Sort of talent we would have to commentate on I mean that I would say that decade 2003 to 2013 Serena and Venus the belgians let’s not forget them and the role they play justtin enan and Kim kers s Pras and Agassi still going at the start of that decade but then

Handing on to jovic federa and Nadal and that 2008 final we heard there Remains the greatest match I’ve ever seen the shock making Under Pressure the drama it was so dark and that would have been the final game Ellie they’d made the decision at seven games all that they

Could play two more and then it would have to be back the next day so Nadal to win it there in in total darkness with those flash bulbs I mean that’s still a memory that I wake in the night seeing those bulbs going off and the scoreboard just Illuminating through the dark

Incredible moment and Jonathan I’m glad that we’ve got you because it’s time to reveal number three in our countdown and after waiting 77 years we were made to wait just that little bit longer marur at Championship Point first serve long some the right service line ball is called out oh come on a

Hope I think it’s I think it’s definitely out well after 77 years it wouldn’t really be right for hawkey to win win wouldn’t second serve for Murray on Wimbledon Championship Point backand return from jovic crosscourt backand slides from Murray forand from jovic backhand from Murray down the center

Backand slides from jovic backand from Murray down the center again Jo down the center with the backand drive for Murray is long three match points have come and gone and it’s now du Mr muray has one challenge remaining on we go dece on the Murray serve hits the sideline forand

Return from jovic forand from Murray how’s he managing to keep playing tennis out there backand crosscourt from jokovic forehand down the line now midcourt forehand from Mar snatched it has gone into the net and jovic now oh goodness me look at jovic he looks like

A bond villain he’s here in front of us he’s got a knowing smile he’s nodding his head if he had a cat he’d be stroking it he’s got a break back points well I don’t like the look of that put him in a cloak did you see that John I saw it I

Could believe what I was seeing Advantage jovic a knowing R smile from jovic he’s a point away from leveling the thir set Mar serves for return’s gone long wipe that smile off your face you haven’t broken back just yet drop shot Murray in comes jovic de it cross call for an outrageous winner

Absolutely outrageous from noout jovic oh the jovic slide a backhand volley scores he saved the third break point closed in well closed in very well and if he would have waited a little bit longer there would have been an unbelievable difficult volley can’t be do with this this is amazing stuff use

Murray puts up a defensive L smash from jovic Murray’s going to get another hit that’s the volley of jovic Here Comes Murray and he SW with it into the net goes jovic unbelievable retrieving from Andy Murray again this time picking up the smash the full Pelt smash from jovic

Making him play one more point one more shot and it’s that effort that huge determination that will to win which brings up another championship point for Andy Murray this is it this time Advantage Murray well this famous old Center Court could be about to go crazy Murray serves here it is here it

Is forand from Murray backand from joov into the Mur Murray’s the Winward Champion it seems ludicrous to say it 64 75 but the British man has just won Wimbledon and Andy Murray 64 75 64 has only gone and done it I can’t believe it again two slams for Murray now just brilliant absolutely

Brilliant and the top seed jovic has been well and truly beaten and Murray is down on his knees in the four court at the far end he was screaming out to the spectators on the far side and now he’s holding his head he’s bent double he’s just about managed to pick himself up

And when reality Dawns he will have picked himself up as a two-time grand slam champion and as a Wimbledon champion well that was Andy Murray ending Britain’s 77 year weight for a men’s singles Wimbledon champion and Jonathan overand I have to say I’ve heard it many times but that was just

Such brilliant commentary and how on Earth you managed to have the composure to make about Bond villains in the tension of that 11 minute final game I mean you know my hat hat comes off to you I mean it was so nerve-wracking Ellie I mean it was so nerve-wracking

And and and I I’ll tell you why here’s the main thing it was such a close match in terms of the exchanges between the two and the way the gamees played out but actually on the scoreboard when you reflect on it it was onesided Murray won

The first set Murray won the second set he went to break up in the third he served for the championship and what happened in that last game 15 love 30 love 40 love I mean it felt simply too comfortable too good to be true and of

Course it was so then the jovic comeback came to life and all those break back points he had and I said at the time and I I I maintain it to this day that if jovic had won one of those break points and leveled that third set Murray

Wouldn’t have won that title jovic would have won from two sets to love down I don’t see any way Andy would have recovered from that and his arm was shaking his racket arm was shaking and yet he still managed to save the break back points and serve it out for wimon

Simply the greatest thing I’ve ever seen and just a defining moment you know you know Ellie and John when you work with overs okay honestly every single piece of commentary and every single event you go to is like it’s close to being a serve or or a shot that’s going to end a

77 year weight okay so so and this is a compliment it’s a is a joy and a pleasure to work with so when he slipped into the whole Bond routine there I I listen I wasn’t listening to it live but I would have gone go on overs relax

Yourself now he loved that listen he’s he’s got a big cheesy grin on his face right now as we’re talking about because he loved every single second of that and I you can just tell overs the joy that comes when you’re in top form like that when something like that’s happening you

Are absolutely oncloud and I’ve done I’ve done hours of him in the studio just around the corner of him here during the Tokyo Olympics at 3 and 4:00 in the morning trust me his feet don’t touch the floor he loves every second of it I think as well Jonathan the you know

People younger listeners listening back to that might think why did he sound so incredulous that that a British man and you know knowing now what we know about multiple Grand Slam winning Olympic champion but I think this should Jonathan this is the this is the benefit of experience isn’t it because you like

Older listeners will have lived through those Henman a agonies and then same with Murray as well falling short falling short and that’s all part of it isn’t it absolutely and I I mean I’d go back earlier than Henman John I mean I remember the days when I’d run back from

School uh in the 80s to try to see if Jeremy Bates could reach the second round yeah I mean that and John lyd by the way was sitting next to you that then that’s right you that whole series of of British players who as I say just

Winning one match at Wimbledon was was a Triumph and for for Murray personally you’re right to highlight the disappointments in his career because he’d lost multiple Grand Slam finals remember 12 months previously he’d been in tears into Sue Barker’s microphone on the court having lost Wimbledon but then

The Olympics happened and he beat federa to win the gold medal and then he won the US Open later that year an incredible achievement obviously to win a first Grand Slam but we were building weren’t we we were building towards that moment that 77e weight ending and it

Just felt right on that day with the sun shining that it would be that day the stars were aligned in a way and uh it was just an incredible achievement and one of the best matches I’ve ever seen him play and to deliver that on the day

With all those Stakes so high hat off to him incredible and I get that sense you know when you watch him I mean you watch him the last five or six years overs I’m watching him and I’m going go on Andy go on and it’s a different sort of thing

Like when when was when he was younger it was yeah come on marray come on Murray but now it’s like he feels like an old friend an old pal an old injured pal like G on go on Andy go on son go on son it wasn’t always that way though of

Course it remember at the start of Andy’s career he he didn’t earn many friends the way sometimes he acted and the way he spoke sometimes and he also followed Tim you know he followed Tim and Tim was different personalities different personali and Tim was just so

Loved and adored I mean you know you’ve been down Henman Hill for God’s sake I mean they tried for a million years to call it Mar Mound or whatever it just didn’t work it was Henman Hill they should have put they should have built masonet on it and done away with the

Damn thing I mean that really just it’s not work since Tim finished so but but but the maray thing is a different kind of love and I’m using that I’m not I’m not using that word lightly and of course he went on to win Wimbledon for a

Second time don’t forget in 2016 he ended that year as well as the world number one he’s won the Davis Cup and he’s won back-to-back Olympic gold medals in singles in London and in Rio I mean what an incredible Achi achievement it has been and I thought I I I keep

Talking to myself in my mind thinking what what on Earth could possibly happen in Murray’s career post 2013 to top that day that we just heard and the answer is nothing nothing ever could because for all his accomplishments nothing will beat that first time winning wi wooden in 2013

Jonathan great pleasure to have you on with us this evening thank you very much indeed Jonathan overand who was commentating on our number three moment in our top 10 countdown and a knight of the realm Andy Murray and let’s move on to another Knight of the realm Lewis

Hamilton last lap for Lewis Hamilton under breing is late on the breaks and they can barely see the crowd the cars as they drop down the hill and he hasn’t got past Sebastian fettel he’s struggling for grip as he puts his foot on the gas going through the curve of

The soul and Lewis Hamilton has just blown that first opportunity of getting back ahead of Sebastian fettle he’s got another two miles as the flash bulbs go off wa in for Felipe Massa who’s got another third of a lap to come and then he can be crowned not only the winner of

The Brazilian Grand Prix but against all the odds seven points he started a drift of Lewis Hamilton at the start of this race to be crowned world champion in 2008 as well here comes Felipe Massa now up towards the checkered flag it’s out for him now he can celebrate victory in

The Brazilian Grand Prix he’s won it for a second time and the noise Rises to a Crescendo but I tell you what they’ve got a 200 more dbel to come when Lewis Hamilton crosses the line in a few moments time because Mass has one we know that he’s the world champion if

Lewis Hamilton can’t get past Sebastian fettle fettle goes round now into young cow he’s three four five car ahead and there’s absolutely no chance for Lewis Hamilton to get back they’re throwing their hats into the air in the crowd here at interos because Felipe Massa with Lewis Hamilton coming home to take

Six place is world champion no Lewis Hamilton’s up to fifth leis Hamilton has made it up to fifth by the end of the line Ferrari think they’ve won it our timing screen says that lwis Hamilton’s Fifth and teimo Glock is Sixth and there confusion at Ferrari but I tell you what the times

Say leis Hamilton is the winner McLaren garage say Lewis Hamilton’s the winner Felipe Massa doesn’t know what’s happened there Lewis Hamilton puts his head his hands over his head and can’t believe it and now it’s filtered through and now he thinks he’s world champion teimo Glock came home sixth Lewis

Hamilton couldn’t get past the Bastion fettle but he could get past team o Glock and that’ll do nicely he’s world champion in 2008 and I’ve never seen anything like it well that was Sir Lewis Hamilton winning his first title in Brazil in 2008 and only his second

Season in Formula 1 as well um and it was the first of seven titles for SE lewiis and and you were hurridly rushed out there was interos well i’ so I was there for in 2007 um at interos for for when he didn’t win it and then in 2008

So presenting so at that stage I was presenting Sunday afternoons on five live so doing a lot of Formula 1 back in those days and it was I mean you know BBC budgets being what they were I think I got there on the Friday night did qualifying on Saturday the race on

Sunday and flew back on Monday so so two not very long weekends in sou Paulo in a row but I mean the inter track is just like nowhere else you’ve ever been because it’s a really old-fashioned track you know the paddock area was I I think it’s been upgraded a little bit

Since then but it’s still really kind of quite quite sort of oldfashioned and and a post-war throwback but I think you could hear in David croft’s commentary there just that confusion that you just didn’t know what had happened in those closing moments because you know because

Obviously a lot of it’s happening out of sight and the cameras were concentrating on Felipe Massa cheered on by the Brazilian crowds crossing the line to win the Grand Prix and they thought to win the World Championship as well and what they hadn’t seen was on the penultimate Bend Lewis Hamilton over

Taking Teemo Glock to finish in fifth place which gave him enough points to win the championship you make it sound so simple it’s amazing how many of our 30 have endings like that I’d say seven six or seven or eight some of the best commentators and presenters in the world

Working in different locations have not really known what’s happened they’re not re they there there’s a bit of confusion you know there a little bit of confusion and that’s one of them you’re putting a cold shiver down my spine John is the worst thing in the world and also no

Matter how calm and collected you could be if there’s this ridiculous 998th minute goal and in your case it goes to V doesn’t matter what you prepared no matter where your head is that’s a tricky moment I just say in his rookie season as well that he could have been

World champion it just just makes you think again what an incredible era the Lewis Hamilton era has been in Formula 1 and maybe with moving to Ferrari next year he he will come back but I think Lewis Hamilton absolute 21st century British sporting star isn’t he yeah and

The way he’s just as as the only the only black driver as well on that starting grid for so many years a real Trailblazer in every way well time to get back to the countdown and at number two it’s the most famous drop goal in Rugby Union history can you ever

Remember sitting in our commentary box Rob Andrew with more drama and emotion in a match so highly charged well if you ever want to win a line out this is the biggest line out in the history of English rugby win it catch it they’ve won it and they start to attack it’s

Wilkinson cats banged over in Midfield a crunching tackle but the ball comes back Johnny’s going for a drop goal this could rival the Rob Andrew drop goal as Dawson goes through makes a wonderful break he’s tackled 15 M from the line backs there Wilkinson will drop for goal

There’s offsite surely against thing you know Martin Johnson has it he drives there’s 35 seconds to go this is the one it’s coming back for Johnny Wilkinson he drops for World Cup Glory it’s up it’s over he’s done it Johnny Wilkinson is England’s hero yet again and there’s no

Time for Australia to come back England have just won the World Cup oh my goodness oh that was Rob Andrew just lost for words alongside the brilliant Ian Robertson commentary as England won the World Cup in 2003 against Australia uh in Sydney and the man that threw the

Ball to Johnny Wilkinson and a big part of the five live team now of course is Matt Dawson hello good evening hello how are we all doing yes really good thank you I will never Tire of hearing that I’m guessing you will never Tire of

Hearing that either it no no and do you know what I’ve never heard that before I’ve never heard the extend you I hear Robbo the whole time going for World Cup Glory but yeah just the Goosebump that shimmered across the whole of my body from this that sort of setup and having

Been in that chair with with Robbo you know you know when you’re supposed to speak and Rob Andrew is talking about the L and then Robos like chop straight across it to say listen this is my job I on it there was so much going on and yet

Everybody knew the focus was on the drop goal obviously Robbo knew where he was going with the drop goal but there was so much action going out so his his reaction to what he was seeing and then to still have enough of a crescendo to

Get to the World Cup I don’t think he I don’t think he had any more octaves to go to but it was an amazing bit of commentary yeah and he absolutely knew what was happening didn’t he I mean he he called every single moment of that

Perfectly and to be able to have that ability in that moment to know prec I mean you I mean you obviously Ian Won Won caps for Scotland he was a very very experienced rugby commentator and a player but he absolutely knew what was going to happen there as we all know on

This show we know that radio makes sport much more exciting than it ever is and when it is super super exciting it goes to a level that just can’t be matched in any other kind of medium but I I suppose it was the months and months and months of

Anticipation of the rugby and sort of English Sporting Community they were expecting England to win so there there was just this constant we were favorites we were going to win every single game we were going to go into the final we were going to win it in normal time then

We’re going to win it in extra time and then we’ve got the Prodigal Son of Johnny Wilkinson to hit a drop goal it was you say the shendo of of passion and noise was absolutely encapsulated in in robo’s commentary and still to this day Ellie when people talk about the World

Cup and the World Cup final to me they don’t talk about the pictures they talk about the commentary you know and that’s volumes yeah so Matt is that really the first time you’ve heard because you get the full plug there for that little dummy that sets up the bit of space and

All that all the stuff cuz you don’t get that if you just hear a 10 seconds of robo suddenly you’re part you’re really part of the play now you’re not an inconsequential member of the team you’re not part of Team you’re the you’re instrumental mate that’s why you’re so happy because you’ve you’ve

You’ve been suddenly catapulted back into history oh you’re a good man buy thanks pal no no it was actually I was I was sort of referencing a little bit earlier I was referencing from when there was that just that lovely conversation between Rober who who really did have a

A wonderful skill of bringing the people people around him into the game so trying to compare to Rob’s drop goal from 95 or just talking through the lineup what are people thinking this is the moment if you’ve ever practiced a lineup this has got to be the one it’s

The most important lineup in your life and that was true I mean that’s exactly what we were thinking we all looked around and we we knew what we wanted to do but we knew that there were 50 odd seconds left on the clock this is it and so to bring the audience in

For them to be closer to the radio or closer to you know the dashboard of the car was exactly how we were as players we know this is the moment so it was as if they were in our minds which makes it so much more special and Matt when when

We talk about as we are these defining moments over the course of the 30 years of five live to equate that to defining pieces of commentary I’ve checked this with Ed marriage who is our Rugby Union producer and EDS reminded me that Clive Woodward made Ian Robertson’s commentary

Into part of his Christmas card that year and there was a button on the back of the card that when you pressed it the commentary played and on the front it had a panoramic picture of the moment with the words may all your Christmases be white I mean you can’t get any more

Defining than that Mt still got that somewhere I’m fairly sure it’s wasn’t even a button it was it was as you opened it it was like a popup so as you opened it the commentary started it was absolutely epic I mean yeah and I’ll reiterate as far as comment you imagine

How many different commentaries around the world there would have been of that moment from all the different feeds from all World feed to Brazilian TV to German TV to all over the world and that that one is the commentary that people will remember across the world it’s it’s epic

I mean my memory of that particular day cuz I’d been sent down to faram Rugby Club which was Johnny Wilkinson’s first Club so obviously it was quite early in the morning sort of breakfast time so had bacon sandwiches and of course the clubhouse was packed with members of

Johnny’s family and people who’d known him since he was he was a little lad in the Juniors at farum and at that moment of course when the drop goal went over the big screen was completely obscured for me by people jumping up and down and

Getting in the way of the screen so all I could hear was was robo’s commentary and I couldn’t even hear that very well either because of of the noise but then I just remember getting in my car afterwards and then at the end of the program at the end of the broadcast they

Replayed robo’s commentary and I just thought that is one of those great radio moments that we’re going to be talking about in 21 years time and we are doesn’t that just epitomize it all though for for and for all of these great commentaries that we had but what

You just said there Ellie you knew exactly where you were when you heard that commentary and and there are some epic ones within this top 10 and for most of them they are like they’re parts of our lives there are moments of Our Lives that we’ll never

Ever forget who we were with and where we were and and it it makes those special commentaries you know historic that should be a prerequisite really shouldn’t it absolutely speaking of Ian Robertson though the great Ian Robertson commentated in 2003 on history for England but he was also Al on the mic

For two other rugby moments in our top 30 now we know the ghosts of 1978 are being exercised at this very moment jpr Williams Gerald Davis JJ Gareth Edwards Phil Bennett they were the men of the moment in the magic of 1978 but now there are new Heroes out

There on the pitch now as we go through the 80th minute and the next time the whistle goes it will be to Signal the Grand Slam for Wales in the ball goes one by Ireland out to Humphries humph to Miller to humph again popped up to odris

O’Driscoll goes hard gives it to Murphy Murphy gets it inside it’s knocked on by geffin Jones the referee has seen it he blows and the whistle there it is Wales have won the Grand Slam and the Hall of The Valleys from here to swans to thle

To every Outpost of The Valleys of Wales they’ll be singing nonstop through the night as Wales have done the Grand Slap I now call on our president Mr Mandela to make the presentation of the William web Ellis trophy to the captain franois Pino both are wearing springb jerseys

With number six on the back one franina gave to the president Nelson Mandela is wearing that proudly today proud of the new South Africa as FR rapina holds the rebellis trophy alof and Nelson Mandela waves his arms in the air well that was South Africa winning the World Cup in

1995 and before that Wales winning the Grand Slam in 2005 in carded which I think was the loudest noise I have ever ever heard tried to broadcast through uh inside the Millennium Stadium as it then was I mean Matt Dawson you know your your Reflections on Ian Robertson the

Great commentator I mean one of the great commentators that we’ve had in the last 30 years of five life and a man do you say that you had the the privilege of sitting alongside on many occasions oh I have carried his bags many many times around the world uh and

He won’t mind me saying that just in incredibly fortunate to not only have the rubby career I had but Ian Robertson absolutely sponsored my position at the BBC when he knew that I was retiring he knew that Rob Andrew was retiring from the comms and yeah he was absolutely

Champing to me to get that position so I owe him a huge amount downside to that though guys is that I have heard every single story multiple times uh to the point where I could I could easily ruin loads of his stories you showed the Nelson Mandela clip and

He tells this wonderful story story which I won’t go because it’s far too long it’s an after dinner story which ranges from about 5 to 50 minutes but the Crux of it is that he went to a Nelson Mandela press conference and needless to say he didn’t have an

Invitation to this uh press conference so just turned up expecting to be able to do an interview for the BBC with Nelson Mandela and there was security everywhere he went up to this enormous security guard and basically said to him well if you don’t let me in

You are stopping over a 100 million BBC worldwide listeners listening to Mr Mandela and what he has to say right at this moment and I think politically that would be the wrong I tell you what you go and tell Mr Mandela that you’ve stopped the BBC from bro and and before

You know it he’s threw the door he’s right in the front he’s having a cup of tea with Nelson you know he’s right in the thick of it I mean he’s just the most magnificent I’m not gonna I’m not I won’t insult him by saying Granddad he’s

More you know he’s just my my my favorite uncle my favorite big brother what you want to say he’s just a wonderful wonderful man has a time for absolutely everybody he’s brought everybody on his rugby Journey yeah I’m I’m slightly biased but I think he he’s

The best and will be very very difficult to get anywhere near where he’s been in sport where he’s been in rugby and how he delivered rugby to the BBC was just incredible well fantastic words about an iconic broadcaster Ian Robertson Matt Dawson lovely to have you on the program thanks

Ever so much what a joy lovely to speak to you all so we are very close to announcing the moment that you’ve chosen as the defining sporting moment of the last 30 years narrowed down from a top 30 but it was a struggle to pick just 30

So here are some of the things that just narrowly missed out sou H wheel into the Euro 2016 semifinal into the penalty area oh it’s scor it’s an absolutely fantastic go the checken flag is ready the crowd are on their feet Damon Hill wins the Japanese Grand Prix Chris ho

Wins the gold for Great Britain a gold medal hatrick for the Scotsman Laura Kenny almost with a smile on her face in the back straight she leaves the rest of the field for dust 5 days after winning her first goal in the 4 Rebecca atlington has claimed another

But it’s all come good for Tony McCoy he has a last one with Grand National she’s Great Britain’s women they have done it 16 heroins out there on the park what a match so some extraordinary names in that little Montage uh John and buy and and they didn’t even make the top 30

I know I feel terrible don’t you that they they wer how can we leave Rebecca rling out of our top 30 well I’ll be honest with you when I looked at the the list of 30 there I came out with another 10 or 15 instantly and I don’t and I

Really don’t envy the fact I didn’t get a call and was and was put on that panel it would have I would have been really not very happy anyway anything we didn’t judge those ones oh stop it John you can’t do it now we’ve been on air about

Four and a half hours you can’t start saying that was nothing to do with me no don’t stop pointing at Ellie no it been up to me no no rubbish I’m not having it and I’m guessing that you’re listening to this at home thinking how on Earth

Did they leave that out you know it’s ridiculous but it’s all subjective and it’s all a bit of fun it’s all a bit of fun it is so whatever you thought about our choices it is time to Crown your winner more than 150,000 of you voted via the BBC sport

Website and you chose this as your defining sporting moment of the 30 years that five live has been on air we’re going to take you back to the 4th of August 2012 on London’s Olympic Stadium Greg raford now can he consolidate that lead it’s Way Beyond 8 m is it Beyond 8

M and 21 cm all importantly he gets the white flag and now we once again await the measurement and could we dream of three gold medals for Britain on this evening here with Jessica Enis about to go in the last event of the heptathlon

Mo Farah in the men’s 10,000 m 8 m and 31 CM for Greg raford it’s his second longest leap of the season but most importantly it extends his lead here 8 m and 21 cm now out to 831 and he goes further clear and hangs on to the gold medal position with

Two rounds remaining hold on to everything you’ve got wherever you are on the road at home in your garden because there could be two gold medals for Great Britain in the next 15 20 minutes stop of Germany is leading but she’s down the field overall only in fifth position and can’t claw back

Enough points it’s Enis in second place and this 80,000 Voice Choir sing their praises now there’s 200 M to run Andis is in third place she doesn’t need to win but she’s renewing her challenge here she wants to finish in style around in towards the home straight now and

This is her chance to join the likes of Dy Thompson and Denise Lewis and Mary Peters on the list of Olympic champions in multi events and she takes the lead and so a stadium Roars and the nation Roars as Denis goes on to win the 800 M

And with it Olympic gold she raises both arms on a special special night for Jessica henis and for British Athletics for 3 years everybody’s been saying let’s wrap her in Cotton wall and that is the reason why and she drops onto her back puts her hands on her face as she

Tries to take in the magnitude of what she’s achieved she is the Olympic champion here it is Steve will Clay is the man the only man who can deny ruford so will clay the American the world indoor champion in the triple jump sets out in this long jump final he’s fast on

The approach it looks good on the B but he forward rotates his feet are down and that confirms that Britain’s Greg raford is the Olympic champion the best part is he’s trying to look cool now but brilliant and Olympic champion oh my word I mean he did he

Took the competition by the Scruff of the neck 8 me and 31 in the fourth round his kits off he’s ready to jump this is like Jess Sis’s 800 isn’t it he can jump he can do what he wants he can do a forward roll through he should run

Through the pit and just go on a lap of Honor that’s what he should do but he could also win in style with a British record and the best leap in the world this year and one of the best at the Olympic Games in recent years and now he

Waves both arms to together above his head and gets the crowd on that far side of the stadium clapping in unison as they complete the first four laps in the men’s 10,000 M with Mo Farah in the leading group but the whole field of 29

Is bunched up now is just ahead of them Greg Rutherford sets off then for his sixth and final attempt he hits the takeoff board but the pressure was off and so too the motivation had died and he stands still and lifts his arms and says come on that’s worth some Applause

And surely it is Greg Rutherford wins Britain’s first gold medal in the long jump their first medal of any color for nearly 50 years and now he can stand alongside the likes of Lyn Davis as Britain’s field gold medalist at the Olympic Games and he’s going to cry look

At him he’s trying to take it all in and I’m sure we will all stand and salute him because there is no nicer guy on the team it’s now with one lap to go Farah hits the front he starts his run for home with 400 m to go and now he’s being

Rifted by the crowd and into second place goes muchiri B is also trying to make a challenge jayen R is in fourth place there’s no more than a meter or so between the first three and Farah now is still in front can he gradually wind up

The pace 200 M to go he needs a blistering last half a lap tacuba kayy coming through into second place Kena m is in fifth place but he looks like has spent Force around on the crown of the bend in towards the home straight and Farah is still in front he’s being

Challenged by TBA KY he looks over his shoulder he’s being carried on this wave of emotion thorah his the front th wins gold for Britain in the men’s 10,000 M and immediately turns to celebrate what a night three gold medals for Great Britain for Jessica Enis for Greg raford

And now for Mo Farah in the men’s 10,000 M the first British athlete ever to win Olympic gold at this distance and now he falls to the track once again cannot believe the magnitude of what he’s achieved here Mo Farah is the Olympic champion well let’s bring in Mike

Costello and Allison kishle who are both there that night alongside Mark pugach Steve Bley and Darren Campbell who you just heard in that mix and and Mike you are sitting alongside Us in the studio with just a little hint of a smile on your face yeah that brings everything

Back I mean 12 years on i’ I’ve come here today actually from um filming over in East London and I came through statford station where most fans came through on trains tubes buses back then and still I get the same kind of tingle same kind of buzz when I walk through

There and all the signs still to this day saying Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park so um yeah 12 years on it’s it’s really special and Ally what about what about your memories of that day as well did you do you sit there thinking this is

Going to be a night of nights yeah I I think so I mean obviously we were second day into the Athletics and the writing was very much on the wall with with Jess Enis she was the face of the games as we know and she she held that mantle so

Well and she did not put a foot wrong um from a British record in the first event all the way through personal best in the javelin and I think once she’ done the jav in earlier on in the morning session and she knew she only had the 800 to go

I guess then all the talk was then hang on a minute you know we’ve now started to look at the schedule and we realized that only what 40 odd minutes after she was going to cross the line in the 800 we had Mo going in the 10,000 as one of

The absolute favorit and I think yeah you know everyone goes on about Greg being this surprise but yes he’d never got onto a an international Podium or global Podium before then but he was still one of the best in the world lining up in that field and I think

That’s where you then look at the the magic of the stadium that night you know I can’t believe there was actually only 880,000 in there because listening back it sounds like there was about 280,000 you know and Mike Mike talks about Stratford and I think for me it

Was it was leaving the stadium that night that was just as special because it was almost like nobody wanted to leave we all wanted to stay there and we all wanted to talk about it with everyone that you bumped into uh it really was just something that yeah

We’ll never have that that sort of atmosphere that kind of performance again but it was so special to be there yeah I so this is the number one defining moment of five lives history and and the thing was that it’s quite difficult to say it was a moment because

It was a succession of moments but it all came together into one beautiful night I suppose Mike didn’t it yeah it did and I think listening back to the commentary there there was there was still this this feeling of uncertainty around mof Farah in particular by the

Time we got to the evening session Jessica Andis had already thrown really well in the javelin to to basically preserve her lead and in boxing pance she only had to stand up to win with Greg ruford as Allison was saying he didn’t have the same kind of

Championship form that Enis and mo Farah did and you might have noticed there I I did um the kind of urgency in in the final lap with Mo Farah was was centered on the previous year at the World Championships he’d been overtaken on the final lap and so there was kind of this

Dread that it would happen all over again on this amazing night for for British sport so um there was so many elements in in into that one as you say moment um across the night couple of things first M give us give it cuz I know you keep great detail now I’ve got

Some details here timings is it was it 44 minutes from one to the one 23 goals was it 44 minutes official is that is that the time and secondly there was something that Alli missed out there there was actually an Olympic pass ticket Olympic Park ticket so there were

Thousands and thousands including my kids were inside the Olympic Park so in addition to the 80,000 in the stadium there were I mean it seemed to me hundreds of thousands every single part of that Olympic B which is still open now to the public was full and you had

To have a ticket to get in so on the big screens there was chaos but was it 44 minutes I’m I’m still intrigued by that from from the moment that we knew that that Jess Andis across the line and then at that stage we still had to wait

Until the shity that that Greg rord had won the long jump so it was it was 40 I mean seconds either way but it was either 44 or 45 minutes but we we all of us talk about the tiny margins in sport you know in in our other game Steve that

The punch that misses the chin by just a a narrow margin the penalty John that you know hits the underside of the bar and bounces out rather than bounces in moof Farah ran a week later in the 5,000 MERS so his Olympic Games take away the

5,000 m heat the two finals 10,000 M and 5,000 m a total of 37 and a half laps his total winning margin was 08 of a second so if you blink everyone here blink that’s that’s the total winning margin in terms of time over all of that

Distance that’s the chance he took and and and that was the risk he had virtually no no no chance at all to get anything wrong even a single stride wrong we talk about the 100 meters and 41 strides from start to finish and you can’t get one of those wrong but it’s

You know it’s it’s just as competitive there were 29 athletes in that 10,000 M and at least a dozen of them could have won that John while all of this was happening you were actually over on Sports extra what were you doing there yeah not quite so

Memorable as I watched as I watched yet another team of men’s footballers lose a penalty shootout in Cardiff we were on Sports extra it felt like we were down the end of a a very quiet Road you were but what I what I would also add to

That you know this has been voted why is this been voted as the defining moment and I think it’s because it’s more than just what it was on the night I think people will have voted for it because of how they remember it made them feel and

That night was right at the heart of that Olympics in London and I know that so many people will say Well it cost this it cost that I think that’s the thing you can’t put a value on it feels feels like halan days now doesn’t it to

Think about that summer of 2012 talking about the atmosphere in the stadium Mike we heard you earlier on commentating on David wear in the par Olympics as well well you think about all the great paralympians that we’ve seen and and Tanny gray Thompson in this era in this

30 years as well who who you have seen and commentated on too but it was such a gamechanging year that year and such a gamechanging few weeks across the Olympics and the par Olympics it was and I remember talking to a couple of news journalists who’ gone into the games and

They were quite open about it basically to smash the games to pieces to get as many negative stories we all know who who who these people are out there to get as many negative stories as they could after three or four days the best that they could come up with was that in

In certain Arenas uh there were members of the military that were called in to fill some seats that was about as as heavy as it got in terms of the negativity by the time we got to Super Saturday even the hardest of those hardnose hacks had given up because the

Mood around London the mood around the country had changed and we’re getting it now ahead of Paris a lot of parisians when they’re ped will tell you that they don’t want the games the same was happening in London I remember being told that more people left Sydney that

Actually came in for the games in 2000 and yet by the time we got to Super Saturday and that amazing atmosphere and Sebastian Co told me that after Super Saturday the ticket surge for of the events at the par Olympics absolutely mushroomed because people just everywhere around the country and

Even extended to in different parts of the world wanted to be in the stadium where Super Saturday happened even if it meant being there for the par Olympics or for later events at the Olympics they just wanted to say they’d been in the stadium where Super Saturday happened

And and quite a lot of people have asked me over the last week or so about you know my memories of 30 years of five life hav’t been there since the very beginning and and it all always comes back to the Olympic Games because you know in that

Time um I was lucky enough to be well Atlanta Sydney Athens uh Beijing London uh Rio and then not in Tokyo but covering that from from back here because of of covid but the the ones that I always pick out as my favorites were Sydney and London and and I think

Hopefully Paris will be the same because of that fan engagement you know and buy you know you you’ve done exactly the same Summer Games as me and actually you want to feel that buzz th those I like your kids coming into the Olympic Park just to experience the Olympics and I

Remember my kids as well because obviously when we got the games for London thinking my kids are going to be perfect age they’ll be 12 and 11 in 2012 and to be able to take them to the Olympic Park and say this is why Mom and

Dad disappear off every four years to go to the Olympic Games this is what it’s all about it’s not just kids I worked in 2012 which is about my sort of fifth Olympics with with Darren Fletcher and it was Fletcher’s first Olympics so every morning I’d say to him come on

Fletch what we do is we’ll go and see this and he said now the boxing doesn’t start to us forget that son watch H we can go and watch hble we can go we can watch us Bol he’s running at 1 p.m. we can still get to the boxing the time I

Took him to see Kobe Bryan he’s since then become a basketball expert absolute truth I’m claiming that baby so I had Fletch a grown man was with me like a wild-eyed kid walking around the Olympic Park watching the cycling watching the hockey what took Fletch to water polo and loved

Every second of it and he was a grown man so it’s not just kids OT right it’s there a little bit of sporting child in all of us and I found it in Fletcher at that Olympics and I mean I remember the opening ceremony I was commentating on

The opening ceremony when we there was still that negativity what’s it going to be like how are we going to [ __ ] it up and I remember going to the rehearsal where you were sworn to secrecy and seeing it the Danny Bo show as it was and and my good feeling was that this

Was a real Triumph and that this was going to really be a springboard for what would follow and little like you Ellie I always think when everyone says what are the great things what are the best things you’ve experienced working here uh being a commentator on that was was right up

There for me and and H what do you think about the pressure on our home athletes as well you know so so I mean when it came to the par Olympics Ellie Simmons was was there David we but Jess particularly Jessica and His Hill was

Was the face of the games and for her to win that gold medal with with the grace that she did there was so much pressure on her yeah there was a huge amount of pressure and when you rewind that back to the the previous Olympics before she

Wasn’t there she’d had to pull out through injury so this was her first Olympics you know yes she’d been a world champion prior to that but she’d had her disappointments and ups and downs but like you said she was 100% the face of the Olympics her face was on a huge Fe

He as you were Landing into Heathrow saying Welcome to our patch or whatever it said Welcome to our backyard and we talked to her Katherine Mary and I about how she looks back on that pressure and she said it was all down to the group around her the family her friends her

Coach everyone kept her feet on the ground and they didn’t protect her from it they sort of almost took the mick out of her for it and and sort of joked with it because she couldn’t hide from it she just found a way in the same way that

Kathy Freeman did you know Mike’s right once kind of she delivered we could almost start to get excited about Greg and and mo later on in even and I find it amazing you know we’re not even talking about Usain Bolt and this came in his era he wasn’t the man that night

You know the the hund final still had to happen the following night and I remember sitting next to Mike getting ready for that third night of Athletics and the two of us were just rained it’s like you’re now going to have to call the blue ribboned event Mike you know

The day after Something That We’re never ever going to see again and you know how do you muster the energy because uh you know we poured everything into that that August the 4th night and that that that was in the evening before that we had to

Get up in the morning for the women’s marathon and it’s just that’s the the kind of endless cycle and you just have to keep switching on and switching on and and I think most of us are so to talk about Steve you talked about you know the kids we’re all still big

Kids and I’ve often said one of the kid keys to to like longevity and cometary is never grow up that’s what keeps you going as Allison was saying once once you sit down yes you might be drained in that sort of half an hour before but you

Know the red light goes on and off you go Steve’s already established on the program though commentating on usin bolt is a piece of cake Ali thank you so much thank you to Mike Costello as well buncy and John before we before we finish happy with Super Saturday as your number one I

Think so I had a feeling that it might go that way I think we could come back tomorrow and do it again and we might have a different number one then we could come back the next day and do it again and we might have a different

Number one that expression is just sport for choice I mean just the memories today just some of some of those voices um some of that emotion some of that raw emotion and just some of the memories being fled back I wasn’t at all 30 the

Events I was at a couple of them that seems enough for me but it’s been great just wallowing in it as I suspected it would be and you know it’s the power of live radio sports commentary and I would say to anyone encourage your son daughter nephew niece to start listening

To live sport on the radio you will not regret it and that’s what I would say yeah we’ve all had long careers covering live Sport and it’s just the best job in the world and thank you so much for being part of the show tonight uh John

And Steve thank you uh for listening as well five live 30 years old a good time to listen to some great moments but of course we’re not going anywhere plenty more to come over the next few weeks the climax of the Premier League and the Champions League here on five live then

We’ll be off to Germany for the euros and then Paris takes Center Stage for the Olympics and the Paro Olympics plus the Grand National Wimbledon the open and a test match summer as well five live has been and always will be your home of Liv sport if you missed any of

The show then you can listen back to the whole thing via BBC sounds thank you so much for listening Gordon smart is next after the BBC News