Legendary football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme has died aged 81.He was most famous for uttering the words "they think it's all over,it is now" at the end of England's 1966 World Cup final win at Wembley.In all he commentated on 23 successive FA Cup finals and five World Cups before leaving the BBC after the 1970 World Cup to make way for David Coleman.He was one of the pioneers of sports broadcasting, who ushered in a new era in football coverage when he became the first commentator on BBC's Match of the Day.Wolstenholme was a bomber pilot during the Second World War, flying more than 100 missions for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar.He joined the BBC in 1948 and claimed to have never watched a television programme before his first commentary,a Southern versus Northern counties football match.In recent years he returned to TV commentary with Channel Four's Italian football coverage,though ill health eventually forced him to give that up.His last television appearance was on a football special of the BBC's Weakest Link programme.
Legendary football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme has died aged 81.He was most famous for uttering the words "they think it's all over,it is now" at the end of England's 1966 World Cup final win at Wembley.In all he commentated on 23 successive FA Cup finals and five World Cups before leaving the BBC after the 1970 World Cup to make way for David Coleman.He was one of the pioneers of sports broadcasting, who ushered in a new era in football coverage when he became the first commentator on BBC's Match of the Day.Wolstenholme was a bomber pilot during the Second World War, flying more than 100 missions for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar.He joined the BBC in 1948 and claimed to have never watched a television programme before his first commentary,a Southern versus Northern counties football match.In recent years he returned to TV commentary with Channel Four's Italian football coverage,though ill health eventually forced him to give that up.His last television appearance was on a football special of the BBC's Weakest Link programme.
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