Brian Moore (ITV, RIP September 2001). John Motson (BBC, still just about working having recently celebrated 30 years in the business). Both legends in the commentary field, but which have opened their mouth too often to insert their foot? Let's find out together.
JOHN MOTSON
'The World Cup is a truly international event.'
'Whether that was a penalty or not, the referee thought otherwise.'
'And I suppose they [Spurs] are nearer to being out of the FA Cup now than any other time since the first half of this season, when they weren't ever in it anyway.'
'The game is balanced in Arsenal's favour.'
'The unexpected is always likely to happen...'
'Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour!'
'That's an old Ipswich move - O'Callaghan crossing for Mariner to drive over the bar.'
'Bruce has got the taste of Wembley in his nostrils.'
'...so different from the scenes in 1872, at the cup final none of us can remember.'
'For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the yellow strip.'
'I was about to say before something far more interesting interrupted...'
'There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard.'
'It looks like a one-man show here though there are two men involved.'
'And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction.'
'Paul Gascoigne has recently become a father and been booked for over-celebrating'
'It's Arsenal 0, Everton 1, and the longer it stays like that the more you've got to fancy Everton to win.'
'The match was settled either side of half-time.'
'The atmosphere here is literally electric'
'And what a time to score! 22 minutes gone'
'Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running around the pitch playing with themselves.'
'It's a football stadium in the truest sense of the word'
'England could have been 1-0 down on two occasions now.'
'I know that Gareth Barry has been told by Howard Wilkinson to take a long hard look at these with his left foot.'
'I've lost count of how many chances Helsingborg have had. It's at least five'
'The goals made such a difference to the way this game went'
'That shot might not have been as good as it might have been'
'The match has become quite unpredictable, but it still looks as though Arsenal will win the cup'
'Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was'
'Chelsea haven't got any out and out strikers on the bench unless you count Zenden who's more of a winger'
'He's not quite at 110% fitness'
'The referee is wearing the same yellow-coloured top as the Slovakian goalkeeper. I'd have thought the UEFA official would have spotted that - but perhaps he's been deafened by the noise of this crowd'
'I can’t fault Mark Palios too highly...'
BRIAN MOORE
'History is all about todays and not yesterdays.'
'When you speak to Barry Fry, it's like completing a 1000-piece jigsaw.'
'The familiar sight of Liverpool lifting the League Cup for the first time...'
'Mark Hughes : Sparky by name, Sparky by nature. The same can be said of Brian McClair.'
'They (Rosenborg) have won 66 games, and they've scored in all of them.'
'He's a schizophrenic of a keeper.'
'Everybody thought the Saudis were coming here as chopping blocks.'
'This is going to be a very long 30 minutes with 26 minutes left.'
'I wonder if Manchester United are missing the absence of Bruce.'
'Pearce with the kick...the last throw for England.'
'...and it's just a sea of voices here at the moment.'
'And sitting on the Watford bench is Ernie Whalley's brother Tom. Both Welshmen.'
'They've flown in from all over the world, have the rest of the world team.'
'Newcastle of course, unbeaten in their last five wins.'
'120,000 Barcelona fans go to their home games, and they're all here tonight.'
'To get three points out of your first game - that’s a wonderful start.'
'Manchester United have never beaten an Italian side on two legs in European competition.'
'The winners [of the Champion's League] stand to make £10 million in prize money - that's before any money they can make on programme sales, hot dogs and the like.'
'He [Zinedine Zidane] has the body of a bear, the mind of a fox and, er, terrific skills.'
'That's the 34th time he's played for his country here tonight.'
'There are those who've had his critics...'
'He has the brain of a refridgerator.'
'Bryan Robson wears his shirt on his sleeve'
'The whole team stopped as one man, but Arkwright in particular'
'And now we have the formalities over, we'll have the national anthems'
'Mark Ward has only got size 5 boots but he sure packs a hell of a punch with them'
'Souness' football brain working at a hundred miles an hour there'
'Wayne Clarke, one of the famous Clarke familiy, and he's one of them, of course.'
'You can see how O'Leary is absolutely racked with pain, and realises it'