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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alex Reid

The Joy of Six: commentators losing themselves in the moment

Murray Walker; Frank Bruno with Harry Carpenter; and snowboarder Jenny Jones.
Murray Walker; Frank Bruno with Harry Carpenter; and snowboarder Jenny Jones. Composite: Guardian Picture Desk

Bjørge Lillelien

Long before Gary Neville’s “goalgasm” over Fernando Torres in Camp Nou or Roy Keane destroying another Manchester United display, there was the authentic GOAT of gloat: Bjørge Lillelien. The situation: Norway had come from behind to stun England 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier in 1981 and a beyond ecstatic Lillelien began telling us all about it at the top of his voice. “We are the best in the world!” he crowed in Norwegian. “It’s unbelievable. England, the home of giants!”

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