This is a collection of phrases commentator's have said on TV and deeply regretted afterwards

"For the benefit of those of you watching in black and white, spurs are wearing the yellow shirts"

-John Motson

"There's a fly ball to deep centre field. Winfield is going back, back. He hits his head on the wall. It's rolling back towards second base"

• Baseball commentator

"This could be a repeat of what will happen next week at the European championships"

-David Coleman

"A mediocre season for nelson piquet as he is now known and always has been"

-Murray Walker

"If you didn't know him, you wouldn't know who he was"

-Nigel Starmer-Smith

"Greg Lemond has literally come back from the dead to lead the tour de France"

Cycling commentator

"When the stalls open the horses are literally going to explode"

-Racing commentator

"With half the race gone, there's still half the race to go"

-Murray Walker

"Ian rush unleashed his left and it hit the back of the net"

-Mike England

"After a goalless first half the score is 0-0"

-Brian Moore

"He used to be fairly indecisive, but now he's not so sure"

-Peter Allis

"The Australians are wearing dark black socks"

-Barry Davies

"The Argentineans are numbered alphabetically"

-John Motson

"The pendulum is swinging back and forth like a metronome"

-Sid Waddell

"He won the bronze in the 1976 Olympics so he's used to being out in front"

-David Coleman

"With the very last kick of the game, Macdonald has scored with a header"

-Alan Perry

"He would have potted that ball ninety-nine times out of a thousand"

-Ted Lowe