The Art of Football Commentary

In this final episode of ‘The World Cup, But Not Really’, Rune and Stefan takes on football commentary from a handful of different languages, and dig into some of its most unforgettable historic moments. We travel through a few clips, starting at 1954, ending up in modern day football commentary, and they look underneath ‘the commentary hood’ and talk about what’s going during World Cups, and how it often sounds a little different when your country’s team is playing.

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"...even the most professional local commentator is always making one quiet calculation. Who is this relevant to for our viewers?"

Stefan Delatovic

Credits

Host: Rune Pedersen

Producers: Rune Pedersen at Onomato People

Writers: Rune Pedersen and Stefan Delatovic

Writers: Rune Pedersen & Stefan Delatovic

Artwork: Wendy Tang

Post production and sound design: Dom Evans and James Coster at EARSAY

SBS Audio team: Joel Supple, Max Gosford, Bernadette Phương Nam Nguyễn, Phil Soliman

Commentary Credits ITV & Peter Drury, 2010, South Africa vs Mexico SWR.de + ARD Radio archive & Herbert Zimmermann, 1954, West Germany vs Hungary NRK & Bjørge Lillelien, 1981, Norway vs England NOS & Jack van Gelder, 1998, Netherlands vs Argentina TV Globo & Galvão Bueno, 1994, Brazil vs Italy SBS & Simon Hill (with Craig Foster), 2005, Australia vs Uruguay Underlying match sounds is from FIFA.

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