Ian Crocker

[southsider]

Anyone read his piece in today Sun ? Asked about commentary most proud of ‘Henderson was about to take a corner I said What a moment this is.’ Seconds later the ball was in the net. Also said that was his favourite ever game.

[franck sauzee]

Anyone read his piece in today Sun ? Asked about commentary most proud of ‘Henderson was about to take a corner I said What a moment this is.’ Seconds later the ball was in the net. Also said that was his favourite ever game.

Always surprised so many don't like his commentary. He's probably my favourite. The 6-2 game was great too

[Frazerbob]

Always surprised so many don't like his commentary. He's probably my favourite. The 6-2 game was great too

Agreed

[Glory Lurker]

Anyone read his piece in today Sun ? Asked about commentary most proud of ‘Henderson was about to take a corner I said What a moment this is.’ Seconds later the ball was in the net. Also said that was his favourite ever game.

If you take that line out of context, it was a strange thing to say. A team had just won a corner, late in the game, sure, but it was just a corner. But, at the game, everybody in the stadium - everybody - knew a goal was coming. It was a very powerful shared human experience.

[Wilson]

Always surprised so many don't like his commentary. He's probably my favourite. The 6-2 game was great too

I remember voting in a poll for best commentator years ago. So long ago I can't remember who conducted it. I reckon, at the time, it was expected that everyone would vote Keys and Gray. I remember suggesting Crocker under 'other' as his name wasn't in the original line up.

On the one hand I probably just wanted to support the guy that commentated on the Scottish game - and stick two fingers up at the established pairing. On the other hand I've always liked his enthusiasm.

Anyhow, I think he got listed in the results despite not being an option. He must have some other fans!

[Since452]

Awful commentator but now iconic line. The "he popped to the loo" line was every bit as poor as the "what a moment this is" was good.

[The 90+2]

Crockers a great commentator.

[yonder1875]

He’s good but he’s no Peter Drury.

[jeffers]

I quite like him and that was a great line. Davie Provan on the other hand makes me want to stick knitting needles in my ears.

[oldbutdim]

I quite like him and that was a great line. Davie Provan on the other hand makes me want to stick knitting needles in my ears.

Davie Provan make me want to stick knitting needles in his ears.

[jeffers]

Davie Provan make me want to stick knitting needles in his ears.

Haha yes that too.

[Hermit Crab]

He’s good but he’s no Peter Drury.


I liked Tony Gubba (rip) and quite like Guy Mowbray on the BBC.

[GloryGlory]

Davie Provan make me want to stick knitting needles in his ears.

:agree: Just listening to his commentary makes you visualise his sour puss, the way he continually girns about everything.

[Northernhibee]

"What kept you Hibs?"

"A moment in time..."

Two or three belters of lines from him.

[brog]

"What kept you Hibs?"

"A moment in time..."

Two or three belters of lines from him.

His commentary on Russell's goal in the 6-2 game is superb.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

His commentary on Russell's goal in the 6-2 game is superb.

That was magnificent 😉

[we are hibs]

He has a lot of good moments but a lot of it is recycled. "Anthony stokes bearing down on goal" he said the exact same in an old firm game last season about Canedias. Think the BT guy would be better if he didn't scream down the mic at goals. Same goals for that liam McLeod. We aren't deaf.

[The 90+2]

His commentary on Russell's goal in the 6-2 game is superb.

John O’Neil’s is still my favourite. He was the most under rated player in that team by a mile.

[franck sauzee]

Don't know the guys name but the commentator that did all the German football highlights on BT I would say is my favourite overall. Older English guy with a deep voice. Tried searching for him but got nowhere. Peter Brackley too for Football Italia

[LaMotta]

David Begg from BBC radio was a tremendous commentator.

His commentating on the Sproule Ibrox hat-trick is brilliant, especially the way he says Hibernian:

https://youtu.be/TWnG8xegbGE

[Since452]

David Begg from BBC radio was a tremendous commentator.

His commentating on the Sproule Ibrox hat-trick is brilliant, especially the way he says Hibernian:

https://youtu.be/TWnG8xegbGE

Best ever imo. Alastair Alexander was brilliant too.

[Since452]

He has a lot of good moments but a lot of it is recycled. "Anthony stokes bearing down on goal" he said the exact same in an old firm game last season about Canedias. Think the BT guy would be better if he didn't scream down the mic at goals. Same goals for that liam McLeod. We aren't deaf.

Every single corner is "to deliver".

[hfc rd]

Don’t mind Martin Tyler. His commentary on Griffiths’ 2nd free kick goal against England was brilliant.

[supermcginn]

David Begg from BBC radio was a tremendous commentator.

His commentating on the Sproule Ibrox hat-trick is brilliant, especially the way he says Hibernian:

https://youtu.be/TWnG8xegbGE
Yip. Goosebumps when he commentated on big goals we scored. So much better than that guy on bbc these days.

[The 90+2]

David Begg from BBC radio was a tremendous commentator.

His commentating on the Sproule Ibrox hat-trick is brilliant, especially the way he says Hibernian:

https://youtu.be/TWnG8xegbGE

Great shout. I still close my eyes and visualise being there (which I was).

[LaMotta]

Best ever imo. Alastair Alexander was brilliant too.

:agree:

[LaMotta]

Yip. Goosebumps when he commentated on big goals we scored. So much better than that guy on bbc these days.

I think Liam Mcleod has improved drastically over the years. Quite like him now especially this:

https://youtu.be/PMtf3pyMAP4

[LaMotta]

Great shout. I still close my eyes and visualise being there (which I was).

Aye same. I was in the Huns end that day - unforgettable experience.

[Since452]

I think Liam Mcleod has improved drastically over the years. Quite like him now especially this:

https://youtu.be/PMtf3pyMAP4

He's pretty decent now. Obviously learned from the likes of Begg.

[Diclonius]

He's pretty decent now. Obviously learned from the likes of Begg.

He seems to have finally gotten over us beating Aberdeen in the 2012 semi final given he now doesn't bring the cup final up at every opportunity.

[BoomtownHibees]

If you take that line out of context, it was a strange thing to say. A team had just won a corner, late in the game, sure, but it was just a corner. But, at the game, everybody in the stadium - everybody - knew a goal was coming. It was a very powerful shared human experience.

Agree with this. It’s like something that would have been dubbed in after the actual moment. If you think of what it would have been like if we hadn’t scored. “What a moment this is” would have been a strange comment

[The Baldmans Comb]

Don't know the guys name but the commentator that did all the German football highlights on BT I would say is my favourite overall. Older English guy with a deep voice. Tried searching for him but got nowhere. Peter Brackley too for Football Italia

Derek Rae is my favorite German football commentator though it wouldn't be him you are thinking of as he is Scottish rather than English.

Fluent in German and spent many years living in Germany hence understands the depths of rivalry and the history of each team.

Very good on Scottish football as well when he used to do BT games and teamed up well with Sutton.

[Since452]

Who was the guy that used to do the commentary on football Italia on C4 back in the 90's? Not saying he was good but great childhood memories. Ronaldo, Weah, Boban, Zola, Manchini, Lombardo brilliant stuff back then.

[hibbydog]

Awful commentator but now iconic line. The "he popped to the loo" line was every bit as poor as the "what a moment this is" was good.

I’ve heard of lots of ‘Henderson to deliver’ tattoos. Wonder if there are any ‘he popped to the loo’ 🤓

[The 90+2]

Who was the guy that used to do the commentary on football Italia on C4 back in the 90's? Not saying he was good but great childhood memories. Ronaldo, Weah, Boban, Zola, Manchini, Lombardo brilliant stuff back then.

Peter Brackley (maybe)? Sure he sadly passed recently.

[The 90+2]

I’ve heard of lots of ‘Henderson to deliver’ tattoos. Wonder if there are any ‘he popped to the loo’ 🤓

Boy I sat beside actually done the exact same as Stubbs, everyone around me was bitching at each other especially the toilet dude by the time he came back we were all best pals and told him to go back to the bog so we could score again 😁

[Since452]

Peter Brackley (maybe)? Sure he sadly passed recently.

Yeah think you're right. Thats sad news. Back then Italian football was great. Had much more of an interest in that than English football. I still look out for Sampdoria results to this day. On the bucket list to go to Genoa and take in one of their games.

[The 90+2]

Yeah think you're right. Thats sad news. Back then Italian football was great. Had much more of an interest in that than English football. I still look out for Sampdoria results to this day. On the bucket list to go to Genoa and take in one of their games.

Same teams I like and look out for weirdly. Attilio Lombardo effect I’m guessing 😁😁

[Since452]

Same teams I like and look out for weirdly. Attilio Lombardo effect I’m guessing 😁😁

100% haha

[lord bunberry]

Ian Crocker is a Scottish Cup winning legend :greengrin

[CockneyRebel]

I think Liam Mcleod has improved drastically over the years. Quite like him now especially this:

https://youtu.be/PMtf3pyMAP4

Listened to all of that - quite an excitable chappie and obviously appreciates good football.

[franck sauzee]

Derek Rae is my favorite German football commentator though it wouldn't be him you are thinking of as he is Scottish rather than English.

Fluent in German and spent many years living in Germany hence understands the depths of rivalry and the history of each team.

Very good on Scottish football as well when he used to do BT games and teamed up well with Sutton.

Yeah it's not him but he's also very good

[CockneyRebel]

If you take that line out of context, it was a strange thing to say. A team had just won a corner, late in the game, sure, but it was just a corner. But, at the game, everybody in the stadium - everybody - knew a goal was coming. It was a very powerful shared human experience.

I'm afraid I didn't "know" a goal was coming, hoping yeah. If I'd known it was coming I could have unclenched my buttocks a bit earlier.

[Since452]

I'm afraid I didn't "know" a goal was coming, hoping yeah. If I'd known it was coming I could have unclenched my buttocks a bit earlier.

Same. Even though we were pushing and looking the more likely i was waiting for the inevitable kick in the bollocks Rangers winner. It's what made our winner even more special. Even then i didn't think we'd hold on. Had a nervous twich ever since. Only Hibs eh.

[HibbyKeith]

Always surprised so many don't like his commentary. He's probably my favourite. The 6-2 game was great too

"hibs are on the prowl again... In a menacing mood.. Russell Latapy, twisting, turning, lovely one two.. That is absolutely wonderful from Russell Latapy" :hibees:hibees

Still makes the hairs on my arms stand on end

[Hiber-nation]

Best ever imo. Alastair Alexander was brilliant too.

I think Ian Crocker is brilliant. Alistair Alexander's commentary on the 0-7 game is awful. Sounds hungover.

[Niagara Lad]

Gordon....Number 7. Absolutely brilliant.

[Smartie]

I'm afraid I didn't "know" a goal was coming, hoping yeah. If I'd known it was coming I could have unclenched my buttocks a bit earlier.

I didn't know a goal was coming, but once we'd scored it I knew we'd won.

The next few minutes were just surreal.

I've never had total confidence in Hibs to do anything before, but the remaining minutes weren't tense for me. I was just bewildered and disorientated as I was trying to adjust to a feeling I'd simply never had before.

[Hibby Bairn]

Brian Moore. Circa 1970s/early 80s.

Close the thread please 😀

[The 90+2]

I didn't know a goal was coming, but once we'd scored it I knew we'd won.

The next few minutes were just surreal.

I've never had total confidence in Hibs to do anything before, but the remaining minutes weren't tense for me. I was just bewildered and disorientated as I was trying to adjust to a feeling I'd simply never had before.

I’m still absolutely convinced no other set of supporters or even very little human beings have felt that way after the winner. I was still focused though strangely on the game as everything else seemed like slow motion blurry. I knew for a fact the ref pointed for our free kick when most the people around thought it was there’s.

[Cabbage East]

He’s good now. He wasn’t always.

[Pretty Boy]

Who was the guy that used to do the commentary on football Italia on C4 back in the 90's? Not saying he was good but great childhood memories. Ronaldo, Weah, Boban, Zola, Manchini, Lombardo brilliant stuff back then.

Peter Brackley was the commentator and James Richardson was the presenter. Great team. Many memories of Sundays waiting to see what the featured game was and hoping it was Milan. Of all the great players in that team Sebiatiabo Rossi, the keeper, was the one I loved. There was also had a really good Saturday preview show. I always remember Richardson, not long after Zidane signed for Madrid, opening the show by describing him as 'the man who's ghost still haunts Turin'.

[hibsbollah]

Peter Brackley was the commentator and James Richardson was the presenter. Great team. Many memories of Sundays waiting to see what the featured game was and hoping it was Milan. Of all the great players in that team Sebiatiabo Rossi, the keeper, was the one I loved. There was also had a really good Saturday preview show. I always remember Richardson, not long after Zidane signed for Madrid, opening the show by describing him as 'the man who's ghost still haunts Turin'.

I still listen to Richardson twice a week on podcast, he's just as funny and intelligent as ever. Peter Brackley died this year, and Richardson was genuinely moving when he described how close their relationship was during the great years of C4 coverage in the 90s and what a good guy Brackley was, as well as being the consummate professional and the best football commentator ever. I can't disagree really.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=__1SbIyJVR0

[SouthMoroccoStu]

I think Ian Crocker is brilliant. Alistair Alexander's commentary on the 0-7 game is awful. Sounds hungover.

New Years Day, it’s entirely possible he was lol

[Seveno]

Ian Crocker is a Scottish Cup winning legend :greengrin

The passion in his commentary made it clear that he really understood what our win was all about.

[hibstag]

He has a lot of good moments but a lot of it is recycled. "Anthony stokes bearing down on goal" he said the exact same in an old firm game last season about Canedias. Think the BT guy would be better if he didn't scream down the mic at goals. Same goals for that liam McLeod. We aren't deaf.

This.

The situation is iconic but the commentary is not.

He says'delivers' in other matches so much it had to be right once also a lot of his lines are pretty generic and if you watch the 2015 final with Caley thistle mijehe uses 'shot a glory'etc more than once

[FRes Hibbie]

David Begg from BBC radio was a tremendous commentator.

His commentating on the Sproule Ibrox hat-trick is brilliant, especially the way he says Hibernian:

https://youtu.be/TWnG8xegbGE

My favourite bit of commentary ever.

[Stevie Reid]

He has a lot of good moments but a lot of it is recycled. "Anthony stokes bearing down on goal" he said the exact same in an old firm game last season about Canedias. Think the BT guy would be better if he didn't scream down the mic at goals. Same goals for that liam McLeod. We aren't deaf.

Do you honestly expect a football commentator to continually find new ways to describe situations that happen in games all the time?


This.

The situation is iconic but the commentary is not.

He says'delivers' in other matches so much it had to be right once also a lot of his lines are pretty generic and if you watch the 2015 final with Caley thistle mijehe uses 'shot a glory'etc more than once

To say that someone delivered a corner is pretty standard commentary chat. Of course he has used it before and since. His commentary is generic because all commentary is. The Henderson bit has become iconic because the moment is iconic. It’s the only way that any piece of sports commentary can become iconic.

It wasn’t what he said but how he said it. Much like how someone simply screaming Sergio Aguero’s name has entered football folklore. You wouldn’t then turn round and pull him up for having said his name in commentary before.

Crocker is a very good commentator, sadly let down by the fact that Andy Walker is usually next to him. He has soundtracked many great Hibs moments in the Sky Scottish football era.

[Wellbankhibby]

My all time favourite David Francy Fantastic. Listening to his commentaries about our support Hibees Hibees.

[zitelli62]

Arthur montford best of the lot stramash.

[DetroitHibs]

Andy Gray on Sky Sports was always my favorite.

[JimBHibees]

Crocker is a very good commentator, sadly let down by the fact that Andy Walker is usually next to him. He has soundtracked many great Hibs moments in the Sky Scottish football era.

Agree with that think Crocker is superb. Agree also about Walker and when you think about it the number of ex Celtic players on sky seems very odd, walker nicholas proven jeez even McInally gets a gig and he is thick as mince. Worst thing is none of them are any good but are great at running Scottish football down at every opportunity.

[BSEJVT]

My all time favourite David Francy Fantastic. Listening to his commentaries about our support Hibees Hibees.

…..and its a drive, and its higgggggh over the top....

Pre regular football on TV, I have no idea how many times I listed to him commenting on midweek Hibs games

Far more nerve wracking listening to it on radio and you have absolutely no context of where the ball is etc

At times it sounded like a game of long bangers as the play zoomed from end to end

Great Days and a fabulous commentator

[Barman Stanton]

Cocker my favourite. Liked him before the Cup win due to ‘twisting turning’. But I’m amazed that some people actually expect a commentator to have completely fresh lines every single game. Of course he will use the same lines on occasions.

[IWasThere2016]

I like him. Thanks for the info OP

[Since452]

Archie Macpherson must be the worst I've heard. Every time theres a shot "it's a goooal....no!" and "Ardrian Sproule".

[Since452]

This.

The situation is iconic but the commentary is not.

He says'delivers' in other matches so much it had to be right once also a lot of his lines are pretty generic and if you watch the 2015 final with Caley thistle mijehe uses 'shot a glory'etc more than once

Yup. It was also like he was reading a script from the final whistle onwards.

[Gloucester Hibs]

Martin Tyler and Andy Gray briefly commentated on Scottish football before Sky created the premiership, can still remember Tyler's commentary of our '91 League Cup win. He kind of mucked up when the team went up to lift the trophy though, "..Neil Orr - a good club man who never got a game, Dave Beaumont - likewise." :confused:

[hhibs]

…..and its a drive, and its higgggggh over the top....

Pre regular football on TV, I have no idea how many times I listed to him commenting on midweek Hibs games

Far more nerve wracking listening to it on radio and you have absolutely no context of where the ball is etc

At times it sounded like a game of long bangers as the play zoomed from end to end

Great Days and a fabulous commentator



Ah, great days indeed " the grass looking partikcuulaarillly grreeen today" one of my favourites that I well remember,indeed he did make grass growing exciting !

[Stevie Reid]

Agree with that think Crocker is superb. Agree also about Walker and when you think about it the number of ex Celtic players on sky seems very odd, walker nicholas proven jeez even McInally gets a gig and he is thick as mince. Worst thing is none of them are any good but are great at running Scottish football down at every opportunity.

You're spot on there Jim, sadly.

[jacomo]

If you take that line out of context, it was a strange thing to say. A team had just won a corner, late in the game, sure, but it was just a corner. But, at the game, everybody in the stadium - everybody - knew a goal was coming. It was a very powerful shared human experience.


True.

Ordinarily you wouldn’t describe a corner as a pivotal moment in a match, but context is everything. It was all Hibs at that point, the Rangers were just trying to hang on for extra time.

[The Green Goblin]

Crocker is great.