
Adam Hurrey
@FootballCliches • 164,816 subscribers
@TheAthleticFC | Creator & host of the 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦 podcast, for my sins: https://t.co/OyljoYd55W
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June 9, 1990. The Soviet Union have started brightly in their opening game of the World Cup against Romania and have a free kick, 25 yards from goal. What happens next is, for the time, groundbreaking. The Soviet broadcaster has something unprecedented up its sleeve: a virtual, three-dimensional replay. “The wall, you can literally see it clearly now, how poorly it was placed,” complains the Soviet commentator. “Well, not really a wall, but, you know, a flimsy little fence, where there were gaps. Then this distance to the wall, that’s what shows the referee’s mistake. He’s obliged to (make it) nine metres but there were only eight. So, electronics help to convince not only the players of their mistakes, but also the referees.”
Adam Hurrey135,406 次观看 • 28 天前

Richard Keys | Sky Sports | 1993 Indy 500 | Nigel Mansell worship • Unrivalled enunciation • Ongoing battle to get the US pundit to be impressed, to no avail • Two incredible heavy sighs from both men • Semi-baffling need to define the word "rookie" for UK viewers • Classic little last-word dig at the end | HD
Adam Hurrey89,375 次观看 • 4 个月前

After 33 years of people (subconsciously, actively, desperately) wondering where the iconic commentary sample in the Gazzetta Football Italia title music came from — with help from Natalie Gedra, Jack Lang and the craque himself, O Diplomata, heitor — we have the answer...
Adam Hurrey194,734 次观看 • 1 年前