The hidden side of commentary
- 15 Nov 11, 03:46 PM
There are two things which seem to surprise people about being a commentator more than anything else.
The first is that we are actually at all the games you watch on a Saturday and Sunday night; the second is that our commentary positions are not sumptuous, warm converted executive boxes with a steady supply of finger food and coffee.
The reality is they are often rusty old gantries hanging from the roof of a stand with everything covered in a thick layer of dust and grime pre-dating .
When I first joined the TV team back in 2001, not every game was covered as it is now. The games which looked likely to provide the biggest stories were selected to have a commentator on site, while one would be on duty at to dub commentary onto whichever game proved to be the best of the rest, and the remaining games and goals were covered in a round-up.
