Wolstenholme, Kenneth

▪ 2003

      British sports commentator (b. July 17, 1920, Worsley, Lancashire [now in Greater Manchester], Eng.—d. March 25, 2002, Torquay, Devon, Eng.), covered more than 2,000 association football (soccer) matches, 23 FA Cup finals, and five World Cups between 1948 and 1971, when he was replaced as the BBC's chief commentator. He is best remembered, however, for having uttered one of the sport's most famous quotes; in the 1966 World Cup final match at Wembley Stadium, as English fans began to rush onto the field just as Geoff Hurst prepared to kick the final goal in England's 4–2 triumph over West Germany, Wolstenholme cried out, “Some people are on the pitch. They think it's all over. …It is now.”

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