Gooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We've all been there...sitting at home or in the pub watching a game when the commentator drops a clanger, and I'm not talking the David Pleat 'isn't it nice that they still let him on TV' type clanger when he insists on calling Alessandro Del Piero "Del Pero" or not being able to tell the difference between Christian Vieri and Patrick Viera and neither am I talking about the kind of inexcusable clanger dropped by Big Ron or Andy Gray...i'm talking slip of the tongue, getting a players name wrong, breaking out a erroneous fact about a team/player or the inevitable "one night in Barcelona/Istanbul (delete as appropriate)".  We're all too quick to jump up and down and inform anyone who'll listen how much of a w***er we think they are, or how they shouldn't be on TV anymore. 

We all have our favourite co-commentators/pundits, they are regular causes for debate in the pubs up and down the UK, but how about the commentators who are actually good at their job? Shouldn't they get a little bit of appreciation?  So this is where it all begins in the hope of recognizing those fellow who put a smile on our faces.

So here it is, a selection of 5 of the best commentator goal reactions I could find on the world wide web (or maybe just on You Tube);

First up, Peter 'he's got a good touch for a big man' Crouch v Galatasaray...this guy absolutely loves it.  Next up we stay in England and for all you Manchester United fans Wayne Rooney scoring against Arsenal on his birthday, prompting a few congratulations from the commentator.

Now before all you Arsenal fans get upset for me putting that one up, we'll even it up with one of your own...this Argentinian commentator is so impressed with Thierry Henry's strike to go 3-2 up against Liverpool he dedicates a mini-song to him.

The final two I've got to share are something special...the first is from Juventus v Roma, we're in stoppage time when John Arne Riise pops up with this last minute winner, I honestly didn't realise a man could make such noises, listen out for the climax-esque squealing of "John" at the end...amazing.

The last is my favourite, not only is this one of the best World Cup goals of all time, but the commentators celebration is beyond words, the boy just loves football...so here it is, its 2002, Holland (i think we were still allowed to call them that in those days) are playing Argentina, De Boer plays a long ball into the path of the living legend that is Dennis Bergkamp...the rest is history.