Editing Kenneth Wolstenholme (section)

==="They think it's all over"===
Wolstenholme's unscripted delivery in the closing moments of the [[1966 FIFA World Cup Final]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] included fourteen words that are among the best known in British sport commentary.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/3020805/Class-of-66-pay-tribute-to-voice-of-football.html |title=Class of '66 pay tribute to voice of football |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=26 March 2002}}</ref> With [[England national football team|England]] leading 3–2 against [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], a small pitch invasion took place during injury time just as [[Geoff Hurst]] scored to put England 4–2 ahead. The events prompted Wolstenholme to say:

{{cquote|Some people are on the pitch... [[they think it's all over]]...  it is now!}}
"It is now" was added in an almost matter-of-fact way after Hurst had scored the goal. Since 1966, the phrase "they think it's all over" has become well known in modern English. Although unrehearsed, and spoken in the particular circumstances of the game, the words echoed to an extent those of German commentator [[Herbert Zimmermann (football commentator)|Herbert Zimmermann]] – "It's over! Over! Over! Germany are the World Champions" – when West Germany won the [[1954 FIFA World Cup Final|1954 World Cup]] against [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter=It's Over! Over! Over!'|author= Paul Legg|title=History Today|date= July 2014|page= 41}}</ref>