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  • Norwegian holiday makers, your boys took one hell of a shooting.

  • Where was the SAS when we needed them.

  • And who qualified for the ACTUAL world cup? Clue. It wasn't Norway. Battle won, war lost.

  • How the hell did Henry Cooper get in there?

  • @fullygrownshambles got a sneaky feeling he got confused with tommy cooper!

  • As a Scotsman... nearly crying with laughter everytime I watch this!!!! MAGGIE THATCHER!! CAN YOU HEAR ME?!!!

    Mon the Norwegians!

  • epic commentating, and its odd, norweigian speaking english = welsh accent?

  • what has Norway given the world?

    anyone???

  • @chris99140 Brown cheese... :D

  • @chris99140 The cheese slicer.

  • @chris99140 Awesomeness.

  • @chris99140 a huge viking cock up in the arse

  • @chris99140 Norway gave us the opening scene in "John Carpenters' , The Thing ...." Well its what i remember them for.

  • @chris99140 1/4 of ABBA, the paper clip and blondes.

  • Roald Amundsen, Thor Heyerdahl, Trygve Lie, Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer, Liv Ullman, Fred Olsen, Trude Mostue, Edvard Munch.

    Jens Stoltenberg. Can you hear me Jens Stoltenberg? Your boys took one hell of a beating! Your boys took one hell of a beating!

    A Welsh fan. :)

  • I was 12 year old at the time and my dad managed to get hold of two tickets. I remember going to the match excited just to be able to see my favorite English players expecting to be outplayed and outclassed, can't believe its 30 years gone by. 12 years later, in 1993, I was there when we beat England 2-0 to qualify for the World Cup. I remember the English fans giving the Norwegian players a standing ovation after the match, best performance I've ever seen by any away fans.

  • this brings back memories, fantastic Robin Hood, Duncan Norvelle, Torvill & Dean, DH Lawrence, Lord Byron, Su Pollard, Dale Winton your boys took a hell of a beating Sky Blues 1-o Forest

    

  • That was fucking awesome

  • Fatboy Slim, Zoe Ball, Desmond Lynam, Peter Andre, Gus Poyet, Craig Mackail-Smith, Alan Mullery - can you hear me Alan Mullery - your boys took a hell of a beating!

    Brighton 1 - Palace 3 27 Sept 2011

  • Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

  • @wonderboysam Diana was alive and very healthy at that time I believe:)

    lol rest in peace Lillelien.

    The language of joy:)

  • hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy

  • Yesterday this was thirty years ago. I remember it like it *was* yesterday. Brilliant! R.I.P. Bjørge Lillelien

  • And they call the danes arrogant ?

  • Facepalm.

  • YOUR BOYS TOOK a HELL OF A BEATING!! :-D

  • Norway always beat us and they're the only team that's never lost to brazil

  • Ha ha. The English actually love this commentary, btw. I remember growing up and playing football, we'd taunt each other at the end of five-a-side games with adaptations of this, substituting names of their family members or landmarks from their neighborhood.

  • I heard there was murder after this match, hooligans were fighting, anyone know if that's true ?

  • @glenclosed I think there was a pub fight that ended badly . The 80s very tough times and I was a part of it.

  • Oh the arrogance of the norwegians. And it's not like they're better than Sweden or Denmark at, I don't know, anything...

  • @lemmedasker

    Basically, every sport.

    Football (at least the Fifa ranking says so), ski, alpine, curling, chess, cycling, golf, biathalon, rally etc. etc. Basically every sport.

  • @RouserTheRebel

    'ski, alpine, curling, chess, biathalon, rally' Dude, nobody cares.

    Cycling? Hushovd and Hagen get you some points there. Otherwise Denmark and Sweden have long-running traditions in the cycling elite, Norway just recently had a minor spike in success.

    Yeah. Fifa ratings. The quality gap is only widening between Copenhagen and Rosenborg, Denmark had taken 3 easy points from Norway had it not been for a lucky equaliser. In handball, basketball and the aforementioned, you're last

  • @lemmedasker

    Handball? Are you fucking kidding me? Norway has won Women's handball WC, EC and Olympics several times. The men make it to the semis every year. Norway wins in Scandinavia. My statement still stands. You have nothing on us, mad Danish boy.

  • @RouserTheRebel

    Women's handball, Norway has a small edge on Denmark but the latter are still among the best. Norwegian men cant play for shit. They have never been close to making the semis. Denmark, meanwhile, have numerous medals from EC and WC. Im not mad at all, my points came through pretty clear and even you didnt counter my arguments so Im guessing you saw some truth in them. Whats wrong with healthy competition between adjacent countries dude? 'Mine is better than yours'?

  • @lemmedasker

    You stated Norway wasn't better than Denmark or Sweden in anything.

    How is the Winter sports and swimming going for you btw?

    Also, your "Mine is better than yours" - you started it. I countered it.

  • @lemmedasker

    Rowing, running, spear throw, swimming.. I can go on forever.

  • The man called out Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook AND Sir Winston Churchill.... truly truly epic! Best commentary ever.

  • He missed the Duke & Duchess of Croydon.

  • Genius!

  • << England fan also.

    This is THE best commentary moment ever!! What I would have given to be Norwegian that day...

  • Best commentary of all time (& I'm an England fan).

    RIP Henry Cooper.

  • Sweet you gotta love this!

  • rip henry cooper

  • The best ever!

  • There's a guy who never stopped feeling bad about what happened to the Tirpitz.

  • Lady Diana took a hell of a beating off pillar 13

  • We still say this in British culture 30 years later...Roald Dahl! Henrik Ibsen! Anni-Frid from Abba! Morten Harket, can you hear me? Your boys took one hell of a beating! Your boys took one hell of a beating!

  • @MrGoneTroppo

    LOL.

  • I come from the same little place in Norway as him.

    Actually i usually play on a footballfield which is named after him.

    RIP <3

  • Love it, The best ever!!

  • Hahahaha, skön gubbe :)

  • å herregud.. ta å rams opp hele parlamentet da..

  • Beefy Botham, David Gower, Graham Gooch, your boys took one hell of a beating

  • harsh on lady diana

  • @wonderboysam

    well she was very much alive when this game was played..

  • @boeershna NO WAI?

    

  • Brilliant commentary.

  • My dad took me to this match. He might have cared at some point, I think.

  • I think all people can enjoy listening to his extatic joy over the win. that language is truley international

  • That has to be the funniest commentary ever

  • This is the greatest piece of commentary in the history of football.

  • Don't think he was being nasty just elated. I find this funny though as i wonder if Brit commrentators could mention half a dozen famous Norwegians: Grieg maybe..

    I love the accent when he speaks English. prolly get killed for this but ran a brief clip on Newsnight and I thought it was a UK Geordie commentor :) Cool bloke anyway.

  • @mattbod lol  geordie. never thought about it like that before. well, i supposed they are closest (after scotland) to norway geographically the old geordies. strange, cos i find it easier to understand norwegian than i do people from newcastle. and im english!

  • Its funny now but it wasn't at the time. Fond memories from my youth

  • anthony eden, clement atlee, maggie thatcher! YOU FKCIN HEEEEAAAAR MEEEE Maggie Thatcher???!!!!

  • Pure gold - one of the most famous men in England!

  • Timeless

  • i know a hypnotist who gets all excited when he wakes the subjects round for the last time in the show. I wonder what michael johns of hypnosis unleashed would shout if he was a commentator? I also wonder what names he would include in his rant?

  • Ricky ponting, Skippy,Miss mangel, Joe mangel, Crocodile dundee, B smith, Mel gibson, Clive james, Nicole Kidman,Jason donovan, Kylie Minogue, Dannii minogue, your boys took one hell of a beating, can you hear me, your boys took one hell of a beating!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Can we find a version for the innings hammering we dished out to the Aussies this morning?

  • What is it with this guy and naming political figures jeezem lord mercem, does this guy fancy thatcher??

  • Maggie Thatcher can you hear me?

  • we never did get a response from maggie thatcher about whether she heard him or not lol

  • THIS WILL LIVE 4EVER!

  • lol

  • I'm English and inspired too. Wonderful. And thanks for the translation of the other bits too!

  • I'm also English but I never tire of hearing this.  Absolutely inspired.

  • We are the best in the world! We are the best in the world! We have beaten England 2-1 in football!! It is completely unbelievable! We have beaten England! England, birthplace of giants. Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana - we have beaten them all. We have beaten them all. Maggie Thatcher can you hear me?

  • @oldfashionedman this Norwegian guy has a better knowledge of British politicians than most of us Brits. Beaverbrook, Atlee, i would never have thought have them. Another irony is saying England is the birthplace of giants, in Norway the average size of a man is over 6ft, lol

  • @oldfashionedman Thanks you can't hear a thing :D

  • Why Lord Beaverbrook?

  • @mkrbrtsn1

    Well why the hell not?

  • I was at that game - England fans were banned from the game but we still had loads there. It kicked off bad before the game - but those were different days ! Shocking performance by England - but we still qualified for Spain 82.

  • @brownyman64 was there fighting before the game?

  • @bosto23 - Sure was. I remember we were drinking outside Andys Bar in Oslo, there was some trouble with the police to start with but they got worried and backed off. About 200 England fans then attacked anything in their way while walking to the ground. It was pretty bad. The papers the next day showed England fans rioting after the game - more fights with police. That was my first England away game.

  • @brownyman64 I never heard about that.. maybe because Im too young:) sad there was no Casuals/hooligans from Norway back in the 80s if there was they would run straight at you:P but i think they would still got there ass beaten tough! hahaha. you dont fuck with England fans on away tour:P

  • @bosto23 - but the funniest thing was the Norweigan FA was so worried about the England fans, that they hired about 50 professional wrestlers to keep us in order inside the ground. Surreal !

  • your boys took a hell of a beating...that sounded like a jamaican accent

  • Absolute brilliant.

  • I'm English, and I piss myself laughing everytime I hear this :D He was so pleased. RIP Bjørge Lillelien, he's been dead for 23 years now!

  • LOL

    Classic moment.

  • Maggie Thatcher, can you hear me?!?

  • This could been what the German commentar said after Germany had frashed England 4 1, thus knocking us out of the South African World Cup.

  • hahahahahah pure class""

  • yooooor boys,lol

  • RESPECT> I need to put a face to the majesty. I'm British, and that is still the most honest torrent of words I have ever heard.

  • your boys took one hell of a beating .......

  • The best commentary ever - The Observer 2002

  • Just brilliant, brilliant, I cry with laughter every time

  • Lets all laugh at Engurland

  • I'm English and I love this. And he's not disrespecting England because he says "We are best in the world! We have beaten England! England, birthplace of giants!" He's just passionate about his own country, and rightly so.

  • It was worth losing to them just to hear this.

  • @J4K31 Look at yourself tho.... Grow up Kid....

  • @TheLiverpoolZone you may wanna reflect on your mental state before commenting on youtube vids

    ;)

  • God that's funny!

  • All commentators should have this much passion for their teams

  • He forgot me.

  • I love the fact he says Maggie Thatcher and then "one hell of a beating" because that is what every sane brit should do to every conservative MP... give them one hell of a beating. oooooh.... global depression? must be labours fault! LOL!

  • @robjapan *yawn*

  • @Palacetillidie86 Bored? You must be a palace fan!

  • @robjapan Take your political small-mindedness elsewhere, this video is about football.

  • @riKringkast I'll do what you say when you are in a position to tell me what to do, so now go sit in a corner and stfu.

  • @robjapan I was going to tell you how trolling the Youtube comments isn't time well spent, but then I happened upon your profile.

    You're 27 years old, you upload WoW videos and most likely have the BMI of a manatee. You are old enough to know what you're doing, and how it makes you come across. Spend your time as you like, I couldn't care less ;)

  • @riKringkast My BMI is fine thanks, I go jogging with my dogs twice a day and I enjoy video games in my spare time but thanks for the comment anyway.

    If you really couldn't care less you wouldn't have said anything in the first place.

    Yes I'm anti-thatcher and yes I will stick up for myself and no I won't be told what to do in a free world where people are free to say whatever they want. So unless you have something decent to say, I'll bid you farewell.

  • @robjapan Your disgusting thug for sayng that its a fucking democracy haven't heard dick head. No wonder any sane Brit didn't vote for Labour during the last election, if they've got tossers like you as one of their members. Of course its Labour's thought socialist, lout dick head for the global depression. Brown and his criminal MP's should get the beating followed by you moron.

  • @Professor6871 I like the irony of you calling people thugs and the justice is to beat people up? Nice way to make yourself look like an idiot. I'm not a member of any political party.

  • @robjapan Irony my arse you meant to asult Tories MP twat so who's looking like a prat now you are. I wasn't calling people that it was you socialist nin come poop. Back to so called irony you know it if it kicked you up the backside.

  • @Professor6871 I would respond to your comment but I don't speak idiot. Couldn't understand any of it!

  • @robjapan Its a shame because you speak it fluently on every comment you've sent to me on You Tube.

  • Genius.

    2010 World Cup bodes well.

    England have never won the World Cup when the Tories have been in power. Come on A.B.E.

  • ABSOLUTE BRILLIANCE

  • VI ER BEST I VERDEN!

  • he forgot henry the 8th!

  • David Cameron, Can you hear me, Can you hear me, your boys will take a hell of a beating....

  • This is just iconic, love it (and I'm English!)

  • im english & this is without doubt the best piece of commentary ive ever heard...ever!!! lol

  • Just quality

  • Bloody brillant. I would have thought it would have taken either us (the irish), the Welsh or the Scots to come up with the best catch phrase for beating the English. But no! That honour goes to Norway. "You're boys took a hell of a beating!" Thank you Norway!

  • England hasn't beaten Sweden since 1968. Aren't we "champions" aswell?

  • @aijaijvagrarfettbra You have to remember that at this time Norway were only part-timers. It'd be the equivalent of the Faroe Islands beating France or Italy today.

  • @Inkyminkyzizwoz

    Or Scotland beating France maybe .

  • @1scot4scotland Not quite. Scotland aren't part-timers, so while it'd certainly be a surprise it wouldn't be on the same scale as this.

  • @aijaijvagrarfettbra The Swedish curse..you gotta love it.

  • Vi har slått dem alle sammen!

  • Vi er best i verden lol

  • I look forwartd to the best footie commentaries ever. Apart from the obligatory, South American "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!", it must hyave:Flemming Toft and Preben Elkjaer from the Euro finals in 1992; Kennith Wolsenholme at Wembley in the World Cup,1966; and it MUST!!! have "Maggie Thatcher, can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating"

  • i posted a video on youtube asking for english pundits to be controlled during the world cup but i said that i didnt mind a commentator getting carried away with the emotion of the match and being biased towards england. no problems there at all and i have no problem with this dude either. he is emotional and getting carried away. its memorable and brilliant.

  • Ahahaha this is so bloody brilliant!! I'm English but I'm glad we lost for this moment..

    YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING!

    <3 Norway

  • If I'm having a bad day this will always bring a smile to my face...He cuts a swathe into Great British politics and crosses 2 centuries with his ferocious broadside. From Lord Nelson to Henry Cooper! Absolutely brilliant.

  • lol in the start. "Vi er best i verden" = "We are the best in the world"

    (I'm norwegian)

  • Why do I always think he sounds Jamaican?

  • Jamaican? don't you mean welsh!

  • lmao this always puts a smile on my face.

    And im English.

  • @KP40

    Bjørge Lillelien , The Beat we ever had, absolut LEGEND

  • should of had him at the rugby tonight

  • I love Britain! I know that there is alot of brits that has norwegian ancestry from the viking ages. and norwegians fought alongside british in the battle of britain and many other WW2 battles and our cultures has alot in common. It's just great.

  • It appears that even the English love this, legendary!

  • I would say "love" is a bit strong, but it's certainly amusing.

  • Yeah maybe, i'll speak for myself... i'm English and i love it, very funny.

  • @kingdaniel69 I love the way he says "Maggie Thatchuur can you hear me?" at 0:23

  • Lurd Beaverbrooooook! ha ha.

  • @kingdaniel69 I am English and think this is one of the best (and most comical) bits of football commentary ever.

  • @oxnoprog

    nice to hear, Bjørge Lillelien is a LEGEND in norway,his hole career was full of bits like this

  • Of course! This speech has gone down in English history. It has never been topped LOL

    We lost bad and the commentator knows it. Aghhh...well done Norway. Let's see what you can do from here...oh.

  • the stuff that legends are made of !!!

    Pure class

  • beats john motson any day

  • I'm English and i love England, but i do love this eccentric piece of commentating and do have a soft spot for the underdog!

  • He kinda sounds Irish at the end....

  • Im actually glad England lost that day, otherwise we would never of heard this `poetry` What a legend!

    "England...birthplace of giants!" etc

  • @Snoopo

    goood post, :-) we only get one of this famous wins once in a while exept when Egil Olsen was norway coach for a while

  • klassiker

  • I wish Maggie Thatcher had been given an actual beating herself. I think that would have been the only thing that could have increased the comedy value of this clip!

  • Arguably the greatest piece of sports commentary ever.

    Magnificent...

  • @P3nisVanLesbian

    agree :-)

  • Well as long as Thatcher was beaten...

  • maggie thatcher can you hear me? Maggie thatcher, your boys took a hellufa beating, your boys took a hellufa beating!!!

  • fucking awesome!!

  • Vi er best i verden! Vi er best i verden!

    Your boys took a hell of a beating!

  • Clement Atlee.....Lady Diana.......This man should read the shipping forcast on Radio 4. Bloody brilliant clip.

  • @CHAVMORON

    he is the BEST,

  • Im english and this commentery is fucking legendary within the UK. Most british football fans have completely forgotten the football match involved but absolutely no one forgets the norwegian commentary....