<P> Kenneth Wolstenholme , DFC & Bar ( 17 July 1920 -- 25 March 2002 ) was an English football commentator for BBC television in the 1950s and 1960s . In the final moments of the 1966 FIFA World Cup , he said `` some people are on the pitch ... they think it 's all over ... it is now ! '' as Geoff Hurst scored England 's fourth goal . The phrase became part of British popular culture . </P>
<P> Kenneth Wolstenholme , DFC & Bar ( 17 July 1920 -- 25 March 2002 ) was an English football commentator for BBC television in the 1950s and 1960s . In the final moments of the 1966 FIFA World Cup , he said `` some people are on the pitch ... they think it 's all over ... it is now ! '' as Geoff Hurst scored England 's fourth goal . The phrase became part of British popular culture . </P>
who commentated on the 1966 world cup final
who commentated on the 1966 world cup final
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Kenneth Wolstenholme