Simon Hill is the voice of Australian football. Manchester born, he called Premier League football and FA Cup finals for BBC in the UK, before emigrating to Australia to work for SBS and Foxsports. His calls of the Socceroos matches in their history making World Cup finals run in 2005-6 are iconic and still send shivers down the spine. In this episode he talks about how he became a commentator, why he journeyed Down Under, the mayhem of those historic nights, and what makes great commentary, with examples of great moments included. Aguerrrrrrro!

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Simon Hill is the voice of Australian football. Manchester born, he called Premier League football and FA Cup finals for BBC in the UK, before emigrating to Australia to work for SBS and Foxsports. His calls of the Socceroos matches in their history making World Cup finals run in 2005-6 are iconic and still send shivers down the spine. In this episode he talks about how he became a commentator, why he journeyed Down Under, the mayhem of those historic nights, and what makes great commentary, with examples of great moments included. Aguerrrrrrro!
Speakola now has a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/speakola">Patreon page</a> which you can join IF you want to offer regular support for as little as $3 per month. If it's easier, we also <a href="https://speakola.com/donate">welcome donations</a> in any format and any size, recurring or one off.
The 'Ferenc Puskas and the South Melbourne Hellas' documentary mentioned in the podcast is crowd funding <a href="https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/puskas-and-the-south-melbourne-hellas/">here</a>.
If you'd like to purchase a signed copy of Australia United, or any of Tony's books visit <a href="https://www.tonywilsonauthor.com/">https://www.tonywilsonauthor.com/</a>
Episode supported by GreenSkin&trade; and PurpleSkin&trade; avocados at <a href="https://greenskinavocados.com.au/">https://greenskinavocados.com.au/.</a>
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Speakola is the home for great speeches on the web. 

Tony Wilson is the founder and curator of Speakola, which now hosts more than 2000 speeches, some famous – think Churchill, Obama, Gandhi - some not so well known. 

In each episode, Tony interviews someone who has written, delivered or studied a great speech to reveal the stories behind the scenes, to provide context to the historical moment, or in the case of eulogies, birthdays and other common events, to inspire people to hit new creative highs.

Tony will also play a ‘speech of the week’ to honour great words by great orators. Released fortnightly.

Speakola, for all speeches great and small.

Speakola is the home for great speeches on the web. 
Tony Wilson is the founder and curator of Speakola, which now hosts more than 2000 speeches, some famous &ndash; think Churchill, Obama, Gandhi - some not so well known.&nbsp;
In each episode, Tony interviews someone who has written, delivered or studied a great speech to reveal the stories behind the scenes, to provide context to the historical moment, or in the case of eulogies, birthdays and other common events, to inspire people to hit new creative highs.
Tony will also play a &lsquo;speech of the week&rsquo; to honour great words by great orators. Released fortnightly.
<a href="http://www.speakola.com">Speakola</a>, for all speeches great and small.

Speakola, for all speeches great and small.

Speakola

<a href="http://www.speakola.com">Speakola</a> is the home for great speeches on the web. 
Tony Wilson is the founder and curator of Speakola, which now hosts more than 2000 speeches, some famous &ndash; think Churchill, Obama, Gandhi - some not so well known.&nbsp;
In each episode, Tony interviews someone who has written, delivered or studied a great speech to reveal the stories behind the scenes, to provide context to the historical moment, or in the case of eulogies, birthdays and other common events, to inspire people to hit new creative highs.
Tony will also play a &lsquo;speech of the week&rsquo; to honour great words by great orators. Released fortnightly.
<a href="http://www.speakola.com">Speakola</a>, for all speeches great and small.

Commentator Simon Hill talks about the art and craft of great commentary, as well as his life and career in football media.

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