George Hamilton

[DannyInvincible]

Not sure where to put this one really, but George Hamilton is recovering from emergency heart bypass surgery he underwent last night.

"Emergency heart surgery for soccer pundit Hamilton": http://www.independent.ie/national-news/emergency-heart-surgery-for-soccer-pundit-hamilton-2853453.html


GEORGE Hamilton, the country's leading soccer commentator, was recovering in hospital last night after emergency heart bypass surgery.

The 60-year-old had complained of feeling unwell and experiencing breathing problems earlier this week.

Initially he suspected he might have been suffering from flu but he was sent to hospital on Tuesday by his GP.

Hamilton is now in the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin, where he under went several hours of emergency heart bypass surgery.

He was in a serious but stable condition last night, with his two daughters, other relatives and close friends keeping a bedside vigil.

Hadn't heard anything about this at all, although I'd been wondering why he wasn't doing the Shamrock Rovers game against Partizan Belgrade on RTÉ the other night. Hope he has a speedy recovery and all that.

Edit: It doesn't mention it specifically there, but apparently he suffered from a suspected heart attack on Tuesday night. That's according to the Irish Times anyway.

[paul_oshea]

Good luck George and a speedy recovery. Even if you were responsible for 90% of the late equalisers against Ireland.

[BonnieShels]

Jaysus. Get well soon George.

[CraftyToePoke]

Good luck George and a speedy recovery. Even if you were responsible for 90% of the late equalisers against Ireland.

I will never forget being 3-1 up against Poland and George calling it a great victory and other such terms, over and over, 3-3 a few minutes later.

But anyway, I hope he comes back strong from this.

[culloty82]

Best wishes to George, will take him months to recover, but hopefully he'll be back doing commentaries in Poland/Ukraine, if not the business end of the Champions League.

[ArdeeBhoy]

Aye, best wishes to GH.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Best wishes to George, will take him months to recover, but hopefully he'll be back doing commentaries in Poland/Ukraine, if not the business end of the Champions League.

+1

Long road back but he'll be a new man after it. Speedy recovery George ...you Jinksy f*****! ;-)

[Bayern Munchies]

"Ohh Danger here" ...

No but in all seriousness hope he has a speedy recovery and I wish him all the best.

[EastTerracer]

Terribly sorry to hear that - a very nice fella. I ended up sitting beside him on a flight in South Africa during the World Cup last year and he was very chatty.

Get well soon, George.

[Fixer82]

Get well soon Georgie boy. Looking forward to hearing ya on Sept 2nd!

[geysir]

I might be tempting fate here but I can't see George succumbing ,
oh nooooo!!!!

[IsMiseSean]

Get well soon Georgie boy. Looking forward to hearing ya on Sept 2nd!

Here, Here!!

[Sullivinho]

Sorry to hear that. All the best to George.


I might be tempting fate here but I can't see George succumbing ,
oh nooooo!!!!

Danger here!

[theworm2345]

Get well soon George, can't wait till you're back in the gantry saying "...and here's Connolly...its there!!"

[paul_oshea]

I cant ever remember him saying that.

[theworm2345]

I cant ever remember him saying that.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[Supreme feet]

I do seem to remember George, during the 2002 game with Spain, saying; 'And Connolly is coming on... well, maybe Mick McCarthy knows something that we don't!' It was on the Road to Asia DVD so I'm pretty sure that's how it went!

Anyway, best wishes to George for a speedy recovery. Ireland matches are simply not the same when he's not at the mic.

[elroy]

I do seem to remember George, during the 2002 game with Spain, saying; 'And Connolly is coming on... well, maybe Mick McCarthy knows something that we don't!' It was on the Road to Asia DVD so I'm pretty sure that's how it went!

Anyway, best wishes to George for a speedy recovery. Ireland matches are simply not the same when he's not at the mic.

Hear hear, get well George. We want you back behind the mic supporting the boys in green asap!!

[Stuttgart88]

"[insert name]...it's there" is George's trademark.

Get well soon.

On the plus side, I reckon our chances of conceding late equalisers are reduced for the time being.

Oh, hang on...there's danger here Stuttgart.

[paul_oshea]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

Rick james, Dave chappelle

[paul_oshea]

Hear hear, get well George. We want you back behind the mic supporting the boys in green asap!!

I dont remember that either.

[DannyInvincible]

These two from his Wikipedia article are pretty funny.


"And Ireland have got to contain the brothers Baggio." [Later in the game…] "The Baggio brothers, of course, are not related."

"When I said they'd scored two goals, of course I meant they'd scored one."

[geysir]

I think we have managed to overcome the jinx and just at the time when we have reached a compatible relationship with George, he goes and does this.
This is a reverse jinx of sorts.

[IsMiseSean]

These two from his Wikipedia article are pretty funny.

After looking at that, has my signature been wrong all these years??

"A nation holds its breath" or "The nation holds its breath"

[CraftyToePoke]

After looking at that, has my signature been wrong all these years??

"A nation holds its breath" or "The nation holds its breath"

Looks like you are safe enough.

13.35 in.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-aahFmNqaE

[theworm2345]

Perhaps the reason we couldn't muster a goal in the past two matches (which, given the circumstances, would have been a relatively major goal) was because it just wouldn't feel right without George calling it.

[tetsujin1979]

Probably the same reason the opposition didn't score! didn't have George giving them the commentator's curse!

[Yard of Pace]

For the sake of his dicky heart I really hope he wasn't let watch that game yesterday!

[mypost]

"Ireland have kept 6 straight clean sheets, Oh Danger Here"

[geysir]

For the sake of his dicky heart I really hope he wasn't let watch that game yesterday!
If his heart problems had not already surfaced and he was there as usual sitting behind the mic, for sure we would have heard a thud, followed by dead air.

[samhaydenjr]

I heard him once say that he always spoke to team officials before games and clarify the pronunciation of any names he was unsure of. This simple act of professionalism meant you never heard him disrespect foreign players by fumbling over their names or referring to anybody as "the guy with the unpronounceable name"

[TiocfaidhArmani]

Great commentator, he was apart of my childhood as much as chasing skirt in the playground. God speed ya George, get well soon.

[Wolfie]

Some of George's commentary is just etched into the brain. Its not going to be a profound statement and doesn't have to be. Its just the accompanyment to the excitment and emotion of an important goal that stays with you.

When you hear "Oh! Whelan!!" - you can still see Ronnie in mid-air, spectacularly volleying past the Russians in '88.

The old tendency to tempt fate during games is a torment though!!!!

Get well soon, George.

[BonnieShels]

I heard him once say that he always spoke to team officials before games and clarify the pronunciation of any names he was unsure of. This simple act of professionalism meant you never heard him disrespect foreign players by fumbling over their names or referring to anybody as "the guy with the unpronounceable name"

Yeah he was the only person who persisted with the pronunciation of Jaap Stam as Jaap Shtum.

However we all remember the pronunciation mess he made of Stan Valckx in 1994...