A short, sharp kick wasn’t enough to stop the giggles from the two boys huddled under the commentary box desk on a windswept gantry at Welford Road. But it was enough to knock over the flask of coffee across the commentator’s hand-written commentary notes that, in the absence of internet or infographics, were his only rugby reference points.

It was a casual conversation with old family friend, Max Tilney (we’d met sticking stamps on my dad’s rugby magazine run from our garden shed), who suggested that the idea of framing these sheets for family, friends. Word quickly spread.

When we began to approach the other great voices of rugby, and then other sports, we soon realised that not only do commentators create their own hand-written sheets, but that this rarely-seen craft is passed down from generation to generation of broadcasters. We haven’t stopped since.

The Sports Commentators was born allowing sports fans, for the first time, to purchase prints of the actual notes created and used by leading commentators during the greatest sporting occasions. These are not remakes, they are the real thing. Warts’n’all.

Our mission is also to raise money for some causes close to our heart. For every purchase we have pledged to give at least 20% of the profits to Alzheimer’s Society and the My Name’s Doddie Foundation. In addition, we are also working with and supporting some of the excellent foundations attached to leading clubs.

We have now researched and sourced more than 5,000 original commentary sheets across rugby, football, cricket, cycling, boxing and Formula 1 to create what we believe is an amazing platform and marketplace for sporting history. And there are a lot more to come.

Each colour-coded and stylised sheet has been lovingly hand-crafted by the great voices of sport – from Brian Moore, Barry Davies, John Taylor, Carlton Kirby and Nigel Starmer-Smith to, Andrew Cotter, John Murray, Miles Harrison, Nick Mullins Guy Mowbray, Peter Drury and David Croft.