Fans absolutely LOVE clever way legendary BBC commentator prepared for Spain vs Argentina World Cup final

BROADCASTER Ian Dennis has earned huge plaudits for his unique commentary notes for the World Cup final. The 54-year-old worked as BBC 5Live’s lead commentator for Sunday’s showpiece at the Metlife Stadium. Fans hailed commentator Ian Dennis for his unique World Cup final notes Credit: ian dennis Dennis was given plaudits for his ‘brilliant’ preparation for Spain vs Argentina Credit: Getty And just before kick-off, Dennis gave some insight into his preparation for the World Cup showpiece while gearing up to watch Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal. Most commentators build up to games by writing notes to remind themselves of key facts and context. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! And Dennis surprised fans by showing his colourful and imaginative commentary notes that were scribbled around the edges of a page. He appeared to draw an imaginary football pitch with a large centre line running through it. READ MORE ON THE WORLD CUP Dennis then interspersed his notes with different highlighted colour codes to separate them. He explained that he put his notes on the edges because he puts the two starting XIs in the middle. Fans were loving his unique presentation as they called it “brilliant”. One wrote on X: “Brilliant Ian. Your commentary makes the game.” Most read in Sport WORLD CUP 2026 FREE BETS AND SIGN UP OFFERS Another said: “I love your notes, ruler writing and highlights Ian, must be our age, but I do the same. Always makes me smile when you share them!” A third added: “Magic! This is so good.” And a fourth chimed in: “So that’s how you do it… prepared!” Dennis has worked as a commentator for 5Live since 2002 and has covered a number of major international tournaments for the station. He started off working for BBC Radio Leeds and York and Newcastle before making the switch to the major sports station. Comment now