The Voice of Football

[SteveN]

He was a part of the time when football results only came courtesy of the radio or the Sports Argus.  From all accounts a really decent man.

[Lucky Eddie]

There endeth just about the last thing I liked about football.

[brian green]

One thing which made his reading of the scores was that in the early days it was very exciting because it was the first time you knew the results. These days all the tension and thrill has gone out of all forms of news or sports reporting because the media have milked it as it happens. The BBC are particularly guilty of this. Not only do they have front men and women headlining what is to follow in the bulletin, they plaster the news run in with adverts for upcoming programmes.

Back in the day households would be glued to their wirelesses listening to the scores and checking their pools coupons. Our very own Tony Hancock did a brilliant sketch based on it.

[dave shelley]

I vividly remember sitting by the fire during the winter months listening in complete silence waiting for the Villa score as the results were read out and my old man marking them down to check his pools.  A completely different age altogether.

[Ron Manager]

One thing which made his reading of the scores was that in the early days it was very exciting because it was the first time you knew the results. These days all the tension and thrill has gone out of all forms of news or sports reporting because the media have milked it as it happens. The BBC are particularly guilty of this. Not only do they have front men and women headlining what is to follow in the bulletin, they plaster the news run in with adverts for upcoming programmes.

Back in the day households would be glued to their wirelesses listening to the scores and checking their pools coupons. Our very own Tony Hancock did a brilliant sketch based on it.

Aren't you thinking of Peter Sellers, Brian? I have the recording somewhere. Dont remember Hancock doing anything related to football.

Im wrong as well!  It was Michael Bentine who did 'football results' Two gooners as it were!

[dave.woodhall]

One thing which made his reading of the scores was that in the early days it was very exciting because it was the first time you knew the results. These days all the tension and thrill has gone out of all forms of news or sports reporting because the media have milked it as it happens. The BBC are particularly guilty of this. Not only do they have front men and women headlining what is to follow in the bulletin, they plaster the news run in with adverts for upcoming programmes.

Back in the day households would be glued to their wirelesses listening to the scores and checking their pools coupons. Our very own Tony Hancock did a brilliant sketch based on it.

Aren't you thinking of Peter Sellers, Brian? I have the recording somewhere. Dont remember Hancock doing anything related to football.

Im wrong as well!  It was Michael Bentine who did 'football results' Two gooners as it were!

In The Poison Pen Letters Hancock examined some letters Mrs Cravat had posted and ripped up her pools coupon. Is that what you were thinking of?