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18 August 2014 at 11:41 pm #13286819 August 2014 at 2:19 am #132870
His voice reminds me of cold winters evenings of sleet and driving rain and coming home to hear that sports report theme tune followed by his reading out the football results in that distinctive voice.
he will never be replaced
RIP19 August 2014 at 3:09 am #132871R.I.P
19 August 2014 at 4:53 pm #132872I’m old enough to remember his predecessor, John Webster, reading the results. Another man with a unique voice.
A woman reading the results just isn’t the same :(19 August 2014 at 4:58 pm #132873A woman reading the results just isn’t the same :(Sexist ;)
19 August 2014 at 6:42 pm #132874Egg, You can add to that, RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, and GRUMPY OLD MAN ;)
19 August 2014 at 7:02 pm #132875He never realised his life long ambition either, just for his memory say it out loud:-
East Fife five – Forfar four, or was it the other way round ?
Classic memories of getting back to the car after away games to hear the Scores, made all the more iconic by the combination of his great voice and the up and down of the medium wave radio signal.
19 August 2014 at 7:48 pm #132876He did make listening to the scores entertaining as opposed to listening to a long list of drivel.
Did he do this one do we know?
“The FA Cup Final with Budweiser.
Manchester City 0 Wigan Athletic 1”
19 August 2014 at 8:29 pm #132880Just been reading up on the RESULTS READERS John Langham (I remember the name) who read the results on GRANDSTAND One Saturday they were waiting for him to come into the studio to read the results and he couldn’t be found A few minutes later a police officer came to the studio and asked if any of the crew were missing? They had found him outside. He had just jumped from a top floor window!!!! It appeared he had money problems.
I don’t think that he had seen that his favourite team had just been relegated that had tipped him over the edge.20 August 2014 at 1:29 pm #132916I too remember his predecessor. 5pm on Saturday. Dad with his glasses on, pen in hand poised over the back page of Saturday’s paper ready to put the scores against the list of matches. No one dare speak in case he missed one of the results which may have given him 8 draws and win £75,000 – he never did! Happy days!
20 August 2014 at 2:54 pm #132918I remember once being given the job of checking the coupon.
I happily announced that we had 8 draws, causing mayhem.
How was I supposed to know they were all meant to be in the same line?
20 August 2014 at 3:05 pm #132920Ha the good old PERMS…
20 August 2014 at 3:10 pm #132921Perm any 8 from 10, 45 lines at 1d per bet = 3/9d ….. :)
20 August 2014 at 4:49 pm #132924Perm any 8 from 10, 45 lines at 1d per bet = 3/9d ….. :)You’ve just given me a flashback…
5. 9, 13, 17, 26, 35, 39, 44
… were the 8 numbers my mum and dad used to pick each week on Littelwoods and as soon as I read this thread they came back to me as if it was yesterday. It wasn’t yesterday – they stopped doing the 8 from 10s over 30 years ago.
Scary that I can remember those so readily but I have no idea what my wife’s mobile number is.
20 August 2014 at 5:34 pm #132925Perm any 8 from 10, 45 lines at 1d per bet = 3/9d ….. :)
You’ve just given me a flashback…
5. 9, 13, 17, 26, 35, 39, 44
… were the 8 numbers my mum and dad used to pick each week on Littelwoods and as soon as I read this thread they came back to me as if it was yesterday. It wasn’t yesterday – they stopped doing the 8 from 10s over 30 years ago.
Scary that I can remember those so readily but I have no idea what my wife’s mobile number is.[/quote]
Ah but can you remember whose birthdates and house numbers they corresponded to.
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