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and commentators of course. In the week we've lost Dickie Davis and John Motson, who have been your favourites over the years?
Personally I always liked Des Lynam, always felt he had a nice relaxed understated approach to stuff. Ron Pickering another, and more of the old school TMS team than I can mention.
No idea when I began here, was a very long time ago. Previously known as Spirit_of_81. Love cheese, hate the colour of it, this is why it requires some blue in it.
Nobody can ever top Peter Jones of Radio 2 (when the football was on there). He was football commentary.
After him and re TV David Coleman. Really liked Brian Moore too back in the day when he was virtually shouting down the microphone. My brother in law knew him reasonably well as 5hey attended the same church. I’m told he was a lovely bloke.
Lynham was good and so was Pickering. Motorsport - Murray Walker. Cricket - there was only ever one Richie Benaud. As for TMS - legends all.
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Nobody can ever top Peter Jones of Radio 2 (when the football was on there). He was football commentary.
After him and re TV David Coleman. Really liked Brian Moore too back in the day when he was virtually shouting down the microphone. My brother in law knew him reasonably well as 5hey attended the same church. I’m told he was a lovely bloke.
Lynham was good and so was Pickering. Motorsport - Murray Walker. Cricket - there was only ever one Richie Benaud. As for TMS - legends all.
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Peter Jones was great, a very special voice. This was perhaps one of of his best moments albeit in tragic circumstances. Sure I read somewhere he was never the same after witnessing Hillsborough.
Nobody can ever top Peter Jones of Radio 2 (when the football was on there). He was football commentary.
After him and re TV David Coleman. Really liked Brian Moore too back in the day when he was virtually shouting down the microphone. My brother in law knew him reasonably well as 5hey attended the same church. I’m told he was a lovely bloke.
Lynham was good and so was Pickering. Motorsport - Murray Walker. Cricket - there was only ever one Richie Benaud. As for TMS - legends all.
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Plus 1 for Peter Jones. Although probably had something to do with listening to those midweek commentaries on Ipswich's European matches during my childhood. Brilliant theme tune as well.
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In no particular order, the ones I grew up listening to and watching that were part of the soundtrack of my childhood / teens / young adulthood: Des Lynam John Motson Dickie Davies Bob Wilson Dave Lanning (speedway & darts) Peter Alliss (golf) Dan Maskell (tennis) Peter O’ Sullevan (racing) Kent Walton (wrestling) Murray Walker (F1) Stuart Hall (didn’t end well) Ron Pickering (athletics - used to love We Are The Champions!)
Plus 1 for Peter Jones. Although probably had something to do with listening to those midweek commentaries on Ipswich's European matches during my childhood. Brilliant theme tune as well.
He and Bryon Butler were on duty for BBC Radio one marvellous May Saturday afternoon in 78.
He and Bryon Butler were on duty for BBC Radio one marvellous May Saturday afternoon in 78.
But then there's Knights, Barraclough and Slater
I had that LP as a 10 year old. I'm now in my fifties, the vinyl has long gone and I haven't listened to it for at least 40 years. However:
"... and this time he finds David Geddis. He's got Sammie Nelson in front of him, he's gone past Nelson, he lays it square, Willie Young's there, Osborne's there, IT'S THERE! ROGER OSBORNE HAS DONE IT FOR IPSWICH TOWN and they have scored 1-0..."
I want that on my epitaph!
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Can't believe we haven't had Barry Davies come up yet. Euro 96 and France 98 - his commentary really was superb for me. I wish we had more like him now.
No idea when I began here, was a very long time ago. Previously known as Spirit_of_81. Love cheese, hate the colour of it, this is why it requires some blue in it.
Plus 1 for Peter Jones. Although probably had something to do with listening to those midweek commentaries on Ipswich's European matches during my childhood. Brilliant theme tune as well.
Yes, us being on a fair amount does help the nostalgia but back in those days I’d listen to him and his colleagues doing any game if I was free. They were so good it felt like being at the game.
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Can't believe we haven't had Barry Davies come up yet. Euro 96 and France 98 - his commentary really was superb for me. I wish we had more like him now.
Barry Davies was better than Motson in my opinion . Motty was too wooden and boring for me. Liked all the Independant tv commentators on a Sunday as well, Hugh Johns, Gerald Sindstat Gerry Harrison etc
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Peter Jones was great, a very special voice. This was perhaps one of of his best moments albeit in tragic circumstances. Sure I read somewhere he was never the same after witnessing Hillsborough.
Just listened to this. The words were almost secondary. His voice told it all. I don’t think reporting gets any better (poor word), more moving than that.
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I had that LP as a 10 year old. I'm now in my fifties, the vinyl has long gone and I haven't listened to it for at least 40 years. However:
"... and this time he finds David Geddis. He's got Sammie Nelson in front of him, he's gone past Nelson, he lays it square, Willie Young's there, Osborne's there, IT'S THERE! ROGER OSBORNE HAS DONE IT FOR IPSWICH TOWN and they have scored 1-0..."
I want that on my epitaph!
From memory, so IIRC preceding that was
"Cooper bowls the ball out to Burley, gets it back again, throws it to Woods, (can't cre remember this bit) "... and this time he finds David Geddis. He's got Sammie Nelson in front of him, he's gone past Nelson, he lays it square, Willie Young's there, Osborne's there, IT'S THERE! ROGER OSBORNE HAS DONE IT FOR IPSWICH TOWN and they have scored 1-0..."
I used to have this on a mix tape at 33rpm and 45rpm plus Radio Orwell's version followed by Bowie's "Heroes"
Lynam delivered probably my favourite ever line on a sport programme. It was a weekday early afternoon and England were about to play Tunisia in their opening game of France '98. Not the usual introductory piece for Des though, just a raised eyebrow and: "Good afternoon. Shouldn't you be at work?". Brilliant.
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Arlott was supreme as you say but a word for Richie Benaud if only for this thought on TV commentating:
"The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see."
and this wry comment (of many):
"And Glenn McGrath dismissed for two, just 98 runs short of his century."
In his book Warnie tells the story of being stuck in an airport in Pakistan airport during an early tour and being taught how to bowl the flipper by Benaud using oranges bought by Richie off a local fruit stall
Gerry Harrison. Just because it reminds me of watching town on a Sunday afternoon on Match of the Week, when we were playing top flight footy in the 70’s. Then me and my best mate would go out into his garden and spend a couple of hours trying to recreate the Town goals we’d just watched! Happy times.
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