Radio Commentary nostalgia

[philiph20]

Peter Jones was a great broadcaster. A teacher by profession for whom words were his stock in trade.
He witnessed and broadcast on both Hysel and Hillsboro. Google “last Hillsboro report by Peter Jones“ for a masterpiece.
Sadly died too young while commentating on the Boat Race.
He died with the microphone in his hand.

Peter Jones and Bryon Butler were peerless on the radio.

 

[Mike Brock]

Loved Andy Buckley, proper commentator and you felt everything with the emotion in his voice.

Real fond memories of listening to him and Jimmy Wagg to and from the games with my old man

 

[Roachy]

I had a short radio compilation of Sergio's winner against QPR which is probably classed as more in the modern era. Hey, but what nostalgia that will be in years to come!

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

The yardstick of a great broadcaster for me is someone who can get you excited about a sport that you don't basically give a toss about.
Peter O'Sullevan is alone in that category. I'm not interested in horse racing, whether flat or steeplechase (despite, or perhaps because of, the fact that it was my father's great passion, and the only sport he followed). But I always used to get excited along with Peter O'Sullevan. He was like a kid who actually made me laugh. And I still get goosebumps when I listen to those three Aintree triumphs by Red Rum. The last one is just staggering.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Still love listening to football and cricket commentary on the radio, would always listen to the matches on GMR as a kid, Jimmy Waggs pre and post match phone ins were always great.

Cricket! “And Michael Holding coming in to bowl from the Nursery End…” Never got tired of listening to John Arlott's Hampshire burr.

 

[babyape]

Radio and football will always be picadilly261 to me

“Oh no…..”

“It’s a goal!”

The sheer agony of waiting to see if it was City. Sports Radio at it's absolute peak this....

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

My Dad used to hate Alan Green as he used to go mad when United scored
Remember a commentator used to do half of a half each

I hated Alan Green too. Biggest yoonited arse sucker in the media for years and years. My dad is a rag and he always hated Ian St John for the same reason but with Liverpool. Now he hates Jim Beglin for the same reason

 

[Roachy]

The sheer agony of waiting to see if it was City. Sports Radio at it's absolute peak this....

Lol, you sort of stopped everything you were doing in that time frame between the announcement and then the confirmation from the actual reporter at whichever match it was.

 

[KS55]

The yardstick of a great broadcaster for me is someone who can get you excited about a sport that you don't basically give a toss about.
Peter O'Sullevan is alone in that category. I'm not interested in horse racing, whether flat or steeplechase (despite, or perhaps because of, the fact that it was my father's great passion, and the only sport he followed). But I always used to get excited along with Peter O'Sullevan. He was like a kid who actually made me laugh. And I still get goosebumps when I listen to those three Aintree triumphs by Red Rum. The last one is just staggering.

O’ Sullevan confessed to making a commentary up. The old Manchester November Handicap one year was run in a thick blanket of fog. O’S could see the last furlong but not much more. He couldn’t accept silence so he made up a commentary using his knowledge to guess what might be happening. When the field came into view, he modified his words to manoevre the horses into the correct positions. Lo and behold, he got the 1-2-3 correct.

 

[babyape]

Lol, you sort of stopped everything you were doing in that time frame between the announcement and then the confirmation from the actual reporter at whichever match it was.

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