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RichardCoulter 13-11-2017 18:26
Tim Gudgin: Former voice of BBC football results dies aged 87
 
The former voice of the Saturday afternoon football results Tim Gudgin has died at the age of 87:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41966183

I have nostalgic memories of him, the teleprinter and high tea as my family checked their football coupons on Saturday teatimes.

A good age, but sad nevertheless.

Mr K 13-11-2017 18:55
Re: Tim Gudgin: Former voice of BBC football results dies aged 87
 
Wonder if the result Forfar 4 East Fife 5 ever happened?
Shame if not.

Hugh 13-11-2017 19:02
Re: Tim Gudgin: Former voice of BBC football results dies aged 87
 
Unfortunately, no...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-23447439
Quote:
In a sad day for football supporters, James Alexander Gordon, voice of the classified results, is to retire - without ever officially reading the scoreline with which he was indelibly associated, writes Jon Kelly.

Any football fan could close their eyes and imagine hearing that honeyed, resonant Scots brogue declare the final score.

"East Fife... (downward inflection) 4. Forfar... (upward lilt) 5."

For most of James Alexander Gordon's 40-year career delivering the BBC's classified check, it was the tally you enunciated if you wanted to impersonate his distinctive, much-loved delivery.
In fact, Gordon never announced this fabled scoreline. Now he has retired aged 77 from BBC Radio 5 live after surgery to remove his larynx.

The two clubs, currently both in Scottish football's third tier, have never finished a game thus, although they have come close.

In January 1964 an encounter between them finished tantalisingly near, but the wrong way round - Forfar 5 East Fife 4.

And in October 2011 fans across the country raised their hopes during a clash which finished, disappointingly, East Fife 4 Forfar 3.

heero_yuy 13-11-2017 19:06
Re: Tim Gudgin: Former voice of BBC football results dies aged 87
 
Oh yes the teleprinter results. I always loved the internation so that you could almost know the rest of the result before he said it.

RIP Tim.

denphone 13-11-2017 19:07
Re: Tim Gudgin: Former voice of BBC football results dies aged 87
 
Oh what wonderful memories of the past.:)

RIP Tim

RichardCoulter 13-11-2017 20:49
Re: Tim Gudgin: Former voice of BBC football results dies aged 87
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35924877)
Oh yes the teleprinter results. I always loved the internation so that you could almost know the rest of the result before he said it.

RIP Tim.
Yes you could, i'd forgotten about that.

Osem 14-11-2017 10:38
Re: Tim Gudgin: Former voice of BBC football results dies aged 87
 
RIP to the voice of the scores.

Taf 14-11-2017 18:54
Re: Tim Gudgin: Former voice of BBC football results dies aged 87
 
It used to be a game you could easily win, deciding what the second score of a match was just by the tone of his voice.

RichardCoulter 14-11-2017 19:03
Re: Tim Gudgin: Former voice of BBC football results dies aged 87
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taf (Post 35925000)
It used to be a game you could easily win, deciding what the second score of a match was just by the tone of his voice.
Yes, we used to do that as kids :D

richard s 17-11-2017 20:21
Re: Tim Gudgin: Former voice of BBC football results dies aged 87
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35924868)
Wonder if the result Forfar 4 East Fife 5 ever happened?
Shame if not.
Here you go Mr K.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-23447439

the other way around.

Dude111 18-11-2017 01:38
Very sad :(

Stephen 18-11-2017 11:31
Re: Tim Gudgin: Former voice of BBC football results dies aged 87
 
RIP

I used to love listening to those results as a kid. Loved the way he read out the fottie results.


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