He delivered BBC radio's football results for four decades
James Alexander Gordon, who has died aged 78, possessed one of the best known and loved of voices on British radio. For almost 40 years, he was the man whom generations of football fans heard reading the Saturday afternoon football results on Sports Report, first on BBC Radio 2 and more recently on 5 Live, and to an audience around the globe through the World Service.
His voice became almost as synonymous with the programme as Hubert Bath's rousing theme tune, Out of the Blue. As the music continued, a succession of accomplished sports presenters, among them Peter Jones, Des Lynam, John Inverdale and Mark Pougatch, read out the day's headlines over it before adding: "But first, a full check of today's classified football results, read as always by James Alexander Gordon."
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 6 hours ago.
James Alexander Gordon, who has died aged 78, possessed one of the best known and loved of voices on British radio. For almost 40 years, he was the man whom generations of football fans heard reading the Saturday afternoon football results on Sports Report, first on BBC Radio 2 and more recently on 5 Live, and to an audience around the globe through the World Service.
His voice became almost as synonymous with the programme as Hubert Bath's rousing theme tune, Out of the Blue. As the music continued, a succession of accomplished sports presenters, among them Peter Jones, Des Lynam, John Inverdale and Mark Pougatch, read out the day's headlines over it before adding: "But first, a full check of today's classified football results, read as always by James Alexander Gordon."
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 6 hours ago.