James Alexander Gordon, voice of BBC radio's football results, dies at 78 #FT
James Alexander Gordon, voice of BBC radio's football results, dies at 78 #FT
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He once told the Edinburgh Evening News: "Dad used to get really irritated by football announcers when he was filling in his pools coupon, because the intonation in their voices misled him.
"So I decided to gather all the results on a Saturday before he checked his coupon, and I would go into a cupboard with a torch and some kid-on radio equipment, and read them out in a way I thought was more realistic. "When I did my first broadcast, Dad cried and said 'the wee bugger's finally done it'."
http://gu.com/p/4vp42
http://gu.com/p/4vp42
He once told the Edinburgh Evening News: "Dad used to get really irritated by football announcers when he was filling in his pools coupon, because the intonation in their voices misled him.
"So I decided to gather all the results on a Saturday before he checked his coupon, and I would go into a cupboard with a torch and some kid-on radio equipment, and read them out in a way I thought was more realistic. "When I did my first broadcast, Dad cried and said 'the wee bugger's finally done it'."
http://gu.com/p/4vp42
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