RIP James Alexander Gordon

Indeed.
Seemed like a very nice bloke.

Raith Rovers 2 Airdrieonians 2

Inverness Caley 1  Celtic 3

Stenhousemuir 3  Brechin City 0

He had been ill with cancer. Very sad news, Saturday will never be the same again.

Broadcasting great James Alexander Gordon died peacefully on Monday morning at the age of 78.

James was, of course, synonymous with reading the classified football results on BBC radio for 40 years before his retirement last year.

He was not only a broadcasting legend, but also a true gentleman and he will be greatly missed by everyone at BBC Sport.

He was a legend all right.

I've never heard of him.

Never heard of him....?

...but first the Classified Football Results, read by James Alexander Gordon...

Very sad. One of those voices that you can recreate in your mind, and we all have a different vision of what he looks like, having never seen him.

Always knew the result after he read out the first team.

RIP

First team's score, that is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gtl85_8jmI

East Fife 4 Forfar 5

was what Eric Morecambe called him.

"James Alexander Gordon remembered

BBC 5 live will be paying tribute to James Alexander Gordon tonight from 22:00 to 22:30 BST.
Gordon, one of the most recognisable voices in British broadcasting, has died aged 78. He read the classified football results on BBC radio for 40 years before stepping down in 2013.
We'd especially love to hear your memories of him reading the classifieds - you can do so by texting 85058 or Tweet @bbc5live"

Aug 18, 2014 -- 1:37PM, kenny mann wrote:

Always knew the result after he read out the first team.RIP

so true

One of the early matches I saw moons, and many of 'em ago, finished Bradford City 4 Accrington Stanley 5.

ah, good old google, here it is. Think it was my first season complete with scarf, bobble hat and rattle.


19 Sep 1959    Bradford City v Accrington Stanley    L    4-5    League Division Three

REAL MADRID 7  EINTRACHT FRANKFURT 3

saw that too, best game ever.

also read the news on radio one in the early days

You knew when it was going to be a draw too

which is what i said.

Similar in style and appeance to the late Len Martin who read out the football results on BBB. Grandstand for over 30 years.

Oops, BBC!

As others have written,you immediately knew the result of the match when he read the name of the the home team.

they should have recorded him like the talking clock and left it unchanged forever

daft that one mans voice could be forever remembered with reading out football results on a saturday afternoon but it was like part of the furniture and you can hear him calling them now in your head if you were a kid back then