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MisterBadger
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East Fife 5 Forfar 4

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Report Tommy Toes • August 18, 2014 6:48 PM BST
Indeed.
Seemed like a very nice bloke.
Report themightymac • August 18, 2014 6:58 PM BST
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. Sad
Report tictacman1 • August 18, 2014 7:11 PM BST
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.
Report Dr Crippen • August 18, 2014 7:16 PM BST
He was a legend all right.

I've never heard of him.
Report Poppydog. • August 18, 2014 7:18 PM BST
Never heard of him....?

...but first the Classified Football Results, read by James Alexander Gordon...
Report mad mad moon • August 18, 2014 7:25 PM BST
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.
Report kenny mann • August 18, 2014 7:37 PM BST
Always knew the result after he read out the first team.

RIP
Report kenny mann • August 18, 2014 7:38 PM BST
First team's score, that is.
Report MisterBadger • August 18, 2014 7:43 PM BST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gtl85_8jmI
Report call me a taxi • August 18, 2014 8:40 PM BST
East Fife 4 Forfar 5

was what Eric Morecambe called him.
Report Tommy Toes • August 18, 2014 9:42 PM BST
"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"
Report doantwin2easy • August 18, 2014 9:48 PM BST

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


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


so true

Report kenny mann • August 18, 2014 9:49 PM BST
One of the early matches I saw moons, and many of 'em ago, finished Bradford City 4 Accrington Stanley 5.
Report kenny mann • August 18, 2014 9:51 PM BST
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
Report themightymac • August 18, 2014 9:53 PM BST
REAL MADRID 7  EINTRACHT FRANKFURT 3
Report kenny mann • August 18, 2014 9:56 PM BST
saw that too, best game ever.
Report terry mccann • August 18, 2014 10:33 PM BST
also read the news on radio one in the early days
Report Facts • August 18, 2014 10:53 PM BST
You knew when it was going to be a draw too Happy
Report kenny mann • August 18, 2014 11:06 PM BST
which is what i said.
Report The Pinhooker • August 19, 2014 5:04 PM BST
Similar in style and appeance to the late Len Martin who read out the football results on BBB. Grandstand for over 30 years.
Report The Pinhooker • August 19, 2014 5:04 PM BST
Oops, BBC!
Report iamajambo • August 19, 2014 6:03 PM BST
As others have written,you immediately knew the result of the match when he read the name of the the home team.
Report elise • August 19, 2014 6:13 PM BST
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
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