I'm on my hols, listened to the Argyle match in the car then tuned in for the footie results. I was apoplectic listening to Shearer droning on about the Premiersh*te. This is a tradition going back decades & it's been axed because of their Premier League coverage. Well 5 Live can do one now as far as I'm concerned. 👺
Feels like a shame doesn't it. It's not like it's a crucial service any more, but it's definitely more interesting than listening to terrible banter between Alan Shearer and Mark Chapman.
I still get the thrill when I hear the Sports Report theme tune I got as a small boy sat in our kitchen more than 60 years ago. If I'm in the car at 5 on a Saturday then that's what's playing on the radio! Over 60 years ago we'd probably have no idea how Argyle got on before the full results. Different now when the app on my 'phone will have told me by 10 to 5.
Sad times. My dad and I would try to guess the score each time due to James Alexander Gordon's unique delivery.
Am astonished 5 Live would remove something so cherished, but then again the whole station has gone downhill massively in the last few years.
Its 90% banal banter and pathetic jokes, apart from a few of the commentators who are still grown ups and are excellent. The BBC Head of Sport /Head of 5 Live should be ashamed of what a lot of the output is these days.
Can remember many a time getting back on the coach pre-internet days to hear the results. Dead silent as well with the odd exclamation of amazement when a suprise score was announced.
Not happy about it really - another part of the game we all love gradually being eroded
Dont you all realise according to the bbc there is no football outside the Premiership
What is even more ironic is the fact they cant even afford to show any Prem matches live
Lots of sentimental stuff here but most people now have apps to gather the results rather than wait for 5pm. It was part of the routine back in the seventies, getting the printed fixture list from the morning’s paper to scribble down the scores, mainly to check dad’s pools coupon. I don’t think I have relied on the radio since then because teletext came along in the 80’s and that became my main source of results.
What’s wrong with sentiment? Another great tradition gone. Just suppose the BBC announced the cessation of the shipping forecast. Few of the population are sailors, but the outcry would be enormous. Listeners talk about the poetry and images created by the shipping forecast. I feel the same about the football results. Elderly rant over.
Not sure about the argument about getting it elsewhere/on your phone.
If you’re listening to the radio, then you won’t be looking at your phone… indeed you might be listening to the radio to escape your phone! And visually impaired people may be using it also.
I suspect they’ll reverse it after the backlash, it’s only 5 minutes and they must be able to fit it somewhere.