glynriley Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Died today aged 78. I'm sure we've all listened to his dulcet tones on the way back from away games. Rest In Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotham Brow Red Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 A voice we will remember. Sad news. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Controller Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 I hear his voice every time the Classified Results are read out on the radio. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 RIP James. Very sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunnyfunt Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 RIP the voice of football. Sad news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 All my life his voice has given the results...will be sadly missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Memories, memories. Coming out of grounds, radio clutched to ear on Radio 2 - five o clock....De dum de dum de dum de dum, de dumidy dum de dum...and now the classified football results.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Such a distinctive voice. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Memories, memories. Coming out of grounds, radio clutched to ear on Radio 2 - five o clock....De dum de dum de dum de dum, de dumidy dum de dum...and now the classified football results.... Before that, The Light Program, we all used to listen out for the classic....... Bolton WandERERS 1 Wolverhampton WandERERS 1 .he always managed to put an extra ER in the name....RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Forfar 5 East Fife 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 I heard a fascinating interview with him on the radio a couple of years ago in which he discussed his life and how he got into reading the football scores. It left me thinking that I would love to meet the man. Now I never will. Rest peacefully, James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Great voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterStyvarsRightFoot Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Always always remember coming out of a ground getting into the car putting on five live and waiting for those chimes to play before he read out the score cast and pools from the days events... Part of childhood taken away, will always be remembered to me Forfar 5 east fife 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Forfar 5 East Fife 4 Out of interest, has that score ever occurred? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterStyvarsRightFoot Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Out of interest, has that score ever occurred? Happened in 1963 before his time , he always claimed he would've loved to have read it Came close as it ended 4-3 between the two in 2011 but it was never to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Always always remember coming out of a ground getting into the car putting on five live and waiting for those chimes to play before he read out the score cast and pools from the days events... Part of childhood taken away, will always be remembered to me Forfar 5 east fife 4 Time plays tricks with my mind...did the footie not used to be on radio 2, or am I just getting senile (well, that might be a given either way)...and I am sure games finished a little earlier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedUn Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Died today aged 78. I'm sure we've all listened to his dulcet tones on the way back from away games. Rest In Peace. Ah that's sad news ... provided the soundtrack for what three generations of football fans? ... RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 teleprinter, then final score - Saturday teatime favourite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Very sad to hear this! What a legend! Loved the way he read certain results, you sort of knew what the second teams score was by the tone of his voice on the first. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted August 18, 2014 Admin Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Apparently he read the results in the manner he did, for those who were checking their pools coupons. Do the pools still exist? Many tributes to him today from his radio colleagues and they all sounded very genuine, he was obviously a very well liked man, I miss his reading of the results, but at least I had decades of hearing him. RIP JAG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggythecity Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 RIP always the first voice of results reading i remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surreyred Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Sad news, I echo the comments above. My mates answerphone message used to be "If you know who James Alexander GORDON is you may leave a message" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Old Boy Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Always always remember coming out of a ground getting into the car putting on five live and waiting for those chimes to play before he read out the score cast and pools from the days events... Part of childhood taken away, will always be remembered to meOnce upon a time games used to finish at 4.45 and you could get back to your car by 5pm. Now you're lucky to be out of the ground by that time, perhaps this is the reason for the usual Dolman mass exodus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Happened in 1963 before his time , he always claimed he would've loved to have read it Came close as it ended 4-3 between the two in 2011 but it was never to beThere was a feature on him on TV a few years ago and he read this result as a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Surely he must have read every team name and every scoreline imaginable. Surely we can keep his voice alive and still enjoy listening out for him! RIP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlands Robin Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Sad loss. Another part of my childhood gone. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Once upon a time games used to finish at 4.45 and you could get back to your car by 5pm. Now you're lucky to be out of the ground by that time, perhaps this is the reason for the usual Dolman mass exodus? Nearly right! Games used to finish on a Saturday afternoon at 4:40pm as they all kicked off at 3pm and there was only a 10 minute half-time break. But you're right to say that everyone was back in the car in time to hear that music and "The first reading of today's football results read by James Alexander Gordon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Once upon a time games used to finish at 4.45 ...... Sorry to be a pedant but games used to finish at 4:40. Injury time first half was exactly that , for injuries and most rare. As a kid on Crackers Corner I'd leg it at final whistle back to my Gran's in Bath Street to catch Kent Walton saying: "Have a good week, till next week..." to immediately switch over to the VidiPrinter. JAG will be greatly missed and I trust, like me, he meets his maker to the strains of 'Out of the Blue' (Sports Report theme.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Always always remember coming out of a ground getting into the car putting on five live and waiting for those chimes to play before he read out the score cast and pools from the days events... Part of childhood taken away, will always be remembered to me Forfar 5 east fife 4 I always thought it was the other way around that we were all waiting for....Forfar 4 East Fife 5 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Just heard this sad news. Classified check has never been the same since he stepped down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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