Never to the dark side Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 JP was commentator on five live for Brentford v Watford and match of the day commentator for Chelsea v Leeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daored Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said: JP was commentator on five live for Brentford v Watford and match of the day commentator for Chelsea v Leeds He often does two games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) Johnathan Pearce is the most articulate and entertaining commentator working today IMHO?..............and a Red! Be a bad day when he retires, as there is no one with the same insight and humour to replace him? Maybe we could get him to do our Robins TV commentaries, when he finally leaves the BBC?...............What a massive step up in quality that would be? Edited December 12, 2021 by maxjak 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 17 minutes ago, maxjak said: Johnathan Pearce is the most articulate and entertaining commentator working today IMHO?..............and a Red! Be a bad day when he retires, as there is no one with the same insight and humour to replace him? Maybe we could get him to do our Robins TV commentaries, when he finally leaves the BBC?...............What a massive step up in quality that would be? He'd probably stay there forever if he thought he had that to look forward to (PS Theres a good Cider With episode by @Shtanley here Cider With JP if anyone didn't catch it.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted December 12, 2021 Admin Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 I'm never convinced about how big a fan he really is. Met him on a train back from work from East Croydon once he's not the super fan we believed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 38 minutes ago, phantom said: I'm never convinced about how big a fan he really is. Met him on a train back from work from East Croydon once he's not the super fan we believed If you take the time to listen to the podcast Sleepy refers to, with Stan and JP.............You will hear the incredible backstory JP has with our club, when he was younger. i would say that he has fantastic knowledge of a period of history of our club, and would say he has tremendous affection for City, rather than being a super fan, though he always follows our progress. He is more of an admirer of Bristol City I would say? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 16 minutes ago, maxjak said: If you take the time to listen to the podcast Sleepy refers to, with Stan and JP.............You will hear the incredible backstory JP has with our club, when he was younger. i would say that he has fantastic knowledge of a period of history of our club, and would say he has tremendous affection for City, rather than being a super fan, though he always follows our progress. He is more of an admirer of Bristol City I would say? And football commentators, like players, are usually working when games are played so don't see many. Whenever I've heard him mention City he always sounds genuinely keen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: And football commentators, like players, are usually working when games are played so don't see many. Whenever I've heard him mention City he always sounds genuinely keen. And he will often mention City while commentating if there is any kind of link to us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, phantom said: I'm never convinced about how big a fan he really is. Met him on a train back from work from East Croydon once he's not the super fan we believed I would often chat with his Dad, who used to video our games, before home games and young JP was invariably with him. Yes, I am that old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, phantom said: I'm never convinced about how big a fan he really is. Met him on a train back from work from East Croydon once he's not the super fan we believed Pearcey's Cornish, but his family moved to Bristol when he was a kid so his dad could work for City and JP had a few schoolboy trials with the club. He wasn't good enough to be a professional, so decided to pursue a career talking about football instead. I know he lived in East London for a time, and has talked about "also" supporting West Ham, but I know a lot of people have second teams, so I wont slam him for that. When I met him we had quite a long chat about the Alan Dicks era, and he certainly knows his stuff there. Living in Sussex and working most match-days obviously cuts down his current City watching capacity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engvall’s Splinter Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 4 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: JP was commentator on five live for Brentford v Watford and match of the day commentator for Chelsea v Leeds On reading the title I assumed you were referencing Hampshire Reds, with his limited posts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 hours ago, weepywall said: And he will often mention City while commentating if there is any kind of link to us. And often when there isn`t! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 I had a work colleague who used to go to Ashton Gate with JP when they were both about 10. About 1970 I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 He's also the go to commentator for many of the top women's games including the recent cup final between Chelsea and Arsenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Old Boy Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: I know he lived in East London for a time, and has talked about "also" supporting West Ham, but I know a lot of people have second teams, so I wont slam him for that. Always thought his London “team” was Fulham? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, East End Old Boy said: Always thought his London “team” was Fulham? Maybe it depends on where he was living at the time? He's just outside Brighton now, so perhaps he has Albion as his non-city choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Watching PSG v Monaco tonight, Jonathan Pearce the commentator! Guess what, he has just spent a minute waxing lyrical about Paul Cheesley, about us winning at Arsenal, and how we we’re 92nd in the football league a few years later!! He just can’t stop himself 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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