Never to the dark side Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 I only found out that Arsenal v Bristol City game in August 1976 had second half live commentary, can't think there could have been anything earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 7 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said: I only found out that Arsenal v Bristol City game in August 1976 had second half live commentary, can't think there could have been anything earlier. Local radio broadcast live commentary of games during the 60s. BBC covered all Div 1 games in the 50s. So I'm guessing we had commentary way earlier than 76. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 Radio Bristol only started on the 4th September 1970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, spudski said: Local radio broadcast live commentary of games during the 60s. BBC covered all Div 1 games in the 50s. So I'm guessing we had commentary way earlier than 76. The only regular football commentary that I can remember in the 1950's was on The Light Programme, precursor to Radio 2. It was the second half of a Football League match; totally random choice of game and from any of the four leagues, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3 North and Div 3 South. The match chosen by BBC was not publicised before the programme, as far as I know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Never to the dark side said: Radio Bristol only started on the 4th September 1970 I wonder if this guy ever did some? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Batchelor My father used to speak of listening to radio football commentary, pre 70s, where they divided the pitch into squares to help the listener. To help the listener picture the scene, the pitch was divided up into a grid of imaginary squares, square one being around the goalmouth. Thus, whenever the ball went out of play for a goal kick, or someone made a boring pass-back...the commentator would groan: "Back to square one". Hence the term used today...back to square one. When my father went particially sighted, he'd listen to Radio Brizzle commentary and would often moan that he didn't have a clue where the ball was and wished they'd bring back the grid system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 4 minutes ago, cidered abroad said: The only regular football commentary that I can remember in the 1950's was on The Light Programme, precursor to Radio 2. It was the second half of a Football League match; totally random choice of game and from any of the four leagues, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3 North and Div 3 South. The match chosen by BBC was not publicised before the programme, as far as I know. Thanks for that info... appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 When I was doing research to assist David Woods mainly at The Central Library but also other city libraries, I found myself at the Bath library and studying wartime matches discovered that a game between Bristol City and Bath City in about 1944 had live commentary on national radio. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redysteadygo Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 If you were in hospital you could get the live broadcast from the little shack at the back of the open end. 1954/55 my first games and it was there then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 I can remember radio 2 doing the second half of a second half randomly. I remember being on my holidays in benidorm and going off to the pub with my old man to listen to whoever was on and then Sports Report. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, redysteadygo said: If you were in hospital you could get the live broadcast from the little shack at the back of the open end. 1954/55 my first games and it was there then. Yes the long forgotten hospital broadcast hut. If I remember correctly it wasn’t so small and was supported by iron pylons. But I was quite young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Am I mistaken or was there footage of our Cup Final? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 1 minute ago, Ivorguy said: Am I mistaken or was there footage of our Cup Final? Yes there was film footage but lost during the second world war. It had been shown in local Bristol cinemas in 1934 on the 25th anniversary of our appearance in the final. Radio was a bit behind film. There was no radio coverage of the 1909 Cup Final as radio that could broadcast voices hadn't long been invented. The BBC, for instance, didn't start broadcasting until 1922. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 6 minutes ago, Ivorguy said: Am I mistaken or was there footage of our Cup Final? Thought you seen it live ive..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Just now, archie andrews said: Thought you seen it live ive..... No, missed the train connection at Reading. Sod’s Law! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redysteadygo Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 4 hours ago, REDOXO said: Yes the long forgotten hospital broadcast hut. If I remember correctly it wasn’t so small and was supported by iron pylons. But I was quite young Probably only 8ft square and stood on iron legs about 4ft off the steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 2 minutes ago, redysteadygo said: Probably only 8ft square and stood on iron legs about 4ft off the steps. Yeah I guess it looked bigger to a six year old! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 cidered abroad Thanks for that info 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted January 1 Admin Report Share Posted January 1 7 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said: cidered abroad Thanks for that info You need to use the @ symbol to tag people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 Sorry Phantom don't know what a tag is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 14 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said: Sorry Phantom don't know what a tag is. If you type @ then follow that with the persons name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted January 1 Admin Report Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Never to the dark side said: Sorry Phantom don't know what a tag is. Apologies, I should have explained it better. See above It basically means the person will be aware you have mentioned them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 9 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: I only found out that Arsenal v Bristol City game in August 1976 had second half live commentary, can't think there could have been anything earlier. Pretty sure it was West Ham in 90/91 mate, don't think we've had one (start) earlier than that ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 I study broadcasting history - a really useful source is the Radio Times archive which you can browse here: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk @Never to the dark side The earliest record I can find of a City match being broadcast is here: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/ea8daa29fa954c9aa17d8c34468d57fc 13th January 1934 - City v Derby in the Cup. The BBC was the only broadcaster in Britain at the time and the FA were much happier to have matches broadcast than the Football League - hence the FA Cup being such a big deal in the 30s. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cidered abroad Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 13 hours ago, bs3 said: That is the only time in my life of supporting City, when I could not stop laughing when we had conceded. And I still laugh every time it's heard again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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