Football Voices John Motson has sparked a backlash after BBC Radio 5 Live decided to discontinue football results every Saturday at 5pm.
Sports broadcast royalties line up to condemn Beeb for scrapping confidential checks as the first act of his flagship Sports Report program. The results, which Charlotte Green has been reading since 2013, were removed in her post-match reactions before kick-off at 5:30 p.m. to accommodate more mundane clichés and cliches.BBC Radio defeated talkSPORT in his next three matches. season.
Fans are furious, especially older generations where classified checks are his 90-year tradition. Match of the Day legend Motson, 77, who spent more than half a century on BBC radio, said: People will miss them terribly.
"As a kid, I grew up listening to soccer results at 5pm on Saturdays. They were the benchmark for the day and I disagree with this decision."
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Jim Rosenthal, a Sports Report presenter before becoming a top presenter on ITV, said: BBC needs to rethink. Times are changing, but not everyone in the world has smartphones or instant access to the internet, and many of his supporters who watch football on Saturday afternoons feel abandoned. Who does it benefit? nobody, absolutely nobody.
Also, former BBC football correspondent Mike Ingham retired after his World Cup in 2014 and worked for the Corporation for 40 years, including hosting his five of the sporting reports. After that, I was confused. he said:
"How ironic that the BBC would make such a decision when Sports Report celebrates its 75th anniversary in January."
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Getty)The BBC said it will provide updates on the goals on-air throughout the day, adding that fans can check the results on its website and on the TV final score program.
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Discarding categorized football results on Radio 5 Live at 5pm on Saturdays is not just brainless broadcast trolls.
This shows that the BBC has completely lost contact with its lifeblood, its listeners, and no longer cares about providing a valuable service to its audience. For nearly 75 years,Out Of The Blue, Sports Report's robust theme song, and Openings for Classified Checks His bar has been a weapon in generations of football supporters has provided
No matter where you are watching the game, rain or shine, One Stop He keeps his watch by the shop to see the day's results.
James he Alexander Gordon, who died in 2014 at the age of 78, after reading football results for 40 years, must have come to visit his grave. His play was so lyrical that I knew before he finished the scoreline whether the team had won, drawn or lost.
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REX)The BBC justified the institution's death knell with a dismal corporate statement. He said: With our coverage, the Sports Report has been condensed into a shorter programme.
Yes – but that 5:30 p.m. kickoff only exists to meet the demand for subscription-only TV channels, the antithesis of free-to-air. Not to mention the thousands of fans who wait for confidential checks at pool coupons each week to dance to the Sky Sports agenda.
And to the fans, they The BBC website and BBC One's Final Score say when you're behind the wheel and away from the scene of your team's latest win or disaster. doesn't cut it. What's the BBC throwing away next? Forecast. They tell fishermen to look over the sides of their boats for signs of big waves.
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