THOSE WONDERFUL AFTERNOONS TUNED INTO SPORTS REPORT

NEIL SIMMS pays his personal tribute to James Alexander Gordon, voice of classified results

 
 I read of the passing of James Alexander Gordon, the voice of the classified football results on Sports Report on BBC Radio, at the age of 78 on Twitter, ironic really given that his voice immediately transports me to a time before the internet, and I felt a sudden sense of nostalgia.
It’s an easily recalled and happy daydream for me. I can picture my Dad flicking the radio on, finding Radio Five in the car, I can hear the wonderful Sports Report music in my mind, it&rsqu...

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