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of League and Cup games, in both live and highlight form. From then on all I ever wanted to do was watch and play football.. Something went wrong, please try again later. TTT were looking to groom the young Roger de Courcy lookalike Roger Tames as their new commentator and he cut his teeth on a couple of games towards the end of the 1978-79 season, Newcastle's 5-3 home . Therefore, the surreal environment Kerr now finds himself has rapidly become the real. The section about the last local match on Shoot! incorrectly states it was Hartlepool United v Rochdale on May 7th 1982. JavaScript is disabled. Roger Tames and Ken Pollard were in charge of the sports department. Roger Tames. same programme, Oldham v Leicester, featured a gawky young visiting striker Extra Time as well. EDITORS NOTE: This article is more than 20 years old. A dynamite burst would instantly delete a ground, saving fans the heartbreak of watching it being slowly deconstructed, hollowed and emaciated over weeks, and giving them the chance to acquire the kind of memento that money cant buy: a piece of main stand shrapnel, encountered blitzing through the air and secreted neatly inside the cheek bone, just as ex-miners still carry coal dust in their lungs. not help. If Hartlepool v Workington at a wintry Victoria Ground seemed a long way from the 1970 World Cup in sun-kissed Rio, then he did not show it. poppy). from the 1970 World Cup in sun-kissed Mexico, then he did not show it. Subscribers get free access to the complete WSC digital archive you can find out more here, Daniel Gray hosts the WSC podcast. Well-known member. Something went wrong, please try again later. beIN Sports, as we are now, have the rights to virtually every major football league in the world. programme from the ground of the game chosen, generally concluding with a There were no on-screen graphics such as team The final edition came the following Saturday, featuring 3 matches from outside the region, one involving a Wimbledon side which won 3-1 at Bury to begin their long climb from the Fourth Division to footballs summit. On May 7th 1982, Shoot covered its last local action. The top match in the region (Norwich v Ipswich) was on BBC MOTD (with John Motson commentating). Football Commentators Thread (Part 13) - Page 68 Digital Spy