"came in to try to reflect how each result affected the league, which meant meticulous preparation was necessary. After the majority of the results came in, the scores would then be collated and announced as the 'Classified Football Results' in alphabetical order starting with the highest leagues first. Remarkably, only three people have regularly read the football results on the programme: Len Martin (from 1958 until 1995), Tim Gudgin (from 1995 until 2011) and Mike West since 2011. Gudgin read the results for the last time on 19 November 2011, then retired at the age of 81. He cited the"
"Tim Gudgin Tim Gudgin (25 November 1929 – 8 November 2017) was a British radio presenter and voiceover artist. He is best known for announcing the football results on the BBC sports programmes ""Grandstand"" and ""Final Score"" between 1995 and 2011. He read the results out for the last time on 19 November 2011, just a week before his 82nd birthday. Gudgin was educated at the independent Whitgift School in South Croydon, London, but did not go to university. He carried out his National Service during the 1940s, and he started his broadcasting career during that time in Germany in"
"1949. After completing his National Service he started a long career at the BBC. Gudgin began working on ""Grandstand"" in 1965, initially announcing the rugby and racing results, but then succeeded Len Martin as the broadcaster of the football results after Martin's death in 1995. Gudgin was only the second person to perform the role regularly from the inception of ""Grandstand"" in 1958. After Grandstand ended in 2007, he continued to read the results on ""Final Score"". ""Match of the Day"" presenter Gary Lineker described Gudgin as ""one of the most familiar voices in sport"" and ""a quintessential part of"
"results as they came through, with the characters in each result appearing one by one. Remarkably, only two people regularly read out the classified results on ""Final Score"" when it was part of Grandstand: the Australian Len Martin (from the first programme until his death in 1995) and Tim Gudgin (from 1995 until Final Score was separated from Grandstand in 2001 – he continued to read the classified results until 2011). For twenty years (1965–1985) ""Grandstand"" faced competition from ITV's ""World of Sport"", but by the end of the 1980s ITV had stopped broadcasting Saturday afternoon sport in favour of"
"programme ""Grandstand"" used to broadcast the winning match numbers and any Pools Panel verdicts as part of its ""Final Score"" segment in the late afternoon. Only three people have so far announced the classified football results on the programme since its inception in 1958: Len Martin until his death in 1995 and since then, Tim Gudgin; Mark E. Smith, singer from the band The Fall, read out the classified football results on the BBC's Final Score programme as a one-off, as his band's track Theme from Sparta F.C. was the programme's theme music. Pools news was also given out on"
"on holiday. He performed his role on ""Grandstand"" from the programme's very first edition in 1958 until his death in 1995. Martin was well known for his intonation when reading the scores. It was clear from the way in which he presented the home or away team name, followed by number of goals, whether the result was a home win, an away win, a no-score draw or a score draw; this was important for the football pools results. He was succeeded by Tim Gudgin who also used the distinct BBC intonation. In addition to his role on ""Grandstand"", Martin was"
"a voice-over artist heard on Movietone newsreels. He also used to run four flights of stairs at Lime Grove Studios in the late 1960s after ""Grandstand"" to introduce Simon Dee's programme, with 'Simon' elongated, in the distinctive manner. Len Martin Leonard Martin (17 April 1919 – 21 August 1995) was an Australian results reader. He was known in the UK for reading out the football results, associated football pools statistics and horse-racing results on the BBC's Saturday afternoon sports programme, ""Grandstand"". Martin was born in Australia where he began his broadcasting career. He came to England on holiday in 1953"
"Len Martin Leonard Martin (17 April 1919 – 21 August 1995) was an Australian results reader. He was known in the UK for reading out the football results, associated football pools statistics and horse-racing results on the BBC's Saturday afternoon sports programme, ""Grandstand"". Martin was born in Australia where he began his broadcasting career. He came to England on holiday in 1953 for the Coronation and received a call from the BBC the day before he was due to sail for Australia. He never used his return ticket home, and only twice went back to Australia in 1983 and 1993,"
"Colston did until 1999. He made brief appearances on Sky Sports reading out the football scores on Soccer Saturday in the 2000-01 season. Whilst reading the results, Colston inflected his voice to imply the result of a match simply through his sonorous intonation of the home team's score. Unlike Len Martin, who surpassed his longevity on the BBC's rival programme Grandstand from its inception in 1958 until his death in 1995, Colston would use abbreviations for some teams such as ""Spurs"" which would allow him to read the results more quickly than the BBC. Bob Colston Robert ""Bob"" Colston (June"
"""Grandstand"". Grandstand launched on 11 October 1958 from Lime Grove Studios with Dimmock as the presenter. Dimmock presented the first two editions and three weeks later, he was replaced by sports commentator David Coleman. In the autumn of 1959, Grandstand was extended by an extra 15 minutes and would finish at 5:00pm every Saturday. The show was one of the most recognisable on British television, dominating Saturday afternoons on the BBC's main channel and covering nearly every major sporting event in Britain such as the FA Cup Final, Wimbledon, the Grand National and the University Boat Race, as well as"
"coverage, including their flagship football television programme ""Match of the Day"", and as a team captain on the sports game show ""They Think It's All Over"" from 1995 to 2003. Following the departure of Steve Rider from the BBC, Lineker, who is a keen recreational golfer with a handicap of four, became the new presenter for the BBC's golf coverage. Also, he presented ""Grandstand"" in the London studio while then-presenter Desmond Lynam was in Aintree when the Grand National was abandoned because of a bomb alert at the racecourse in 1997. Despite receiving some criticism from his peers, he continued"
"that are taking place. Beginning with the 2017/18 season, the show’s graphics were updated, to tie in with the rebrand of BBC Sport at the time. In the autumn of 2011, Final Score moved from studio TC5 at TV Centre in London, which had been its home for many years. Its new home is located in Salford Quays at dock10, MediaCityUK. The last programme from TC5 was broadcast on 19 November 2011. The current main presenter of ""Final Score"" is Jason Mohammad, who replaced Gabby Logan at the start of the 2013–14 season. Stand-in presenters include Eilidh Barbour, Mark Chapman"
"Grandstand (TV programme) Grandstand was a British television sport programme. Broadcast between 1958 and 2007, it was one of the BBC's longest running sports shows, alongside ""BBC Sports Personality of the Year"". Its first presenter was Peter Dimmock. There were only five main presenters of the programme during its long history: David Coleman (who took over from Dimmock after just three programmes), Frank Bough, Des Lynam and Steve Rider. Changes in the structure of the programme during its last few years, however, meant it did not have a regular main presenter during this time. Among the more occasional hosts were"
"Year's Day fell on a Saturday. In October 2001, the head of BBC Sports and Programming Pat Younge announced plans to revamp Grandstand by placing emphasis on showing one particular sport rather than switching back to another every few minutes. In the late afternoon, with many Football League and Scottish Football League matches approaching full-time, the programme would draw to a close with ""Final Score"". This covered not only the results from all the matches, but also gave the results of the football pools. Perhaps the segment's most famous feature is the vidiprinter, a digital device which printed out the"
"host would be associated with that feature; for example, Hazel Irvine would host snooker, Clare Balding racing or rugby league, and John Inverdale rugby union. On 24 April 2006, the BBC announced that ""Grandstand"" would be gradually phased out after nearly half a century, due to the increasing use of interactive services and the need to meet the challenges of the digital, on-demand world. This had been hinted by the dropping of the ""Grandstand"" title from the BBC's coverage of the major international sporting events, like the World Cup as well as that year's Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games. It"
"days, the presenter stood next to the Teleprinter with a camera pointed at the actual printer. The results would come from the Press Association (PA), who appointed a correspondent to attend each match and report back the half-time and full-time scores to its offices in London. The PA would then use the technology of the day to provide a feed to BBC Television Centre. The Press Association provided the vidiprinter results service until Opta Sports took over the contract for the 2013–14 season onwards. The host of the main Grandstand programme used to provide commentary on the scores as they"
"Times in November 2016, Logan admitted that ""Flockstars"" was her ""biggest disappointment"". Logan started presenting for BBC Sport on 27 January 2007, presenting coverage of the FA Cup fourth round tie between Luton Town and Blackburn Rovers. She continues to present and report on live football for the BBC and Logan now deputises for Gary Lineker on Match of the Day. Logan hosted ""Final Score"" from 2009 until 2013 before being replaced by Jason Mohammad. When Craig Doyle left BBC Sport to go to ITV in 2008 the BBC needed a new host for the 6 Nations with 2 or"
"Gabby Logan Gabrielle Nicole ""Gabby"" Logan (née Yorath; born 24 April 1973) is a British presenter and a former Welsh international gymnast who is best known for her presenting roles with BBC Sport and ITV. Logan hosted ""Final Score"" for BBC Sport from 2009 until 2013. She has also presented a variety of live sports events for the BBC, including a revived episode of ""Superstars"" in December 2012 and the London Marathon since 2015. Since 2013, she has co-hosted ""Sports Personality of the Year"" for the BBC and she presented the second series of ""The Edge"" in 2015. Logan was"
"so from the start of the 2001–02 season ""Final Score"" was broadcast as an individual programme with Ray Stubbs as the regular presenter and Mark Lawrenson providing comment on the results as they came in. At this point, ""Final Score"" became a football-only programme. The half time round-up remained part of ""Grandstand"" until the start of the 2004–05 season when an afternoon-long version of the programme was launched. Initially called ""Score Interactive"", the programme is broadcast from 14:30 on the BBC's interactive service, the BBC Red Button, and provides a rolling mix of scores, reports and punditry. By this time,"
"for regular host, Mark Chapman. Barbour is a lifelong supporter of St. Johnstone. Eilidh Barbour Eilidh Margaret Barbour (; born 14 December 1982) is a Scottish television presenter and reporter, known for her association with BBC Sport and BT Sport. In 2017, she was named as the main presenter for BBC's golf coverage, replacing Hazel Irvine in the role. In 2005, Barbour graduated from the University of Stirling, having read Film and Media Studies, with an emphasis on audio and video production. She then moved to South Korea for a year to teach English, before returning to Scotland with the"
"Mark Pougatch Mark Charles Albert Pougatch (born 27 January 1968) is an English freelance radio and television broadcaster, a journalist and author who is currently the Chief Sport Presenter for ITV Sport, fronting their major football and rugby coverage. Pougatch is also currently the presenter of ""BT Sport Score"". Born in Paddington, London Pougatch attended Malvern College where he was captain of the First XI cricket team and graduated with a degree in politics at the University of Durham where he was a member of Hatfield College. He then undertook a post-graduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism at the London College"
"Eilidh Barbour Eilidh Margaret Barbour (; born 14 December 1982) is a Scottish television presenter and reporter, known for her association with BBC Sport and BT Sport. In 2017, she was named as the main presenter for BBC's golf coverage, replacing Hazel Irvine in the role. In 2005, Barbour graduated from the University of Stirling, having read Film and Media Studies, with an emphasis on audio and video production. She then moved to South Korea for a year to teach English, before returning to Scotland with the intention of finding a job within broadcasting. Her persistence paid off, as six"
"Alan Weeks, David Icke, Clare Balding, Hazel Irvine, Bob Wilson, David Vine, Barry Davies, Dougie Donnelly, Harry Carpenter, Harry Gration, John Inverdale, Tony Gubba, Helen Rollason, Ray Stubbs and Sue Barker. The last editions of ""Grandstand"" were broadcast over the weekend of 27–28 January 2007. During the 1950s sports coverage on television in the United Kingdom gradually expanded. The BBC regularly broadcast sports programmes with an outside studio team, occasionally from two or three separate locations. Production assistant Bryan Cowgill put forward a proposal for a programme lasting three hours; one hour dedicated to major events and two hours showing"
"classified football results, first on Radio 2 and later on Five Live. Popularly known as ""Jag"", he used his intonation, when pronouncing the names of the clubs, to indicate whether a match had ended in a home win, away win or draw. Gordon also worked as a freelance voice artist, recording voice-overs and commenting on company videos. He announced his retirement from radio in July 2013 following surgery to remove his larynx after being diagnosed with cancer. He was succeeded as the reader of the classified football results by former Radio 4 newsreader Charlotte Green from late September 2013. Gordon"
"reprised his role as announcer of the football results to read fictional results for the play ""Jumpers for Goalposts"". Gordon died of cancer on 18 August 2014, at the Sue Ryder – Duchess of Kent hospice in Reading. He is survived by his wife Julia, son David, and two granddaughters. James Alexander Gordon James Alexander Gordon (10 February 1936 – 18 August 2014) was a Scottish radio broadcaster, best known for reading the classified check of the football results every Saturday at 17:00 on BBC Radio Five Live's ""Sports Report"". Born in Edinburgh in 1936, during his youth he was"
"However Terry Wogan provided BBC TV commentary every year from 1980 to 2008. It was confirmed on 12 August 2008 that Terry Wogan would no longer present the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK. The BBC Radio 2 DJ, who had fronted the BBC's coverage for 37 years, said it was ""time for someone else to take over"". He was replaced in 2009 by Graham Norton for the final. Norton has continued in the role ever since. The final of the contest has been broadcast by BBC One (previously BBC Television Service and BBC TV) since the first contest in"
"Bob Colston Robert ""Bob"" Colston (June 27, 1928 – March 24, 2013) was a broadcaster who was famous in the United Kingdom as the voice of the football results on ITV's various Saturday afternoon football results programmes for 27 years between 1972 and 1999. Colston joined World of Sport in 1972 and read out the football results until the programme was cancelled in 1985. He continued to read the results as ITV broadcast the football scores in a stand-alone programme called ""Results Service"" which ran until 1992. The results were then featured during the Saturday teatime ITV News bulletin which"
"the expense of non league, Welsh and Irish games although the BBC did re-introduce coverage of the regional Conference leagues to their online vidiprinter at the start of the 2014–15 season. Later Welsh Premier League and Northern Ireland Premiership scores reappeared but cup competitions from both countries were not featured. In 2017 the BBC removed the vidiprinter from its website as part of a revamp of its scores section. Since the earliest days of ""Grandstand"" a live feed of the day's football results has been a regular fixture on BBC Television on Saturday afternoons during the football season. Initially this"
"In 2013, he replaced Gabby Logan as the host of ""Final Score"" on BBC One on Saturday afternoons, regularly hosting alongside pundits such as Garth Crooks and Danny Mills. Mohammad had previously been a reporter on the programme for many years. He is also the presenter of ""Scrum V"" specials on BBC Two Wales and is the secondary snooker presenter for BBC Sport. Mohammad was part of the BBC's broadcasting crew at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics and is an occasional presenter of ""Match of the Day"" and ""Match of the Day 2"", deputising for Gary Lineker and Mark Chapman"
"some of this information was restored. Scores and results from the National League (including the North and South divisions), Welsh Premier League and the Northern Ireland Premiership along with goal flashes and sendings-off from all of those leagues was re-instated. This is the first time that a vidiprinter on television has shown the scorers and sendings-off from the National League North, National League South and the Northern Ireland Premiership - this information had been available on the BBC's online vidiprinter since the 2014/15 season. During the final few years of ""Grandstand"", BBC Wales also opted out of the final few"
"grandfather and great-grandfather were among the Jewish diaspora who escaped Ukraine amid the violence that followed the first Russian Revolution. Mark Pougatch Mark Charles Albert Pougatch (born 27 January 1968) is an English freelance radio and television broadcaster, a journalist and author who is currently the Chief Sport Presenter for ITV Sport, fronting their major football and rugby coverage. Pougatch is also currently the presenter of ""BT Sport Score"". Born in Paddington, London Pougatch attended Malvern College where he was captain of the First XI cricket team and graduated with a degree in politics at the University of Durham where"
"The Disabilities Trust, The Prince's Trust, St John's Catholic School for the Deaf and Great Ormond Street Hospital. She and her husband Kenny Logan are past presidents of the children's charity Sparks. Gabby Logan Gabrielle Nicole ""Gabby"" Logan (née Yorath; born 24 April 1973) is a British presenter and a former Welsh international gymnast who is best known for her presenting roles with BBC Sport and ITV. Logan hosted ""Final Score"" for BBC Sport from 2009 until 2013. She has also presented a variety of live sports events for the BBC, including a revived episode of ""Superstars"" in December 2012"
"of the Scottish Professional Football League as well as the Welsh Premier League and the Irish League. Next is a review of the league tables for most divisions and this is followed by post-game interviews with managers, conducted by the commentators for ""Match of the Day"". After the main BBC television broadcast has finished the programme continues until 5.30pm on the Red Button. ""Final Score"" had been part of the BBC's long-running programme ""Grandstand"" as far back as 1958. The football results appeared on a device dubbed 'the Teleprinter', with each character of the results displayed one-by-one. In the early"