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Read that Gerald Sinstadt has died , those of a certain age will remember his Sunday soccer commentaries on Granada in the 70’s when his views were like radio Bolton but for Man U. But where much lighter RIP
Luton Town 2 v Rochdale 0. Kenneth Wolstenholme was the first I remember us being on a highlights show.
There may even be earlier examples.
Gerald Sinstadt was ia radio presenter in the Army and he served with Barry Davies, who also became a sports presenters/commentator. Sinstadt was a stalwart of ITV broadcasting for many years and fronted the Granada editions for years.
Sad to hear that he has passed at what must be a ripe old age. RIP Gerald.
“It is easier to fool people, than to convince them that they have been fooledâ€
We didn't know we were born back in the day! Gerald Sinstadt, John Helm, Kenneth Wolstenholme, Barry Davies, Jimmy Hill, Saint and Greavsie, and others who slip the mind. All great talents, all dead/retired now.
I can't think of anyone today fit to lace their boots. Pundits like Lineker are just dull with the charisma of a damp cloth.
It's also the same with Comedians, TV Presenters and entertainers. Plus Peter Alliss, Blowers, Murray Walker, Ted Lowe, the darts bloke, Des Lynam, even Dickie Davies!
Used to sing “we’re the sandy, we’re the sandy Laners” to that tune.
Back to classic sports commentators let’s not forget Dan Maskell in tennis and Alan Weeks who seemed to do everything no one else could do (swimming, ice skating, bobsleigh)
Do you? It's my memory that there wasn't one, at least in the Granada area. All there was by way of an introduction was silence, while a caption 'Football' was displayed on screen. n contrast, The Big Match from London Weekend got a proper theme tune and a much more professional presentation all round. The second match usually featured a North-West team playing in the capital with Brian Moore commentating. If not, then a game from the Midlands with Hugh Johns
Well there`s a tune going around in my head that I`m convinced is from the Gerald Sinstadt ITV Sunday afternoon programme. Same as the tune for the Five O Clock Saturday night BBC radio programme that we all tuned into, I`ll never forget that. Most of us had those little pocket radios, no radios in cars then, though most of us would`ve been either walking home, or on a train or bus. The football results read by James Alexander-Gordon, reporters like Bill Bothwell, Stuart Hall and the Scottish bloke who always used to say, "it`s a sensation here at Ibrox (or Parkhead, whichever Old Firm team was at home)". Those were the days when there were real sports reporters as has been mentioned, not the la di dah soulless morons we have today, thank you Rupert.
Wasn't Gerald's Sunday afternoon programme called The Kick-Off Match?
Can't bring the theme tune to mind, but the graphics were fairly primitive. Dale were virtually never on, but I remember Gerald once announcing a 'rare chance to take a look at Fourth Division Rochdale', followed by a couple of minutes where you got to see Mike Poole in nets, Keith Hanvey at CB and possibly Bob Mountford up front.
As a non-attending child I remember being quite impressed they looked like a proper football team, like all the others.
The other aspect with Gerald's programme that confused me as a young child was it took my Dad to explain that it wasn't live - that matches didn't last five minutes, but were played across ninety minutes the previous afternoon.
I could have sworn that he was at Granada for longer but your memory plays tricks with you. A big opera fan, isn’t Sinstadt the man credited with persuading the BBC to use “Nessus Dorma” as their theme tune for 1990 Wo4ld Cup coverage?
I remember the Magic Trumpet tune but funnily enough I don't remember it in association with Sunday afternoon football. Memory eh?
On a separate note, that's another tune I know which I've only discovered was by Herb Alpert. The only ones I thought I knew were Spanish Flea and that abomination Rise.
Then years later I find out he made famous recordings of Casino Royale, Tijuana Taxi, So What's New, A Taste Of Honey (Herb Alpert version 🙂) - all songs I knew, but didn't know they were by him
Wasn't Tijuana Taxi an It's A Knockout theme tune?
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