East Fife and Forfar next meet at Bayview Stadium, Methil, on 14 September. Henceforth, surely the encounter will become known as the "James Alexander Gordon" fixture (taken from an article when he retired in July). Never got to read the infamous scoreline but his voice and inflections were perfect for the classified results.
I can still clearly hear his voice and his little inflections. I remember you knew the result before he said it, just from the way he said the first team's score. I.e. if he said 'Arsenal 1' in a particular voice you knew it was a draw. I also liked the way he'd say massive scores like 8-0 as if they were totally normal.
as soon as he came on our house went quite by the end of his broadcast we'd all joined in reading the score's with him, one of the lasting memory's of my childhood. R.I.P.
Iconic voice, unmistakable tone and inflection and as has been noted part of many people's earliest football memories. For me it was getting in the car after a game at Boothferry Park in the early 70s and listening to my Dad swear as the other results affecting City came in! Contrast James Alexander Gordon's calm dulcet tones with the angry rantings of a disappointed bloke in an East 'Ull accent. I know that he only retired last year but he seems to me to be part of a different footballing world. One were there was no live TV games, no streams and radio was king. You just had the human voice to paint pictures in your head, be it James Alexander Gordon with the results or the likes of Bryon Butler and Peter Jones as commentators. RIP
Great loss to the sporting world. Gave my son his name 'James Alexander' as my dad and grandad had pants forenames. Remember coming back from BP driving down Calvert Rd listening to sports report. Nobody would want to stop under railway bridge because the radio reception would start crackling!!!! Happy Days.
That's correct Stan. One of my graduates worked with him at BBC Berkshire (based at the BBC monitoring service in Caversham) and he said that JAG told the BBC that he could hear the difference and decline in his voice, and that he didn't want to provide a 'sub-standard service'. Bless that man, another part of growing up and sporting Saturdays gone for good. If you shut your eyes and pretend to hear the results being read out, it is his voice you hear. RIP James Alexander Gordon.
