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William H. Bonney

Listening to Kheredine Idessane commentating on sportscene made me realise how bereft we are of quality commentators. 

I grew up listening to Archie McPherson, Alastair Alexander, jock brown and David begg. 

David begg for me was the best. He had a voice made for commentary. 

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16 minutes ago, Dino Velvet said:

Listening to Kheredine Idessane commentating on sportscene made me realise how bereft we are of quality commentators. 

I grew up listening to Archie McPherson, Alastair Alexander, jock brown and David begg. 

David begg for me was the best. He had a voice made for commentary. 

You had to google Kheredine Idessane on how to spell his name didn’t you? No danger you knew how to spell it!!😂

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Crampsey , Begg , Montford and McPherson were all real characters and the art of being able to suck you in to the game was easy for them. Of the commentators nowadays i like Derek Rae but very few others.

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Alex MacDonald

Derek Rae, David Begg and Alistair Alexander are the best we’ve had.

 

Archie McPherson’s legendary status is a joke. Knew nothing about sides outwith the OF, and Aberdeen in the 80’s, and when foreign players began to arrive in the 90’s, couldn’t pronounce any of their names, which for a teacher was amateurish. 

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Paul “suddenly it is a rout” Mitchell is my favourite. No sure my quote is completely accurate but that 2012 commentary is legendary. 🇱🇻 

Unreal that the BBC promoted that squeaky voiced Celtic loving sheep shagger Liam McLeod to the top job on Sportsound. Never listened to a full match commentary for years. Him and Pat Bonner...🤮

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5 minutes ago, Shaggy2 said:

Paul “suddenly it is a rout” Mitchell is my favourite.

Unreal that the BBC promoted that squeaky voiced Celtic loving sheep shagger Liam McLeod to the top job on Sportsound. Never listened to a full match commentary for years. Him and Pat Bonner...🤮

Begg and Alexander were the best for me, I thought it was Liam McLeod that said “suddenly it’s a rout” 🤔

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8 hours ago, goldie83 said:

You had to google Kheredine Idessane on how to spell his name didn’t you? No danger you knew how to spell it!!😂

 

Copy and paste mate. 😉

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Lord Beni of Gorgie

I loved the guy who did our radio commentary against Cowdenbeath, old school but so much better than the modern style

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9 hours ago, Dino Velvet said:

Listening to Kheredine Idessane commentating on sportscene made me realise how bereft we are of quality commentators. 

I grew up listening to Archie McPherson, Alastair Alexander, jock brown and David begg. 

David begg for me was the best. He had a voice made for commentary. 

 

Were they not all Huns? Archie certainly was although like most he tried to pretend he wasn't.

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William H. Bonney
25 minutes ago, wavydavy said:

 

Were they not all Huns? Archie certainly was although like most he tried to pretend he wasn't.

 

David begg had a soft spot for Aberdeen, but was more of a golfer than a football fan. 

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41 minutes ago, Dino Velvet said:

 

David begg had a soft spot for Aberdeen, but was more of a golfer than a football fan. 

 

I think the others were all closet Huns though although like Chic Dung claim to support other teams like St Mirren and Airdrie.

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