Were you World Of Sport, or Grandstand?

Lemmy_kilmister

Lemmy_kilmister

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World Of Sport for me.
First place that kids probably ever saw American Football, Aussie Rules, Ice Hockey, Speedway, Drag Racing, Stocks/Banger racing etc.
And of course the complete audience winner that was 'Professional' Wrestling, - featuring bouts such as Mike Marino vs Bert Royal from Pontefract Town Hall. (Well it was a winner until the Crabtrees killed it off)

Grandstand just seemed so dull.


"Have a good week, til next week"
 
World of Sport. Racing and wrestling and nothing much more.

Grandstand before the BBC lost the rights to virtually everything was the go to sports entertainment source bar none. David Coleman, Frank Bough, David Vine Tony Gubba and Sir Des. Unequalled
 
Lemmy_kilmister said:
World Of Sport for me.
First place that kids probably ever saw American Football, Aussie Rules, Ice Hockey, Speedway, Drag Racing, Stocks/Banger racing etc.
And of course the complete audience winner that was 'Professional' Wrestling, - featuring bouts such as Mike Marino vs Bert Royal from Pontefract Town Hall. (Well it was a winner until the Crabtrees killed it off)

Grandstand just seemed so dull.


"Have a good week, til next week"
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For all the reasons you quote I was Grandstand if not watching the Boro.
 
When the Boro were away we use to watch Grandstand on a Saturday for the article they would do on a player or football club and then turn over for World of Sport wrestling, speedway, motocross, or the British rallying circuit. We would then turn over and listen to John Webster (up until 1974) or James Alexander Gordon (1974 - 2013) for the classified results.

I would have to write them all the column of the Daily Mirror and then go through and check my Littlewood Pools results.

How many times have you listened to this traveling home from an away game? Nice to hear Sunderland got beat 3-0 by Man City. ;) (y)

 
WoodallServices said:
Grandstand. Don’t you think in those days you had BBC or ITV families.
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Have to say you have something there.

I was definitely a Grandstand ( BBC guy). My nan, however, never had her TV off ITV in the 60s and 70s. I am not sure whether she knew where the "1" button was on her box. She loved her sport and especially the wrestling and she subsequently watched all the terrible sitcoms on ITV. She probably thought the BBC was too highbrow.

Trouble with World of Sport was that as said above it didn't broadcast a wide variety of sports and was dominated by Horse Racing and Wrestling, the latter of which could be described as theatre. The difference was reflected in the presenters. Dickie Davies, smooth and no doubt the pensioners heart-throb was fine but who replaced him when he went on holiday? Fred Dineage - and with the best will in the world Fred was a lightweight compared to the Grandstand heavies.
 
boroboy6872 said:
Grandstand....who didn`t love the vidiprinter
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Wasn't it called the Tele-printer or was that just in our house?
Cardiffdaffs said:
Have to say you have something there.

I was definitely a Grandstand ( BBC guy). My nan, however, never had her TV off ITV in the 60s and 70s. I am not sure whether she knew where the "1" button was on her box. She loved her sport and especially the wrestling and she subsequently watched all the terrible sitcoms on ITV. She probably thought the BBC was too highbrow.

Trouble with World of Sport was that as said above it didn't broadcast a wide variety of sports and was dominated by Horse Racing and Wrestling, the latter of which could be described as theatre. The difference was reflected in the presenters. Dickie Davies, smooth and no doubt the pensioners heart-throb was fine but who replaced him when he went on holiday? Fred Dineage - and with the best will in the world Fred was a lightweight compared to the Grandstand heavies.
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What about when they started presenting Saint & Greavsie? That was a game changer. (y)
 
Norman_Conquest said:
Wasn't it called the Tele-printer or was that just in our house?

What about when they started presenting Saint & Greavsie? That was a game changer. (y)
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Was Saint and Greavsie ( which I loved) part of World of Sport though? I think they were completely separate programmes unlike Football Focus which was woven into Grandstand's schedule.

Initially the vidiprintevr was called the teleprinter - this came in the form of a live shot of the printer with Coleman standing next to the printer reading out and interpreting the results as they came in. By the 1980s, a live shot of the printer had been replaced by an on-screen computerised version and was renamed the vidiprinter but the letter-by-letter typing format continued until the end of the 2000–01 season.
 
Cardiffdaffs said:
Was Saint and Greavsie ( which I loved) part of World of Sport though? I think they were completely separate programmes unlike Football Focus which was woven into Grandstand's schedule.
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I think technically you are right but I always consider it part of the same programme/schedule.
 
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