KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Listening to LFC on the radio back in the day?

Does anyone have memories of following the Reds in action on the radio back in the day when there was no internet and none of the coverage that we have today?

I remember listening to the BBC World Service and hearing comms fade in and out when on holidays with my parents. Yes it was rubbish compared to the tech we have today but at the same time, it was exciting in a strange kind of way.

Yes...

I listened to Radio City 96.7 they had some very good commentators who went onto much greater careers...

Elton Welsby, Clive Tyldesley, Kevin Keating, Richard Keys, Graham Beecroft, Gary Bloom, Steve Hothersall and Alan Irwin.

Sad they ended the football commentaries back in 2015 on Radio City.

One of my earliest memories was listening to when the Reds beat Borussia Moenchengladbach on a glorious night in Rome in 1977.

ahhhh them where the days...the commentators going beserk when Liverpool scored a goal, a time when we used to use our imagination, knowing full well the commentator was jumping around like a kid, in their sheepskin coats and being almost strangled by their huge headphones they had on...lol

How's about watching the very limited live football matches on a black and white tv?

I remember having a, what must have been a 10-in by 10-in portable black and white tv with a ringed aerial on top, that I was forever having to twirl to get better reception!

The thing was heavy is [oops] for it's size, with dial controls to switch channels and alter the volume and brightness.

The thing seemed to lose reception right at the moment a goal was scored and trying to figure out who was who on the pitch was impossible unless one team wore white and the other team black.
The team in black always had a man advantage though... lol

Most of my listening on the radio back in the 50's was for the results on a Saturday evening, I was in the army at the time and had to go to the local hotel as the barroom there was always quiet at that time of evening. other than that it was a matter of following the reports in the newspapers.
And yes as Pickles said I also used to go to out to a pub near the barracks on Saturday afternoons to watch on a black and white television, the games ( the odd one you'd find) always seemed to be played in a snowstorm!!!! That was in the early 60's, and the odd time you'd be lucky enough to see a match the reception was always dire. How technology has developed in the meantime!

I forget how bloody old you are Herc,you remember the wheel?

Irony is... watching Cheggers, Noel, John Craven and Maggie Philbin of a Saturday morning on a black and white tv...

Peter Jones on Radio 2. Wonderful commentator.

This was just before my time but it's great to here Peter Jones's voice talking LFC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZCdvWRqjC0

I would have been lost without the footy on the radio, serving in the army all over the world thank heavens for BBC world service, and British Forces Broadcasting Service. Peter Jones was great fantastic commentary on the games.

We used to get highlights in Hong Kong, those guys were nuts for English football, and sport in general.

What’s a radio?

About £50?