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

I remember in the early 70's when the colour TV was just coming through. Think my father got our first one in 1972 or so.

When you watched a game, the players ran around with the colour on the shirts being a bit out of sync. First came the player with his clothes, and then just behind came the colours - just like an extra shadow. Hilarious!

Yeah I'm getting on a bit right enough lumb's....still fancy a jog in the park, first to 100 yes?
A radio is a large wooden box wilkij, with two large and heavy glass wet batteries. The antena to which is strung between the chimney Stacks at each end of your house. It whistles and whis's and makes crackling noises but behind all that you can just about make out a persons voice. My old and rather ancient neighbour took a hatchet to the first one installed in her house by her middle aged son, saying the Devil was in it!!! And that's a true story.

We emigrated to Australia when I was a nipper. We gathered around the wireless and listened to the BBC World Service football results and they would read out a list of results of the first division through to the fourth division. Very slowly and very precisely. The tension was immense, waiting to hear how Liverpool went on. And when the result came out, we would usually cheer loudly. later there were radio broadcasts of complete matches, then televised games and Match of the Day, then ESPN on cable had the Premier League and Champions League.

I remember how my dad absolutely worshipped LFC even from the colonies. Very proud of that I am.

Yea. We had the same kind of tele. It was wonderful.

It was BBC radio every Saturday afternoon, or black and white TV at best. You had to climb to the roof to turn the antenna for best reception, trial and error. Still remember the Hungary England 1981 world cup qualifier. Reception was so bad, then I got lucky with the antenna just in time to see Trevor Brooking's ball get stuck into the Hungarian goal post for a memorable England goal. For the record, England won 3-1.