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REMEMBERING TIM’S TONES

SAM TODD LOOKS BACK AT THE CAREER OF TIM GUDGIN, THE MAN WHO ADDED A TOUCH OF CLASS TO THE CLASSIFIED FOOTBALL RESULTS...

Signing off: Tim Gudgin before his final broadcast for the BBC in 2011

GROWING up during the 1990s meant you were spoilt for voices of football.
While John Motson and Barry Davies were still jostling for the main Match of the Day mic, the late Brian Moore remained dominant on ITV until his retirement in 1998 and Martin Tyler was establishing himself as Sky’s sound of the Premier League.
Even Kenneth Wolstenholme, whose clipped tones filled the BBC airwaves on...

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