The result - win, lose or draw - would become clear before the precise score had been revealed. There was a rhythm to the classified results, with a higher inflection always reserved for the winning side. The results weren’t just trotted out, either. Since 2013, the honour belonged to Charlotte Green, the former BBC Radio 4 news reader. John Webster was first, before the voice of James Alexander Gordon became synonymous with the classified results. Only three people had ever been given the responsibility of reading out the classified results, adding to a deep sense of familiarity built up over seven decades. From Arsenal to Arbroath, Manchester United to Montrose, and everything in between. No sooner would you hear that oh-so-familiar instrumental music - dah, dah, de dah, dah, dah, de dah - and the headlines from the sporting world, along would come a soothing recap of that day’s football results. From the elite down to the lower leagues, they were a long list of every result that mattered across English and Scottish football read out on the BBC’s flagship radio programme, Sports Report, just after 5pm. To those unfamiliar, what were the classified football results?Ī comfort blanket, a quiet few informative minutes for supporters to decompress after the intensity of a Saturday afternoon. The Athletic examines how it’s come to this. The BBC has since confirmed the end of an era, saying there is no longer room in a “condensed” Sports Report this season.Ī ritual is no more, a high-profile casualty of a rapidly changing media world. Cherished by many for so long, they were dropped from 5 Live and won’t be back any time soon.
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