But on the commentary front, all was not well. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. We still have our home in Newcastle, though, and we will be back there after the World Cup. They key question, on my mind at least anyway, is did the Boro really get a good old pasting from the local sports people or are/were we just watching their broadcasts through rose-tinted glasses? He had covered some memorable games during his spell at the studio, not least Newcastles thrilling 4-3 win over then powerful Derby County, and his presence had brought some welcome kudos to TTTs somewhat cash-strapped football coverage. Kathy presented several programmes including Kathy and Co. "Kathy was very welcoming to me and we used to have some great giggles working out our slots together" - Tyne Tees presenter Pam Royle. Roger Tames, North East commentator at Ayresome Park (Image: Teesside Archive) Sometimes it seems like every minute of every football match staged anywhere in the world is available live.. summit. The programme's first commentator was Come Sunday and Shoot normally began at around 2pm or a few minutes after, following Farming Outlook. have grown up on Sky Sports and endless live matches, in those innocent In 2005 at Highfield Roads final bow, Jimmy Hill led an acapella rendition of his own Sky Blue Song while wearing a blazer the colour of a Caramac bar. "Shoot" lasted a further 4 In Action". Not surprisingly, this was cautious chat between the host and an "expert analyst", who Can't get the music out of my head now to The Match or whatever the deck it was called. As we enter the new millennium, football TTT were looking to groom the young Roger de Courcy lookalike Roger Tames as their new commentator and he cut his teeth on a couple of games towards the end of the 1978-79 season, Newcastle's 5-3 home . A right arrogant sod from Hartlepool I used to work with sometimes was right in the front row with his Sunderland rosette and scarf on. According to an interview in 2005, the programme was launched when broadcast trade unions insisted that the Saturday continuity links were turning into a programme of their own and should be treated as such.[3]. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. scoring the winner in Newcastle's opening game against QPR. Roger Tames and Ken Pollard were in charge of the sports department. They covered Aug 17, 2022 August 17th 1992: a nervous young lad started his dream job at Tyne Tees TV and, somehow, with the support & camaraderie of terrific colleagues & wonderful viewers past & present, he's been getting away with it for 30 years! I dont care if its a sad goodbye or a bad goodbye, says Holden in The Catcher in the Rye, but when I leave a place I like to know Im leaving it. There were Saturday highlights of a handful of games on Match of the Day and a regional Sunday afternoon package. In a programme shortened to half-an-hour to make way More information Sight & Sound magazine Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine. It was one which would continue for another 20 years and also be adopted by an even more long-running juvenile football weekly. //-->. Although this is an adventure, the North East will always be home.. For more details of these cookies and how to disable them, a simple plea; recapture the glory days of TTT football by pepping the They covered some exciting games that season but there were storm clouds on the horizon. Compared with the rancid crud that ITV pumps out nationally now Tyne Tees was quite entertaining sometimes. If its too good to be true it likely is. Sure I heard him commentating quite recently. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Not surprisingly, this was not an attractive proposition to him and his career with Tyne Tees was at an end. Wolstenholme, famed for his "they think it's all over - it is There were no on-screen graphics such as team line-ups and no studio was used. Instinctively, several thousand Boro fans aimed a chant of Roger Tames/Baldy bastard at Tyne Tees televisions attendant commentator. The formatting may be strange, links broken and/or images missing. By now, Tyne Tees had at last dragged their It was a huge decision to move my family to the Middle East but it is the best decision weve ever made. He was a massive Arsenal fan, but he had a bias towards Newcastle and the Keegan . Now, it was as if he had finally snapped having caught one customer too many violently rocking the reception area vending machine in order to liberate a teetering packet of Quavers. Former ITV Tyne Tees presenter, Mike Neville, was among . Open-collar, strolling around a small studio, stools, clipboard, guests and a general sense of awkwardness. Around 1988, Spencer returned to Tyne Tees, again as a continuity announcer. One of my best friends over here is a DJ from Whitley Bay. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Regional Sports programme. You are using an out of date browser. Tyne Tees later acquired a more professional outside broadcast unit, but Shoot never entirely shook off its shoestring image. of League and Cup games, in both live and highlight form. least Newcastle's thrilling 4-3 win over then powerful Derby County, and his Roger Tames ITV1 TYNE TEES ( October 2005) This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive CO Correspondent 2 October 2005 8:59pm rumours abound that North East sport legend Roger Tames is leaving ITV1 Tyne Tees and joining Film Nova as their Head of Sport. I spent a match up there with him for a feature. the analyst to solemnly tell us ; "he'll be disappointed with succeeded by David Taylor, a somewhat mysterious commentary choice, as Wolstenholme had lost his commentary slot with the BBC in the nostalgic look at the regional football programme, Shoot!. It may not display this or other websites correctly. merely to stand by in case Tames was indisposed. Mysteriously, Tyne Tees were unable to cover a local match, and viewers were treated We have some of the biggest names in football over here. featured just the one local match, irrespective of quality. Talking of Farming Outlook mentioned earlier in this piece. Occasionally, where a match involving a local side had been filmed by another ITV region, this would be shown as a second game, a very welcome bonus, especially if the main game was a drab one. By using this site, you agree we can set and use cookies. A dynamite burst would instantly delete a ground, saving fans the heartbreak of watching it being slowly deconstructed, hollowed and emaciated over weeks, and giving them the chance to acquire the kind of memento that money cant buy: a piece of main stand shrapnel, encountered blitzing through the air and secreted neatly inside the cheek bone, just as ex-miners still carry coal dust in their lungs. Meanwhile, player-manager Bryan Robson, wearing the scowl of a toddler recently informed that the moon is not made from cheese, popped balloons with the studs of his boots. By using this site, you agree we can set and use cookies. But on the commentary front, all was not It may not display this or other websites correctly. Tyne Tees met this requirement by paying an annual visit Winner: Rugby League Raw, Yorkshire Television x 50 23 580 Ian Payne It was the most fitting tribute to wonderful, sour Ayresome of the entire day. TTT were looking to groom the young Roger de Courcy look-alike Roger Tames as their new commentator and he cut his teeth on a couple of games towards the end of the 1978-79 season, Newcastles 5-3 home win against Charlton and Darlingtons 1-0 victory over Newport. TV bosses were eyeing a new format, in which live games would largely Then in 1975, at the age of 23, Spencer joined the presentation department at Tyne Tees and became popular with viewers as the duty announcer on Saturday mornings, when on-air links often featured competitions, interviews and birthday greetings. You must log in or register to reply here. If anyone at Tyne Tees is reading this, let me make Kathy died at her home in Jesmond earlier this week. programme was invariably followed by the "Sunday Matinee", usually However, it is not just the scorching 40 degree temperatures in the summer which are a hot topic in and around the plush studios of beIN Sport. Join to view profile Box to Box Media. beIN Sports, as we are now, have the rights to virtually every major football league in the world. Former North East TV personality and model Kathy Secker has died at her home in Jesmond aged 70. I'm assuming you're referring to the former Tyne Tees presenter. programme up. Daniel Gray, This article first appeared in WSC 402, October 2020. For younger readers who have grown up on Sky Sports and endless live matches, in those innocent days, live coverage was reserved for the FA Cup Final and occasional internationals. State Funeral of Winston Churchill (1965). studio discussion and celebrity guests (such as a pre-Watford Elton John), shot wide of an open goal, it doesn't add to the sum of human knowledge for Urrrgh thanks OP!! to the highs and (more often) lows of our local teams. However, the Northumbrian TV presenter now finds himself living a surreal lifestyle in the Middle East as a frontline presenter for beIN Sports and working with Kevin Keegan, Andy Cole and Didier Domi. Kerr admits he has to pinch himself at time. Was always accused og being biased towards either Newvastle or Sunderland by the other side IIRC. The first place to try would be ITN Source, who hold a lot of ITV non-entertainment footage. commentator. Middlesbrough v Arsenal - Roger Tames (Tyne Tees) Let's hope these Big Match editions continue, as I didn't watch them from 3/4 years ago - for some reason! days, live coverage was reserved for the FA Cup Final and occasional see our cookie policy. On the back of the Roger Tames thread, I think it's a real shame that regionally flavored programming has moreorless gone now. The funeral has taken place of the former Tyne Tees presenter Kathy Secker. Spenny Striker Nov 9, 2015 #19 Went on to make a successful sitcom called George & Mildred IIRC? matched by the quality. ever-present risk that a goal might be scored whilst the film was being It was screened late at night, so I didnt watch it myself, but my parents told me about it the next morning. He has gone from the terraces of St James Park, but now is rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest names in sport, Get our FREE Newcastle United newsletter emailed daily to your inbox by subscribing below. It seemed a fitting end for a programme that had never Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. In the football-crazy North-East, it was only to be expected that Tyne Tees would screen their own programme, although they were handicapped by the fact that they only possessed one Outside Broadcast unit. Match", about as unimaginative a title as you could come up with, and Reply. But that was not quite the end of Shoot. I was 23 when I started there. One programme see our cookie policy. weekend's football. Permalink HA harshy Founding member 2 October 2005 9:00pm what's Film Nova? He was Amid the swirl of super Sunday showdowns, swirls of pixels and red button bonanza it is easy to take football coverage for granted. Taylor was a straight journalist who later went on to report for "World In the late Eighties, ITV started to revert to Rooms for rent for $500 a month. Veteran BBC football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme, famed for his they think its all over it is now! 1966 World Cup commentary, had been signed up as their new commentator. He had covered some memorable games during his spell at the studio, not The first game from outside the top flight shown live was the second division top of the table clash with Aston Villa that featured an iconic header from Tony Mowbray. That was not the end of football coverage Occasionally, where a match involving a 1982-83 began memorably, with The programme was now presented from the City Road studio, initially by David Burton and subsequently by George Taylor. You must log in or register to reply here. Just another site. Kathy Secker, one of the best-known faces of Tyne Tees for more than 20 years, has died. The top match in the region (Norwich v Ipswich) was on BBC MOTD (with John Motson commentating). Everything now was about the Quakers bright new Reynolds Arena future, though supporters au fait with the career of roaring 20s dancer Isadora Duncan should have been wary of the lessons in her final words and fate. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. He was succeeded by David Taylor, a somewhat mysterious commentary choice, as Taylor was a straight journalist who later went on to report for World In Action. effervescent young Middlesbrough side at Newcastle [14/01/1978]. Well-known member. My encounter with these frequently underwhelming events came in 1995 on the day of Middlesbroughs final league fixture at Ayresome Park, when Luton Town played the role of baffled +1 party guests. When this was required for racing coverage from Newcastle (screened on Saturday afternoons World of Sport), Tyne Tees were unable to cover a local match, and viewers were treated instead to the glitzy The Big Match. Compilation of unedited Tyne Tees Television news footage covering the arrival and visit of world boxing champion Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay) to the north east region in . So have we. coverage into the modern era. hyperbole, and so fitted in well with "Shoot! In the late Eighties, ITV started to revert to regionalised football coverage again and since then TTT have shown a variety of League and Cup games, in both live and highlight form. "Shoot" was the local product. ITVs contract with the League to cover football did however require them to broadcast at least two Third or Fourth Division games each season. Was only young but knew I was growing up and a proper Teessider when I felt justice had been done when Neville fell on the steps of the BBC studio on City Road in Newcastle and broke his leg . began at around 2pm or a few minutes after, following "Farming Lyn Spencer (born 24 October 1951)[1] is a former British broadcaster, best known for her work at Tyne Tees Television. The programme ended with George Taylor signing off for the last time and saying that, although fans may have grumbled occasionally about Shoot over the years, he hoped theyd enjoyed it. seasons with Roger Tames as commentator and George Taylor as studio Even though Im not a football fan, Roger Tames was a regular face on Tyne Tees in the 1970 and 80s as a general sports reporter on evening regional news bulletins. football coverage. In the late Sixties "Shoot" had In some ways they remind me of Geordies. 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He said: I grew up in Hexham and went to Queen Elizabeth High School. For younger readers who "Kathy was very welcoming to me and we used to have some great giggles working out our slots together" - Tyne Tees presenter Pam Royle. Former colleagues joined friends and family for the service in Newcastle this lunchtime (December 30). He does voiceovers and player interviews for Premier League TV. Tyne Tees met this requirement by paying an annual visit to the region's two minnows, with one match from Darlington and one from Hartlepool. Shoot! "Shoot". On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It was awful. Just another site Poor bugger got it from both sides. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. ITV's contract with the League to cover football Whereas "The Big Match" exuded For the fan in those days, the weekend really seemed to start on Friday night, when George Taylor presented Sportstime at 10.30, a weekly show largely devoted to a goal-filled preview of the weekends football. I had been covering the Champions League for them and they asked if I would consider moving out to Qatar.. http://www.itnsource.com/en/, The next port of call is the ITV Sport Archive. Roger 'and Middlesbrough remain unchanged' Tames. It is also worth noting that videotape material of topical events, even from the 1970s and 1980s, often does not survive at all as it was bulky and of no resale value. Worth a read in the context of this thread. This year I have presented Premier League coverage, La Liga, the Europa League and now the World Cup. Personally, we have settled in Doha really well. The JavaScript is disabled. They heard Kathy described as a star and an incredible figure in North East broadcasting. The marriage didnt last, but Roger and Lyn are well remembered stalwarts from Tyne Tees heyday (and yes, he was a dead ringer for Roger de Courcey). My favourite bit of Wolstenholme commentary came when the station screened a 4-2 away win for Jack Charltons effervescent young Middlesbrough side at Newcastle. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. They are very expensive as they are aimed at businesses. regionalised football coverage again and since then TTT have shown a variety on Tyne Tees, however. University of Leicester. well. In the East Midlands there used to be Central TV studios in Nottingham, Lincoln and Leicester. Heres a few previously unseen shoots taken to go with the feature I did early in the 1994-95 season. that sums up the presentation as a whole. Charlton and Darlington's 1-0 victory over Newport. Read the latest Tyne Tees stories, Farewell to Kathy Secker on ITV News, videos, stories and all the latest Tyne Tees news . The local game was supplemented by two other matches and the wonders of [5] She has two children from her first marriage to former Tyne Tees Television presenter Roger Tames. Company Website . But they were uneasy years for the game, as crowds waned, She was loved by a generation of viewers as the. Never ever ever ever ever criticised Sunderland. short interview with one of the players or the home manager. It was enough to leave me pining for David Hodgsons suit. although in practice, the interviews were always conducted by the match He resisted the trend towards excessive excitement and SMOJ. In a previous age the only live football was the FA Cup final and England internationals. We did, not an attractive proposition to him and his career with Tyne Tees was at an Another match in that same programme, Oldham v Leicester, featured a gawky young visiting striker with a cheeky grin and an eye for goal his name, of course, was Gary Lineker. Come Sunday and "Shoot" normally Roger Tames and Ken Pollard were in charge of the sports department. Remember that one. More often the cameras were there on Saturday to capture a feature match half-hour segment for Shoot! changed. Saturday nights, with "Match of the Day" moving to Sundays, did The old TTTV logo and (right) Early in the game, a Nigel Pearson clearance landed in the commentary box perched upon the south stand roof. Roger Tames. in football today, as head of Player Liaison at Newcastle United FC. between Newcastle and Birmingham. Extra Time as well. Author By Posted on June 8, 2022 Categories elle lively mcbroom age 2021 how to check engine hours on suzuki outboard. Sportstime was on Friday nights presented by George Taylor accompanied by Roger Tames, David Burton and an invitation to waste your money from Doug Moscrop. During that time, she set up a public relations company.[4]. been glamorous but had done its bit for the region, giving weekly exposure I remember that Friday Live episode. Got his hand stuck up Nookie Bear and hasn't been seen since. Roger Tames is still around. Former North East TV personality and model Kathy Secker has died at her home in Jesmond aged 70. Shoot lasted a further 4 seasons with Roger Tames as commentator and George Taylor as studio presenter. Subscribers get free access to the complete WSC digital archive you can find out more here, Daniel Gray hosts the WSC podcast. I know. Even a switch to Saturday nights, with Match of the Day moving to Sundays, did not help. It may have been clunky, amateurish and held together with string and chewing gum but some local programming was, well.local. . Thousands have paid tribute to the 70-year-old, including former colleague Mike Neville who said "she had a marvellous way with people, and did so much good with her life." invariably tells us what we can see for ourselves. For the fan in those days, the weekend Live league football started to appear on screens after ITV secured the rights in 1988. no replays of any kind, unless a goal was scored, in which case a normal NO RELATION to the above, here was some other Lynn, hailing from the Tyne-Tees weatherbeat. I covered 19 games as a pitch side reporter. out at the end of the 1973-74 season, his last commentary was a 1-1 draw http://www.itvsportarchive.com/. A news reader for ITV's flagship local news programme Tyne Tees News (which began as Northern Life), between 1979 and 1994, there will be many who will fondly recollect their regular appointment with Paul, just after tea time, where he'd tell them what was going on in the local area. Hundreds of people have paid a final farewell to the former Tyne Tees presenter Kathy Secker. the dua made at tahajjud is like an arrow what is the purpose of the book of isaiah. its last local action. With the Friday night horror film following it, this was He is a shortarse like Dave Herbal Striker Nov 9, 2015 #18 We used to call him Roger Tyne for his mag bias. Tyne Tees sports presenter, who later became Sports Correspondent for ITN) That was not the end of football coverage on Tyne Tees, however. The commentator topped and tailed the programme from the ground of the game chosen, generally concluding with a short interview with one of the players or the home manager. document.writeln(' Dave Ramsey Human Resources,
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