Bilden: Från fotbollsmatchen England-Skottland år 1877.
Detta och en massa fotbollsgodis kan man se på sidan som ingen genuin fotbollsvän kan vara utan: "Football Encyclopaedia" med adressen:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ENCfootball.htm
Från BBC SPORT:
Nearly 75 years ago, from a wooden hut that largely resembled a garden shed, the first ever commentary of a league football match was broadcast.
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| Mr Wakelam, radiovärldens första fotbollskommentator |
The Division One clash between Arsenal and Sheffield United provided the entertainment for many families, who had eagerly tuned to their radio sets to hear the action. The match, played at the Gunners' current ground Highbury, ended 1-1.
Indeed, this activity would have occurred much earlier if not for strict sporting authorities and Fleet Street - convinced that the new medium would draw away paying customers and newspaper readers alike.
On 1st January 1927, the face, well certainly sound, of radio changed forever. The BBC received its Royal Charter and became a public Corporation, and with it, granted the right to broadcast coverage of major sporting events.
The honour of being the first commentator of a game fell to Henry Blythe Thornhill Wakelam, a former rugby player with Harlequins. The broadcast was arranged at very short notice, too late for proper billing in the Radio Times.
BBC SPORT
