The worst after match football reporter in my opinion. When its your team he is reporting on, you wonder if he watches the match or stares around every where apart from at the pitch, talks absolute nonsense.
Stuart Hall is a legend. I agree that his match reports are a bit "abstract" but I enjoy them none the less.
As a young teenager I used to love watching Its A Knockout on a Saturday night before Match of the Day. Stuart Hall would spend half the show just laughing his head off, especially when a competitor fell over.
Always remember It's A Knockout being on a Friday rather than Saturday.
What a sad indictment of todays standard of reporting and language in general the above comments are. Does no one read and appriciate English literature anymore?
Stuart Hall's post match reports are beautiful, Mark Pougatch always leaves a respectful pause after Hall has finished. It seems to me too many of you prefer the likes of Neville, Wilkins and Green.
Stuart Hall is a legend. I agree that his match reports are a bit "abstract" but I enjoy them none the less.
As a young teenager I used to love watching Its A Knockout on a Saturday night before Match of the Day. Stuart Hall would spend half the show just laughing his head off, especially when a competitor fell over.
Totally agree
Even the BBC News team this morning were in awe, articulation is small fry for Hall
Always remember It's A Knockout being on a Friday rather than Saturday.
What a sad indictment of todays standard of reporting and language in general the above comments are. Does no one read and appriciate English literature anymore?
Stuart Hall's post match reports are beautiful, Mark Pougatch always leaves a respectful pause after Hall has finished. It seems to me too many of you prefer the likes of Neville, Wilkins and Green.
When I listen to a football summary report I want to hear about the football match, not someone waffling about something else. If I want English litreture I'll pick up a book and read thanks.
As they say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, good luck to you, but not for me.
another example of BBC wastage .. he should have been retired and pensioned off years ago ... a nice old boy though, in small doses. One of my ideas of hell .. an evening with Savage and Hall
Nothing wrong with a literary approach to sport from time to time and SH is a master at it.
I guess those that dislike his style had a similar antipathy to John Arlott's cricket commentary.
to compare Arlott with Hall is akin to comparing Chaucer with Will Self or Shakespeare with Pam Eyres
Arlott was a far superior exponent in my opinion but stylistically, which is what we are discussing, there are similarities.
I know what you mean, however, Arlott was a natural 'conversationalist' and I consider Hall as more of an .... errrrrrr contrived essayist ? .. anyway, as you say both had their unique style
Nothing wrong with a literary approach to sport from time to time and SH is a master at it.
I guess those that dislike his style had a similar antipathy to John Arlott's cricket commentary.
Had no problem with John Arlott's cricket commentary. Cricket is a slower and different type of commentary. Listening to the tests whilst driving on a hazy English summer JA fitted very well.
Always remember It's A Knockout being on a Friday rather than Saturday.
What a sad indictment of todays standard of reporting and language in general the above comments are. Does no one read and appriciate English literature anymore?
Stuart Hall's post match reports are beautiful, Mark Pougatch always leaves a respectful pause after Hall has finished. It seems to me too many of you prefer the likes of Neville, Wilkins and Green.
There is a time and a place English Literature. Match reports at 5.15 on a Saturday isn't that time and place. Just tell me about the game please Mr Hall.
another example of BBC wastage .. he should have been retired and pensioned off years ago ... a nice old boy though, in small doses. One of my ideas of hell .. an evening with Savage and Hall
August 30th. 1986: Man.U 0 - CAFC 1. Will always remember getting back to the car just in time to hear Stuart Hall say 'Today football was shaken to its very foundations by Charlton Athletic beating the great Manchester United......' He then gave an excellent and fair report on the game, giving us great credit for our performance rather than making excuses for United as so many other commentators do and I still enjoy his rather eccentricand personal style of reporting.
Can't stand it when he comes on the radio. Tells you diddly about the game but warbles on trying to impress with his 'colourful' descriptions. Still an improvement on watching that bug-eyed halfwit Dowie on Sky
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Stuart Hall is a legend. I agree that his match reports are a bit "abstract" but I enjoy them none the less.
As a young teenager I used to love watching Its A Knockout on a Saturday night before Match of the Day. Stuart Hall would spend half the show just laughing his head off, especially when a competitor fell over.
Always remember It's A Knockout being on a Friday rather than Saturday.
What a sad indictment of todays standard of reporting and language in general the above comments are. Does no one read and appriciate English literature anymore?
Stuart Hall's post match reports are beautiful, Mark Pougatch always leaves a respectful pause after Hall has finished. It seems to me too many of you prefer the likes of Neville, Wilkins and Green.
As they say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, good luck to you, but not for me.
I doubt many on here would have any idea who John Arlott was Len.