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Football Daily

Roddy’s Game

Football Daily

BBC

Sports, Soccer

4.34.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Roddy Forsyth is joined by Connie McLaughlin and Pat Nevin to reflect on his 42-year career covering Scottish football at the BBC. We’re joined by former Celtic manager Martin O’Neill and football correspondent John Murray. We hear from former Rangers and England captain Terry Butcher and there’s a special message from Roddy’s family.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Enjoy even more of the ashes

0:02.5

With BBC sounds it means everything as a kid. It's a pinnacle of test cricket find out what it takes to lift the famous earn in how to win the ashes

0:10.3

I already decided how I was gonna go about it if I was going to get out

0:13.4

It was gonna take a great ball or a great catch and the tail enders boys are back

0:17.7

Let's talk about your ashes memories Jimmy. Talk us through your debut in Brisbane in 2006. Yeah, we got battered

0:24.7

Take the ashes with you this summer on radio 5 sports extra and BBC sound

0:30.0

BBC sounds music radio podcasts the football daily podcast from BBC radio 5 live

0:42.4

It's Connie McLaughlin with you and we got a very special show for you as we celebrate the career of a broadcasting legends

0:49.7

But listen, don't just take our word for it

0:52.5

Legend I know you don't think you are

0:55.5

That was the Scotland both Steve Clark talking to our very own Roddy Versailles. He joins me in the studio this evening

1:01.3

How are you all the better for seeing you Connie? Oh

1:04.7

You can say that you can you can stay for that. What's it like tonight?

1:08.6

It's a it feels a lot we were just talking there. It feels a little bit strange

1:12.1

It's a very special program. It's all about you because in case the listeners didn't hear the program last night or didn't hear you on

1:17.9

Five Live Breakfast this morning you're retiring from five live and tell us a little bit about about what's going on

1:23.4

Well, it's after quite a long time 42 years. I've been involved in this and sadly for me though

1:28.5

I've contracted a double whammy of Parkinson's disease and osteoarthritis

1:32.4

So my days of logging equipment and sitting outdoors for four or five hours at a time and freezing winter and Scottish grounds

1:38.7

Are gone, although still we're making contributions and going to matches

1:42.6

My time at BBC sports Scotland reporter is now over and last night was my last game reporting

1:48.8

I'm going to miss it very very much

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