BBC Sport Final Grandstand Ending - January 2007

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  • @Richard-Bullock
    @Richard-Bullock 4 роки тому +142

    Even after 13 and a half years (writing this in June 2020) it still doesn't seem like a normal Saturday, and sometimes Sunday afternoon without hearing the Grandstand theme on the telly.

    • @iangascoigne8231
      @iangascoigne8231 4 роки тому

      Richard Bullock You need to get out more.

    • @Richard-Bullock
      @Richard-Bullock 4 роки тому +16

      @@iangascoigne8231 WTF? Because I enjoy watching sport on TV that I am not talented enough to be involved in at a professional level, I need to get out more?

    • @iangascoigne8231
      @iangascoigne8231 4 роки тому +3

      Richard Bullock WTF? If after 13 and half years, it still doesn’t seem like a normal Saturday and sometimes Sunday afternoon without hearing the Grandstand theme on the telly, then yes you really need to get out more. What’s not been talented enough to play professional sport got to do with anything anyway?

    • @Richard-Bullock
      @Richard-Bullock 4 роки тому +12

      @@iangascoigne8231 have you any concept of nostalgia, and looking back with rose tinted glasses?

    • @iangascoigne8231
      @iangascoigne8231 4 роки тому +1

      Richard Bullock Yes but after 13 and a half years do I miss Grandstand then no. If there’s nothing to watch then there’s nothing to watch. And I don’t miss the BBC presenter smug fest either.

  • @mfletch3205
    @mfletch3205 4 роки тому +101

    It’s difficult to explain to anybody under 20 why Grandstand was so great.
    But I’d start with the second theme tune!

    • @mgpowis
      @mgpowis 2 роки тому +10

      It's pretty easy to explain really, sport used to be sport, but then it became a business and grandstand was all about the sport

    • @davebirch1976
      @davebirch1976 2 роки тому +15

      It wasn't officially Saturday afternoon until you heard the Grandstand theme tune.

    • @peterwilliamskelhorn6675
      @peterwilliamskelhorn6675 8 місяців тому

      ​@@davebirch1976thats true. On UA-cam you can listen to the grandstand theme at 12.15 on Saturday

    • @stuartsutcliffe9809
      @stuartsutcliffe9809 4 місяці тому

      i totally agree. iconic

    • @dimitrisspirou
      @dimitrisspirou Місяць тому

      The tune and saturday afternoon onthe sofa me and my dad

  • @seanwood8883
    @seanwood8883 4 роки тому +37

    One of my favourite sports programmes, growing up as a kid. It's theme music was iconic, and the service too. Sad day when that ended 😢

  • @johnchapman8180
    @johnchapman8180 4 роки тому +60

    Still have not forgiven the BBC for this. For many sports lovers Grandstand was iconic and created many memories when I was growing up

    • @RevStickleback
      @RevStickleback 2 роки тому +4

      I think they'd love to have carried on, but they couldn't get any rights to show sports, so it would have been a bit crap. Football fans these days would also prefer to watch Jeff Stelling than get limited score flashes every 10-15 minutes while watching horse racing.

    • @tomthomassony8607
      @tomthomassony8607 2 роки тому +4

      Today people consume sport and no longer feel privileged just being allowed to watch it.

    • @mgpowis
      @mgpowis 2 роки тому +1

      @@tomthomassony8607 Nail on the head!

    • @eclectica1
      @eclectica1 Рік тому +1

      Not forgiven them for what? They literally didn't have anything of note to show at it's end. Belt up!

    • @darren253
      @darren253 Рік тому +5

      Sadly murdoch Sky bought all the rights to sport. And fans were foolish to pay.

  • @glenworrell4902
    @glenworrell4902 4 роки тому +23

    My childhood ends with this at the age of 34. 13 years on and it still needs to come back

  • @TrevorSteven
    @TrevorSteven 11 років тому +115

    Should never have been axed. Bring it back!

    • @madabbafan
      @madabbafan 5 років тому +10

      But thanks to Sky etc the BBC doesn't have enough live sport anymore to make it worthwhile.

    • @adrianosler1682
      @adrianosler1682 4 роки тому +1

      bbc only sport priorty is football snd wimbledon

    • @ianmore34jokeman56
      @ianmore34jokeman56 4 роки тому +2

      mat mells sexiest pig 🐷

    • @ianmore34jokeman56
      @ianmore34jokeman56 4 роки тому

      mat mells big dickhead then

    • @iangascoigne8231
      @iangascoigne8231 4 роки тому

      TrevorSteven They would have hardly anything to show.

  • @suffolkpompey
    @suffolkpompey 4 роки тому +22

    Oh the excitement watching the tele-printer then the vidi-printer when your teams name started to appear on the screen, and the anticipation of the score.

    • @0rbit80y
      @0rbit80y 3 роки тому +1

      you know it!!

  • @Stringbean421
    @Stringbean421 11 років тому +75

    Grandstand with David Coleman, Frank Bough, World of Sport with Dickie Davies, The Big Match with Brian Moore,..I miss them all.

    • @iestyndavies7287
      @iestyndavies7287 5 років тому +3

      Stringbean - Don’t forget Saint & Greavsie!

    • @rajnirvan3336
      @rajnirvan3336 5 років тому +2

      Those were best days of Saturday afternoon sport

    • @seanwood8883
      @seanwood8883 4 роки тому +3

      Oh yes, they were the good old days. Happy Times 🙂

    • @seanwood8883
      @seanwood8883 4 роки тому +1

      @@rajnirvan3336 I agree totally

    • @andyjohnstone5513
      @andyjohnstone5513 3 роки тому +1

      Love the grandstand theme tune love the big match revisited tune watch a few matches on their brilliant show back in the day

  • @alexandersmith7407
    @alexandersmith7407 9 років тому +96

    All those sports "to look forward to" at the end there... What's the difference a few years makes! There's nothing left!

    • @stephenduncan3605
      @stephenduncan3605 6 років тому +3

      Alexander Smith Sky pinched it all and now BT Sport!

    • @helenfox6121
      @helenfox6121 5 років тому

      @@stephenduncan3605 :'D

    • @antonydandrea
      @antonydandrea 4 роки тому +2

      And there is literally nothing....

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 4 роки тому +2

      Yet they did not mention " Wimbledon" which they have always done !

    • @tinytechs482
      @tinytechs482 4 роки тому +1

      Nothing man... the boat race... 2 boat loads of posh tossers faffing around on the Thames.
      It's mad as I live in Ireland now y er can ALWAYS see England games (football an rugby) on terrestrial YET would need a subscription to Sky at al back home.
      Utter Madness

  • @jimmyodriscoll9273
    @jimmyodriscoll9273 7 місяців тому +4

    Always reminds me of my Dad when i was a kid watching the horse racing & Dad getting excited in his chair. my dad passed away last year...💔😢 all good things come to an end..☹

  • @nigelclats6970
    @nigelclats6970 4 роки тому +18

    I felt really nostagic watching this.
    I didn't realise it had ended so long ago.
    I have lived in NZ for 20 years,where sports coverage is dire to say the very least.
    David Coleman and Des Lyneham were bloody gods so long ago.

  • @Ali1986Koksal
    @Ali1986Koksal Рік тому +5

    Whether you watched Grandstand on the BBC as a youngster or an older viewer when it was still on TV this theme song ("News Scoop" by Len Stevens if anyone was wondering what it's actually called and who it was composed by) is arguably the most iconic part of the program.

  • @oakwood6922
    @oakwood6922 Рік тому +6

    As a child you always knew 9:30am was Swap Shop followed at 12:15pm by Grandstand on a Saturday.... Great days!

  • @jamesbuchanan-t6x
    @jamesbuchanan-t6x 8 місяців тому +3

    It makes me want to cry hearing the end credits of Grandstand because it's all about the past and youth

  • @declanthomas1996
    @declanthomas1996 2 роки тому +8

    So many great memories on grandstand a perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon

  • @Synthematix
    @Synthematix 11 місяців тому +2

    Heartbreaking, i have very happy memories of watching this and world of sport with my Uncle who sadly died in 1986

  • @Loverboy19691
    @Loverboy19691 8 років тому +65

    This end theme meant one thing for me, sports results, then Dr Who !!

  • @miniroll32
    @miniroll32 10 років тому +27

    There is an argument that Grandstand became less relevant, but only because the BBC didn't adapt to a change in viewing habits. 24/7 news coverage (mainly Sky) and the internet have, if anything, squashed the creativity of picking the best sporting moments for the week in-hand.
    Grandstand was an own introduction to many different sports, and nothing has replaced it.

  • @MrStevewoods
    @MrStevewoods Рік тому +2

    Haven’t heard the theme music to Grandstand for years until now . Brought a lump in my throat . Reminds me also of Des running through the league tables after full time at 5pm with Bruce Hornsby’s ‘The Way It Is ‘ playing in the background ‘.

  • @mayorip
    @mayorip 8 років тому +7

    The music, the music please send me back in time !!

  • @Ad-gn8pl
    @Ad-gn8pl 5 років тому +9

    The fact that this is on BBC 2 says it all. Grandstand had sport for everyone and anyone. The words that set up your Saturday afternoon "And now on BBC 1, Grandstand, with Desmond Lynam"

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 5 років тому

      Lynam PLEASE !

    • @Ad-gn8pl
      @Ad-gn8pl 5 років тому

      @@Isleofskye damn it autocorrect

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 5 років тому

      Hey ! You can't edit your comment as it makes me look a right plonker :)

    • @cookric555
      @cookric555 6 місяців тому

      that was on a sunday at that time

    • @cjmillsnun
      @cjmillsnun 4 місяці тому

      I think the last Grandstand was a Sunday Grandstand. They traditionally were on BBC2.

  • @orourkedafootball
    @orourkedafootball 2 роки тому +5

    The days before the internet and mobile phones sitting in here at 4.40 for the final scores and the racing results was a highlight or switching on the radio on your way home from the game.

  • @MrStevenastley
    @MrStevenastley 3 роки тому +27

    The fact that Clare Balding had the last word says it all really.

    • @0rbit80y
      @0rbit80y 3 роки тому +6

      i sort of ..... kind of....... hear what your saying. I love Clare, but I still hear what your saying.

    • @thelstanedwardsson4374
      @thelstanedwardsson4374 2 роки тому +2

      😁😁😂😂🤣🤣👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @SharkBreath93
      @SharkBreath93 2 роки тому +1

      It was only 2 years after that she asked Liam treadwell to show the world his teeth after his triumphant grand national win on mon mome at 100/1 !!
      RIP Liam -- ❤️

    • @Mr___X
      @Mr___X 2 роки тому +5

      mate, you think that's bad, go and watch mark lawrenson's last football focus presented by...errr, alex scott.

    • @bettyswunghole3310
      @bettyswunghole3310 2 роки тому +1

      I *_think_* I know what you're getting at...and I agree.

  • @mercuryvapoury
    @mercuryvapoury 11 років тому +34

    Wonder why they didn't play the full theme at the end instead of just looping the same bit over and over....

  • @thehorror7135
    @thehorror7135 4 роки тому +59

    Grandstand and Top of the Pops leaving the air was the true sign of the end of the British Empire.

    • @I7275-p2d
      @I7275-p2d 4 роки тому +6

      Which sports/bands did Grandstand/Top of the Pops show that involved us taking over other countries and shafting them for everything we could get out of them?

    • @thehorror7135
      @thehorror7135 4 роки тому +11

      @@I7275-p2d get a sense of humour moron.

    • @dmaxho
      @dmaxho 2 роки тому

      Top quality comment haha

    • @evertonporter7887
      @evertonporter7887 Рік тому +6

      The end of TOTP with Jimmy Savile closing the hanger doors leaves a sour note now...what a horrible man he turned out to be!

    • @AlcatelMobile-th6zd
      @AlcatelMobile-th6zd Рік тому +1

      I did the BBC Grandstand theme tune in band on a Friday afternoon in APU at Burton South Derbyshire College in 2021-22.

  • @lylepeacock2300
    @lylepeacock2300 10 місяців тому +3

    Bring back grandstand what a show of great sport

  • @jinglis07
    @jinglis07 4 роки тому +20

    You knew it was time to start getting ready to go to the game when you heard this music. Get a bite of lunch while watching Football Focus. Then go and get the scarf out, make sure you’ve got money for the bus, a program, sweeties, money to get in and Chippy on the way home. Who remembers waiting to see if your game was on or not due to weather? This was not a tv show, it was a lifestyle.

    • @grahamd5418
      @grahamd5418 4 роки тому +2

      Rushing back home after the game for final score. I was lucky enough to live only a twenty minute walk away from my local teams ground.

    • @WorldCupWillie
      @WorldCupWillie 2 роки тому +2

      I wouldn't get in time for final score because I was too busy chasing the away supporters in my flares so, I could kick em up the arse with my platform shoes.

  • @crispendaysh3401
    @crispendaysh3401 5 років тому +10

    I miss grandstand I used to love watching grandstand

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 5 років тому

      I only tuned in now for nostalgia as BBC 1 had no sport on this afternoon at all. Think a Consumer programme was on at 1.00PM !

  • @pumphol
    @pumphol 5 років тому +17

    48 years then it was gone, even 12 years ago the BBC was losing sports & now its left with virtually nothing, they can never have a programme like this again, not enough content for 30 min let alone a whole afternoon !

  • @TherymasterWidnes
    @TherymasterWidnes 10 місяців тому +1

    This should be brought back to 2024 for the intro alone!

  • @calebmumby5803
    @calebmumby5803 3 роки тому +2

    Grandstand has the best theme tune ever can't believe it's not on tv anymore

  • @mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq
    @mrhammadmossop1988ul-haq 3 роки тому

    Thanks for this upload

  • @darrenjohnbryant51
    @darrenjohnbryant51 Рік тому +2

    Grandstand please return

  • @Don-Carillo
    @Don-Carillo 3 роки тому +10

    Sky killed everything

  • @Craig.E
    @Craig.E 4 роки тому +8

    The 1997 Grand National, where people of Liverpool opened up their homes for all the race goers who were evacuated with no where to go. 👏

    • @loonylaura85
      @loonylaura85 3 роки тому

      What happened?

    • @tomthomassony8607
      @tomthomassony8607 2 роки тому

      Yes, my invalid grandfather went to stay with a Liverpool family. Let’s just say his rectum was absolutely destroyed that night.

    • @imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580
      @imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580 Рік тому

      I ended up sharing a taxi back to Manchester, I think it was about £35 between 4 of us.

    • @sidneygreen9120
      @sidneygreen9120 Рік тому

      Apparently they were other people's homes 😉👍

  • @tonybennett7681
    @tonybennett7681 4 роки тому +5

    Anyone else still miss the videprinter?

  • @clydelewis13
    @clydelewis13 7 років тому +14

    BEST SPORT PROGRAM AND GREAT MEMORIES ESPECIALLY THE ICONIC MUSIC

  • @raphaelrau1728
    @raphaelrau1728 4 роки тому +11

    Bring it back! There’s no reason why not to!

    • @jonmel
      @jonmel 4 роки тому +3

      Raphael Rau becasue 90% of the live sport is owned by satellite tv

    • @BrianWeldonproductions
      @BrianWeldonproductions 2 роки тому +1

      @@jonmel sky tv ruined my Saturdays from 1230

  • @joosiej85
    @joosiej85 5 років тому +13

    they don't make theme tunes like that any more!

    • @Ad-gn8pl
      @Ad-gn8pl 5 років тому

      You need to find the full length version with guitar solo 🤯

  • @saanzacs
    @saanzacs 3 місяці тому +1

    What fight was that @ 3:26?

  • @ianpemberton89
    @ianpemberton89 5 років тому +8

    Their days were numbered when they started showing bowls

  • @willlovesgaz
    @willlovesgaz 3 роки тому +7

    3:20 - sweet sweet Murray Walker "oooh i'm sorry!!" classic 😂😂😂

  • @alexandermcguire3695
    @alexandermcguire3695 11 місяців тому +1

    Should never have got rid of grandstand. Wish they'd bring it back 🙁

  • @lbukem4259
    @lbukem4259 8 місяців тому +1

    I honestly thought Grandstand ended in about 2000. Genuinely surprised it was as late as 2007. I was maybe at too many Saturday football matches at the time, to be around to actually watch Grandstand.

  • @mkbuddy
    @mkbuddy 8 років тому +36

    Why oh why did they let Balding do the last Grandstand should have been Des Lynam or Steve Ryder

    • @CelticSaint
      @CelticSaint 6 років тому

      PC

    • @markelsey5489
      @markelsey5489 6 років тому

      Disgraceful....

    • @MrPeterpiper1969
      @MrPeterpiper1969 6 років тому +2

      Lynam worked for ITV and Steve Ryder wasn't around (not sure where he was but he didn't work for the Beeb then)

    • @CarlileStanton
      @CarlileStanton 6 років тому +5

      MrPeterpiper1969 Steve Rider had gone to ITV by that point to anchor their Formula One coverage, as well as doing some of their live Champions League matches. He's still there as host of their British Touring Car Championship coverage.

    • @THELEICESTERFOX
      @THELEICESTERFOX 6 років тому +3

      Des Lynam has retired after ITV and Steve Rider went to ITV in 2007 after the BBC said he wasnt doing the Olympics in 2008

  • @aerialexplorer772
    @aerialexplorer772 Рік тому +1

    Love the fight in the background at 5:00

  • @ballysboots6937
    @ballysboots6937 2 роки тому +3

    When the BBC was worth watching.

  • @enderby4121
    @enderby4121 3 місяці тому

    Grandstand was the greatest sports programme ever aired on world television. It's demise is just like losing a close friend. So very sad.

  • @cjsnowdon
    @cjsnowdon 4 роки тому +10

    The fact this show ended at the Great Yarmouth festival of bowls tells its own story sadly! I mean it’s hardly riveting live sport for the box is it!
    What a show though - loved it! And the theme tune music, I still play it as an upbeat tune! It’s on all major music services!
    Footy Focus to - loved it!

  • @colinryan315
    @colinryan315 Рік тому +2

    Really miss BBC coverage of horse racing especially royal ascot the Cheltenham festival 😢

  • @raphaelrau1728
    @raphaelrau1728 4 роки тому +3

    I will never ever get tired of the theme music! The theme tune inspired the Motors great track “Forget About You” and Teach In’s Eurovision winning song Ding-A-Dong.

  • @markgenner1747
    @markgenner1747 2 роки тому +2

    Sunday 28th January 2007

  • @newstarcadefan
    @newstarcadefan 4 роки тому +2

    The BBC's Grandstand is up there with ABC's Wide World of Sports. Both are gone, yes, but not forgotten.

  • @mattinfullvision9598
    @mattinfullvision9598 3 роки тому +3

    Bloody hell I miss Grand Stand. If you like sport it was the place to be of a Saturday afternoon

  • @georgemacpherson1992
    @georgemacpherson1992 7 місяців тому +2

    They could have at least ended it after the end of the 06/07 football season. Nowadays you have a lot of tv filler. Sundays were never the same after Grandstand finished.

  • @Sjmby95
    @Sjmby95 2 роки тому +1

    This brings back memories of my childhood

  • @sanchoodell6789
    @sanchoodell6789 3 роки тому +2

    *Very sad day* indeed for sport when they decided to stop this iconic show. The theme tune alone had become an institution. Sports coverage would never be the same again and you clearly see the emotion in Clare Balding's voice at the end. It was reported that she burst out crying and almost broke up with her girlfriend after that.

  • @MarkReynolds-c2o
    @MarkReynolds-c2o 8 місяців тому +2

    This was a sad day, shame the BBC couldn't revise it, instead we have repeats of Bargain Hunt, Money for nothing. Why not bring it back for big events, cup final day, Wimbledon, challenge Cup, Olympics etc. Miss the theme tune.

  • @Karmoon7
    @Karmoon7 11 років тому +1

    Ignorant question, but what is the name of the piece of music from 5:55 onwards?
    Cheers.

    • @Karmoon7
      @Karmoon7 11 років тому +1

      *****
      It was an honest question. I feel terribly stupid now, but at least I know :) It's just that often these pieces of music are written independantly. Like Jessica by the Allman brothers for Top Gear or what not. Thanks for your answer. :)

    • @JadMock
      @JadMock 11 років тому

      I am Karmoon don't worry F1 is the funniest of tunes, Fleetwood Mac - The Chain great tune very Fleetwood (80's) then silence then roughly 3mins20secs rolls in the epic F1 sound! Classic Mick Fleetwood sound!

    • @Stevieboy74
      @Stevieboy74 10 років тому +2

      I am Karmoon You probably know by now, but the music is called Grandstand and it's by Keith Mansfield on the legendary KPM music library.
      /watch?v=5TMZivxjj34

  • @iainclark5964
    @iainclark5964 Рік тому +2

    Cup Final Grandstand, the icing on the cake! Osborne 1 nil!

    • @mattmid7012
      @mattmid7012 Рік тому

      A great childhood memory that one and the Man Utd v Arsenal final a couple of years later too with all the late drama. Fulham v West Ham was the first one I remember watching. What a great day of tv the Cup Final day used to be. Now they can't even stick to the 3pm kick off.

    • @alienxna6511
      @alienxna6511 Рік тому

      Cup Final '78! Now a Tractor Boy of over 50 years standing, remember so well walking into school on the Monday after the Cup Final with my blue & white Ipswich Town scarf on (was the only Town fan in a school of 1200!), and the Teachers letting me wear it in lesson under my jumper as they knew what it meant to me being in a school full of kids supporting the London Clubs, Liverpool or Man Utd!

  • @GroverTmuldoon
    @GroverTmuldoon 5 років тому +4

    7:30- you’ve seen the last ever Grandstand and just when you think things can’t get any more depressing ......

  • @martinpugh1008
    @martinpugh1008 2 роки тому +3

    Why oh why oh why did they have to take grandstand and World of sport off the air it has left a big hole in my Saturday afternoons there will never again be sports programs like them the memories of those wonderful Saturdays will live on forever in my mind thank god for the theme music of both I often sit down and pour myself a drink and spend hours getting lost down memory lane and reminisce about those brilliant and wonderfully happy days

    • @darren253
      @darren253 Рік тому

      Murdoch Sky was the reason he was able to pay the sports bosses more. And bribry maybe

    • @martinpugh1008
      @martinpugh1008 Рік тому

      @@darren253 I wouldn't be a bit surprised at all if they were the reasons why Grandstand and World of Sport were taken off air unfortunately money talks

  • @shafty37
    @shafty37 11 років тому +42

    the day man tv died

    • @pp37903
      @pp37903 4 роки тому +1

      What a relief! Middle-aged men got their own way all the time for far too long. I say that as a middle-aged man.

    • @felix2672
      @felix2672 4 роки тому +2

      Don’t talk tripe!

    • @leebeardshall2888
      @leebeardshall2888 4 роки тому +3

      @@pp37903 shup up you dingo.

    • @gerald1108
      @gerald1108 6 місяців тому

      ​@@pp37903hope you are enjoying watching bargain hunt on Saturday afternoons now lol .

  • @SouthCoast457
    @SouthCoast457 3 роки тому +1

    Back when the BBC broadcast for the people. Sad to see it the way it is today.

  • @19Link86
    @19Link86 Рік тому

    what is the song at 0:49?

    • @Acdp94
      @Acdp94 6 місяців тому

      It’s a cover of Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand

  • @davidspear9790
    @davidspear9790 Рік тому +1

    There was time to play the full unedited theme tune in that last segment. Would have been far more fitting.

  • @explorer806
    @explorer806 4 роки тому +3

    I can just imagine Alan Partridge narrating that montage of sports people falling over

    • @AndyB1286
      @AndyB1286 3 роки тому

      Haha, that'd be epic 😁

  • @chrisbennett8734
    @chrisbennett8734 2 роки тому +4

    Saturday afternoons:
    Grandstand
    Big Break
    Gladiators
    Blind Date
    The Generation Game
    Memories

    • @mattmid7012
      @mattmid7012 Рік тому +1

      Now inane rinse and repeat singing/talent/skating/dancing shows is all you get on a saturday

    • @UsyksmashedFurytwice
      @UsyksmashedFurytwice Рік тому

      You forget Baywatch! 😂

  • @leeroybrown5762
    @leeroybrown5762 4 роки тому +1

    Happy childhood memories of Saturday afternoon watching Grandstand 👍

  • @andysutton1
    @andysutton1 4 місяці тому

    Crikey looking at what sport they had then and now changed a lot. MOTO GP was so cool on bbc

  • @spanishpeaches2930
    @spanishpeaches2930 2 роки тому +2

    This was the pivotal moment for the BBC. After this went it was on the road to ruin. Now, it is an utter disgrace of a broadcaster. I would doubt I've seen more than five hours of their output in the last two years.

  • @pagrant
    @pagrant 7 років тому +4

    end of another era.

  • @philipmason3218
    @philipmason3218 Рік тому +2

    Sky has destroyed everything we held dear.

  • @malcs0
    @malcs0 7 років тому +3

    The Good Old Days. I actually miss them.

    • @jaguar3248
      @jaguar3248 7 років тому +2

      Agreed. No Sky TV, no Mobile phones, but we managed without them.

  • @theshrew8853
    @theshrew8853 4 роки тому +2

    Erm why did Craig Doyle jump into what looks like the river Thames????

  • @SharkBreath93
    @SharkBreath93 9 місяців тому +1

    balding taking the pi55 out of liam treadwell after his national win will live with me forever
    rip legend

  • @TALKCalgary
    @TALKCalgary Рік тому +1

    What does the BBC have left?

    • @davejohnson3474
      @davejohnson3474 Рік тому

      BBC's new propaganda programme on misinformation? Riveting stuff lmao

  • @JasonCliftJones
    @JasonCliftJones 9 років тому +4

    This final broadcast was from the Potters World Indoor Bowls in Hopton-on-Sea, near Great Yarmouth.

  • @davidkerr66
    @davidkerr66 2 роки тому +1

    Still sore to this day that this theme will never again grace Saturday or Sunday Tv as a closing theme

  • @paulyflyer8154
    @paulyflyer8154 2 роки тому +3

    Another masterpiece theme tune from Keith Mansfield!

  • @googleyoutube3443
    @googleyoutube3443 2 роки тому +1

    Grandstand is better than match of the day

  • @AndyB1286
    @AndyB1286 3 роки тому

    Remembered the theme tune and that's how I found this video. Remember it from back in the day when I was growin' up 👍

  • @paulclarkson9343
    @paulclarkson9343 Рік тому

    Why did they end it? Look at the 'plenty still to come...' and count haw many of those sports BBC still show. It's less than half of them.

  • @PaquetasCar2147
    @PaquetasCar2147 Рік тому +1

    Anyone still unsure about why they say Des Lynam is a 'god' of presenting, just look how he calmly & professionally carried on while there was fighting going on in the background amongst his "professional" presentation team. Just a legend who can't get any work nowadays because he doesn't fit into the modern demographics. White, male, old!

    • @mattmid7012
      @mattmid7012 Рік тому +1

      He definitely was. I do wonder if that was staged though because of what he was about to say, as a sort of inside joke? Either way you're right.

    • @qed456
      @qed456 Рік тому +2

      @@mattmid7012 it was famous April fools joke - back when the BBC had a sense of humour

  • @Hddnnsj
    @Hddnnsj 3 роки тому +1

    You can hear in her voice that no one thinks BBC Sport can carry the can. Indeed it couldn't. How on earth cancellation of the oldest sports programme could compete with Sky

  • @OtakuLogan2017
    @OtakuLogan2017 10 місяців тому +1

    BRING BACK GRANDSTAND

  • @stevedom1
    @stevedom1 4 роки тому +2

    Wonder if/when someone has a recording to post of the video printer coming up with Scunthorpe result - missing the "S" - obviously a sacking for a backroom staff member! I watched it live! Think he said oh there appears to be a problem with the printer!

  • @Xxwicksy2217xX
    @Xxwicksy2217xX 4 роки тому +4

    And now we have Love Island 😤🍻

    • @mattinfullvision9598
      @mattinfullvision9598 3 роки тому +2

      Which is the biggest load of shite going, Grand Stand was the place to be of a Saturday (and occasionally Sunday) afternoon

    • @googleyoutube3443
      @googleyoutube3443 Рік тому

      NOT LOVE ISLAND, I WANT GRANDSTAND BACK.

  • @michaelcole8761
    @michaelcole8761 2 роки тому +1

    The end of an era. So sad.

  • @richardchorley9642
    @richardchorley9642 29 днів тому

    I used to enjoy 'Grandstand', when I was growing up in the 1970s and 80s. It's a pity that the retrospective couldn't have been narrated by someone more connected with the programme in that key part of its era.

  • @topmantony2456
    @topmantony2456 10 років тому +5

    Bring it back .

  • @toastedroast
    @toastedroast 11 років тому +1

    Oh that is slap in the face to this iconic sports show the fact it went out on BBC2 judging by this

    • @JasonCliftJones
      @JasonCliftJones 9 років тому +4

      +toastedroast This was a Sunday Grandstand, which was usually on BBC2 anyway.

  • @marknewcombe2488
    @marknewcombe2488 4 роки тому

    Where was des ?

  • @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329
    @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 2 роки тому +3

    Goodbye grandstand

  • @sparkmanuk
    @sparkmanuk Рік тому +1

    ‘Plenty still to look forward to on BBC sport’ well that didn’t turn out. To think back then their were more people watching different sports and be introduced to them, now its so fractured you have to be a fan of a particular sport to search it out. Sky ripped killed off grandstand.

  • @dvidclapperton
    @dvidclapperton 3 роки тому

    Des fiddling about with his earpiece when he was hearing of a scoreflash on Final Score was the earpiece of doom.

  • @MrTUCTUC1
    @MrTUCTUC1 11 років тому +4

    It says everything abut why Grandstand had to end that for their last shot on their final show they were covering Bowling-and no disrespect to those who love Bowling but it had represents the kind of sport that would bring in mass audiences.

    • @iestyndavies7287
      @iestyndavies7287 5 років тому

      Dark Light - It certainly runs Last of the Summer Wine a close second!

  • @vickysmith3425
    @vickysmith3425 4 роки тому

    classic grand stand best sports and theme tunes of the 80s sad missed well poplar tv show sadly miss R.I.P

  • @HairyBosch
    @HairyBosch 11 років тому +18

    The BBC can't compete with the mental money from Sky.
    Sad....
    Get Des on Soccer Saturday with Jeff, I say.
    Unbelievable Jeff !!!

    • @falcons1988
      @falcons1988 10 років тому +1

      That would be awesome!!!

    • @michaelsmith8107
      @michaelsmith8107 9 років тому

      Nobby Nolevel Or at the very least have him do the mid week games instead of Julian (or whatever he's called).

  • @davidjeffreys9063
    @davidjeffreys9063 5 років тому

    I wonder who she was swearing at? 6:58