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[upthemaggies]

I remember the sports news consisted of a little bit of this, a little bit of that.....then Gary Newbon would say " and now for Aston Villa".

That was ATV Today, not the BBC's "Midlands Today", exactly the same Birmingham bias but less serious with the John Swallow and Chris Tarrant reports (you'd never see people with hair as long as that on BBC news).
BBC "Midlands Today" did introduce an East Midlands opt out in the early 80s from a tiny studio in Wilson House on Derby Road, but I think the Nottingham transmitter was still relaying from Sutton Coldfield at the time so you would have only seen it if your aerial was pointing at Waltham.

The older people here might remember when BBC Midlands local news & weather was lumped in with East Anglia, with the TV regions based on the same large areas as "Home Service" radio.

[navypie]

That was ATV Today, not the BBC's "Midlands Today", exactly the same Birmingham bias but less serious with the John Swallow and Chris Tarrant reports (you'd never see people with hair as long as that on BBC news).
BBC "Midlands Today" did introduce an East Midlands opt out in the early 80s from a tiny studio in Wilson House on Derby Road, but I think the Nottingham transmitter was still relaying from Sutton Coldfield at the time so you would have only seen it if your aerial was pointing at Waltham.

The older people here might remember when BBC Midlands local news & weather was lumped in with East Anglia, with the TV regions based on the same large areas as "Home Service" radio.

Oh yeah, ATV. Swap the T and V around , you get....Aston Villa Television.

[upthemaggies]

Oh yeah, ATV. Swap the T and V around , you get....Aston Villa Television.

Their original studio was on Aston Road, less than a mile from Villa Park. Location rather than personal would account for the bias, Newbon was a Leicester City fan, Trevor East (the sports editor) was a Derby County supporter, Nick Owen was Luton Town and the regular pundit from 1980 was Jimmy Greaves (Spurs/Chelsea). A real pity we didn't get our own East Midlands local news programme a few years earlier as we'd then have a lot more footage from the promotion season to the top flight and the two seasons in which we stayed up. It began in the October of the season we got relegated.

[Elite_Pie]

Their original studio was on Aston Road, less than a mile from Villa Park. Location rather than personal would account for the bias, Newbon was a Leicester City fan, Trevor East (the sports editor) was a Derby County supporter, Nick Owen was Luton Town and the regular pundit from 1980 was Jimmy Greaves (Spurs/Chelsea). A real pity we didn't get our own East Midlands local news programme a few years earlier as we'd then have a lot more footage from the promotion season to the top flight and the two seasons in which we stayed up. It began in the October of the season we got relegated.

UTM, you're the expert on these things, so do you know if there's any footage online anywhere to see the Hugh Johns commentary on Star Soccer for the game we won at the Sh!tty Ground with the last minute winner from Sir Les? My memory tells me that he said something along the lines of "and here's Bradd with the winner" before he actually headed it. I swear we all knew what was coming and actually jumped with him! Even if my memory is wrong, I would love to see anything connected to that moment.

[upthemaggies]

UTM, you're the expert on these things, so do you know if there's any footage online anywhere to see the Hugh Johns commentary on Star Soccer for the game we won at the Sh!tty Ground with the last minute winner from Sir Les? My memory tells me that he said something along the lines of "and here's Bradd with the winner" before he actually headed it. I swear we all knew what was coming and actually jumped with him! Even if my memory is wrong, I would love to see anything connected to that moment.

A low-res real player video capture was on the "Super Notts" website, sadly now taken down, it was sourced from a brief clip shown on a quiz show on the short lived "ITV Sports Channel" circa 2001. Still don't know where they got it from, but it'll almost certainly be just the goal that was retained in the vaults and not the whole programme (which would have had 20+ minutes of highlights and possibly a post match interview with Sirrel or Bradd conducted on the pitch).
The Fword documentary "I believe in Miracles" also used it on their trailer and presumably in the doc itself (I'll never watch it) to illustrate the state they were in pre-Clough.
The commentary goes "Scanlon against Anderson, good cross and here's Bradd (then just as ball hits the back of the net) with the winner, Les Bradd - 45 seconds to go."

[the_anticlough]

The Brummy bias on ATV drove me nuts as well.

For me, it was summed up in one moment. It might have been the year we were promoted, but does anyone remember an end of season awards show and Notts' only real mention was when a ****ty comedian ('Spud Lee' or something) just stood there and roasted Jimmy Sirrel (in a really insulting and personal way) who was clearly not amused. The camera kept cutting to a smirking Gary Newbon for some reason. Or did I dream that?

[Elite_Pie]

A low-res real player video capture was on the "Super Notts" website, sadly now taken down, it was sourced from a brief clip shown on a quiz show on the short lived "ITV Sports Channel" circa 2001. Still don't know where they got it from, but it'll almost certainly be just the goal that was retained in the vaults and not the whole programme (which would have had 20+ minutes of highlights and possibly a post match interview with Sirrel or Bradd conducted on the pitch).
The Fword documentary "I believe in Miracles" also used it on their trailer and presumably in the doc itself (I'll never watch it) to illustrate the state they were in pre-Clough.
The commentary goes "Scanlon against Anderson, good cross and here's Bradd (then just as ball hits the back of the net) with the winner, Les Bradd - 45 seconds to go."

Thanks for that UTM, really appreciate the reply. To be honest, they would struggle to find any 'highlights', because to the purist it was a really awful game. To a Notts fan however, it was sheer bliss. In those days I used to get the Midland General bus to Mount Street bus station and walk to and from the ground, and I've never had a slower walk back than that day. It was music to my ears listening to the numerous whining redbacks on the way home. At least my memory of the commentary is somewhere near!

Sorry to ask another question, but I also have a memory of a Football Post headline from a local derby which read "Notts supreme as Forest flounder". Do you know if that was from this game or was it another happy memory?

[upthemaggies]

Sorry to ask another question, but I also have a memory of a Football Post headline from a local derby which read "Notts supreme as Forest flounder". Do you know if that was from this game or was it another happy memory?

That was the 2-0 win (Bradd, Carter) at their place the previous season, 28th December 1974.

[ancientpie]

Thanks for that UTM, really appreciate the reply. To be honest, they would struggle to find any 'highlights', because to the purist it was a really awful game. To a Notts fan however, it was sheer bliss. In those days I used to get the Midland General bus to Mount Street bus station and walk to and from the ground, and I've never had a slower walk back than that day. It was music to my ears listening to the numerous whining redbacks on the way home. At least my memory of the commentary is somewhere near!

Sorry to ask another question, but I also have a memory of a Football Post headline from a local derby which read "Notts supreme as Forest flounder". Do you know if that was from this game or was it another happy memory?

Notts supreme as Forest flounder . Boy that brings back memories, I actually had that FP framed & it was on my bedroom wall for years,unfortunately it disappeared when I moved some 20 years back. On the subject of Les's last minute winner I actually stood in the East Stand with 3 schoolmates, we went completely OTT with our celebrations & 2 mates had lumps kicked out of them,happy memories.COYP.

[IluvNotts]

A low-res real player video capture was on the "Super Notts" website, sadly now taken down, it was sourced from a brief clip shown on a quiz show on the short lived "ITV Sports Channel" circa 2001. Still don't know where they got it from, but it'll almost certainly be just the goal that was retained in the vaults and not the whole programme (which would have had 20+ minutes of highlights and possibly a post match interview with Sirrel or Bradd conducted on the pitch).
The Fword documentary "I believe in Miracles" also used it on their trailer and presumably in the doc itself (I'll never watch it) to illustrate the state they were in pre-Clough.
The commentary goes "Scanlon against Anderson, good cross and here's Bradd (then just as ball hits the back of the net) with the winner, Les Bradd - 45 seconds to go."

It used to be here: http://carousel.royalwebhosting.net/...76.html#FwordA