Facebook Pixel TALKING A GREAT GAME | Daily Record - newspaper - Les denne historien på Magzter.com

Prøve GULL - Gratis

TALKING A GREAT GAME

Daily Record

|

August 07, 2025

BBC Sportscene marks big 5-0 with Rob, Archie, Dougie & Jock calling the shots

- BY JOHN DINGWALL

TELLY football legends Archie Macpherson and Dougie Donnelly are set for a sensational TV comeback.

Veteran commentators Jock Brown and Rob Maclean will also be returning to screens for a special BBC Sportscene 50th anniversary special this Saturday evening.

The one-off edition will feature famous presenters and commentators from down the decades.

Dougie, 72, will be back in the Sportscene presenter's chair while Archie, Rob and Jock will be on commentary duties around the grounds.

Archie, 90, who appeared on BBC's Sportsreel show before becoming the face of Sportscene, said: "I started in 1962 with Sportsreel on Black Saturday, the weekend of the Cuban missile crisis. My first report was Hamilton against Stenhousemuir at a time when the world was worried about nuclear warfare.

"Programmes rely on the events they cover and I was lucky enough to cover a succession of World Cups for Sportscene. They gave the programme a great status in the public eye.

"The World Cup provided one of my career highlights - Archie Gemmill's goal in Mendoza. It was a standout for me, and of course it went on to be featured in Trainspotting, although I had to record another commentary for the film because the sound quality of the original wasn't strong enough.

"I'm very grateful for this opportunity to go back on the show. It's quite a gesture after all this time away from commentating on Sportscene."

Show legend Dougie said: "It was a great time for Scottish football and the Saturday night sports programme was absolutely required viewing.

FLERE HISTORIER FRA Daily Record

Daily Record

Daily Record

CHINA 'SPY' PROBE: COPS HOLD MP JOANI'S HUSBAND

Reid says she's not involved with lobbyist partner's work

time to read

1 min

March 05, 2026

Daily Record

Daily Record

TACTICAL VICTORY

TACTICAL BLITZ (5.30) can overpower all his rivals at Newcastle.

time to read

1 mins

March 05, 2026

Daily Record

Child killer likely to be admitted to secure hospital after beating

SOHAM murderer Ian Huntley will not be sent back to the jail known as Monster Mansion if he recovers from the severe head injuries he suffered in a workshop attack.

time to read

2 mins

March 05, 2026

Daily Record

Billy Idol's Rebel Hell

How hard drugs nearly killed rock icon.. and how being a grandad helps him stay clean

time to read

4 mins

March 05, 2026

Daily Record

A Bridge too far

Judge me on talent, not my body, says Nicola Coughlan

time to read

1 min

March 05, 2026

Daily Record

Daily Record

BLOODY ELL

Anderson puts a huge dent in Guardiola's title hopes

time to read

2 mins

March 05, 2026

Daily Record

'WITHOUT MERCY'

AN IRANIAN warship was torpedoed “without mercy” by a US submarine in the Indian Ocean, widening the battlefield of the escalating war with Tehran.

time to read

3 mins

March 05, 2026

Daily Record

Daily Record

Huntley 'will not return to Monster Mansion'

Child killer likely to be admitted to secure hospital after beating

time to read

2 mins

March 05, 2026

Daily Record

GUN KILLER TO APPEAL CONVICTION

Campbell won't go down without a fight

time to read

1 min

March 05, 2026

Daily Record

Elvis: Ace is Wright back in our frame

DUNDEE boss Steven Pressley has confirmed Scott Wright will be ready to return against Motherwell.

time to read

1 mins

March 05, 2026

Listen

Translate

Share

-
+

Change font size