First viewed : 17 August 1991
Granada made a rod for their own backs with this one, a compilation of that day's goals from the region that went out at 5.15 pm on a Saturday. I could barely make it home from Spotland to catch the start.
The first programme was a complete and utter shambles as the technical challenge became apparent. The luckless Bob Greaves had to try and hold it together as the video tapes were edited while on air. Bob clearly had no idea which one was coming next and had to try and work out what game he was watching on the spot, which unsurprisingly led to a large number of mistakes - "Here's Tranmere Rovers .. oh no it's Bury" and so on.
At the end of the show, they ran out of footage with a minute or so to go and Bob had to improvise a soliloquy on Oldham's first day in the top division that ran something like this, "Well that's the first day of the season,,,Memories for me ? .. Oldham's first game in the top flight...they went to Liverpool... some people thought they had a chance... it wasn't to be" etc.
It did improve over the season but not by that much. Poor old Bob soon made way for Rob McCaffrey then Elton Welsby took over for most of the show's seven year run. After the first season, the denial of any Premier League footage no doubt made the show rather easier to put together.
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