Six decades of Cardiff City v Reading matches.

3 Responses to Six decades of Cardiff City v Reading matches.

1. Dai Woosnam says:

   March 19, 2016 at 5:46 am

   Thanks for compiling the quiz, Paul.
   To be honest, my memory is SHOT these days and I can rarely answer a single question.
   But here are three observations.
   First, your mention of Neil Webb, who was to achieve fame with Man United.
   The last I heard of him, he was working as a postman.
   Betcha no Man United players of today will ever have to work in such a hard demanding – and relatively poorly paid – job when they come to retire.
   But good on Neil that he was not afraid to become “one of us” again.
   Second observation. The late Maurice Edelston. Nice to hear his public school intonations again. He used to be ubiquitous.
   No commentator has his decidedly upmarket RP today.
   And third…thanks for the link.
   Wow!
   To think that all these years I thought of Ninian’s turf as – if not being Wembley or Portman Road – still being pretty good compared to the Baseball Ground and the like.
   That’s one cherished view just gone out the window!
   WHAT a quagmire !!
   Nice to see Kruger Ron playing, btw.
   DW.
2. christienne kirton says:

   April 26, 2016 at 1:21 am

   Stumbled upon this article by chance just wanted to say i know the answer to question 1 it’s my grandad Maurice thanks for the nice comments and yes Neil Webb missed out on the money like maurice who remained at amateur status till his transfer from reading both of them obviously played for the love of the game and like my grandad used to with me I’ve seen Mr Webb up prospect park kicking the ball about with his kid legends both of them
3. The other Bob Wilson says:

   April 26, 2016 at 9:23 am

   Hello Christienne, great to hear from you (and belated thanks to Dai for his reply as well). I’m old enough to remember your grandfather commentating, but I was completely unaware of his playing background until I was doing some research for the quiz. With his appearance for Great Britain in the 1936 Olympics and all of those matches for Reading, he was obviously a fine footballer as well as being one of the football voices of my youth. He had a very distinctive voice and it is he and Peter Jones I think of first when considering great radio commentators I’ve listened to.
   As for Neil Webb, he was a classy player who had the talent to have, perhaps, achieved a little bit more than he did – I used to really enjoy watching that Forest team of the late 80s and early 90s and Neil Webb was one of the main reasons I felt that way.

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