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TREVOR BIRCH: The BBC’s decision to scrap the classified football results is a shame but hardly a surprise… they’ve been reducing coverage of the EFL for years now
- The BBC’s decision to scrap the classified football results is hardly a surprise
- The broadcasting company are clearly losing interest in their EFL coverage
- The BBC invest heavily in Premier League and Champions League programming
- They decided to get rid of the traditional reading of classified football results
On the opening weekend of the season, the Football League saw the highest aggregate attendance for 17 years with 450,000 people going to games across the country, showing that the popularity and demand for EFL action remains strong as ever.
So, set against that success, it was disappointing to learn this week that the BBC have opted to remove their iconic 5pm classified football results from Sports Report, as more Premier League coverage is added. The much-loved results service covers multiple divisions of our game and has been a staple for fans listening to domestic football coverage since the 1950s.
We know that local and national radio continues to be an important source of information for fans at home and attending matches.
The traditional reading of the classified football results has been scrapped by the BBC
As reaction to the move has shown, the classified results have been one of the key components of our game’s heritage and offered a weekly window into the drama that unfolded across the top divisions up and down the land.
Of course, we understand there are more ways than ever to access full-time scores but, for the large radio audience that tunes in to the BBC, having the divisional results read in full offered a snapshot of the weekend — and…
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