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    Posted: 29 May 2025 at 09:23
Anyone who has listened to BBC CWR radio's rugby commentaries will have heard our John.
His calm voice and exceptionally even-handed approach to his craft are a measure of the man.
John broadcast on his beloved Cov for well over fifty years, and was involved with the club in various capacities for a lot longer (long before I started visiting Coundon Road in 1966) and has seen much success... and turmoil.
John's retirement, while expected and richly deserved, still comes as a shock to me.
He will be very, very hard to replace.

Happy retirement JB (and Ann!).
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Originally posted by Kimbo Kimbo wrote:

Anyone who has listened to BBC CWR radio's rugby commentaries will have heard our John.
His calm voice and exceptionally even-handed approach to his craft are a measure of the man.
John broadcast on his beloved Cov for well over fifty years, and was involved with the club in various capacities for a lot longer (long before I started visiting Coundon Road in 1966) and has seen much success... and turmoil.
John's retirement, while expected and richly deserved, still comes as a shock to me.
He will be very, very hard to replace.

Happy retirement JB (and Ann!).
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Well said Kimbo. 

An opinionated clown leaves MOTD and a quality broadcaster leaves CWR radio. I know which one I will miss most!
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What an innings by John B. People of his standing in the game can't be replaced, I would argue, as their standing dates from another era that simply doesn't exist today. But hopefully there might be recent entrants to the arena who might eventually get somewhere close to matching him...

I hope he is suitably celebrated as he picks up the mic for the last time this weekend...
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Originally posted by JZSmith JZSmith wrote:

Well said Kimbo. 

An opinionated clown leaves MOTD and a quality broadcaster leaves CWR radio. I know which one I will miss most!
No need to bring your right wing politics into this is there?

There are other places you can grind that axe
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Originally posted by JZSmith JZSmith wrote:

No need to bring your right wing politics into this is there?

There are other places you can grind that axe


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Originally posted by Baggins Baggins wrote:

Originally posted by JZSmith JZSmith wrote:

Well said Kimbo. 

An opinionated clown leaves MOTD and a quality broadcaster leaves CWR radio. I know which one I will miss most!
No need to bring your right wing politics into this is there?

There are other places you can grind that axe



Do you seriously think people who object to celebrities who constantly inflict their opinions on others on X and the like are always right wing?

For your information I do not vote Tory or Reform and have sympathy for some of Lineker's views but that wasn't the point I was making of course.

Perhaps it is you who should not bring your politics on here?
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Originally posted by Old Gold Old Gold wrote:

Originally posted by JZSmith JZSmith wrote:

No need to bring your right wing politics into this is there?

There are other places you can grind that axe


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Originally posted by JZSmith JZSmith wrote:

Originally posted by Baggins Baggins wrote:

Originally posted by JZSmith JZSmith wrote:

Well said Kimbo. 

An opinionated clown leaves MOTD and a quality broadcaster leaves CWR radio. I know which one I will miss most!
No need to bring your right wing politics into this is there?

There are other places you can grind that axe



Do you seriously think people who object to celebrities who constantly inflict their opinions on others on X and the like are always right wing?

For your information I do not vote Tory or Reform and have sympathy for some of Lineker's views but that wasn't the point I was making of course.

Perhaps it is you who should not bring your politics on here?

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Originally posted by JZSmith JZSmith wrote:

Originally posted by Baggins Baggins wrote:

Originally posted by JZSmith JZSmith wrote:

Well said Kimbo. 

An opinionated clown leaves MOTD and a quality broadcaster leaves CWR radio. I know which one I will miss most!
No need to bring your right wing politics into this is there?

There are other places you can grind that axe



Do you seriously think people who object to celebrities who constantly inflict their opinions on others on X and the like are always right wing?

For your information I do not vote Tory or Reform and have sympathy for some of Lineker's views but that wasn't the point I was making of course.

Perhaps it is you who should not bring your politics on here?

you didn’t appear to making a point

You appeared to be orangesging off Mr Lineker

Which is off topic and political

Do it elsewhere if you feel the need
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Originally posted by Baggins Baggins wrote:

Originally posted by JZSmith JZSmith wrote:

Originally posted by Baggins Baggins wrote:

Originally posted by JZSmith JZSmith wrote:

Well said Kimbo. 

An opinionated clown leaves MOTD and a quality broadcaster leaves CWR radio. I know which one I will miss most!
No need to bring your right wing politics into this is there?

There are other places you can grind that axe



Do you seriously think people who object to celebrities who constantly inflict their opinions on others on X and the like are always right wing?

For your information I do not vote Tory or Reform and have sympathy for some of Lineker's views but that wasn't the point I was making of course.

Perhaps it is you who should not bring your politics on here?

you didn’t appear to making a point

You appeared to be orangesging off Mr Lineker

Which is off topic and political

Do it elsewhere if you feel the need





It is political to disagree with Lineker?

You are the comedy gift that keeps on giving!
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I started this thread to pay a small tribute to a stalwart of the game and a friend to many.
Then it comes to this.
Unbelievable.
So unnecessary.
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Originally posted by Kimbo Kimbo wrote:

I started this thread to pay a small tribute to a stalwart of the game and a friend to many.
Then it comes to this.
Unbelievable.
So unnecessary.

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Originally posted by Kimbo Kimbo wrote:

I started this thread to pay a small tribute to a stalwart of the game and a friend to many.
Then it comes to this.
Unbelievable.
So unnecessary.

I entirely agree. 

To clarify, my post was about retiring sports journalists one of whom brought great dignity to his profession and one who in my opinion didn't.

My understanding is that Mr Lineker gives the world the "benefit" of his social media opinions on very many different subjects other than football of which politics is one. I made absolutely no mention of any of these subjects and most certainly did not mention politics. Baggins chose to bring politics into the thread, seemingly to make ludicrous assumptions about my own, before bizarrely saying their is no place for politics here! You really couldn't make it up could you?
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