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Grandstand's opening titles in the Sixties - Blogger
Nov 29, 2018 · Sam Leitch was the presenter of Football Preview on Grandstand. This was the forerunner of today's Football Focus. I loved old Sam back in the very early 1970s.
Football Focus - Wikipedia
Football Focus is a BBC television magazine programme launched in 1974, broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes during the football season. The programme, along with Final …
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Where did it all go wrong for Football Focus? - Mail Online
Sep 22, 2023 · Football Focus is in peril due to plunging viewing figures ahead of its 50th anniversary with the show struggling to recover since Dan Walker quit, an expert told …
Rolling back the years to 1969 and the BBC's search for …
Feb 22, 2019 · BBC’s Sam Leitch, a regular presenter of Football Focus and editor of Match of the Day, recalled: “Nearly 10,000 were tempted by the most original carrot in sport.” The numbers were whittled down by a process of …
Sam Leitch (1927 — 1980), British Editor of Match - Prabook
He was Editor of Match of the Day at the British Broadcasting Corporation for some years. Foreign several years up to 1974 he presented the "Football Preview" slot on Grandstand on a …
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Programme of the Week: BBC One’s Football Focus
Aug 24, 2018 · BBC One had a football preview show as part of Grandstand since the 1960s when Sam Leitch, an early editor of MOTD, used to present the programme that eventually evolved into Football...
Biography of Sam Leitch
Jul 23, 2013 · He was Head of Football at the British Broadcasting Corporation for some years. For several years up to 1974 he presented the "Football Preview" slot on Grandstand on a …
British Football History: BBC & ITV, Commentators
BBC’s ‘Grandstand’(1958-2007) featured ‘Football Preview’ with Sam Leitch. This being renamed as ‘Football Focus’ in 1974 with ex-Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson (1974-1994) taking the helm for next twenty years.
Shoot and Goal Magazine: When Football Was Football …
Dec 16, 2019 · Shoot’s longest-running and USP feature was ‘Focus on…’ where a different footballer each week was given a series of questions about their likes, dislikes and petty peccadillos. It took a little time to realise just how limited and …
