Voices Of Football: James Alexander Gordon – Poetry From Classified Results
In the twenty-first century, few things are sacred. For many football supporters, traditions are being ripped up at such a dizzying pace that it can feel impossible to keep up with what is current. In some corners of the culture of the game, though, traditions are kept alive and one of the most enduring is that, at five o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, the BBC will cut away to a supremely jaunty piece of military music called "Out Of The Blue", which will be followed by some brief headlines and the classified results.
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