"These figures are stupid," Fabio Capello once said after being asked what formation England
were playing after a qualifying game. "In the modern game, the only formation is 9-1." Of course,
that is all nonsense. Nonsense, unless you're Rangers however. At times, they reverted to the old
'park the bus' system where they constantly put blue shirts into their own box.
Clive and kickingClive Tyldesley has been commentating on football matches for over 20 years. He's had two stints at
ITV with a four year spell at the BBC sandwiched in between.
Clive was good enough to give up some of his time to talk to EFW about his career, a new website to
help budding commentators follow in his footsteps, Roy Keane, Brian Moore, Sir Alex, and of course
Manchester United:
Do you have the best job in the world?
Anyone that has regularly had to endure the BBC's "6-0-6″ will be more than aware of the
uniquely frustrating feeling of listening boors arguing with boors for hours on end about matters
that neither party seems to fully understand. Football on the radio has been ghettoised by the
formulaic phone-in for more years than can be healthy but there have been a couple of exceptions to
this rule, not least of which has been the outstanding broadcasting of Danny Baker over the last
couple of decades, which has steadily broken the mould of what we have a right to expect from
football on the radio (and old episodes of which are still available here).
