David Francey
Posted in Events dear boy. Events, Radio Scotland at 18:12 on 16 September 2011
The missing days from my blog meant I wasn’t sure if any new posts would appear. As a consequence I did not post about David Francey when his death was announced.
Francey was football’s radio soundtrack to any Scot of my generation and those before. Who who heard it could ever forget his trademark, “It’s a drive!!!”
I remember he was reputed to have been driving home from a commentary game, up around Aberdeen way I think, and spotted a notice for a David Francey sound-alike competition that night. He stopped; not to observe but to take part! He came third and didn’t tell the organisers who he was.
This may be apocryphal but like all good stories really should be true.
David Francey: Feb 1924 – Sep 2011. So it goes.
