As
Oxford prepare to make the relatively short hop to Hereford tomorrow,
we thought we'd pay homage to Hereford's vice-chairman Tim Russon,
who is now into his second year as a club director after taking over
in June
of last year. Perhaps a director of an opposing team is an odd
choice of subject matter for a blog to choose, but Oxford fans will
be familiar with Russon from the many years he spent as the face of
Central
South TV sports round-ups throughout the 1990s. With reports characterised by
elaborate and frankly ridiculous metaphors and cheesy puns, Tim
Russon provided the voice to some of the most hilarious football
highlights packages ever to grace local news.
Here
are a few of our favourites:
Russon
was never one to let a good pun escape unmade and matches played over
the Christmas period are ripe for punnery. Every year they managed to
slip something in, with references ranging from wishbones
to jingle bells.
This one, complete with references to 'bags full of presents', 'Christmas crackers' and 'Christmas cheer', has to be the pick of the
bunch.
Derby
day is usually a big story for local news and with Oxford and Swindon
meeting regularly there was ample opportunity to milk it. This video,
from United's trip to Swindon in 96/97, is my personal favourite. Tim
Russon clearly shares Oxford fans' anger at some blatant Swindon
cheating, but the exasperation with which he delivers his final line
is truly the icing on the cake of this report.
Bonfire
night provides yet another excuse to crack out the puns, and in this
classic a ridiculous firework metaphor is somehow sustained over two
minutes of highlights, with references to sparklers and jumping jacks
left, right and centre.
A
trip to the coast is the perfect excuse to pull out the big book of
maritime puns; a book which must have been looking fairly tatty after
the rigorous use it would have received while writing the voiceover
for this highlights package. I count six puns in 30 seconds, which
must be some kind of record.
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