Remember World of Sport?

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Saturday afternoon World of Sport would be on,

First up. On the ball with Brian Moore and Ian St John,

Following it would be some obscure sports for twenty minutes

Before Racing the ITV seven, Lord Oaksey and John Rickmans tips,

Which for a 10p stake your selections all had to win,

This usually ended up with the betting slip in the bin,

Speedway well that would be on at just gone three,

Ivan Maguer the greatest speedway star you would ever see,

A forty minute slot then it would be the half time scores,

Where if you did the pools a jackpot was paid for only 8 draws,

Four o clock it was wrestling time with Kent Walton and his mates

Big Daddy, Kendo Nagasaki, Giant Haystacks and Baby face Jim Breaks,

Three bouts of wrestling for us to get excited about,

We would be cheering on our hero’s, come on we would shout,

At ten to five it was results time so over to the Vidi Printer,

Unless games were postponed which was usual in winter.

That would mean the pools panel would sit and offer their predictions,

Score draw, away or home win or no score draw would be their selections

Dad would say take down the results, so his coupon he could check.

Have you won dad? I would ask, he would reply have I heck,

The last of the racing results, and almost time to go,

Brief summary of events by Dickie Davis before wrapping up the show.

 

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