![MUNDIAL on Twitter: "On this day in 1927, the first live football commentary was broadcast on BBC Radio alongside this diagram - the reason for the original use of "Back to Square MUNDIAL on Twitter: "On this day in 1927, the first live football commentary was broadcast on BBC Radio alongside this diagram - the reason for the original use of "Back to Square](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUJGMNRW0AEgiR1.jpg)
MUNDIAL on Twitter: "On this day in 1927, the first live football commentary was broadcast on BBC Radio alongside this diagram - the reason for the original use of "Back to Square
![BBC Archive on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1927: The first BBC radio football commentary aired, the Radio Times supplied a handy grid so everyone would know where the action was. The game itself BBC Archive on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1927: The first BBC radio football commentary aired, the Radio Times supplied a handy grid so everyone would know where the action was. The game itself](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fm1oA1RXwAELGIH.jpg)
BBC Archive on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1927: The first BBC radio football commentary aired, the Radio Times supplied a handy grid so everyone would know where the action was. The game itself
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Mike Ingham, the voice of football commentary on BBC radio for over two decades, will step down after World Cup final between Germany and Argentina | Daily Mail Online
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