BBC Radio 5 Live drops classified football results - BBC News
The traditional reading out of the football results at 5pm on a Saturday is axed by BBC Radio.
Goal updates across the leagues will still be given out on 5 Live throughout Saturday afternoons

A sporting tradition going back decades is no more - BBC Radio 5 Live will stop broadcasting the classified football results at 5pm on Saturdays.

"With the addition of the 5.30pm live Premier League match to our coverage, Sports Report has been condensed into a shorter programme," the BBC said.

The BBC said it would still offer goal updates throughout the day on air.

James Alexander Gordon read the results for more than 40 years before Charlotte Green took over the reins in 2013.

"We would like to thank everyone who has read the classified football results on 5 Live over the years," the BBC's statement continued.

The corporation added that fans could also keep across the results on the BBC Sport website and Final Score on BBC One.

Charlotte Green took over the reins in 2013

The classified football results list all football results across the English and Scottish leagues.

Sports Report first ran on the BBC Light Programme before moving to Network 3 and later BBC Radio 2 before it found its permanent home on 5 Live in 1994.

Green was a BBC Radio 4 news announcer before taking up the baton from Alexander Gordon in 2013. He died in 2014 at the age of 78.

The results were preceded by its now famous theme tune.

Not all fans and commentators were happy with the news.

Chief football writer at The Times, Henry Winter, tweeted that "the decision to scrap the service shows a lack of understanding of the fans".

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He also suggested that instead of dropping the classified results due to time constraints, 5 Live could drop one of their post-match manager interviews instead.

Up the Clarets, a Burnley fan group, posted that it was "tradition" to tune into the results at 5pm on a Saturday.

Others, including sports reporter Charles Dagnall, pointed out that they listened in the car on the way back from the match, where you couldn't check your mobile phone.

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But others felt it was time to modernise.

The Athletic's Adam Crafton asked how many actually tuned in.

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And rugby reporter Neil Treacy asked why it had taken people until Monday morning to realise the results had gone.