BBC Radio Solent

you can see that.

I spoke to our colleagues down at BBC Solent who do Bournemouth and they were saying, I know, just beating three European champions, you know, in Milan, Man U, Villa.

And I said, well, and Leeds.

75, this whole thing about, like, so they're hoping to make it four on the bounce.

We've got lots to talk about today, haven't we? Chris has

had a very interesting career, starting obviously as the voice of AFC Bournemouth on BBC Radio Solent, I'd say.

Certainly for me growing up.

knowing chris voice and just i was i couldn't wait for afc bournemouth to upload any highlights with chris's voice onto youtube or afc btv or whatever just because it almost it always felt better to me to have chris's voice rather than the the sky voice or the premier league productions voice same here personally um so yeah to have chris as our first guest it it feels like a 360 moment i don't know if that's the right word but

right

it was I actually was at university at the time I went to university in Winchester and I started I'd started doing a few Saturday reports and things actually for BBC what is now BBC Surrey um because I worked at the University of Surrey at the time not as a lecturer then um just in sports administration and um And got talking to them and got a couple of chances to go and do a couple of reports for them for all the Charlton people.

And then got into Solent and started doing a couple of reports for them because I was based down this way.

And yeah, I got a call on a Friday afternoon saying our commentator for Bournemouth tomorrow has gone sick.

Yeah, it's been good.

I actually went out and did a outside broadcast for BBC Radio Solent.

So it's the first time I've done an outside broadcast for them, which was so much fun, but it's not as glamorous as it may sound.

We went down, we, well, I got up at four o'clock that morning because we had to get down to Poole Harbour, because it was the final crossing of a ferry called the Barfleur from Poole, down by me, over to France.

I even watched, and sorry for people who don't like football, but I was watching Southampton West Ham yesterday, and you have the option of either having...

the Southampton West Ham game with Saints commentary, as in Radio Solent, or you could have West Ham commentary as well.

It was so good.

So I've actually seen it.

That was from Tom Murray of...

BBC Radio Solent.

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Bournemouth are now a proudly established top-flight side and they're making their debut season in Europe, looking to topple one of European football's giants.

According to Joe Partington, who is now BBC Radio Solent's regular cherry summariser, and of course a former academy graduate and midfielder, we used to train on the park over from the stadium.

Now fans walk through the park to watch European games.

Back then we had to get changed in one part of Bournemouth and then drive somewhere else to train before driving somewhere else for lunch.

Actually, from what was a pretty dull game, best bit at the end, there was a little bit of choice words, a bit of ag between the two managers, Cesar Pichotto and John Messina.

After the game, he spoke to BBC Radio Solent and spoke to Andrew Moon, who's the Portsmouth commentator, and said... about the interaction.

We shook hands at the end of the game.

As we walked off, he kindly told me, I talk too much.

I don't know if he's put it back on or not.

I mean, even the BBC Solent Twitter put out that quote saying, don't doubt me.

That was it.

We doubted him.

But see, Pompey have a really good record at Carrow Road.

I think the last time they beat us was 2003.

Yeah, again, Whitley was saying that on Solent.

And, you know, that's a good omen, but that means nothing to Portsmouth.