Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here. People are tuning in to watch the game, not the commentator. .css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link{color:inherit;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:focus,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:focus{color:#B80000;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link::after,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited::after{content:'';position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:2;}RB Leipzig: How did Red Bull build a Champions League side from scratch? It was summer, and alas no games to go to, but my father and I simply walked inside the empty stadium and took in the scene of vastness, the huge sprawling terraces. 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Worldwide football commentator Derek Rae talks to the boys from his home in Boston about some of his fondest footballing memories. As much as this was an immersion in the greatest sporting tournament on the planet, it spawned an interest in all things German, particularly after the DDR national team from the East defeated their more glamorous Western counterparts in a one-off game. FOOTBALL RETURNS!! "What is it about you and Germany?" © 2020 ABG-SI LLC. It's all these things together. It became a daily ritual. Now this is for television, not radio. They are mafias! Until the last decade or so, my commentary work only rarely involved this football country I love so much, although there were countless trips as a fan. Some of the guttural sounds were not unlike the Doric dialect of my parents and ancestors still spoken in the fishing and farmland communities of North East Scotland. Little did the 7-year old boy in Aberdeen know what the 1974 World Cup would lead to. So think about that, and think about the mechanics of trying to do that. Borussia Dortmund usually find a way to test Bayern and Derek says along with Leipzig, their football has been among the most eye-catching this season. World Wrestling Entertainment is back! By now we fully expected Liverpool to have been crowned Premier League champions for the first time in their history, Leeds to have guaranteed their return to the top division for the first time since 2004, and attention to be turning towards Euro 2020. 1 thing is, and I always try to tell myself this going into a game, don't overtalk. Some of the guttural sounds were not unlike the Doric dialect of my parents and ancestors still spoken in the fishing and farmland communities of North East Scotland. https://www.si.com/soccer/2018/10/04/derek-rae-announcer-career-fifa-19-voice ... See MoreSee Less, Photos from AGEGE TV- AGEGE Television 08037224118's post ... See MoreSee Less, The same army eating garri in the warfront to survive, It's my birthday please celebrate with me! Obviously, that's going to viewers all around the world. VideoThe story of the blaze that destroyed Moria camp, Arctic Circle teens call for help to save their homes. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, subscribe to and download the Planet Fútbol Podcast on iTunes. Despite not being able to travel into the DDR at that time, I spent weekends on trains up and down West Germany. In recent years, I’ve been lucky enough to be on site to commentate on many of the big games for the DFL from Dortmund vs. Bayern, to the Revierderby (Dortmund vs. Schalke), to Union Berlin (that East German connection again) clinching promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time. I found the whole thing challenging in a good way. Worldwide football commentator Derek Rae talks to the boys from his home in Boston about some of his fondest footballing memories.