Archie Macpherson

ARCHIE MACPHERSON was born and raised in Shettleston in the east-end of Glasgow. He was headteacher of Swinton School, Lanarkshire, before he began his broadcasting career at the BBC in 1962. It was here that he became the principal commentator and presenter on Sportscene.

He has since worked with STV, Eurosport, Talksport, Radio Clyde and Setanta. He has commentated on various key sport-ing events including 3 Olympic Games and 6 FIFA World Cups. In 2005 he received a Scottish BAFTA for special contribution to Scot-tish broadcasting and was inducted into Scottish football’s Hall of Fame in 2017..