We Welcome Your Teams - A Podcast About Stadium Announcers

Personal coffee machines & Ronaldo selfies - Mike Botto - BOURNEMOUTH

February 20, 2021 Rich Hurst Season 2 Episode 4
We Welcome Your Teams - A Podcast About Stadium Announcers
Personal coffee machines & Ronaldo selfies - Mike Botto - BOURNEMOUTH
Show Notes

Mike Botto has been stadium announcer at Bournemouth for nearly 15 years.

He told Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd the fortunate way he landed the job and the opportunities it's brought with it.

We get his thoughts on being allowed to work during lockdown and the perks that come with basing yourself in the chairman's box for the games.

He's been there for some incredible moments in the Cherries' history, and missed out on a couple too, which he still hasn't forgiven himself for.

We play another game of What's My Name with a rude surname to stumble around and get the lowdown on the 255 sequence before kick off.

We also have Lance Cook at Bristol Rovers on whether announcers should be working at games and hear how Graeme White at Everton interrupts the BT Sport commentators.

MUSIC: DistrictFour by Kevin McLeod.