Guess who's back on ABC Canberra radio...

One minute Tim.

And there goes the football. Tim Gavell has been away of late, recovering from the Rugby seasons.

And Tim is a nice bloke, don't get me wrong. And he does have a lot of sport to cover, but an analysis of the ABC with Tim on air v Tim on holiday has been interesting.



When Tim interviews the head of Capital Football on his Saturday morning Grandstand one hour show each week he gives the head of 16,000 players one minute each week and it goes like this.

"So with me now is the Head of Capital Football Heather Reid, how's the soccer going Heather?"

CEO Reid discussess the football news around the town,

and Tim concludes, "thanks for the soccer news."

Add to that recently other News Readers have included football in the middle of news items, and even had a FOUR minute section in the middle of the weekly one hour show while One minute Tim was away.

They showed enthusiasm and even interjected to add interest and knowledge to reflect the numbers of people playing, watching and interested in football in ABC Canberra.

Tim's kids play the game, he's even coached.

Talking to Canberra's Matilda Star Caitlin Munoz from China recently during the World Cup, Tim starts the interview,

"What I like about this World Cup Caitlin is the fact there is no diving and lots of goals."

Fair point? Do me a favour, you should hear how he talks up the Wallabies World Cup interviews.

English Football results always come before the Australian A-League with Tim.

Sometimes it's only English scores, as he leaves the A-League aside.

Imagine doing that for Rugby League or Union.

And when I asked Tim why he called football soccer, he said, "ABC policy."

Now football has over 16,000 players in this town and the ABC are supposed to represent the community.

And it was interesting to see football getting a little more coverage, being called football while One Minute Tim was away.

Now Tim's back, we can all turn on at 11:57 at the end of the one hour show with the clear knowledge that we won't have missed the football coverage from ABC Canberra's Saturday morning show.

So glad to be back to normal.

Great to have you back Tim.