Journalism
Montford worked as both a print journalist and radio broadcaster before joining Scottish Television in August 1957 as a continuity announcer. He was then chosen to present STV's new sports programme, Scotsport (originally Sports Desk), where he remained the anchorman until his retirement in 1989. In all, he hosted over 2,000 editions of the programme. During his time on Scotsport, Montford became famous for his trademark checkered pattern sports jackets, and some classic lines of football commentary, including What a stramash! and Disaster for Scotland!.
During the 1978 World Cup, a technical fault with the feed from Argentina prevented ITV from broadcasting Hugh Johns commentary on the Scotland-Peru game so Montford's commentary, originally only intended for Scottish viewers, was used on the entire network (the same fault affected the BBC in reverse, with Scottish viewers having to listen to David Coleman instead of Archie MacPherson).
Since his retirement, Montford has continued to comment on Scottish Football, both in the national press and in the matchday programme at Morton. In 1990 he narrated the film documentary Scotland: The World Cup Story. In late 2010 Montford served as an occasional commentator on the Greenock Morton webcast.
In May 2010, Montford received the SPFA Special Merit award for his services to football broadcasting and journalism alongside fellow broadcaster Archie Macpherson.
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