Scottish broadcasting legend Arthur Montford speaks exclusively to The Scotsman

"IT'S a stramash" - legendary broadcaster Arthur Montford relives a lifetime in sport, rubbing shoulders with the greats at the heart of many of the biggest sporting events of the last 50 years.

• Arthur Montford is a broadcasting of Scottish broadcasting.

The Scotsport front man recalls memorable head-to-heads with football heroes such as George Best, Pele and Bobby Moore, boxing giants Jersey Joe Walcott and Sugar Ray Robinson, golfing giants Bobby Jones and Byron Nelson, and a host of others.

Arthur reveals how the BBC almost pulled the plug on his team at the greatest football match ever played, how '007' surprised him at St Andrews, first impressions of a young Jock Stein finding his way at Albion Rovers, and why the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina were NOT his worst experience as a commentator.

Arthur tells his story only in The Scotsman this week, starting Wednesday.