Sam Leitch

Sam Leitch was a British television sports presenter. He came from Scotland.

He was Head of Football at the British Broadcasting Corporation for some years. For several years up to 1974 he presented the "Football Preview" slot on Grandstand on a Saturday, previewing the day's matches. This was later to evolve into Football Focus.

Although attributed to commentators David Coleman or Frank Bough it was Leitch who, when the Scottish football team Raith Rovers won a match by a large margin^{[citation needed]}, made the legendary comment "They'll be dancing in the streets of Raith tonight". This was seen as a display of ignorance since Raith Rovers play in the town of Kirkcaldy. There is however a Raith district of Kirkcaldy which is within the Raith estate, an estate owned by A.B.L Munro-Ferguson of Raith & Novar (Burke's Peerage). Munro-Ferguson's family can be traced back to the 17th Century. The estate itself predates much of Kirkcaldy and Dysart, the elder of the two communities.