retro scoreboard stays! (12 Viewers)

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oakey

oakey

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Not very democratic, a Twitter survey! So about 20 kids voted then?

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Gazolba

Gazolba

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If I remember correctly on our old electronic scoreboard (the first in Britain by the way), the numbers were made up of separate dots like on the old calculators. The new 'retro' scoreboard looks nothing like it.
 
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SkyBlueSid

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Gazolba said:
If I remember correctly on our old electronic scoreboard (the first in Britain by the way), the numbers were made up of separate dots like on the old calculators. The new 'retro' scoreboard looks nothing like it.
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You are correct. The score was shown in the middle in large numbers as you describe. The team names were letters slid into slots and illuminated from behind. There were ten smaller number squares on each side to indicate scorers, six on the top line and four below, plus another each side to show 'OG' if necessary.


Not exactly sophisticated by today's standards, but back in the day it was state of the art. I always thought those at the back of the Kop got a raw deal as they couldn't see it.
 
Terry Gibson's perm

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I can remember when I first started going the half time scores were read out a match a etc with no team names so you had to buy a programme or look at somebody else's
 
skybluepm2

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It's been like a retro scoreboard all season. The highlights are shite, the colour and quality are awful and they often start from zero again after the first 45 minutes.

I'm all for it, especially if it reads 6-0 every week (literally and not just because the idiots haven't changed it from the last game)
 
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Speedies_Chips

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Gazolba said:
If I remember correctly on our old electronic scoreboard (the first in Britain by the way), the numbers were made up of separate dots like on the old calculators. The new 'retro' scoreboard looks nothing like it.
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I was thinking the same. It didn't have a digital clock either.
 
chiefdave

chiefdave

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Its not that different to this one. Just because its retro doesn't mean it has to be based on the first one we had!

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letsallsingtogether

letsallsingtogether

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I remember them flashing up adverts on a night game when the opposition were attacking the kop used to be blinding☺
 
Houchens Head

Houchens Head

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Terry Gibson's perm said:
I can remember when I first started going the half time scores were read out a match a etc with no team names so you had to buy a programme or look at somebody else's
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I also remember the old "Alphabet Letter" scoreboard! Huge A, B, C, D, etc running most of the length of the pitch edge. There were 26 boxes marked with a letter of the alphabet. Below each individual letter was a door that opened and had the facility for two cards to be inserted, one in the top half, and one in the bottom half. In the match programme on the back page would be the day’s football fixture and each game would have a letter of the Alphabet adjoining it. These letters would be matched to the letters on the scoreboard and at half time, when the doors of the boxes on the scoreboard were opened and the cards inserted, the top number would show the home team’s score and the bottom number would show the away team’s score. At full time, the process would be repeated and fans would know the results of most matches that were played that day.
 
Paxman II

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Have i missed something? Are we saying it was to be replaced? I'd like to see a better bigger one erected, one each end tbf.
 
Johnnythespider

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I would rather get rid of the scoreboard and have semi clad ladies parading round the pitch holding up cards with all the relevant information, you know like their measurements, phone numbers, that kind of thing.

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matesx

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Paxman II said:
Have i missed something? Are we saying it was to be replaced? I'd like to see a better bigger one erected, one each end tbf.
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Im surprised money bags Wasps haven't replaced the big screen. Current one is pants.
 
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oscillatewildly

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wingy said:
Which players do those numbers equate to.
I'm guessing Gibbo was ten who was two?
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Oh no, this was Dec 1992. L'pool battered us first half but second half they dissolved. Quinn got two as did Bugsy. Can't remember without checking who wore 11 that day and therefore who scored the other goal. That scoreboard would be put to good use again a few days later when a certain Aston Villa arrived in town hoping to further their title ambitions.
 
Mr T - Sukka!

Mr T - Sukka!

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I have never understood why they dont put scoreboards/screens on the corprate side. So the majority of fans are directly facing them.

There is a massive gap between the bages on the walls.

Have a look tomorow.
 
Brylowes

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Only really glance at it now and then to see how long's left, (I already know the score cus I'm
watching the game) trouble is it only goes to 90mins and then goes off.
So the most important time to know how much time is left,we're not informed ,
the clock obviously only goes to 90mins. Could they please program it to include
time added on.:mad:
 
James Smith

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Brylowes said:
Only really glance at it now and then to see how long's left, (I already know the score cus I'm
watching the game) trouble is it only goes to 90mins and then goes off.
So the most important time to know how much time is left,we're not informed ,
the clock obviously only goes to 90mins. Could they please program it to include
time added on.:mad:
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I think that they're not allowed to because the FA said so I remember reading it in a programme. But I can't find that written anywhere except for a FIFA (bye bye Blatter) document

Clocks in the stadium showing the length of time played may run during the match, provided that they are stopped at the end of normal playing time in each half, i.e. after 45 and 90 minutes respectively. This stipulation shall also apply if extra time is played (i.e. after 15 minutes of each half).
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Which I found here http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tou...regulationsfwcbrazil2014_update_e_neutral.pdf
 
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James Smith

James Smith

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Brylowes said:
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Well I never knew that,wtf is that about . Somthing to do with fergie time.:confused:
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Think the official reason is because the ref is supposed to be the only one who determins the amount of time left etc. But more likely it's so that the ref isn't made to look even more of a pratt than normal when they get the extra time wrong as well as other decisions during the match.
 
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matesx

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yes the added time at the end of the game is a "minimum of..."


only the ref knows exact time left
 
Otis

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Mr T - Sukka! said:
I have never understood why they dont put scoreboards/screens on the corprate side. So the majority of fans are directly facing them.

There is a massive gap between the bages on the walls.

Have a look tomorow.
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Haven't you answered your own question there? :)

Isn't the scoreboard that side precisely for the reason that it is opposite the corporate side?
 
Otis

Otis

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Just need some 60's retro style performances to continue to go with it the rest of the season.
 
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SkyBlueSid

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oscillatewildly said:
Oh no, this was Dec 1992. L'pool battered us first half but second half they dissolved. Quinn got two as did Bugsy. Can't remember without checking who wore 11 that day and therefore who scored the other goal. That scoreboard would be put to good use again a few days later when a certain Aston Villa arrived in town hoping to further their title ambitions.
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Number 11 that day was Kevin Gallagher. I was doubly delighted that day as I'd had a couple of quid on Borrows as first goalscorer as figured we may get a penalty. The first one was a penalty but he scored the second one as well.
 
Brylowes

Brylowes

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SkyBlueSid said:
Number 11 that day was Kevin Gallagher. I was doubly delighted that day as I'd had a couple of quid on Borrows as first goalscorer as figured we may get a penalty. The first one was a penalty but he scored the second one as well.
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Loved Borrows, top full back & brilliant club man.
 
ajsccfc

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Paxman II said:
Have i missed something? Are we saying it was to be replaced? I'd like to see a better bigger one erected, one each end tbf.
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It's not about the screen itself, it's the score display - they're sticking with the retro one from last week

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Instead of the basic modern variant

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They said that the score and time look different from the name because they are live rather than static, but now it's staying they might be able to change it
 
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