retro scoreboard stays! (1 Viewer)

matesx · Feb 26, 2016

good on the club.... again

http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/...-city-league-one-fleetwood-town-2975471.aspx?

eastwoodsdustman · Feb 26, 2016

as long as its 6-0 every home game i'll be ok with it!

oakey · Feb 26, 2016

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

:claping hands:

Gazolba · Feb 26, 2016

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.

SkyBlueSid · Feb 26, 2016

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.

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 · Feb 26, 2016

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 · Feb 26, 2016

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)

skybluepm2 · Feb 26, 2016

eastwoodsdustman said:
as long as its 6-0 every home game i'll be ok with it!

Just saw your comment I didn't copy, promise!

Speedies_Chips · Feb 26, 2016

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.

I was thinking the same. It didn't have a digital clock either.

Otis · Feb 26, 2016

Yeah and we didn't have substitutes and the shorts were much tighter.

chiefdave · Feb 26, 2016

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!

Otis · Feb 26, 2016

chiefdave said:
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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Yes it does, Dave! It has to be exact!!

Covstu · Feb 26, 2016

I don't really give a shit to be honest!

wingy · Feb 26, 2016

Which players do those numbers equate to.
I'm guessing Gibbo was ten who was two?

Otis · Feb 26, 2016

Covstu said:
I don't really give a shit to be honest!

Try All Bran and some prunes.

letsallsingtogether · Feb 26, 2016

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

Houchens Head · Feb 26, 2016

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

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 · Feb 26, 2016

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 · Feb 26, 2016

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 · Feb 26, 2016

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.

Im surprised money bags Wasps haven't replaced the big screen. Current one is pants.

oscillatewildly · Feb 26, 2016

wingy said:
Which players do those numbers equate to.
I'm guessing Gibbo was ten who was two?

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! · Feb 26, 2016

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 · Feb 26, 2016

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.

James Smith · Feb 27, 2016

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.

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).

Which I found here http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tou...regulationsfwcbrazil2014_update_e_neutral.pdf

Brylowes · Feb 27, 2016

James Smith said:
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

Which I found here http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tou...regulationsfwcbrazil2014_update_e_neutral.pdf

w
Well I never knew that,wtf is that about . Somthing to do with fergie time.

James Smith · Feb 27, 2016

Brylowes said:
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Well I never knew that,wtf is that about . Somthing to do with fergie time.

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.

matesx · Feb 27, 2016

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

only the ref knows exact time left

Otis · Feb 27, 2016

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.

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?

Sky Blue Pete · Feb 27, 2016

Yep the Referee is the 'Sole arbiter' of time it says in the regulations

Steve.B50 · Feb 27, 2016

Good to keep the retro type scoreboard and the big Jimmy Hill banner at one end.

Otis · Feb 27, 2016

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

SkyBlueSid · Feb 27, 2016

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.

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 · Feb 27, 2016

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.

Loved Borrows, top full back & brilliant club man.

ajsccfc · Feb 27, 2016

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.

It's not about the screen itself, it's the score display - they're sticking with the retro one from last week

Instead of the basic modern variant

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

shmmeee · Feb 27, 2016

Why isn't the time or scores in the retro font?

Lazy.

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