And the only way you could find out the latest scores from other games was to wait for the PA to read them out at half time and full time? Lol!!
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And the only way you could find out the latest scores from other games was to wait for the PA to read them out at half time and full time? Lol!!
I'm one of the oldies...Originally Posted by William Treseder
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I would often have to buy the football echo to find out how my bets had done.
Yep and I still miss the Football Echo.
Do you remember they would be delivered to your local newsagents late in the evening and some came around the pubs ( not sure if they were the dodgy ones ), there were so few though in the latter years you had to be on yer toes , I used to wait outside the top shops in Llanrumney ,so I didn't miss out , and on game days outside the newsagents by Askey's ,as they had the first batch most .
Wasn't the signing off Steve Thompson on the last Echo in 96 ,first printed 1919 .
Im blubbering now
Waiting for the pink echo to be delivered......
Jesus! Forgot all about the pink echo.!!
Remember one season down the City and the only song they played on the PA was Billy Paul’s “Let em in” it’s now being used on the post code lottery advert. Took me right back when I heard it!!
Last edited by William Treseder; 11-04-18 at 21:35. Reason: Spelling
In the 69/70 season the only songs they played on the PA were Freda Payne's Band of gold and the Beatles The long and winding road. Every time I hear those songs it takes me back to that era, happy days.
Going back before that the record I seem to recall was always played was “If I Had a Hammer” by Trini Lopez. The records were played from Radio Ninian at the corner of the Grange End. I think the name of the person who ran it was Glyn Potter. Also the hospital broadcast commentaries were made there.
Or stand near someone with a transistor radio. There was always one.
Tina Charles "I love to love" is the one I remember. Seemed to be the only record they had.
Yeah, there was always some idiot there with a radio glued to his ear
To me it seemed they always played Desmond Decker's The Israelites.
Yes clearly remember band of gold blasting out .
I remember hearing “Band of Gold “ when my dad first took me down as an 8 year old .at start of 70/71 season ....and Elvis Presley “The Wonder of You”..... I remember Radio Ninian, Golden Goal and I am sure they used to have boards on the walls around the pitch with the alphabet where they put the half time scores ? . You needed a programme so you could work out who was game A,B,C etc.....?
There was a supplement in the programme “ League Review”or something like that ?
Late 90s?
Probably me as well!Yeah, there was always some idiot there with a radio glued to his ear
70s & 80 as well.
Yes, that was about 8yrs ago until the CCS.
I suspect older fans will remember the letters and the HT scores on the front of the Bob bank..
PA!!???!!!
Pah!!
We had to buy a program to find out which matches the HT scores were for.
Scores were 'number cards' placed alongside a letter card, see.
Beat me to it!!PA!!???!!!
Pah!!
We had to buy a program to find out which matches the HT scores were for.
Scores were 'number cards' placed alongside a letter card, see.
Warm gravel?...you were lucky
😂 any idea which season they stopped doing that?PA!!???!!!
Pah!!
We had to buy a program to find out which matches the HT scores were for.
Scores were 'number cards' placed alongside a letter card, see.
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