I am green with envy just reading your post ! And believe it or not I remember that headline too. It's up there with "Slick City give Pompey a pounding".Originally Posted by Steve the Tea
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I am green with envy just reading your post ! And believe it or not I remember that headline too. It's up there with "Slick City give Pompey a pounding".
How times change. Reading posts about Ceefax and the like, I can remember for many a long day walking down to the bottom of my village, going into the red telephone box and phoning the Bluebirds' Club at Ninian Park and hoping someone would answer and tell me the score. Memories.
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Not the teleprinter, but the more modern videprinter showing a six spelled out.Screen Shot 2020-10-22 at 3.49.28 PM.jpg
Did Tosh and Peter King score some of the goals ?Us and the Fulham mob were both on the Hammersmith End (their end), we were on there quite early and the few Fulham fans there then were telling us that when their no.1 heavy, whose name was Tank, turned up we’d soon scarper. Not sure if he turned up, we didn’t scarper, City won 5-1 after going one down. How we enjoyed turning their ‘Fulham 1, Cardiff 0 hallelujah’ song into 5 other verses
Can’t recall but would imagine that Tosh and Clarky scored, Ronnie Bird may have as well, Bluetit may remember, he was with me that day I’m sure. Great day out that was.
I could remember Tosh scoring, actually I thought he scored 2.
But scorers were Clark, B. Jones 2, Tosh and Lea
Fabulous day out and still remember it every time we go there
Oh to be 17 again
Wasn’t ‘Tank‘ also the leader of the hapless Swansea Yoof?Us and the Fulham mob were both on the Hammersmith End (their end), we were on there quite early and the few Fulham fans there then were telling us that when their no.1 heavy, whose name was Tank
Maybe it all stems from Cockney rhyming slang
I used to have a giggle when they upgraded the teleprinter to a screen - and added the teleprinter noise!
(as they do in many computer-based film scenes)
I used to stand in Dixons watching Ceefax refresh minute by minute.
So exciting
No brackets for Walsall who scored 6 (six)
https://youtu.be/Bgf2SBhlDCA
We played York City on the Friday night, beat them 2 1. Crowd just over 2000
It was when I couldn't see the results as quickly on the vidiprinter as my mates, that i went to the opticians for an eye test.
The optician said I was the first person to ever be that precise as to how I knew my eyesight had deteriorated.
On Ceefax, if there was only one game, they'd double the size of the lettering, which somehow made reading Cardiff 0 Hayes 0 twice as painful (though not as painful as being there, I expect).
About 30 seconds a page. Sometimes youd risk leaving the room for a few minutes, hoping to come back in at the right time, but more often than not youd miss it again.OMG, that happened ALL the time.
Unless of course you managed to find and then press the 'Hold' button in time.
Forfar 4 (four) East Fife 5 (five)
It was always a nerve racking afternoon following your team in the 70s especially away. Your heart would race when the printer put D2 (we were mostly in this league) then the club we were playing, then you would hope for a 0 or 1, then Cardiff City then finally City’s score. If you missed this it could be going for the pink Football Echo to find out at about 6.30pm. The yoof have no idea what we went through.
I loved the way you could tell whether you'd won lost or draw before the score was announced, just by the way the announcer said the team names
Yeah, the way he raised and lowered his voice gave a big clue to the result.
It certainly did. Even a scoreless draw, you could tell it was going to be a stalemate by the tone.
Luton Town 7 (seven) Cardiff City 1
Cardiff City 2 Cambridge United 7 (seven)
...was at both games..joy
See Barrie Jones got a couple. He was a lovely footballer to watch. Shame a broken leg ended his career. In one of my very rare away trips, he was the best player on the pitch against a Derby side that were promoted that season, with the likes of Kevin Hector and John O'Hare in their line-up. He smacked the bar with a 30 yarder and caused Derby problems every time he had the ball.I could remember Tosh scoring, actually I thought he scored 2.
But scorers were Clark, B. Jones 2, Tosh and Lea
Fabulous day out and still remember it every time we go there
Oh to be 17 again
From reading your post, not sure if you are saying Barrie was great at Derby, or saying he broke his leg there !
Barrie broke his leg at Blackpool.
Sorry in advance if I’ve misinterpreted your post
Yes, misinterpreted sorry !
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