been here before Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) This BBC article brings back a few memories how we got the scores before t'internet ruined it all... How people had to 'do' football before the web Edited March 14, 2019 by been here before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, been here before said: This brings back a few memories... https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/8520b9b3-5389-4f13-b947-96f805d2cfd3?intc_type=singletheme&intc_location=bbcthree&intc_campaign=bbcthree&intc_linkname=article_footballbeforetheinternet_contentcard9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G0rd0nM1lls Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 What a load of tripe! Typical BBC! Seriously? There was football before 1992? I don't think so. I think you'll find Rupert Murdoch invented it that year. What else? That supporters followed their local clubs and physically attended games, watched the reserves now and again and maybe popped along to a lower league or junior game occasionally?. Next thing you'll be telling me that players graduated from club youth teams, lived in the local community and only earned the relative pittance that supporters who attended games could generate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David McCaig Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, iantjambo said: That's within the lifetime of Kickback!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, David McCaig said: That's within the lifetime of Kickback!!! Just wanted to point out that The Pink was what you needed for match reports on a Saturday evening before the internet came along. I just chose to use that particular picture of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 The BBC Teleprinter Clydesdale Electricals shop window on Gorgie Road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwidoug Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Back in 1956 hardly anyone had a telly including us. I was 7. We had a nurse staying with us called Florence (honest). She took me to the Bridges on the afternoon to a shop with TVs in the window. She knew they would be flashing score updates on the screen. We got there after half time and I will always remember when 3-1 flashed up on the screen. Great celebrations amongst the 100 or so watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamhammer Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, iantjambo said: I have a plastic bag full of Newspapers from that weekend. This is in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamhammer Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 9 minutes ago, Tommy Brown said: The BBC Teleprinter Clydesdale Electricals shop window on Gorgie Road That was hellish if your team was away from home. Hibs 1 v Hearts.........................(Hurry up FFS)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Jamhammer said: I have a plastic bag full of Newspapers from that weekend. This is in there. Same. They're still in a cupboard at my mums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deans Jambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, Jamhammer said: I have a plastic bag full of Newspapers from that weekend. This is in there. Same. Sunday and Mondays newspapers ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8hibsh Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 **** the www (yes I know I am posting on it) **** the digital generation **** Sky **** plastic fans **** the Champions League **** bet 365 and that ***** Winston (please gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamle responsiiiiiiiiiiibleeeeeeeeeeee) **** community clubs **** apps **** almost every single thing in the modern game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, i8hibsh said: **** the www (yes I know I am posting on it) **** the digital generation **** Sky **** plastic fans **** the Champions League **** bet 365 and that ***** Winston (please gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamle responsiiiiiiiiiiibleeeeeeeeeeee) **** community clubs **** apps **** almost every single thing in the modern game AND **** the Hibs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8hibsh Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 minute ago, iantjambo said: AND **** the Hibs ? Absolutely my good man! and all that sail in her tin pot vessel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I mind my auld man checking his coupon with the classified results. That voice; where you could more often than not predict if the away team had won/drawn/lost, from the way the home team's score was said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 A 1-0 B 1-2 C 3-0 D 1-1 E 1-5 F 2-0 might be too cryptic for younger posters ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, 3fingersreid said: A 1-0 B 1-2 C 3-0 D 1-1 E 1-5 F 2-0 might be too cryptic for younger posters ? The board at the Gorgie Road end!!! You had to have bought a programme mind.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132goals1958 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 29 minutes ago, Tommy Brown said: The BBC Teleprinter Clydesdale Electricals shop window on Gorgie Road Everybody at the back of the little huddle jumping up to see the scores. Also the half time scores you had to buy a programme and match the numbers to the letters on the scoreboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Just now, Morgan said: The board at the Gorgie Road end!!! You had to have bought a programme mind.. ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Getting Scottish football news in Canada before the Internet was almost impossible. I relied heavily on phone calls to my dad, and the telephone in those days was absurdly expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Nothing beats the tension of the vidiprinter. Hearts score appears at 0:16... And if you wanted your say you a) went out into the street and shouted at passers-by b ) called the radio so Jimmy Sanderson could shout "Were you at the game caller?" and dismiss everyone's opinion except his own or c) wrote an actual letter to the Pink. These days every opinionated football bore with nothing else to do can have their say 24/7, including me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 21 minutes ago, Lemongrab said: I mind my auld man checking his coupon with the classified results. That voice; where you could more often than not predict if the away team had won/drawn/lost, from the way the home team's score was said. The legend that was James Alexander Gordon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkierobroy Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Remember on early pre-smart phones you could get 'e-lerts', texts of when your team scored. Bit embarassing when you were at the game and you were celebrating a goal (or kicking an imaginary cat because your team had lost a goal) and your phone went off. A lot of good early internet fitba stuff was reproduced from fanzines. Which the internet then killed off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David McCaig Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 20 minutes ago, ToqueJambo said: Nothing beats the tension of the vidiprinter. Hearts score appears at 0:16... And if you wanted your say you a) went out into the street and shouted at passers-by b ) called the radio so Jimmy Sanderson could shout "Were you at the game caller?" and dismiss everyone's opinion except his own or c) wrote an actual letter to the Pink. These days every opinionated football bore with nothing else to do can have their say 24/7, including me. Found myself watching the whole clip!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Just now, David McCaig said: Found myself watching the whole clip!!! Did we win? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy T Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Ceefax page refresh ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Turn Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Teletext Match and Shoot mags, then Fourfourtwo Newspapers Champs League on tele Football Italia on CH4 and if you wanted to catch other foreign leagues you had to wait for the highlights on trans world sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, David McCaig said: Found myself watching the whole clip!!! 4 minutes ago, iantjambo said: Did we win? 2-1 win over Motherwell Weirdly, I was nervous watching it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, iantjambo said: 2-1 win over Motherwell Weirdly, I was nervous watching it Surprised, Levein's early days. Am I doing it right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 18 minutes ago, Cruyff Turn said: ... if you wanted to catch other foreign leagues you had to wait for the highlights on trans world sport... Simpler times. Thats a whole different thing these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midloth_Iain Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 16 minutes ago, iantjambo said: 2-1 win over Motherwell Weirdly, I was nervous watching it nothing weird about it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyjambo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, i8hibsh said: **** the www (yes I know I am posting on it) **** the digital generation **** Sky **** plastic fans **** the Champions League **** bet 365 and that ***** Winston (please gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamle responsiiiiiiiiiiibleeeeeeeeeeee) **** community clubs **** apps **** almost every single thing in the modern game **** you!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midloth_Iain Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) 11:23 Edited March 14, 2019 by Kid Creole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haj Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 2 hours ago, iantjambo said: Good times. Every week after i’d read about Hearts I’d flick to the back and see how my own team (Eskmills under 10’s) were getting on the league. Felt like a celebrity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingantti1874 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Loved the vidiprinter, real tension! Also when I was a kid I worked in Safeway and asked pretty much every single customer the score.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadj Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Ceefax was the worst. I remember watching it change page and waiting for it to change back during im sure it was the 4-1 New Year game where we scored all the goals. Was almost a repeat of that on Tuesday night trying to kee up to date with the cup game as Hearts TV went on and off ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David McCaig Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, iantjambo said: Did we win? Never in doubt ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sraman Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I remember as a laddie, if it was a home game, I was there with my brothers, lifted over the turnstile by my Dad and his mates. If it was an away game we'd all be in the queue at the Stenhouse Cross chippy waiting on the scores coming on the radio. The chippy would stop when they came on and a, collective, cheer or och would go up at the two results that mattered, then it was full steam ahead with the orders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132goals1958 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Maple Leaf said: Getting Scottish football news in Canada before the Internet was almost impossible. I relied heavily on phone calls to my dad, and the telephone in those days was absurdly expensive. Changed days when you can now read the Evening News in Canada, before they have been delivered to the Pans and Tranent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portable Badger Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Jamhammer said: I have a plastic bag full of Newspapers from that weekend. This is in there. So did I - until the wife decided to use them to light the feckin fires!!! She thought I'd been saving them for the fire....... She is now my ex-wife !!!!! Obviously !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 26 minutes ago, 132goals1958 said: Changed days when you can now read the Evening News in Canada, before they have been delivered to the Pans and Tranent. And watch games live on my computer, and access the HMFC website for Hearts news, and the BBC website for up-to-the-minute stats and Scottish news in general. The thirty years I was in Canada before the internet is just a big void when it comes to my knowledge and experience with Hearts. But I remember the 1950s perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132goals1958 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: And watch games live on my computer, and access the HMFC website for Hearts news, and the BBC website for up-to-the-minute stats and Scottish news in general. The thirty years I was in Canada before the internet is just a big void when it comes to my knowledge and experience with Hearts. But I remember the 1950s perfectly! The halcyon days --will never be forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, 132goals1958 said: The halcyon days --will never be forgotten. Yes indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Internet Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 3 hours ago, i8hibsh said: **** the www (yes I know I am posting on it) **** the digital generation **** Sky **** plastic fans **** the Champions League **** bet 365 and that ***** Winston (please gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamle responsiiiiiiiiiiibleeeeeeeeeeee) **** community clubs **** apps **** almost every single thing in the modern world Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 3 hours ago, 3fingersreid said: A 1-0 B 1-2 C 3-0 D 1-1 E 1-5 F 2-0 might be too cryptic for younger posters ? Think Dundee Utd still do this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingersreid Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 8 minutes ago, JWL said: Think Dundee Utd still do this Well it is dundee , technology will get there one day ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadj Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 54 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: And watch games live on my computer, and access the HMFC website for Hearts news, and the BBC website for up-to-the-minute stats and Scottish news in general. The thirty years I was in Canada before the internet is just a big void when it comes to my knowledge and experience with Hearts. But I remember the 1950s perfectly! Switching off about 68 and picking it up after 86 is not bad even 96 i mean you miss Leipzig , Munich , Atletico Madrid but back in time for Baggio rampaging almost into the box in the first minute... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnlondon Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Many a hefty bill rung up on a club call line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1971fozzy Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Remember the old days in the shed where we were waiting for the half and full times from the stadium announcer. Occasionally there wouldn’t be any read out so we would have to wait until we got home or the pub before we knew. Mental when you think about it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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