bowlingcrofty Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 What football traditions do you love or did you used to love before the past few years? Mine used to be watching the scores on teletext, sat there staring at a screen for ages 'howay man flick to the next page we might have scored' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 What football traditions do you love or did you used to love before the past few years? Mine used to be watching the scores on teletext, sat there staring at a screen for ages 'howay man flick to the next page we might have scored' Loved teletext me. Soccer Saturday et al are great - but I regret that they've taken away the mystique of teletext Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 What football traditions do you love or did you used to love before the past few years? Mine used to be watching the scores on teletext, sat there staring at a screen for ages 'howay man flick to the next page we might have scored' Me dad getting the Pink as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Remember when tellys started coming out that let you manually change the teletext page instead of having to wait for it? Mind-boggling stuff. We used to watch the scores come in whilst in town shopping; going into Dixons around full time and getting text up on the display TVs was class. Had to find the right zappers first though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Used to check the rumours column on BBC teletext before going to school, eventually realised it was a load of shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Used to check the rumours column on BBC teletext before going to school, eventually realised it was a load of shit. Page 338. Loved it. Another classic was waiting for Football Focus on grandstand. Always used to love cup final day when they got the captains of the teams to introduce the players for the TV pre game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Used to check the rumours column on BBC teletext before going to school, eventually realised it was a load of shit. I used to, and this is fucking pathetic, wake up at all hours of the morning (3am, 5am yeah whatever!) and check the transfer rumours page to see if it had been updated. For anyone who doesn't remember it used to be changed for that mornings news then updated with a few more at some point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Fantasy football done via phone/teletext and being a sad cunt who watched other people changing their teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Used to check the rumours column on BBC teletext before going to school, eventually realised it was a load of shit. I used to, and this is fucking pathetic, wake up at all hours of the morning (3am, 5am yeah whatever!) and check the transfer rumours page to see if it had been updated. For anyone who doesn't remember it used to be changed for that mornings news then updated with a few more at some point. Yes! :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 What football traditions do you love or did you used to love before the past few years? Mine used to be watching the scores on teletext, sat there staring at a screen for ages 'howay man flick to the next page we might have scored' One thing I always used to do after coming home from school was check page 390, Regional Sport, to keep up to date on the NUFC news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Minus the typos obviously Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 It was a dream when page 515 on teletext itv appeared which had the mag and talkofthetyne features on the club specific pages! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Saved By The Bell Intro - 1989 No reason, was looking at other old stuff and it made me laugh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Fookin hell. Just remembered I used to watch (and derive enjoyment from) Saint and Greavsie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I used to like doing the Bamboozle sports quiz on C4 text with the Reveal button. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I used to like doing the Bamboozle sports quiz on C4 text with the Reveal button. Bamboozle, aye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Probably still done but scraves out the window on away journeys Used to be crackers for a 312 on ceefax too Foreign players being complete unknowns Foreign teams being complete unknowns Bukta Pony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Valuing the FA Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Probably still done but scraves out the window on away journeys Used to be crackers for a 312 on ceefax too Foreign players being complete unknowns Foreign teams being complete unknowns Bukta Pony Get arrested these days for hanging your scraves out of the window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I miss the Saturday afternoon results coming up on the teleprinter at the end of Grandstand, the print head laboriously tapping out every character. "H-a-m-i-l-t-o-n A-c-a-d-e-m-i-c-a-l-s 1..." And then Dr Who. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I miss the Saturday afternoon results coming up on the teleprinter at the end of Grandstand, the print head laboriously tapping out every character. "H-a-m-i-l-t-o-n A-c-a-d-e-m-i-c-a-l-s 1..." And then Dr Who. And trhe scores were genuinenly a surprise. We've got it too easy these days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Having to buy the paper to see transfer news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Hell, I even miss the pre-internet, pre-mobile phone days of finding myself in some remote fucking corner of European civilization scouring barely comprehensible local newspapers for a sports section that would tell me whether we'd won or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 More than once I had to phone those wretched premium rate phone numbers to find out how we'd got on. It was shit and expensive, but i miss it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Listening to the scores on Radio Newcastle, late 70's/early 80's. Whenever one of the north east big three scored, they played a clip that screamed ' IT'S A GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL '. Cue 10 seconds of tension to find out whether we had scored. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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