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December 11, 2018, 8:10am
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What about the system for half-time scores they used to have at football? I only vaguely remember this, but basically, I think every game was allocated a letter in the program. There was an area in the ground with a load of letters and a place to put numbers, a bit like an old cricket scoreboard. And someone would put the halftime score numbers in the right slots, which meant nothing unless you had the programme which explained which letter corresponded to each game. Not sure where this area was at BP, I remember my dad taking me to a Sunderland game at Roker Park and them also having it there.

Also pre-mobile phone was the "terrace tranny", which was a small radio someone would have pressed to their ear (no headphones). Typically used near the end of the season when the other scores are important, but also useful when leaving the ground and you might overhear the odd result before you got the chance to hear or see them all properly.


A lad called Martin Branson used to be renowned for having one glued to his ear in the Pontoon when it was all standing. Sadly he went over to the dark side and started following Chelsea not seen him for years and no idea if he still carries the radio?
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What about the system for half-time scores they used to have at football? I only vaguely remember this, but basically, I think every game was allocated a letter in the program. There was an area in the ground with a load of letters and a place to put numbers, a bit like an old cricket scoreboard. And someone would put the halftime score numbers in the right slots, which meant nothing unless you had the programme which explained which letter corresponded to each game. Not sure where this area was at BP, I remember my dad taking me to a Sunderland game at Roker Park and them also having it there.

Also pre-mobile phone was the "terrace tranny", which was a small radio someone would have pressed to their ear (no headphones). Typically used near the end of the season when the other scores are important, but also useful when leaving the ground and you might overhear the odd result before you got the chance to hear or see them all properly.


I think at GTFC it was in the Main stand near what`s now the disabled section 79/80 when I first started going?
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