sbcmfc Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 I'm still getting over not having two wooden boards with numbers on them being clapped together when we want to make a sub It was John Porteous that tended to do it IIRC in the days before 4th officials. Â I remember the first time I heard the words technical area I near wet myself laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 You're going back a bit there! For some reason I particularly remember that at Accies. Â I have to admit to being surprised by how much I miss the scoreboard not being there to glance up at the time. It must have been a habit I wasn't even aware of. Â Â Sometimes, they didn't even read them out. They just had a boy put up numbers on a board. Â I found this picture of the old one at Bay View. Â Â And there was a Subbuteo version: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamwell Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 My minds utterly blown trying to work out what's going on here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017  Also encourages more people to buy programmes so they can work out the secret half-time scores code:  A: nil - nil B: one - nil C: one - one  etc. Ha! I remember that from the mid/early 80s when I started going to the games! Everyone gathered round a programme to check the scores at half time!  Why didnt they just read out the team names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwellfan Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 In reply to weeyin I remember one winter the announcer at a game telling us F off ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 My minds utterly blown trying to work out what's going on here! Â Not quite sure if you're jesting or not but the ABC..... on the scoreboard would correspond with something like this in the programme... Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Ha! I remember that from the mid/early 80s when I started going to the games! Everyone gathered round a programme to check the scores at half time! Â Why didnt they just read out the team names? Â So you bought the programme. Or at least that was the theory from the would be commercial managers of the day. Obviously as your own experience confirms that could be easily worked around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 I could be misremembering, but I think the "secret" was that clubs listed the matches in different orders rather than the standard "alphabetical by home team" they do now. Â It still wasn't difficult to work out though, as there was always somebody close by with a programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Or someone with a tranny. Â I remember being at Accies (growing up in Hamilton I would sometimes go to midweek games or Saturday games when we were playing far away) and someone walked round the pitch with a big board with the letters and scores on. Something like: Â A 1-0 B 0-0 C 2-1 Â and so on. Â Also remember a board with the half time draw numbers on it. Â Anyway, looking at my watch is a pain in the arse compared to glancing up at the clock but I suppose I'll get used to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamwell Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Â Not quite sure if you're jesting or not Thanks Andy P, no jesting, was genuinely baffled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Thanks Andy P, no jesting, was genuinely baffled. You've every right to be. As normal as it seemed at the time, it is a weird system. Â Made weirder by the fact that it was only the half-time scores that were reported. We had to listen to the radio on the way home, or get back to a telly before we found out the full-time scores. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Not quite sure if you're jesting or not but the ABC..... on the scoreboard would correspond with something like this in the programme... Â Also note that the convention was to never have an "I" or an "O" in case people confused them with ones and zeroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleeastdave Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Cannot remember but I am sure it would the start of second half before they posted the half time scores, it was certainly not instant, mind you it was only 10 minutes for the half time break back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Proper team formations on that programme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2017/10/31/new-communications-manager  New Communications Manager  Tuesday, October 31, 2017  New Communications Manager Motherwell FC is delighted to announce the appointment of Grant Russell as the clubs new Communications Manager.  Grant will be responsible for managing our club media output, PR and communications and marketing.  He joins from STV, where he has spent the last eight years working on their sport channels in digital media and TV. He helped establish STV Sport as one of the countrys leading websites, before crossing to STV News to be their Sports News Correspondent. Previously he worked with Livingston FC.  Grant, who started his new role this week, said: Im delighted to be joining Motherwell at such an exciting time for the club.  This is one of Scotlands most innovative and creative clubs and Im looking forward to working with the team to create an even better offering for our supporters.  This is one of Scotlands most innovative and creative clubs and Im looking forward to working with the team to create an even better offering for our supporters.  I want to bring fans even closer to the club by improving our communications with you, come up with new ways to excite you about what is going on at Fir Park, and give you as much access and insight as possible into what its like to be part of this club.  What makes Motherwell a fantastic place to be is its strong links with its supporters and the local community, and the hard-working mentality and desire to be the best that you see both on and off the pitch. Its great to be here.  Chief Operating Officer Alan Burrows added: Im delighted Grant has joined us and he will certainly add considerably to the off-field team we have at Motherwell.  The position around Communications and PR hasnt been filled since 2014, but Grant will also assist in a much wider remit that also covers club media, marketing and fan communication. His valuable experience of working for a club and also with a news broadcaster will hopefully improve our links with the Scottish media and enhance our club communication across various channels.  You can follow Grant on Twitter @grantrussell_ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted October 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Looks like another great appointment behind the scenes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 So is he doing a combination of Flow's old job and that of the recently departed fans liaison officer (or whatever his title was)? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swami Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 He should probably start with proof reading statements to make sure the same paragraph isn't printed twice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 He should probably start with proof reading statements to make sure the same paragraph isn't printed twice.I suspect that the one you read here was a quick cut and paste from the official site and so the repeated paragraph was the bit in bold... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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