[Football] Anyone miss the teleprinter?

[kevo]

This is a bit of a nostalgia fest. March 3, 1984: David Coleman reads the results as they come in. We are a late kick off (in case you're wondering, Brighton won 1-0, Alan Young the scorer, to take us to 9th in the old Division 2).

 

[swindonseagull]

I remember that day very well, March 3rd 1984...................................Its the day we got married...!!

 

[kevo]

I remember that day very well, March 3rd 1984...................................Its the day we got married...!!

Blimey. So presumably you were huddled round a TV trying to find out the result of the late kick-off?!

 

[Jam The Man]

Mind is playing tricks with me. Always thought it was called the Vidiprinter!

 

[swindonseagull]

Blimey. So presumably you were huddled round a TV trying to find out the result of the late kick-off?!

Not that I can remember...we had the reception in a pub in Shoreham.....cant even remember the name of the pub!!! Twas a long time ago.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I remember that day very well, March 3rd 1984...................................Its the day we got married...!!

What you and Kevo?

 

[Bozza]

Mind is playing tricks with me. Always thought it was called the Vidiprinter!

Exactly what I thought!

 

[kevo]

Mind is playing tricks with me. Always thought it was called the Vidiprinter!

You might be right! NSC won't let me change the title...

 

[Eeyore]

Pools panel result, one point, home win.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

You might be right! NSC won't let me change the title...

I think it’s an age thing - it was definitely a teleprinter when I started watching Grandstand in the 60s. I suspect it became a vidiprinter when computers began to rule the world in the 80s or similar. It was great fun though and frustrating when it sometimes hovered waiting for the next score if you were still waiting for your result!

 

[jakarta]

Remind us how the Forfar-Fife game played out?

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Remind us how the Forfar-Fife game played out?

Was it East Fife 4 Forfar 5 or the other way around? Classic anyway!

 

[KZNSeagull]

This was the teleprinter (apologies for the scoreline):

 

[The Brighton Bear]

It was a big machine that used the Telex technology.

On screen the top three-quarters was the camera looking at the teleprinter from the print head upwards, and the bottom was a bit of cardboard with a window which had the number of score draws on it.

 

[beorhthelm]

it is Vidiprinter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidiprinter

the history tells us there was originally a camera on a printer, the teleprinter, replaced in the 80s with on-screen printout the vidiprinter.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I remember that day very well, March 3rd 1984...................................Its the day we got married...!!

Deleted owing to unoriginality

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

What you and Kevo?

Damn! Beat me to it

 

[LamieRobertson]

Damn! Beat me to it

Bit disappointing for the poster that Kevo had forgotten

 

[Simgull]

And best watched from outside a TV rental shop (remember them?) on a cold, dark Saturday evening.

 

[Invicta]

For those slightly younger, this is nostalgia...

Always went to a load of flashing x's & @'s when it flipped to the page our result was on!!