Art Vs Science
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I had decided to create my own reality where i owned Brighton & Hove Albion, i knew everything that was going on
Life Before North Stand Chat - ***Official NSC Appreciation Thread***
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I remember watching Sussex win countless cricket games on Ceefax with my dad up until about 4yrs ago!!!
I think the last game I 'watched' on pre-digital Ceefax was the Reading v Tranmere game on the Sunday after the Peterborough game that ensured our promotion. I was working in a pub at the time and due to something being on Sky Sports, I couldn't put on SSN.
Rock and roll...
Rock and roll...
God bless the days pre-itemised phone billing!
Barnham Seagull
Yapton Actually
What did early NSC look like?
I have been viewing since around 2000/01
I have been viewing since around 2000/01
Icy Gull
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It actually started with " You/ve called the Seagull line. It's the number for Albion information every day 24 hours a day" It then went on as you've described. How f***** sad is it that I can remember it verbatim
SULLY COULDNT SHOOT
Loyal2Family+Albion!
Between 1989 and 1995, Argus cut outs friends sent me and newspapers which were two weeks late when they arrived and BBC World Service. 1995-2002, emails and bits and pieces on the net. Returned to UK 2002 so got down every now and then and I think I found Brightonfans first and the newsfeed there. NSC 2003 and I entered paradise.
Thanks Bozza. You saved my life.
Thanks Bozza. You saved my life.
Return of the Rev
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bhaexpress
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I didn't know that people like the pompous, self absorbed Herr Tubwanker existed. Maybe because I didn't go to University to find out that' 'most people haven't 'haven't learned about life's rich tapestry' due to a lack of higher education.
portslade seagull
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The same ... Tony Millard I think
I'm showing my age...I remember Brighton 8049 The Seagull Line.
Life before NSC.......ah yes, that's when I had a life.
Maybe it's because you live in such a narrow corridor? Had you broadenend your horizons i'm sure you would have meet someone like me. I'm not unique you know.
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
As an exile for the past 22 years, but living for most of that within the range of the BBC, before the internet came along my only real lifeline was CEEFAX. The internet (since 95 ish) and The Seagull Server (since 1996, the original home of NSC) brought me back up to speed with the Albion.
From 91 to 94 I was backpacking in Asia and almost completely in the dark about things Brighton-related. With only a shortwave radio for company it was a question of finding good enough reception and working out the right time zone to hear the Saturday results on the World Service. But during the week on the cricket-biased 'Sports Round Up', even the BBC didn't bother with results outside the First Division/Premiership.
My saviour countries were Thailand and Hong Kong, because the Bangkok Post and South China Morning Post respectively were the only two papers in Asia that printed English lower division results and tables. Beyond that I han't a clue what was happening for almost three seasons...
From 91 to 94 I was backpacking in Asia and almost completely in the dark about things Brighton-related. With only a shortwave radio for company it was a question of finding good enough reception and working out the right time zone to hear the Saturday results on the World Service. But during the week on the cricket-biased 'Sports Round Up', even the BBC didn't bother with results outside the First Division/Premiership.
My saviour countries were Thailand and Hong Kong, because the Bangkok Post and South China Morning Post respectively were the only two papers in Asia that printed English lower division results and tables. Beyond that I han't a clue what was happening for almost three seasons...
Screaming J
He'll put a spell on you
You mean 88. I remember being in the bath listening to the results (would it have ben radio 2 then?) and being in despair until the Notts County result came through.
Best memory of the Seagull line for me was being out on the Town in Brighton just before Christmas 1979 and worrying terribly about the result away at Wolves as we were only 1 off the bottom in Div 1. Then I rang 8049 and found out we'd won 3-1 and Wardy had scored a hat trick. Paaaaarty!!
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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I personally feel nostalgic for the pre-internet and SSN days when information wasn't as readily available and Final Score, the Argus/late Argus sport edition and the sunday papers were the methods I used to keep abreast of the Albion and all the scores and league tables. As handy as it is, the internet has taken away some of the fun imho.
Jam The Man
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Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
I saw our 4-3 defeat to Rotherham in the early 90s on teletext. Literally sat there and watched it update.
Back in the day I remember television shops always had a tv facing out the window with the vidiprinter on....and a huddle of blokes come 4:45.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Great days, great guys.