Small but significant error in yesterday's programme

[Norman Potting]

On page 23 it states that the WBA ground, The Hawthorns, is 551 metres above sea level - 1807.74' in old money - which is considerably higher than the highest spot on the South Downs which is Butser Hill at 919'. What they of course meant to put was that The Hawthorns is actually 551' above sea level.

I am sure you are all glad that I cleared that up, possibly.

Still wondering when Match of the Day is going to appear on iPlayer.

 

[Giraffe]

I think you should write to Paul Barber about this. Thin end of the rub, before you know it they willl start changing other stats and then where will we be.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Available Monday midnight, early hours of Tuesday morning

 

[Juan Albion]

What is Palace's points total in metric?

 

[Megazone]

This just sums up everything wrong about the Albion right now.

First you've got Paul Barber's ameteur proof reading, and now you've got the programme man getting his facts disgustingly wrong for millions of readers to see.

Sack the board!

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Considering it's supposed to be the highest, that's not very high?

 

[studio150]

Considering it's supposed to be the highest, that's not very high?

It is the highest, no supposing about it.

You are unlikely to build a football ground half way up a mountain.

 

[timbha]

This just sums up everything wrong about the Albion right now.

First you've got Paul Barber's ameteur proof reading, and now you've got the programme man getting his facts disgustingly wrong for millions of readers to see.

Sack the board!

did you spell check before posting?

 

[Megazone]

What is Palace's points total in metric?

That's a controversial one. Had you asked that exact same question before the Mayans recently came about, the answer would've been impossible to give.

 

[studio150]

On page 23 it states that the WBA ground, The Hawthorns, is 551 metres above sea level - 1807.74' in old money - which is considerably higher than the highest spot on the South Downs which is Butser Hill at 919'. What they of course meant to put was that The Hawthorns is actually 551' above sea level.

I am sure you are all glad that I cleared that up, possibly.

Still wondering when Match of the Day is going to appear on iPlayer.

For any younger readers this is 168m

 

[Megazone]

did you spell check before posting?

Spelling 'Check' before I post just doesn't seem to do much for me?

 

[skipper734]

Can't be all that high above sea level, I've been past it on a Canal Boat.

 

[dazzer6666]

On page 23 it states that the WBA ground, The Hawthorns, is 551 metres above sea level - 1807.74' in old money - which is considerably higher than the highest spot on the South Downs which is Butser Hill at 919'. What they of course meant to put was that The Hawthorns is actually 551' above sea level.

I am sure you are all glad that I cleared that up, possibly.

Still wondering when Match of the Day is going to appear on iPlayer.

I thought Butser was 889' and Blackdown 919', which is within the South Downs National Park boundary but part of the Greensand Ridge (Weald), not the chalk escarpment of the South Downs.

 

[Yes Chef]

On page 23 it states that the WBA ground, The Hawthorns, is 551 metres above sea level - 1807.74' in old money - which is considerably higher than the highest spot on the South Downs which is Butser Hill at 919'. What they of course meant to put was that The Hawthorns is actually 551' above sea level.

I am sure you are all glad that I cleared that up, possibly.

Still wondering when Match of the Day is going to appear on iPlayer.

I think Black Down is the highest peak, non? It felt like it when I cycled up it.....

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Considering it's supposed to be the highest, that's not very high?

Watch Kevin Fong on BBC2 now and you'll realize why. (Any higher and the blood oxygen saturation falls below that necessary for a Knocky-style sprint. Not that that would trouble the likes of the WBA players, though )

 

[Buzzer]

That's brought a downer on an otherwise fantastic footballing weekend. Thanks for nothing.

 

[dadams2k11]

I think you should write to Paul Barber about this. Thin end of the rub, before you know it they willl start changing other stats and then where will we be.

Sod that. Take the program and meet him face to face and tell him as he has the chance.

 

[Norman Potting]

I thought Butser was 889' and Blackdown 919', which is within the South Downs National Park boundary but part of the Greensand Ridge (Weald), not the chalk escarpment of the South Downs.

Controversial stuff there, material for another thread?

 

[dazzer6666]

Controversial stuff there, material for another thread?

Probably [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Superphil]

I know it's not a FL club, but Buxton FCs 'The Silverlands' is the highest ground in England at 1,000 feet above sea level. I went there once, on the way back from Huddersfield away a couple of seasons ago, nice part of the world, nice football ground, got myself a couple of nice Buxton FC shirts for my collection.