Teletext

[WoodleyRoyal]

Got sent this today its the anniversary of this game



which got me thinking what was the Reading FC page can anyone remember? i found this



at the bottom, it says 390 was that Readings page?

[AthleticoSpizz]

Pretty much so, local football iirc

[The Enfield Royal71]

Got sent this today its the anniversary of this game



which got me thinking what was the Reading FC page can anyone remember? i found this



at the bottom, it says 390 was that Readings page?

Did you end up snitching?

[Hendo]

Had to explain to Lady Hendo (who is from SA) what teletext/ceefax was. Took me quite a while

[Forbury Lion]

Teletext/Ceefax full archive from 1979 here, link below shows page 393 in Oct-79 with Reading 4th in Division 3

http://archive.teletextart.co.uk/bbc1-19881029/393.html

Page 343 with our result v Northampton (1-3 win to Reading)
http://archive.teletextart.co.uk/bbc1-19881029/343.html

[royalp-we]

In the latter years:

302 = Football
324 = League Tables
390 = local sport (us!)

[Tilehurstsouthbank]

Simpler times! *Sigh.

[JamieY26]

Don't forget page 451 for a quick game of Bamboozle!

[Sutekh]

In the latter years:

302 = Football
324 = League Tables
390 = local sport (us!)

302-312 were the general footballing headlines and stories.

[Wallsy]

Good old Teletext. I used to get in from school and then work, first thing I'd do is grab some biscuits and sit down and check the football news and rumour headlines hoping for something for RFC.

[Hound]

Interesting* fact - I used to work for them (Teletext - ie C4 and ITV) many years ago

I trained people how to draw the graphics for the ads

It was actually pretty good before the web destroyed it

[If you still hate Futcher]

Did anyone else use to keep the scores page up on auto refresh - it was of course in the pre SSN days

[royalp-we]

Did anyone else use to keep the scores page up on auto refresh - it was of course in the pre SSN days

Hours of it

[AthleticoSpizz]

Indeed , radio Berks commentary on listening to Reading away at York or somewhere, teletext on keeping watch on our rivals scorelines, *happy days

[stealthpapes]

You could put goal update on at the bottom of the TV, so back in Champions League on ITV days, I'd insist on having that on for our midweek games.

The one that comes to mind is in March '01, 87th minute equaliser against Wycombe.

There were CL games that day - Real Madrid Leeds. Heady times.

[Dave the rave]

If I remember correctly if one of the scores changed it would take a while for your page to come back round leaving you wondering.

[BarryWhiteRFC]

Did anyone else use to keep the scores page up on auto refresh - it was of course in the pre SSN days

Being an exiled Royal from the age of 9 in 1989, I spent the whole of the 90's watching Ceefax and page refreshes as I didn't get to many games (neither of my parents are Reading fans so not much interest for them in going to games). My friends still mock me to this day about how I spent my Saturday afternoons. Just waiting for the page to tell me Reading had scored. If they had, I'd go batshit crazy!

It was a simpler time. A happier time.

[genome]

Did anyone else use to keep the scores page up on auto refresh - it was of course in the pre SSN days

Hours of it

Still remember the page number for latest scores on Ceefax - page 316

Used to get my transfer news from Ceefax/Teletext as well. Remember coming home from school everyday and going to the Gossip column to see if there was a Reading transfer rumour. If there wasn't, that was it until the next day.

These kids don't know they're born with instant Twitter transfer news!

[The Enfield Royal71]

I loved a bit of bamboozled.

[Forbury Lion]

Just googled bamboozled as there was an online version, anyway google returned this http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/v22voda ... _v8_aa.jpg

Here we go, a recreation of Teletext/Ceefax/Oracle called Teefax
http://www.xenoxxx.com/

I did also have a bamboozled app on my iphone at one point