Match Thread vs. Wealdstone 14.09.21 [NL]

[Riverleeno]

Ffs this is hard work.

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[Riverleeno]

This has been w@nk.

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[upthemaggies]

Interesting factoids. Wealdstone were one of the teams in the first ever live televised football match in the UK, away at Barnet in 1946.

They've got that wrong. BBC screened some home internationals and FA Cup finals live before the 2nd World War.

[lunaspie]

Yeah, a beam from the floodlights shows a coat hovering over the technical area

Can they see it in Gotham ?

[SwalePie]

They've got that wrong. BBC screened some home internationals and FA Cup finals live before the 2nd World War.

Were they definitely shown live?

This is the info I found

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeli..._UK_television

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_football_on_television

[the_anticlough]

Can they see it in Gotham ?

Yeah, as far off as Goole

[Glad2BeAPie]

Sorry to say but this was Pi$$ poor, we got out of jail just. Can't expect to many wins playing like that

[Notts78]

Sorry to say but this was Pi$$ poor, we got out of jail just. Can't expect to many wins playing like that

I am sure an old football cliche is that teams that are successful win even when they have been poor. Guess that doesn’t apply to Notts.

[upthemaggies]

Were they definitely shown live?

This is the info I found

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeli..._UK_television

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_football_on_television

Yes they were shown live, the Football League were very anti-TV so the BBC had to go with non-league games (London based), non league cups and varsity matches (several abandoned coverage because of bad light), plus the odd England game and then the FA Cup final each season.
The League allowed newsreels from 1949 or 50, then highlights 4/5 years later.

[upthemaggies]

Sorry to say but this was Pi$$ poor, we got out of jail just. Can't expect to many wins playing like that

Fair enough. We were really bad at times last season and then started playing well, yes? This happens most seasons. Wins and not being beat breeds confidence and momentum which is huge, so there are grounds for optimism tonight. That might soon be shattered and we may get worse, but you've got to stay positive given our position at the moment.