Stadium announcements, 'hate' etc

chilham

Sorry if this has already been discussed, I couldn't see a topic heading, but do other stadiums, EFL or otherwise, also play the public announcements that boom out across The Valley at each home game, as I can't recall hearing these in televised matches - or do they get 'dimmed' by sound engineers on TV?

redman

Not sure but they drive me up the wall. We have nanny announcements every game 

Davo55

They would arguably be ok before the start and at half time but the multiple repeating of that and the “no smoking” one drive me nuts. 

golfaddick

I've been told by someone in the know (one of the sound guys 😉)  that it's an EFL edict. Have to do them during the game and the times are already planned by the club beforehand.

I'm sure I've heard one on the tv recently, but can't remember hearing one at Wycombe earlier this season. 

se9addick

I don’t understand how the “text hate to … if you want to report something” thing works. Either you need to save the number in your phone for future events, which seems unlikely, or the issue needs to be happening at precisely the moment that they make the announcement. 

Leuth

Reckon Brian Cole's got the voice for it perfect tbh, just the right amount of tutting condescension. Usually gets broadcast just when everyone would be swearing at a shit ball out of play or something too. All part of the glorious theatre 

killerandflash

golfaddick said:

I've been told by someone in the know (one of the sound guys 😉)  that it's an EFL edict. Have to do them during the game and the times are already planned by the club beforehand.

I'm sure I've heard one on the tv recently, but can't remember hearing one at Wycombe earlier this season. 

I don't recall hearing it at recent away games. Certainly nothing last night.

cafcfan

They are irritating, boring, pointless and annoying. Other than that they are great.

I would be very interested to know whether anyone, ever, has been daft enough to use the "Hate" message number.  They'll be dealt with discretely, you know. But the Met will still know how to contact you. Why would anyone put themselves in the frame for having to deal with those incompetents?

Raith_C_Chattonell

Those caught smoking in the toilets have to remain behind after the game. 

Culprits then have to take the cross bar challenge whilst facing a barrage of Brian Cole's announcements, wisecracks and side swipes.  Brian is determined to hone his act and hopes one day to come up with a catchy line to accompany the halfway line, free beer if you hit the bar - but at the next game - not this one ... challenge.   

Rob

I hate them. And, I don’t recall hearing them at other grounds. PC gone mad imo. 

Hal1x

Raith_C_Chattonell said:

Those caught smoking in the toilets have to remain behind after the game clean them after the game.

Culprits then have to take the cross bar challenge whilst facing a barrage of Brian Cole's announcements, wisecracks and side swipes.  Brian is determined to hone his act and hopes one day to come up with a catchy line to accompany the halfway line, free beer if you hit the bar - but at the next game - not this one ... challenge.   

ElfsborgAddick

I went to the Brentford v Gillingham game on Tuesday, an announcement was made that the game would be delayed for 15 minutes due to congestion caused by problems with the trains.
A further message came over that the game would then be delayed for another five minutes.  I do not know what difference that made.

DaveMehmet

ElfsborgAddick said:

I went to the Brentford v Gillingham game on Tuesday, an announcement was made that the game would be delayed for 15 minutes due to congestion caused by problems with the trains.
A further message came over that the game would then be delayed for another five minutes.  I do not know what difference that made.

20 minutes

ElfsborgAddick

DaveMehmet said:

ElfsborgAddick said:

I went to the Brentford v Gillingham game on Tuesday, an announcement was made that the game would be delayed for 15 minutes due to congestion caused by problems with the trains.
A further message came over that the game would then be delayed for another five minutes.  I do not know what difference that made.

20 minutes

Very sharp.

Valley Ant

They seem to play them just as something positive is happening just to dampen the spirits.
I acknowledge the "hate" one is a very important message but I think they should be shown before the game and at half time.

MrOneLung

why not have the text hate ones dotted around the pitch facing the crowd

only need a a few along each side of the ground then if anyone wants to report something they are easily visible

Southbank

They drive me mad now. I am pretty sure it is just a Charlton virtue signalling thing. Please stop.

killerandflash

Maybe we should all report to 64446 that we hate the endless "nannying" messages Brian is being asked to read out

JohnnyH2

Have done loads of away games this season. Cannot remember a single club playing this, we get 2 seperate messages in each half of every game (including when less than 700 people were in the ground).

When the ref had stopped the game against Ipswich due to the whistle we still got the recorded message out about smoking in the toilets before anything came on about the whistle

Sums the club off the pitch, intention might be good, the execution is dreadful 

MStuartPerm

Certainly didn’t say it at Stevenage on Tuesday. 

Southbank

Part of the reason I have always liked football is as an escape from normal life. At least 90 minutes when you can forget about everything else and focus on how terrible/brilliant your team is. As with other
 forms of entertainment it involves a suspension of disbelief. When we think about it we know supporting a football team and feeling emotion about it is pretty dumb. But we suspend our disbelief in order to feel part of something outside ourselves. These lectures burst that bubble. 

We do it as a form of escapism like cinema or the theatre. Imagine you were at the pictures and during the middle of the film between dramatic scenes you get a public service lecture. It is going a long way to ruining the experience for me and I have noticed recently  more people around me reacting against it too.
Its a football match not a lecture about public virtue.
Just stop it.
I think unless it stops we should all start texting the number to say that we hate the announcements.

alburyaddick

The messages are repetitive, tedious, patronising and bloody irritating. They should stop them immediately!! 

MartinCAFC

I've been to 5 aways this season so far and don't recall hearing 1 single message at any of those away games.

BigRedEvil

I called it a few times after feeling abused watching what we were serving up on the pitch. Thankfully things have gotten better the past few weeks so it does work. 

Fanny Fanackapan

An item for the next FF agenda, methinks. 

BR7_addick

It doesn’t bother me in the slightest.  Hear a few moaning about it around me when it’s announced and always think it’s an odd thing to get upset by.  Especially when we’re getting served up by the likes of MK Dons.

jimmymelrose

I was tempted during the first half against Oxford to text them to say that I had seen something offensive............

Carter

BR7_addick said:

It doesn’t bother me in the slightest.  Hear a few moaning about it around me when it’s announced and always think it’s an odd thing to get upset by.  Especially when we’re getting served up by the likes of MK Dons.

If anything is fair game to be hateful towards its the franchise and all who support it

BR7_addick

Carter said:

BR7_addick said:

It doesn’t bother me in the slightest.  Hear a few moaning about it around me when it’s announced and always think it’s an odd thing to get upset by.  Especially when we’re getting served up by the likes of MK Dons.

If anything is fair game to be hateful towards its the franchise and all who support it

Agreed, I’m a lot more offended by Dean Lewington than I am the hate announcement.  

Covered End

It's extremely annoying and is undoubtedly a dampener on any atmosphere. 
It's the announcing that's so off putting more than the message.
It would be just as annoying if they started audio adverts in the middle of the game, or "make sure you get a pie or pint at half time".
It's the intrusion that is annoying not the message.

Southbank

Covered End said:

It's extremely annoying and is undoubtedly a dampener on any atmosphere. 
It's the announcing that's so off putting more than the message.
It would be just as annoying if they started audio adverts in the middle of the game, or "make sure you get a pie or pint at half time".
It's the intrusion that is annoying not the message.

I agree that any announcements would be annoying. But an announcement to sell more pies would at least make commercial sense. The hate one is virtue signalling 'look at us, we really care', without any understanding of the downer effect it has on fans.
The no smoking one is also petty. Who really cares if somebody sneaks up by the gates to have a fag at half time in the wide open spaces?
Its all  unnecessary bullshit.