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Pitchside Announcer

robinofottershaw
robinofottershaw Posts: 1,921
edited October 2017 in General Charlton
For my sins, I am in the last row of the West Upper. I cannot for the life of me decipher one word the pitchside announcer is saying. I haven’t been to a game for a while but is it the same wherever your seat is?
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  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Pardon???
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    robinofottershaw said:

    For my sins, I am in the last row of the West Upper. I cannot for the life of me decipher one word the pitchside announcer is saying. I haven’t been to a game for a while but is it the same wherever your seat is?

    Nope quite clear from front of the East Stand

    Was really loud at the start of the season though
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,740
    Annoncer!!
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,342
    I heard him clearly announce the Truro game is to be played next Saturday
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    It wasn’t Jimmy Saville was it?
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,285
    robinofottershaw said:

    For my sins, I am in the last row of the West Upper. I cannot for the life of me decipher one word the pitchside announcer is saying. I haven’t been to a game for a while but is it the same wherever your seat is?

    Is this a complaint? I switch off as it's 90% drivel.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,728
    Bedsaddick said:

    Annoncer!!

    Very serious accusation that
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,236
    edited October 2017
    From my experience over the years having moved around the ground a bit its utterly random what you can hear. From my seat in upper west it’s tolerable (ie I can just about hear what I need to and ignore the rest). In the east it was bloody deafening.

    This fellah tries hard but i preferred @BDL
  • robinofottershaw
    robinofottershaw Posts: 1,921
    redman said:

    robinofottershaw said:

    For my sins, I am in the last row of the West Upper. I cannot for the life of me decipher one word the pitchside announcer is saying. I haven’t been to a game for a while but is it the same wherever your seat is?

    Is this a complaint? I switch off as it's 90% drivel.
    Not a complaint
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  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,824
    Sage said:

    No disrespect to him but I can’t stand him, he gets things wrong when they’re right in front of him, his voice gives me a headache and he seems to try too hard to be enthusiastic and it’s just annoying.

    Hopefully this takeover goes through soon and we can have @BDL back, so long as he’d want to.

    Agreed. I felt the same when we had him before.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
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  • BR3red
    BR3red Posts: 1,715
    Sage said:

    No disrespect to him but I can’t stand him, he gets things wrong when they’re right in front of him, his voice gives me a headache and he seems to try too hard to be enthusiastic and it’s just annoying.

    Hopefully this takeover goes through soon and we can have @BDL back, so long as he’d want to.

    In fairness it did say Saturday 5 th November on the big screen for the Truro game and he corrected that
  • robroy
    robroy Posts: 4,426
    edited October 2017
    Lol. From the various comedic responses I can confirm the very reason I love this site. Amazing people with amazing humour.

    Apart from Colin or Piggy from shef.

    (Had a few)
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Sounds like a notorious criminal.

    The Pitchside Annoncer strikes again!
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,855
    Turncoat.
  • robroy
    robroy Posts: 4,426
    Bedsaddick said:

    Annoncer!!

    First day in prison, just booked in. Walking to the cell.

    “You fucking annoncer, I’m gonna fuck you up”
    “Annoncer prick”
    “Oi, stop annoncing about you fucking annonce”
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    you're in the last row etc. ... you haven't been to a game for a while ? .. which one is it? .. I was in the west today, near the front, the announcer was quite decipherable
  • eldavide
    eldavide Posts: 384
    When he announces Holmes as a scorer, it sounds like he's saying Ricky "Ricky" Holmes. Presumably one of them is Tricky? Also, why announce the score at the end?
  • SheedyCAFC
    SheedyCAFC Posts: 1,245
    Bring back @BDL - "Champions!" :(
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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,855
    Replace the stooge.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Brian Cole (the announcer) posts on here (or did) #justsaying.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,229
    He's pig awful, but we have bigger fish to fry
  • Powell Is Pleasant
    Powell Is Pleasant Posts: 1,443
    Seriously, just going to leave the thread title as it is?
  • jonseventyfive
    jonseventyfive Posts: 3,353
    Been trying to bounce a bonbon of his nut all season.
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    He's a proper Charlton fan. The amount of stick Charlton fans give other Charlton fans is nuts.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    From my seat in the West Upper I have to agree, I can't make out a word he's saying.
    The people around me were in agreement.
    But at least it isn't earsplittingly loud anymore
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255
    I’m in the west lower and I can hear it. Is it the sound system in the upper west maybe

    Also please bear in mind Brian Cole posts on here so please can we refrain from any personals etc
  • kielyskickingboots
    kielyskickingboots Posts: 564
    Sage said:

    No disrespect to him but I can’t stand him, he gets things wrong when they’re right in front of him, his voice gives me a headache and he seems to try too hard to be enthusiastic and it’s just annoying.

    Hopefully this takeover goes through soon and we can have @BDL back, so long as he’d want to.

    Always love it when someone says 'no disrespect', before totally demolishing somebody! :smile:
  • BDL
    BDL Posts: 6,001
    I won't be coming back!

    To be fair to Brian, the PA system is now over 20 years old (apart from the shit system Mowlem installed in the North to cut costs) and needs replacing - there were enough moans when I was doing it so it's not his fault.

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