I remember the day we got Ceefax and Aertel in my house, there was a furious mashing of remote control buttons to eek out as much information as we could in the first five minutes.Sure it was a free magazine that was constantly updated with the latest scores and gossip, the very place where you confirmed what you had heard on the school bus home..Andy Cole gone to United, no it can't be, well Ceefax was your personal mole on the inside, letting you down, easily.
It's gone now, but sure it was the internet's fault. The only time I checked it over the past few years were due to being stranded in some hotel in Sligo or just to make sure i hadn't made it all up. Some great times on page 302 and the 316 gossip page, trying to figure out where the HOLD button was, before the Russell Grant horoscopes brought an end to the next likely destinations of Les Ferdinand and Andreas Silenzi.
The talented photoshopper @beardedgenius has whipped up the following, but you could substitute Liverpool for any number of teams. Good times ceefax, good good times.
