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Waiting for Page 302: Remembering Football Scores on Ceefax

If you grew up following football before smartphones, you’ll know the strange, anxious joy of staring at a dark screen, waiting for a number to change. I’m talking, of course, about Ceefax—and its ITV cousin, Teletext. For fans of a certain age, Ceefax wasn’t just a service. It was a ritual. It was Saturday afternoons […]

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Teletext Transfers

Before Sky Sports News and the internet was actually a thing you had to rely on Teletext and the back pages of the tabloid newspapers to get the latest football news. Back in the old days, transfers seemed to happen lightening fast and you’d see the player holding up their new shirt with a scarf […]

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