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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2014 22:55:18 GMT
Sod the floodlights, just do what we do at the Emirates when they go out.
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Post by jdl on Feb 3, 2014 23:23:36 GMT
I was at the infamous West Ham v Palace game a good few years ago when the lights failed.
A VERY strange feeling, sitting in the stand with no lights. You can still see OK, because all the stand lights stay on, but the pitch is quite dark and the whole experience is rather disturbing - quite eerie, in fact.
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Post by stainese on Feb 4, 2014 5:27:10 GMT
Many a time we stood in semi darkness at Bourne park . Even with the flood lights working .
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Post by daveu on Feb 4, 2014 7:29:49 GMT
Many a time we stood in semi darkness at Bourne park . Even with the flood lights working . well, even on a good day only about 3 quarters of them.
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Post by tim on Feb 4, 2014 8:52:19 GMT
Many a time we stood in semi darkness at Bourne park . Even with the flood lights working . Careful, you'll upset Gouchie. But as we're on the subject, that was a great game wasn't it, counting the bulbs on, and then off again!
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Post by materialstwit on Feb 4, 2014 11:19:23 GMT
I was at the infamous West Ham v Palace game a good few years ago when the lights failed. A VERY strange feeling, sitting in the stand with no lights. You can still see OK, because all the stand lights stay on, but the pitch is quite dark and the whole experience is rather disturbing - quite eerie, in fact. I was at that match too - courtesy of a West-Ham-supporting mate with a spare ticket - and it was pretty strange. Seeing Lombardo in a Palace shirt was odd enough, and when the lights failed I was convinced the game had been a projection... someone with the controller had accidentally turned the brightness down. [Which is sort of what happened... just not accidentally!!!] Anyway, back to MUFC. It'd be a lot darker at the Gallagher, even with perimeter fence lights. We held a party at the Spitfire and you couldn't see very much at midnight. Earlier on, standing by the window with some daylight remaining, I told a couple of friends that the pitch was artificial. "No? that's not plastic!" came the reply. I had to take them outside to convince them...
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Post by jdl on Feb 4, 2014 11:30:40 GMT
I was at the infamous West Ham v Palace game a good few years ago when the lights failed. A VERY strange feeling, sitting in the stand with no lights. You can still see OK, because all the stand lights stay on, but the pitch is quite dark and the whole experience is rather disturbing - quite eerie, in fact. I was at that match too - courtesy of a West-Ham-supporting mate with a spare ticket - and it was pretty strange. Seeing Lombardo in a Palace shirt was odd enough, and when the lights failed I was convinced the game had been a projection... someone with the controller had accidentally turned the brightness down. [Which is sort of what happened... just not accidentally!!!] Anyway, back to MUFC. It'd be a lot darker at the Gallagher, even with perimeter fence lights. We held a party at the Spitfire and you couldn't see very much at midnight. Earlier on, standing by the window with some daylight remaining, I told a couple of friends that the pitch was artificial. "No? that's not plastic!" came the reply. I had to take them outside to convince them... It IS quite remarkable, that pitch. We take it for granted now, but it still sometimes amazes me that it's really plastic (with memories of those awful astroturf pitches of the 70s and 80s). A couple of times, in my early visits, my daughter had to restrain me from bending down and checking! It's only the completely artificial way it ends so abruptly at the edges that gives it away. To my mind, it plays just as well as a grass pitch too - in fact because it doesn't cut up or get muddy, most of the time it plays a lot better. We definitely pass much better at the Gallagher than we ever did at London Road!
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Post by daveu on Feb 4, 2014 22:42:04 GMT
Both pylons at the town end had a lamp not working tonight. Didn't seem to affect the brightness though.
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Post by jdl on Feb 4, 2014 23:11:14 GMT
Did you actually check that closely? If I do that I can't bloody see properly for 10 minutes afterwards!
Did that Upton Park once (we used to sit high in the BMU - almost at the same height as the Centenary Stand's lights) and nearly blinded myself! Missed about 20 minutes of the game and was quite seriously worried I'd fúcked up my eyes.
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Post by daveu on Feb 4, 2014 23:18:24 GMT
Did you actually check that closely? If I do that I can't bloody see properly for 10 minutes afterwards! Did that Upton Park once (we used to sit high in the BMU - almost at the same height as the Centenary Stand's lights) and nearly blinded myself! Missed about 20 minutes of the game and was quite seriously worried I'd fúcked up my eyes. Yeah, you definitely can't look at them directly for more than a couple of seconds, but the one in the far corner had the left hand lamp of the top row missing, and the one by the turnstiles had the left hand one of the middle row missing. Sorry, I'll put me anorak back in the wardrobe now
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Post by Scot Stone on Feb 4, 2014 23:30:38 GMT
I was at the Ross County v Caley Thistle highland derby in October. First evening match of the season & had been raining in Dingwall all afternoon. Floodlight failure at half-time. Could restore to half power but that not deemed suitable by the ref. (or maybe television) (It would have been fine in Highland League days) Victoria Park's sponsored name - Global Energy Stadium
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Post by jdl on Feb 5, 2014 1:57:42 GMT
"I was at the Ross County v Caley Thistle highland derby in October. First evening match of the season & had been raining in Dingwall all afternoon. Floodlight failure at half-time."
Must have been a cracking evening!
What did you do for afters - find a closed pub and sit outside in the rain?!
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Post by russc on Feb 5, 2014 9:01:18 GMT
Did you actually check that closely? If I do that I can't bloody see properly for 10 minutes afterwards! Did that Upton Park once (we used to sit high in the BMU - almost at the same height as the Centenary Stand's lights) and nearly blinded myself! Missed about 20 minutes of the game and was quite seriously worried I'd fúcked up my eyes. Yeah, you definitely can't look at them directly for more than a couple of seconds, but the one in the far corner had the left hand lamp of the top row missing, and the one by the turnstiles had the left hand one of the middle row missing. Sorry, I'll put me anorak back in the wardrobe now I gather there is an issue with the total amount of power available at the ground, which may account for the lack of burger van and the mood lighting in the clubhouse, although the latter could have been to enhance visibility of the HD projector. If they've got a current leak then they can be a bugger to track down. I'd begin by checking the projector installation though as it coincides with the start of the trouble
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Post by Scot Stone on Feb 5, 2014 9:27:45 GMT
"I was at the Ross County v Caley Thistle highland derby in October. First evening match of the season & had been raining in Dingwall all afternoon. Floodlight failure at half-time." Must have been a cracking evening! What did you do for afters - find a closed pub and sit outside in the rain?! Power inside the stadium was quickly restored apart from the floodlights. On testing these they could only reach 50% on before tripping again. The Town was not affected. So, to answer your question, a function at the National Hotel which was already in progress followed by the Mallard Pub next the station - and, yes, it was a cracking evening!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2014 11:31:46 GMT
Definitely an issue with the floodlights then. Tonight's PDC at the Gallagher has been postponed due to a floodlight failure.
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