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Re-live your football memories. Start your journey down memory lane...WATCH & SHOP at https://t.co/wP01Da0AQ2

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Let's go back to 1988 and watch legends at work. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sports Report, the TV cameras went live for the 1st time. Everything about this clips brings a hit of nostalgia. Enjoy! #80s #BBC


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The build-up to the England v Republic of Ireland game on ITV this Sunday will include a promo for the upcoming 'The Big Match Revisited' series from 1984-85. Episode 1 (showing games from the opening day) is now confirmed for 10.30am on 30th November, ITV4. @JohnWilliams004

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Fancy seeing the top 10 singles as listed by Ceefax #OnThisDay back in 1991 which saw Bryan Adams at number 1, Salt-N-Pepa at 2 and the Scorpions at 5. #90s (Captured by @grim_fandango)

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Exciting news for all retro football fans: a new series of 'The Big Match Revisited' is in the pipeline, with ITV looking to cover the 1984-85 season. You can read more about it in the next issue of 'Backpass'. @JohnWilliams004

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Years before the internet there was teletext. 50 years ago today the world’s first teletext service, Ceefax, was born. I loved Ceefax. As a kid I sat for hours calling up ‘pages’ of news on the TV screen. My first BBC job (in school holidays) was with Ceefax. Before I went off to…

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So tomorrow is National Teletext Day - a fun way of sharing your memories of using the likes of Ceefax, Oracle etc. Just to pre-warn you, my feed will have plenty of posts on here tomorrow so if teletext isn't your thing then look away. 😀

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New Year's Eve 1995 and Steve Redgrave demonstrates the harsh reality of the dedication demanded of an Olympic rower. Four years training for a medal = ringing in the new year for 1996 and the Atlanta Olympics in the company of, eh, ...teletext.


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Fancy seeing what was in the top 10 charts via the land of Teletext back #OnThisDay in 2005 which saw @JamesBlunt number 1 with You're Beautiful and 2Pac featuring Elton John at nubmer 2 with Ghetto Gospel.

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Thanks again for your contribution, David.

Thank you for this @retrotextuk Looks ace.

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#OnThisDay 1975 : This Is Ceefax was broadcast on BBC1. Angela Rippon reported behind the scenes at the latest TV development which could be in many homes in years to come. Watch the first part here : youtube.com/watch?v=hvLDx5… #70s

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With the 40th anniversary of the glorious 1984/85 season coming up, you can read a sample of my book which provides a match-by-match guide of that campaign plus Everton history, player profiles and Goodison Park memories here: retrotext.uk/products/the-8… #efc #everton

Really enjoying this ⁦@retrotextuk⁩ 👍

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#EURO2024 Spain vs England tonight at 8...

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I love that all these people are discovering Germany still has #teletext! 😁 #EURo2024 #ceefax #videotext

Teletext lives on!!

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Fancy seeing the top 10 pop charts via the land of Ceefax #OnThisDay back in 1983. At number 1 was the Police with Every Breath You Take, Irene Cara with Flash Dance at 4 and Wham with Bad Boys at 5. #80s (captured by @grim_fandango)

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Spotted in Stuttgart yesterday - Ceefax, or at least the German version, is alive and well!

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Commemorate the achievement of back-to-back promotions and a return for #IpswichTown to the #PremierLeague with this We Are Premier League mug with a choice of images for the other side retrotext.uk/collections/ip… #itfc

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EVERTONIANS in Ireland WANTED to share memories of supporting Everton/Goodison Park for new book out end of May bit.ly/The80sTeam Email 100-120 words to john@retrotext.uk Every submission in final version gets a free copy. #EVELIV #COYB @irishtoffees78 @EmeraldBluesIre

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EVERTONIANS WANTED to share memories of supporting the Blues or your first/favourite Goodison Park match for a new photo-quality A4 book out end of May. Email 100-120 words to john@retrotext.uk Every submission in final version gets a free copy. #EvertonFC #EFC #COYB #Everton

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Here’s my FA Cup solution: We amend the Football Governance Bill, which is in the Commons on Tuesday, to require that any domestic cup competition can only be changed with a majority vote of all clubs eligible to enter it. Write to your MP today and ask them to support it! 1/2

We should fight back against this. The game is being run in the interests of the few not the many.



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𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚… #Martyrsof87

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