Best tannoy announcement ever?

[damo_whitehead]

After about 5 minutes yesterday... "Will the owner of a black BMW registration...... Please return to your vehicle as you've left the lights on and your engine running"

Brilliant!

[FactualFrank]

[FactualFrank]

After about 5 minutes yesterday... "Will the owner of a black BMW registration...... Please return to your vehicle as you've left the lights on and your engine running"

Brilliant!

Years ago, before mobile phones became commonplace, I remember an announcement for someone to "please return home, as your wife has gone into labour", to much cheering from the crowd.

[CleggHall]

Albert Cunliffe's lost grandchild!

Please collect behind the main stand at the end of the game.

[RMutt]

Whenever we played Liverpool or Everton. “ Police announcement. Pick pockets may be operating during today’s fixture”
* In the olden days.

[Claret Till I Die]

After about 5 minutes yesterday... "Will the owner of a black BMW registration...... Please return to your vehicle as you've left the lights on and your engine running"

Brilliant!

Bet the indicators weren't flashing though..

[bobinho]

Bet the indicators weren't flashing though..

Do they have them?

[Vegas Claret]

the one that tickled me was when we played some Russian (I think) team in a friendly and one of their players scored - our announcer said something along the lines of "scorer was number 7, I've no idea how to pronounce his name"

[gtclaret]

In the 1980's we were away at Wimbledon, the announcement was can someone go home as the wife has locked herself out of the house. That someone was me, I lived in London at the time

[groove]

Years ago, before mobile phones became commonplace, I remember an announcement for someone to "please return home, as your wife has gone into labour", to much cheering from the crowd.

That happened a few times in the 80's

[FactualFrank]

Do they have them?

That's the joke buddy

[bobinho]

That's the joke buddy

Just playing along Frank...

[ClaretTony]

Years ago, before mobile phones became commonplace, I remember an announcement for someone to "please return home, as your wife has gone into labour", to much cheering from the crowd.

I was at Rochdale in pre-season 1985 and there was an announcement for a Burnley fan to return home immediately because his wife had just given birth to twins. I was stood with my brother who was somewhat nervous at the start of the announcement. He became a dad for the first time on the following day.

[Spike]

Albert Cunliffe and Mike Hunt were regular subjects of announcements in the 80s

[Selby Claret]

Hull away in 93-94 season the announcer read out Marlon as "In goal - Marion Beresford"

For the whole 90 he got "ooh aah Marion" from the Clarets faithful

[houseboy]

Years ago, before mobile phones became commonplace, I remember an announcement for someone to "please return home, as your wife has gone into labour", to much cheering from the crowd.

I rememember that one and if I'm not mistaken they had to make the anouncement about 3 TIMES.

[RingoMcCartney]

York away the night we clinched promotion

"Tonight's attendance, ladies and gentlemen..7600"

Comedy Gold!

[IanMcL]

After about 5 minutes yesterday... "Will the owner of a black BMW registration...... Please return to your vehicle as you've left the lights on and your engine running"

Brilliant!

It was a clairvoyant who knew we were going to ruin his Christmas a couple of mins from the end. That was the quick getaway vehicle!

[fidelcastro]

York away, around 1990.

"Will Brendan O'Connell please leave the field"

Somehow, one of our fans had found his way into the PA area!

[Dark Cloud]

At Northampton away in the '91/'92 4th Div Championship season we had a huge following. At half time the announcer gave the gate and added "weeeelcome Burnley!!!" with a gleeful laugh!

[durhamclaret]

I remember at the Burnley vs Ajax game on the turf. when the teams ran out, the announcer said " a very warm welcome to Ajax" but instead of pronouncing it as it should be, "Ayax" he said "Ajax" as in the kitchen cleaner.
Made me smile anyway.

[timshorts]

Two stand out for me.

a) Colchester away at their old ground where the tannoy announcement read the usual "car number + return to vehicle" bit but then carried on to say that it was illegally parked on MOD land (where from memory there were weird red lines rather than yellow lines near the ground), and if the owner didn't remove it by 3.15 that it would be destroyed with a controlled explosion.

b) Oxford away (old ground) early nineties-ish when they were half decent, and the tannoy demanded that somebody called "Billy" in the away end had to go to somewhere to take an emergency phone call. Billy sort of sheepishly made his way onto the pitch surround and was led round to wherever it was.
I oddly happened upon "Billy" in a pub in covent garden about two months later and after introducing myself with a "Your Billy, aren't you", he couldn't work out how I knew him until I told him about Oxford away. He said it was his nut case ex girlfriend who hadn't been able to find him to tell him that she was going to throw all his stuff out of the flat into the street, but knew he would have gone to the football so had "rung him" there with some story about her going into labour. Thankfully for Billy, she wasn't actually pregnant.........

[Mala591]

At half-time on the Turf many years ago:

'We have some great news. Micky Mellon and his wife are absolutely delighted to announce the birth of an 8 pound mellon.'

[Bosscat]

At half-time on the Turf many years ago:

'We have some great news. Micky Mellon and his wife are absolutely delighted to announce the birth of an 8 pound mellon.'

classic

[evensteadiereddie]

I think it was Everton away years ago when a goundsman, repairing his beloved pitch, ran almost the length of the field at half time on the side we'd been attacking in the first half.
The announcer... "That's the fastest anybody's run down there today, la."

[CaptJohn]

It's got to be some of the cricket announcement on Test Match Special. I recall "Jonners" and Co once rolling around in mirth at the announcements during a test with South Africa for Hugh Jarse and Terry Fyderwerk to report to the secretary's office. Priceless.

[Claretforever]

York away the night we clinched promotion

"Tonight's attendance, ladies and gentlemen..7600"

Comedy Gold!

Yeah, I’ve seen pictures of when they had 11,000 in that ground (v Arsenal in 85) and there didn’t appear to be much difference between that and the crowd that night, other than the away end seemed far more packed for the Burnley game. Even their own commentator on the club video says it’s definitely over 10,000. There must have been 7,000+ Clarets, although I’ve seen a figure of 5,500 against the 7,600 total figure.