Casement Park has an electronic scoreboard with the time counting up in seconds which is visible to all unless you're sitting up at the very back of the ardán slightly behind one of the metal efforts that hold the roof up.
In the first Round of the National Football League matches Antrim were leading Sligo 1-12 to 0-14 after the announced 4 minutes of time added on had elapsed.
After 39 minutes and twenty seconds on the scoreboard a large group of children and teenagers who were sitting together and appeared to be from the one club began shouting to the Antrim players (who had possesssion of the ball at the time but were not making much progress in midfield) to kick the ball out(of play).
This spread until most of the Antrim supporters were shouting/screaming variations of the same. The players caught on and at 39 minutes and 34 seconds one of them turned and booted it towards the stand and out of play to a massive cheer and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Now Sligo could have done similar if the scoreline had been reversed though it is unlikely that the amount of supporters they had at the match would have been able to alert them to take advantage of the new rule.
What percentage of County Grounds would have electronic scoreboards which count up in seconds and thus can give an advantage to teams who are leading by a catchable score at the end of a game?
In the first Round of the National Football League matches Antrim were leading Sligo 1-12 to 0-14 after the announced 4 minutes of time added on had elapsed.
After 39 minutes and twenty seconds on the scoreboard a large group of children and teenagers who were sitting together and appeared to be from the one club began shouting to the Antrim players (who had possesssion of the ball at the time but were not making much progress in midfield) to kick the ball out(of play).
This spread until most of the Antrim supporters were shouting/screaming variations of the same. The players caught on and at 39 minutes and 34 seconds one of them turned and booted it towards the stand and out of play to a massive cheer and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Now Sligo could have done similar if the scoreline had been reversed though it is unlikely that the amount of supporters they had at the match would have been able to alert them to take advantage of the new rule.
What percentage of County Grounds would have electronic scoreboards which count up in seconds and thus can give an advantage to teams who are leading by a catchable score at the end of a game?