Remember this? November 1998

Wednesday November 11th, 1998. Reading v Wigan Athletic. The scoreboard was still in its infancy and the regular operator was enjoying a night off as a match sponsor. The stand-in was doing his best but it all went horribly wrong after 10 minutes. Reading were playing awful and to make matters worse Wigan won a penalty and promptly scored from the spot. 1-0 Wigan. Or so you would think!?

As soon as the ball hit the net, the scoreboard updated to read "Reading 1 Wigan 0". A huge cheer went up from the crowd. Panic then set in as the the mistake was realised - he had pressed the wrong button! The display then went blank for a good 10 minutes until the regular operator ran from his sponsors box to put things right.

Reading eventually lost by that only goal and most fans agreed that the brightest thing on display that night was the scoreboard. It's no surprise that it wasn't long after this game that the stand-in decided that his days were over as junior scoreboard operator and left!