To do it 'properly' a couple of grand but I think I may have a solution to one of the problems I had in changing the camera feed from the 'crowd cam' (which unfortunately has no microphone input or I would use that) to the 'match cam', that may only cost a few quid, its an on going process but at last the LSV (through Ian the 'techy') the club and myself are singing from the same hymn book if not exactly from the same hymn sheet as yet.
to do it 'properly' would take a fully wireless system, two 'roving cams' and 'two static cams' a 'ballpark' figure of around £8K then the staff to operate it on match day would be 4 cam operators and an editor.
Thats what Liverpool FC use and I think Man Utd.
A simple system of a 'static cam' and a 'roving cam' plus all the fiddly bits wireless and ediing stuff, around £5K so as can be seen it aint cheap.
Be good though wouldn't it
But id rather sign a prop or a half back

You could be really clever (given the dosh) and do what some theatre and shows do they have a sensor on the artist that is picked up by the remote moving spot lights so you dont need follow spot opperators. You could do this by having one in the ball and remote cameras around the ground. Then Fred you could just opperate the lense width from a nice cozy warm room over looking the pitch.

Great work all round has to be said, with regard to additional funding etc...

Do any of the local colleges/uni's do media courses?

Maybe they could offer funding and students to man the cameras as part of their course?

Could 'sky' use us as a training academy for camera operators or even video refs?

forget the crowd camera just fix that bloody clock

And what pray has the clock got to do with me I have nothing at all to do with the LSV? Anyway I wear a watch.

As for the college yes I have thought alongst those lines, and it is an avenue yet to be explored, there is also scope for budding commentators, reporters, and sports computer analysist (which Im now led to believe is part of the coaching syllabus (sp) )

dont you own a watch or do you spill you pint when checking it?

That will certainly make our matchday experience second to none.

I'd love to do the commentary again for the mega fee I got paid before (not), but it would be difficult from 90 miles away ....

Now if we had wireless technology, I could watch the match live in my front room, and do the commentary from my armchair.

Seriously, big congrats to Fred and crew for providing what they can, and doing more than most to provide what we want. And if I wasn't emigrating to Wales, I'd deffo offer to help.

I've given them a pay rise since then Den 50% (so they now get half of nothing)

I thought it looked fab - so well done for your efforts Fred.

Spoke to LSV Techie Ian re clock, theres nothing wrong with it, it can either be a second scoreboard, a clock or off, as no one requested it to be any of the first two it was the third.
Any more re the clock then please contact the LSV as I dont need it on as i have a watch.

I remember in the early days of the LSV they didn't have the big screen but a clock on the west stand why didn't they keep the clock too when the screen arrived? seems silly if you ask me

Its still there it just needs turning on but the LSV has not been requested to do so.