Mobile phone signal at Goodison

[roydo]

Am I the only one that doesnt give a flying one if my phone works at a football match or not?

 

[Yorkie]

It's a real concern, my social media following need to see my latest "matchday selfie" and it doesn't feel right putting it up at full time.

 

[Goat]

Am I the only one that doesnt give a flying one if my phone works at a football match or not?

My missus rang me once at Goodison, I had a word, shes never done it again..............

 

[SingBlue]

Was born at home on a matchday. My dad always said it was good of me to pop out at 8am, so he could get on the ale before the match, then decided whilst bevvied up to tell everyone he'd name me after the first goalscorer. In the 70s that wasn't too much of a risk, but imagine the potential today?

 

[Taff]

Why would you be "on call" whilst at the game?

Switch the blooming phone off and tell her arl fella there was no reception if they are looking for you....you already have that excuse built in.

The baby will come whether you are at the game or not

BTW.....I am o2 and I never have any bother with reception at Goodison.

And best wishes to you and your missus.....

I'm on EE. Perfect signal outside the ground...F-all in the ground. Crazy. I don't get it.

I've been on-call with work whilst watching the match. Accepted I just have to risk it!

 

[The Mr T]

Was born at home on a matchday. My dad always said it was good of me to pop out at 8am, so he could get on the ale before the match, then decided whilst bevvied up to tell everyone he'd name me after the first goalscorer. In the 70s that wasn't too much of a risk, but imagine the potential today?

You can't leave it there. Who scored?

 

[DualityNSNO]

I'm in the paddock and I get no signal at all and I'm on O2, pretty poor in this day and age,my mates get a signal at other grounds around the country! When they were on about ground improvements in the summer I was hoping this would be one of them but obviously not!!!

Yeah they should've erected a phone signal tower right from the centre of the pitch.

State of this, sack the board!

 

[SingBlue]

You can't leave it there. Who scored?

Howard Kendall. My dad went on the ale again after the match, and took a prawn chinese dinner in for my mother, who was resting, with me next to her. "I'm naming him Howard", he announced as he gave her the food.

He ended up wearing that chinese meal immediately, and I ended up actually named after my old man. But the great HK got to know about the story, and when I finally got to meet him, we had a chuckle about it.

 

[GwladysBlue]

I'm on o2 and I can't get signal either.

I can't get signal in the pub after the match for about 40 minutes either.

I think it is that any people on their phones at one time that the signal has to work harder.

 

[allen]

It's not the location that's the problem, it's the number of people. It happens at all big events.

I lived near Maine Road when I was at uni, and you couldn't make a phonecall before or after a home game. The cells just get swamped.

 

[roody]

It's basically due to the fact of the concentration of 30000+ people in a small area... all with phones sucking up the bandwidth. If you went when the stadium was empty your signal would be fine. Some networks work better as they use different frequencies and don't have as many customers (O2 and Vodafone giffgaff etc use the same frequency). Most large footy grounds have the same problem - even Wembley, unless they have a nearby transmitter.

Never mind though, life goes on... us oldies managed for many years previously before mobile phone...

 

[DownOnTheUpside]

Vodafone and its fine

 

[DownOnTheUpside]

Congrats on your working testicles pal

No no he's acquiesed to the phone remember

 

[DownOnTheUpside]

Take her with you and see if the excitement brings on the birth, imagine having your kid born at Goodison park and 40,000 spectators staring at your missus with her legs wide open.

Don't take her in the bullens or main stand

The mrs and the kid getting shushed all over the show

 

[Ashtonluke]

It's basically due to the fact of the concentration of 30000+ people in a small area... all with phones sucking up the bandwidth. If you went when the stadium was empty your signal would be fine. Some networks work better as they use different frequencies and don't have as many customers (O2 and Vodafone giffgaff etc use the same frequency). Most large footy grounds have the same problem - even Wembley, unless they have a nearby transmitter.

Never mind though, life goes on... us oldies managed for many years previously before mobile phone...

EE sponsor Wembley now and at the semi final this year, the EE signal was perfect in there. My dad and brother connected to my iPhone to use their o2 and phones. It was a fast 4g signal. If it's that easy to do, all PL clubs could adopt it!

Around goodison, ee signal is ok outside but during the game it's not the best where we sit in Upper Gwladys