Projects

Watford FC

Digital recreation of the legendary jumping men scroreboard

Background

Watford fan Matt Furniss created a petition to bring back the famous 80's 'Jumping Men' animation back to the scoreboard at Vicarage Road. For obvious reasons, bringing the original scoreboard back wasn't an option, but the club did have a big screen.

Watford FC scoreboard from the 80's
Watford FC scoreboard from the 80's

Digital recreation

I found a YouTube video that featured the original scoreboard animation and was able to create a snapshot of each frame to recreate it dot-for-dot. Using Macromedia Flash, I put each frame together and timed it to match the original.

Original scoreboard animation
Original scoreboard animation

The outcome

The Jumping Men made their official return in August 2012 as Watford beat Birmingham City 2-0.