A half-time score of Clyde 1 Nairn County 2 does not always live long in the memory, but football fans trying to keep up with their team's scores were forced to stare at it for more than an hour when the videprinter that serves Sky's Soccer Saturday and the BBC's Final Score broke down at half-time. Service did not resume before full time in the 3pm kick-offs, over an hour later.

The videprinter has been a major part of British Saturday afternoons for decades, but where there is usually a steady stream of goals, half times, sendings-off and full times, viewers were left scratching their heads and relying chiefly on updates from grounds where the channels had their own reporters.

The affected programmes were helmed by Mark Chapman on BBC1 and Jeff Stelling on Sky. Stelling apologised for the lack of information and said the problem was caused by a breakdown at the Press Association, which supplies many media outlets, including the Observer. He made light of the situation: "What we need now are some mechanics … it's Forres Mechanics 0 Rangers 1."

The service resumed at 5.18pm, by which time most matches had finished.