Portable scoreboard with hangers and protective cover and related method of use

A method of displaying at least one score score of a sports match comprising:

• providing a portable scoreboard with a display configured to indicate the at least one score;
• hanging the portable scoreboard on chain link fencing delimiting a field of play of the sports match;
• and
• displaying the at least one score of the sports match on the portable scoreboard.

A portable scoreboard comprising:

• a housing which is generally prismatic in shape and having a front, a back opposite to the front, a top, a bottom opposite to the top, and opposite sides;
• wherein the housing is configured to be supported in upstanding condition relative to a support surface;
• at least one display supported on the front of the housing and configured to indicate at least one score;
• a controller supported by the housing and operatively connected to said at least one display, wherein the controller is configured to determine said at least one score to be indicated on said at least one display;
• a protective cover supported on the front of the housing, wherein the protective cover is in the form of a planar body having opposite first and second sides which are substantially planar, wherein the planar body is sized and shaped to cover the at least one display, wherein the protective cover is movable between a stored position in which the planar body is covering the at least one display and a display position of the protective cover in which the planar body is disposed to one side of the at least one display as not to visually obstruct the at least one display;
• and
• wherein the first side of the planar body is arranged to face away from the housing in the display position and arranged to receive indicia representative of an advertisement.