TOPIC: Irish Sky to show Premier League Sat 3pm KO's

www.balls.ie/football/sky-sports-announc...or-irish-fans/315664

Only a matter of time before it comes in over here now?

Would it affect the attendance of Clubs like ourselves?

would have thought when there's a decent game on yes. but you've been able to get it for years in some pubs around the city

They should let every Prem League match be shown live, well out of date that law now. People go

Championship matches live on Friday night and Saturday at 1pm.

Prem League all live at 3pm as well as 1 at 17:30 Saturday and 2pm and 4pm Sunday. If you are in Europa League you are on the Sunday (if it affects 3 matches then no need to have an argument as all matches are shown live anyway), if you are in CL Tuesday you play Saturday. Final 3 weeks of season - all matches played at 3pm Saturday, again no arguments as all matches are shown live. Allows people to plan much more in advance and also stops late changes happening.

League 1 and 2 should have matches shown live when it is international week, easy show 3 from each division on an international weekend.

The problem as always though is the money don't go back to fans or Clubs throughout Football, if it did people would not have such a big problem I imagine.

I would love for all Carlisle United games to be shown on pay per view.

Five to ten quid for a cheap commentary free option would be excellent for the games you couldn't get to.

You see the TV Firms could start trying to get back in the good books by showing matches from lower divisions that are hard for away fans to reach, if they showed for 1 moment that it ain't all about profit they would start being more respected. Just putting a live match on for every Club in the lower divisions every season would be a start. I know it is all about money but a loss leader with the cash these lot are making would do them a lot of good and improve relationships a hell of a lot.

Wazza wrote:
That would get the tv firms way in the bad books for me, it would cripple the smaller clubs who rely on people turning up to watch them.

It might be good for the few Carlisle fans that can't travel to Plymouth on a Tuesday night in January, but for Plymouth that will mean that a lot of their own fans won't turn up because they want to watch it on TV.

Well that is a fair point.

Not sure what the exact maths could be but TV Football is never going to go away, by 2030 every Football match in the top 4 divisions will be live on the internet I expect, probably sooner.

Always wondered why the regional stations don't buy them. If ITV got a game for each region at 15:00 on a Saturday the combined ratings nationwide should be decent for that time slot. I would assume the club's wouldn't sell though due to attendance?

This is typical Sky/FA. They don't allow 3pm games here because of the effect it would have on EPL crowds. What about the Irish League? They don't give a toss.

Irish League play in the summer months.

To be fair it is already incredibly easy to get 3pm kick offs of all PL games already. You just need an android box.

nobbyblue wrote:
And a lot of games are Friday Night...

why dont you just download Kodi to your pc or laptop and install a community build .

I guess a lot of the people on this thread don't actually play Football on weekends or practise at night. Would help in the destruction of grassroots Football. Then again I doubt some of you care as you clearly spend half your lives on Forums or watching TV. Try getting a life and stop being Robot's!

i won't be replying - to busy, got a life!

This thread has just been hit and ran by Gareth Seddon.

sirjimmyglass wrote:
they could regionalise the programming. as above, carlisle fans that want to go, go but carlisle fans that cant travel to plymouth could watch it on tv but that match wouldn't be shown in the plymouth region so if you wanted to see it you'd have to go and see it live.

I always think if a match is live on tv it should help the Club and in turn the fans, when you think about it though it is hard to come up with something that does that for lower league Clubs.

Fat Boy Slim Fast wrote: lol. Well I'm 44 and used to play a lot until my knees packed in. Now I watch live football and rugby most weekends in the stadium. I'm more than happy doing that.... but when I do have free time I like to watch sport on TV and I don't see anything wrong with that.

There will come a day when your knees pack in and you will have to watch football for your fix, so I wouldn't be so judgmental if I were you. I would be willing to bet that a hell of a lot on here used to play regularly, just as you do... we are just at a different stage of life. Enjoy playing while you can.

Fat Boy Slim Fast wrote:

I really hope when your 46 like me you get a little taster of what its like to suffer from arthritis in your ankle and big toe just like I have,try playing football or in my case rugby with that numpty...maybe wont come out with garbage like that

Zebby wrote:
By then he may also have learned the correct use of an apostrophe too.

Moorlad wrote:
He was probably too cool for class,out playing footy on the park instead of going to school like us sad gits...