TOPIC: FA Cup 4th Rd TV Games

Derby v Man Utd
Carlisle/Yeovil v Everton
Colchester v Spurs/Leicester
Northampton/MK v Chelsea

They're the 4 that standout?

Liverpool v West Ham will be on

142/156gimp wrote: ......or Arsenal smashing the dingles for six. TV ratings come first.

Last year five matches were shown live, excluding the ones in Wales.
I think Derby v Man U and Northampton/MK Dons v Chelsea are nailed on. After that its likely Exeter/Liverpool vs West Ham will be on due to viewing figures. The remaining two are up for debate, viewing figures might mean the potential Pompey vs Bournemouth match, Forest Watford or even Leeds if Eastleigh get through.
In our favour is that the decision is usually before replays I think and its certain to be L2 v Everton. also you have our flood story or Yeovil being the lowest or second lowest team left in which they can play on.

Being on tele will lose 2 thousand on the gate. So the money side evens it's self out.

Its £144000 for TV, 2000 off the crowd only evens out if its £72 for a ticket. And it only matters if the ground isnt sold out. For us the TV money more than covers those that dont go to BP for the match.

If it's not on British tv, the foreign channels will definitely take if

TheLazyLewisGuy wrote:
Have to disagree with that.

Shouldn't take much from the marketing team to see this one sell out IF we can get past Yeovil.

If, if, we get past Yeovil it will be the flood recovery, FA cup story, nowt to do with football, it will be the goldfish in the goalmouth story again, that's the way the TV mind thinks. However, Yeovil first.

Would rather the game was sat afternoon, 3 o'clock kick off and not on TV than any other time and on TV......

I couldn't really give a shit when it is, as long as it's at Brunton Park, not Huish.

Derby v Man Utd
Colchester v Leic/Spurs
Liverpool/Exeter v W Ham
Yeovil/CUFC v Everton
MKD/N'ton v Chelsea
Villa/Wycombe v Man City

If Wycombe and Exeter win their replays, they'll probably be on, depending on when they choose the fixtures.

The cat amongst the pigeons is Eastleigh - if they win at Bolton (possible!) then they might get a slot. Otherwise, it's presumably 5 of those 6 really - 4th round, like round 3, has premier league games the midweek after, so probably no Monday night games.
However it's likely there'll be a Friday game, and 12.45 & 5.30 Sat, and 2 & 4 (approx) Sunday, like round 3.No crazy times for Welsh clubs this round! Everton can't play the Friday night due to a league cup semi at Man City on the Wednesday before.

If Yeovil v Everton is on, I'll find something better to do....if CUFC v Everton is 3pm Saturday, great, a proper cup tie!

Only Chelsea and Everton can play on Sunday

"In our favour is that the decision is usually before replays I think and its certain to be L2 v Everton. also you have our flood story or Yeovil being the lowest or second lowest team left in which they can play on"

Respectfully disagree. I think if we'd have won on Sunday we'd be nailed on for a TV game, with the flood story providing the human interest backdrop. I realise I'm bias but Yeovil vs Everton just sounds crap. As they tend to commit to games before replays I think they're more likely to look at games that are guaranteed to be interesting.

That'll be Yeovil with a giant killing tradition...

If Eastleigh beat Bolton in the replay, surely their game v Leeds will be chosen

142/156gimp wrote:
Not sure where you're getting your info from mate but it's totally incorrect.

As was showed in the 1st round with FCUM, clubs have to play whenever TV dictates, it's within the rules of the FA Cup. If that's on a Sunday with a Tuesday league game to follow then so be it. If a team is chosen to play on the Sunday they still have the option of moving their Tuesday league game back a day, even at this late stage. Swansea were due to play Sunderland tonight but as their game against Oxford was chosen for live coverage on Sunday they simply moved the Sunderland game back a day. TV companies dictate fixture schedules these days, clubs do as they say.

Adrian Durham tells me that us/Yeovil vs Everton is a TV game

@EmiratesFACup

Fourth Round TV ties confirmed: (1) @dcfcofficial v @ManUtd, 7.55pm, Fri 29 Jan, live on BBC.

Fourth Round TV ties confirmed: (2) @ColU_Official v @SpursOfficial or @LCFC, 12.45pm, Sat 30 Jan, live on BT Sport.

Fourth Round TV ties confirmed: (3) @OfficialECFC or @LFC v @whufc_official, 5.30pm, Sat 30 Jan, live on BT Sport.

Fourth Round TV ties: (4) @officialcufc or @YTFC v @Everton, 1.30pm, Sun 31 Jan, live on BT Sport.

Fourth Round TV ties confirmed: (5) @ntfc or @MKDonsFC v @ChelseaFC, 4pm, Sun 31 Jan, live on BBC.

Why can't they just use Clubs' names anymore instead of this # bollocks?

Man United on again. What a surprise!

franksidebottom wrote: Never doubt the Gimp

142/156gimp wrote:
Was already pointed out to you that Everton have just played Wed/Sat/Wed which you said wasn't possible.

And that if a team is picked to play in a live Sunday game that they can move their following midweek fixture back 24hrs.

Both of your claims were proven incorrect in the last week, that's why I doubt you mate!