Ameritoon Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 At the very least, there should be a pay-per-view option for all 3 PM KOs. It's completely unfair to people who live outside of their club's city, or those who can't afford to go to matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 There are other leagues despite the Premier League. I've probably been to getting on for a hundred Hartlepool games in my life, I probably wouldn't have gone to half of those if I'd been able to stay at home and watch NUFC. It's a lot harder to get kids to lower league football or their local sides if they can sit at home and watch the players on the front of their FIFA 11 box. Televising 3pm kick offs would be an absolute disaster for the Football League and English football in general. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 There are other leagues despite the Premier League. I've probably been to getting on for a hundred Hartlepool games in my life, I probably wouldn't have gone to half of those if I'd been able to stay at home and watch NUFC. It's a lot harder to get kids to lower league football or their local sides if they can sit at home and watch the players on the front of their FIFA 11 box. Televising 3pm kick offs would be an absolute disaster for the Football League and English football in general. That's true I suppose. You're basically the only country in the world with lower leagues that are worth anything. Be proud while it lasts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 There are other leagues despite the Premier League. I've probably been to getting on for a hundred Hartlepool games in my life, I probably wouldn't have gone to half of those if I'd been able to stay at home and watch NUFC. It's a lot harder to get kids to lower league football or their local sides if they can sit at home and watch the players on the front of their FIFA 11 box. Televising 3pm kick offs would be an absolute disaster for the Football League and English football in general. That's true I suppose. You're basically the only country in the world with lower leagues that are worth anything. Be proud while it lasts. Even the first level of the non-league here, the Blue Sq Premier, is basically another league that most fans take notice of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 The fact that we manage to maintain such a prosperous lower and non-league system is one of the main virtues of English football. It's a far more admirable aspect of our game than the vile wankfest of the 'best league in the world' - which ironically is going a long way to killing off the former. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 It's paranoia that is justified. Attendances would be damaged by all 3pm KOs being shown. The matchgoing culture in this country is already being diluted in favour of watching it on the telly, which is shit. The match going culture has been diluted because of the price of tickets now. Te cheapest adult ticket at SJP is £25, so if you are a family of 2 adults and 2 kids it would cost the best part of £100 to attend a game. The remaining money that you would save on the child tickets would surely be taken up by just having a bottle of pop and some chips each. £100 on average every fortnight is a lot of money. Going to every home league would cost about £1,900 a season. It's not just the premiership clubs either. In February I went to see Doncaster play at home against Watford. When I first enquired about tickets we were told they were £22 each for the cheapest tickets or £25 for the better tickets. That price put off 3 members of my family from going so it was just left with me and a friend of mine going and we got in for £15 each when we payed at the gate. We didn't know up until then that the tickets would be reduced and no doubt many people who attended the game would have payed full price. People can't afford those prices, especially when you factor in travel costs/parking (which is getting worse with more out of town stadiums popping up), and of course your half time pie and pint then the price goes up even more. Today I asked a friend if he wanted to go to the match with me, he couldn't go because of the price otherwise he would have gladly went instead of sitting in watching it on an internet stream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 It's paranoia that is justified. Attendances would be damaged by all 3pm KOs being shown. The matchgoing culture in this country is already being diluted in favour of watching it on the telly, which is s***. The match going culture has been diluted because of the price of tickets now. Te cheapest adult ticket at SJP is £25, so if you are a family of 2 adults and 2 kids it would cost the best part of £100 to attend a game. The remaining money that you would save on the child tickets would surely be taken up by just having a bottle of pop and some chips each. £100 on average every fortnight is a lot of money. Going to every home league would cost about £1,900 a season. It's not just the premiership clubs either. In February I went to see Doncaster play at home against Watford. When I first enquired about tickets we were told they were £22 each for the cheapest tickets or £25 for the better tickets. That price put off 3 members of my family from going so it was just left with me and a friend of mine going and we got in for £15 each when we payed at the gate. We didn't know up until then that the tickets would be reduced and no doubt many people who attended the game would have payed full price. People can't afford those prices, especially when you factor in travel costs/parking (which is getting worse with more out of town stadiums popping up), and of course your half time pie and pint then the price goes up even more. That's right, but just one factor. Allowing PL games to be televised at 3pm on Saturday would be another. Thankfully we haven't gone down that route yet. Edit: and your mate would be even less likely to go if the match was on TV in the pub. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 The NFL has an interesting concept of "blackout". When the attendence of the match is not above a certain threshold (ie. a percentage of the stadium), the match is "blacked out" and not shown on telelvision. Otherwise it is on freeview channels. What would you think about instituting this model in England, for the Premiership and maybe even the Championship? I think it would generate massive revenues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aphrodite Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I like it when all games KO at the same time, the season should be arranged so that everyone KO's at 3pm on a Saturday. Personally, I enjoy being able to watch more than one live game per weekend. Nowt stopping the Premier League from putting Man Utd's, Chelsea's, Liverpool's games on TV at 3pm Oh God. I've quoted about 3 of your posts in the last day so it might feel like I'm picking on you but stop saying braindead s*** ffs. The whole point of the different kick-off times is that games are on telly, hence the extra money, etc, etc. Sometimes I think you're taking the p*ss. Don't worry mate, we're all thinking it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aphrodite Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 MOTD should do this as it progresses highlights thingy every week. Hopefully it would mean less top club w*** fests. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 It's paranoia that is justified. Attendances would be damaged by all 3pm KOs being shown. The matchgoing culture in this country is already being diluted in favour of watching it on the telly, which is s***. The match going culture has been diluted because of the price of tickets now. Te cheapest adult ticket at SJP is £25, so if you are a family of 2 adults and 2 kids it would cost the best part of £100 to attend a game. The remaining money that you would save on the child tickets would surely be taken up by just having a bottle of pop and some chips each. £100 on average every fortnight is a lot of money. Going to every home league would cost about £1,900 a season. It's not just the premiership clubs either. In February I went to see Doncaster play at home against Watford. When I first enquired about tickets we were told they were £22 each for the cheapest tickets or £25 for the better tickets. That price put off 3 members of my family from going so it was just left with me and a friend of mine going and we got in for £15 each when we payed at the gate. We didn't know up until then that the tickets would be reduced and no doubt many people who attended the game would have payed full price. People can't afford those prices, especially when you factor in travel costs/parking (which is getting worse with more out of town stadiums popping up), and of course your half time pie and pint then the price goes up even more. That's right, but just one factor. Allowing PL games to be televised at 3pm on Saturday would be another. Thankfully we haven't gone down that route yet. Edit: and your mate would be even less likely to go if the match was on TV in the pub. I don't think it would you know. You can already see 3pm KO's in pus, in fact theirs at least 2 in Whitley Bay that I know of who do it. I wouldn't like to know how many others do in the Newcastle area. Also at home it can be fairly easy to find an online stream. The problem in all honesty lies in the price of a match day ticket. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Rapid Wien vs. Austria Wien http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhdebm8Ftd8&feature=player_embedded#at=394 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Neville's testimonial on now on SkySports 2. Beckham, Butt (), Scholes and Giggs in the midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 There are other leagues despite the Premier League. I've probably been to getting on for a hundred Hartlepool games in my life, I probably wouldn't have gone to half of those if I'd been able to stay at home and watch NUFC. It's a lot harder to get kids to lower league football or their local sides if they can sit at home and watch the players on the front of their FIFA 11 box. Televising 3pm kick offs would be an absolute disaster for the Football League and English football in general. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Neville's testimonial on now on SkySports 2. Beckham, Butt (), Scholes and Giggs in the midfield. If Owen is injured it could be one of the funniest things ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Neville's testimonial on now on SkySports 2. Beckham, Butt (), Scholes and Giggs in the midfield. If Owen is injured it could be one of the funniest things ever. It's Rooney/Giggs getting injured that I'm worried about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Owen and Beckham both wearing number 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 You would have thought it would have sold out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 You would have thought it would have sold out. Very bad timing in between the last Premier League game with the parading of the trophy and the Champions League final on Saturday. 40,000 there or something around that I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Nicky Butt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Would be hillarious if Rooney got injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Would be hillarious if Rooney got injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Would be hillarious if Rooney got injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Would be hillarious if Rooney got injured. :thup: :thup: :thup: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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