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Channel 5 to Show Football League Highlights Next Season?

Dansk_RedDansk_Red
edited December 2014 in Other Football and Sports
Express Sport understands that the League have agreed a three-year deal starting next season at the end of their current contract with the BBC.

It will see a 90-minute show aired at 9pm every Saturday evening - more than an hour in front of Premier League highlights on MOTD.

Currently the Championship and League One and Two games have a late night showing after the BBC's flagship show.

Channel 5 have agreed to provide a peak time Saturday slot - and it was this condition that swung the deal away from two other unspecified bidders.

There was a mood among clubs to break new ground in order to shine a greater light on the 72 teams who represent the majority of professional football outfits but have found themselves marginalised by the power, reach and financial might of the top flight.

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  • LargeAddickLargeAddick
    what's Channel 5?
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Sounds good... Shame the 90-mins will be cut by adverts but nice to have a proper time slot and people can watch the Football League now and then watch the Premier League
  • Weegie AddickWeegie Addick
    Much better time slot for those who stay in on a Sat. Just hope they don't employ Claridge!
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    I thought that FL highlights were massively expensive to produce for the audience figures they generate, especially without the 'perk' of live games (Millwall on AGAIN this Friday!)

    Anyway we'll be in the Premier League next season so it won't affect us :-)
  • MrLargoMrLargo
    Good news I think:

    - a better time slot
    - we won't have to suffer Steve Claridge anymore. Take your stupid husky whimper voice and do some local radio commentary on Portsmouth games or something like that, far away from me.
    - we won't have to suffer Mark Clemmit anymore. Clem - thanks for everything, it's been real, time to find your true calling in life - Panto dame.
    - hopefully Channel 5 will manage not to imply that supporters of Football League clubs are all mascot-cuddling, funny hat-wearing, statto types, unlike their supposedly more cultured, civilised Premier League counterparts.
  • nth_london_addicknth_london_addick
    Nicholas said:

    Great stuff means I don't have to wait till gone midnight to see Charlton's goal.


    skysports goals express from 6

  • NicholasNicholas
    Normally at the games so too early
  • CharltonparklaneCharltonparklane
    sky plus it
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  • NicholasNicholas
    If I do that I miss the other shot we normally have that the bbc show.
  • AFKABartramAFKABartram
    Sky showing the goals so soon after knocks the chuff out of any real highlights programme later in the evening
  • LargeAddickLargeAddick
    I'm never home before 7pm so a 9pm will be most welcome (although I'll probably have to tape it as 'er indoors will be watching Casualty or X Factor)
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  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    Sounds good to me as long as they do it properly.
  • MrLargoMrLargo
    colin1961 said:

    Don't worry we will be on MOTD

    Great, so we'll still have to wait til midnight to see 15 seconds of action.
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    This sounds like good news, other than the commercial breaks, depending of course on who is signed up to front and pundit the programme
  • rananegrarananegra
    The crucial thing is will it be on some sort of catch-up service like i-player or whatever C5 use? They'll be missing a trick if not and I'm likely to miss it as I'll either be out or other half/daughter will be watching Casualty.

    It's about time the FL made more of its TV rights - surely a game like Forest-Derby or Norwich-Ipswich is more interesting to the wider world than Palace-Burnley? (No offence to Burnley)
  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    edited December 2014
    Can someone sign this petition as I fear both Claridge and his mate Manish will find it difficult to find employment of any sort once they are given their marching orders?

    www.change.org/hahahahahahahaha
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    rananegra said:

    The crucial thing is will it be on some sort of catch-up service like i-player or whatever C5 use? They'll be missing a trick if not and I'm likely to miss it as I'll either be out or other half/daughter will be watching Casualty.

    It's about time the FL made more of its TV rights - surely a game like Forest-Derby or Norwich-Ipswich is more interesting to the wider world than Palace-Burnley? (No offence to Burnley)

    But then the FL sold off separately the rights to live games, hence the excitement of Millwall vs Bolton on Friday :-)
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  • LouisMendLouisMend
    I don't get the hatred for Manish, I thought he's a perfectly able presenter etc.

    Claridge did my swede in though.
  • Dazzler21Dazzler21
    I don't have Sky and this is a more acceptable hour of the day - I'm Chuffed.
  • Dazzler21Dazzler21
    edited December 2014
    In other news, Paulie has become very depressed after hearing there was going to be a 90 minute TV show on his favourite soft core hair highlighting porn, and realising it's about Football.

    His depression was later fully confirmed when it was announced they would use Football Manager ratings instead of FIFA.
  • ElthamaddickElthamaddick
    will they bring back 'red shoe diaries'
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    Mmm this will probably be cack. Their record of football production is rank, after a few weeks we will all fondly remember FLS.

    Manish haters, what is your beef? Decent presenter given the remit. It's a football highlights package, I don't need him to be telling jokes and anecdotes.

    If Sky is the Sun and the Beeb is the Earth, ITV is up Uranus (boomtish) and C5 is Pluto - not even ranked as a planet.

    It will be budget and second-rate like 99% of that channel's content. I think the timing element is actually the least important part given its not live and that you can record a whole season with one click.

    #@SaveFLS. #@ManishIsntReallyboring ;)

  • GarrymanilowGarrymanilow
    No more Clem, Manish or Claridge? Result. Wonder who they'll get to not even pretend to show an interest in our latest home draw next season?
  • ElthamaddickElthamaddick
    it'll be fine and do a job, sky have cameras at every ground so they'll get their footage there, they don't have time really to waste on punditry as unlike MOTD they have around 30 odd games to show and condense down.
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