With us kicking off at 12 noon and the Mersey derby at 1.30, I should not think Sky will have many viewers for our second half, even if they had some for the first half. No doubt a lot of viewers would rather hear about their game before it starts than watch the end of ours.
Go out and forget about it and enjoy your weekend. ;-)
I broker the Screwfix sponsorship of FL72 on Sky. We obviously analyse viewing trends of all the games quite extensively and the problem for CAFC is that the audience for our games tends to be, for want of a better expression, crap. It's no surprise Sky don't want to have to show us if they don't have to.
Football is naturally a game that appeals to working class blokes. As such, those clubs from areas that have a heavy working class population will tend to attract a heavy TV viewing figure for their matches. Charlton will convert very ABC1 compared to the average team and when they are on television a much larger number of supporters will have other things to do other than watching football.
Hence our viewing will be much lower on the box than other clubs with comparable attendances.
I broker the Screwfix sponsorship of FL72 on Sky. We obviously analyse viewing trends of all the games quite extensively and the problem for CAFC is that the audience for our games tends to be, for want of a better expression, crap. It's no surprise Sky don't want to have to show us if they don't have to.
Football is naturally a game that appeals to working class blokes. As such, those clubs from areas that have a heavy working class population will tend to attract a heavy TV viewing figure for their matches. Charlton will convert very ABC1 compared to the average team and when they are on television a much larger number of supporters will have other things to do other than watching football.
Hence our viewing will be much lower on the box than other clubs with comparable attendances.
When it's one match a season, and at noon on a Sunday, that's not much of a surprise, though your point may be correct.
Are you able to share the data? Would be interesting to see
Lets hope our game is the best of the three on Sunday.
Probably the usual hyped up Premiership bore fest 'greatest dreby in the world', 'blue and red standing together', 'clash of the titans' blah blah blah.
I broker the Screwfix sponsorship of FL72 on Sky. We obviously analyse viewing trends of all the games quite extensively and the problem for CAFC is that the audience for our games tends to be, for want of a better expression, crap. It's no surprise Sky don't want to have to show us if they don't have to.
Football is naturally a game that appeals to working class blokes. As such, those clubs from areas that have a heavy working class population will tend to attract a heavy TV viewing figure for their matches. Charlton will convert very ABC1 compared to the average team and when they are on television a much larger number of supporters will have other things to do other than watching football.
Hence our viewing will be much lower on the box than other clubs with comparable attendances.
We're slightly 'posher than some other clubs, but Fulham are definitely a middle class team. Two teams that people tend to quite like, maybe that's the problem.
Does anyone know a pub in Greenwich, Lewisham or New Cross that's got multiple screens and therefore won't switch over to the Bin Dippers' derby when our game's still got 20 minutes to run?
Essentially equivalent. The big dark thing with the fin is Ross McCormack. The people on the beach are Charlton Athletic. Roy Scheider plays for someone else, probably Brighton or something
We're gonna need a bigger squad!
Show me the way to go home... We lost and I want to go to bed....
Does anyone know a pub in Greenwich, Lewisham or New Cross that's got multiple screens and therefore won't switch over to the Bin Dippers' derby when our game's still got 20 minutes to run?
That clash is annoying, will have to watch the game at home now, as the one pub within walking distance of my house that has Sky will switch over to the Merseyside Derby.
I had planned to get to the Valley for the first time this season for this game too but no chance after they switched it to Midday Sunday.
Does anyone know a pub in Greenwich, Lewisham or New Cross that's got multiple screens and therefore won't switch over to the Bin Dippers' derby when our game's still got 20 minutes to run?
Hardy's Freehouse on Trafalgar Road is probably your best best. So close to the ground though, you might as well go to the game...
I broker the Screwfix sponsorship of FL72 on Sky. We obviously analyse viewing trends of all the games quite extensively and the problem for CAFC is that the audience for our games tends to be, for want of a better expression, crap. It's no surprise Sky don't want to have to show us if they don't have to.
Football is naturally a game that appeals to working class blokes. As such, those clubs from areas that have a heavy working class population will tend to attract a heavy TV viewing figure for their matches. Charlton will convert very ABC1 compared to the average team and when they are on television a much larger number of supporters will have other things to do other than watching football.
Hence our viewing will be much lower on the box than other clubs with comparable attendances.
When it's one match a season, and at noon on a Sunday, that's not much of a surprise, though your point may be correct.
Are you able to share the data? Would be interesting to see
The point I made in several of my e-mails to them and on another thread on here. We are not looking at a semblance of a level playing field.
I broker the Screwfix sponsorship of FL72 on Sky. We obviously analyse viewing trends of all the games quite extensively and the problem for CAFC is that the audience for our games tends to be, for want of a better expression, crap. It's no surprise Sky don't want to have to show us if they don't have to.
There you have it We're dull , really dull or an acquired taste you may say ....... And no football fan in their right mind would want to watch us The number crunchers know it and it doesn't make commercial sense to show one of the most boring teams on telly
The thing is, any football fan would have enjoyed our games against QPR & Hull. When we play well, we're far rom dull. We're unlikely to play like that in front of the cameras though. And we're all over the place at the moment.
I broker the Screwfix sponsorship of FL72 on Sky. We obviously analyse viewing trends of all the games quite extensively and the problem for CAFC is that the audience for our games tends to be, for want of a better expression, crap. It's no surprise Sky don't want to have to show us if they don't have to.
There you have it We're dull , really dull or an acquired taste you may say ....... And no football fan in their right mind would want to watch us The number crunchers know it and it doesn't make commercial sense to show one of the most boring teams on telly
I've said this all along. Let's face it (as I've also said before), most people posting on this thread aren't even going to the game, so if our own fans aren't going/don't want to go, then how can we expect other clubs fans to want to watch us.
Oh and before the first person, says it's not that loads of our fans don't want to, it's more a case of they can't go. Well yes I appreciate this absolutely.
However, if we were at home to Man U, I would bet my life that our attendance wouldn't be less than 15,000.
Can't go would become can go for the majority.
It's not can't go. It's there's something else I would rather do, whether that is purely for self, family or whatever.
(I'm not criticising anyone not going it's entirely up to them.)
I broker the Screwfix sponsorship of FL72 on Sky. We obviously analyse viewing trends of all the games quite extensively and the problem for CAFC is that the audience for our games tends to be, for want of a better expression, crap. It's no surprise Sky don't want to have to show us if they don't have to.
There you have it We're dull , really dull or an acquired taste you may say ....... And no football fan in their right mind would want to watch us The number crunchers know it and it doesn't make commercial sense to show one of the most boring teams on telly
FFS Ohh ahh, how many times do I have to say this. We have been on FOUR times in almost FOUR years. We have not been dull in 160+ games. I only went to four last season, and I saw two crackers! Even if we have been dull in all four of the ones we have been on, then so have the opposition - it takes two to tango.
IA and myself already explained why the number crunchers cannot make a reasonable decision on the data they have, but you just ignore that?
As I have also said numerous times, if Leeds are so bloody attractive, then why not show Charlton v Leeds?
Much better atmosphere even if shit football for a Leeds game , our library like atmosphere is a turn off I mean the live "derby" against millwall was as quiet an atmosphere as you could get and as dull a derby game as Sky have ever covered
The numbers (viewing) for our matches are low , according to Damo , so the smallest viewing figures aren't what the advertisers want so it's understandable why Sky will want us on as little as possible
Does anyone know a pub in Greenwich, Lewisham or New Cross that's got multiple screens and therefore won't switch over to the Bin Dippers' derby when our game's still got 20 minutes to run?
Hardy's Freehouse on Trafalgar Road is probably your best best. So close to the ground though, you might as well go to the game...
Being an avid reader of your magnificent website, I'm finding it hard to believe that you're advocating getting out of bed earlier to spend £20 watching something which will inevitably be painfully poor when I could spend the same money drinking 5 pints of Guinness in a nice warm pub and still get to witness the latest chapter of our assisted suicide.
Cheers for the tip, I love Hardy's, couldn't remember if they had the facility to show different games at the same time though. I'll probably end up feeling guilty and going to the game anyway.
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Football is naturally a game that appeals to working class blokes. As such, those clubs from areas that have a heavy working class population will tend to attract a heavy TV viewing figure for their matches. Charlton will convert very ABC1 compared to the average team and when they are on television a much larger number of supporters will have other things to do other than watching football.
Hence our viewing will be much lower on the box than other clubs with comparable attendances.
Are you able to share the data? Would be interesting to see
Probably the usual hyped up Premiership bore fest 'greatest dreby in the world', 'blue and red standing together', 'clash of the titans' blah blah blah.
I'll then get a divorce.
We lost and I want to go to bed....
More than happy to drive for a sunday lunchtime ko. have a feeling parking wont be a problem!
I had planned to get to the Valley for the first time this season for this game too but no chance after they switched it to Midday Sunday.
Assuming Fulham bring 1500 I'll go for 13,123 announced and 9,000 in the stadium.
We're dull , really dull or an acquired taste you may say .......
And no football fan in their right mind would want to watch us
The number crunchers know it and it doesn't make commercial sense to show one of the most boring teams on telly
Oh and before the first person, says it's not that loads of our fans don't want to, it's more a case of they can't go.
Well yes I appreciate this absolutely.
However, if we were at home to Man U, I would bet my life that our attendance wouldn't be less than 15,000.
Can't go would become can go for the majority.
It's not can't go. It's there's something else I would rather do, whether that is purely for self, family or whatever.
(I'm not criticising anyone not going it's entirely up to them.)
IA and myself already explained why the number crunchers cannot make a reasonable decision on the data they have, but you just ignore that?
As I have also said numerous times, if Leeds are so bloody attractive, then why not show Charlton v Leeds?
I mean the live "derby" against millwall was as quiet an atmosphere as you could get and as dull a derby game as Sky have ever covered
Cheers for the tip, I love Hardy's, couldn't remember if they had the facility to show different games at the same time though. I'll probably end up feeling guilty and going to the game anyway.