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  • conker
    conker Posts: 65
    Is the Burton game on TV? I thought that there was a block on TV games on Saturday at 3pm. 
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,569
    conker said:
    Is the Burton game on TV? I thought that there was a block on TV games on Saturday at 3pm. 
    Yep, final games of the season are all on Sky+
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,855
    The Doncaster away leg in 2019 (when we finished 3rd) was 12:30 on Sunday, whereas Sunderland vs Pompey (5th vs 4th) was Saturday night at 7:30pm, so similar times of day.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,323
    I hope we play @ 12:30pm... Our record speaks for itself, with two draws (both away), and four wins (at home)

    (W) win vs Leyton Orient
    (D) at Lincoln City
    (W) win vs Wycombe Wanderers
    (W) win vs Stevenage
    (D) at Stockport County
    (W) win vs Huddersfield Town

    Come away from the 1st Leg with a draw, and its setup perfectly for the home tie.

    Our results at 7:45pm are:

    (A) - Bristol Rovers (L)
    (A) - Barnsley (D)
    (A) - Burton Albion (W)
    (A) - Bolton Wanderers (W)
    (A) - Crawley Town (W)
    (A) - Mansfield Town (W)

    (H) - Crawley Town (Game never happened how strange)
    (H) - Bristol Rovers (W)
    (H) - Peterborough United (W)
    (H) - Barnsley (W)

    So we seemingly setup quite well for early / late matches
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,077
    conker said:
    Is the Burton game on TV? I thought that there was a block on TV games on Saturday at 3pm. 
    It can be on Sky because there are barely any 3pm games on, there has to be a certain % of games on (in the top two flights?) for the blackout to exist. 

    In theory Sky could probably show all the playoffs at 3pm on Saturday for the home leg but quite why anyone would want that is beyond me
  • conker
    conker Posts: 65
    Also in theory there could be more games on TV during the season if Sky manipulated the fixtures so that there were not many gaming kicking off at 3pm on a Saturday, especially during european match weeks.
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,978
    Any spares for Wembley? Need 5. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    I've got some, you want the Wrexham or Stockport end?
  • NorthheathAddick
    NorthheathAddick Posts: 4,018
    edited April 21
    se9addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
     se9addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    What is all this bollox?
    Saturday midday and evening matches, and Thursday matches?
    I used to scoff at Spain for their Saturday evening matches, and at the Europa league for playing on Thursdays.
    Slaves to TV - whatever has happened to English football ? It should be that the league chooses the times, TV accepts it and that’s that. 
    I don’t even think that the TV audiences demand these times over the traditional times anyway.🤷
    The playoffs, particularly the Championship playoff, have become a pretty big event, possibly the only time of the year that Premier League fans deign to watch a match from outside the top tier. No massive issue to me in them spreading this handful of games out so that they are mostly the main event taking place in that time slot in English football. 
    That’s not the point I’m making. The point is why is a 12.30pm kick-off considered more convenient than a 3pm kick off on a Saturday? Does everyone really want to watch while eating lunch and be desperate to rush out for the afternoon? I just don’t believe that’s true. If it is true that people want to be out, then don’t people go out on Saturday evenings anymore? And if you argue that yes, they watch it in the pub, why wouldn't they equally watch a 3pm kick-off in the pub? I think that TV makes huge and probably incorrect assumptions about their audience.
    As for Thursday over Tuesday,  what difference can that possibly make? 
    They aren’t allowed to show matches on TV at 3pm on a Saturday…
    Can’t they then go for a 14:45 KO,not breaking any rules there…🤔
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,077
    NorthheathAddick said:
    se9addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
     se9addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    What is all this bollox?
    Saturday midday and evening matches, and Thursday matches?
    I used to scoff at Spain for their Saturday evening matches, and at the Europa league for playing on Thursdays.
    Slaves to TV - whatever has happened to English football ? It should be that the league chooses the times, TV accepts it and that’s that. 
    I don’t even think that the TV audiences demand these times over the traditional times anyway.🤷
    The playoffs, particularly the Championship playoff, have become a pretty big event, possibly the only time of the year that Premier League fans deign to watch a match from outside the top tier. No massive issue to me in them spreading this handful of games out so that they are mostly the main event taking place in that time slot in English football. 
    That’s not the point I’m making. The point is why is a 12.30pm kick-off considered more convenient than a 3pm kick off on a Saturday? Does everyone really want to watch while eating lunch and be desperate to rush out for the afternoon? I just don’t believe that’s true. If it is true that people want to be out, then don’t people go out on Saturday evenings anymore? And if you argue that yes, they watch it in the pub, why wouldn't they equally watch a 3pm kick-off in the pub? I think that TV makes huge and probably incorrect assumptions about their audience.
    As for Thursday over Tuesday,  what difference can that possibly make? 
    They aren’t allowed to show matches on TV at 3pm on a Saturday…
    Can’t they then go for a 14:45 KO,not breaking any rules there…🤔
    Blackout is from 2:45-5pm
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  • NorthheathAddick
    NorthheathAddick Posts: 4,018
    fenaddick said:
    NorthheathAddick said:
    se9addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
     se9addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    What is all this bollox?
    Saturday midday and evening matches, and Thursday matches?
    I used to scoff at Spain for their Saturday evening matches, and at the Europa league for playing on Thursdays.
    Slaves to TV - whatever has happened to English football ? It should be that the league chooses the times, TV accepts it and that’s that. 
    I don’t even think that the TV audiences demand these times over the traditional times anyway.🤷
    The playoffs, particularly the Championship playoff, have become a pretty big event, possibly the only time of the year that Premier League fans deign to watch a match from outside the top tier. No massive issue to me in them spreading this handful of games out so that they are mostly the main event taking place in that time slot in English football. 
    That’s not the point I’m making. The point is why is a 12.30pm kick-off considered more convenient than a 3pm kick off on a Saturday? Does everyone really want to watch while eating lunch and be desperate to rush out for the afternoon? I just don’t believe that’s true. If it is true that people want to be out, then don’t people go out on Saturday evenings anymore? And if you argue that yes, they watch it in the pub, why wouldn't they equally watch a 3pm kick-off in the pub? I think that TV makes huge and probably incorrect assumptions about their audience.
    As for Thursday over Tuesday,  what difference can that possibly make? 
    They aren’t allowed to show matches on TV at 3pm on a Saturday…
    Can’t they then go for a 14:45 KO,not breaking any rules there…🤔
    Blackout is from 2:45-5pm
    Ok didn’t know that…👍

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