Burnsy's done one...

You can’t buy much or travel or even go to City games because they have adverts for forthcoming games.

 

I pay it, more through habit than agreement and I can't be arsed with the possibility of someone knocking on my door to ask why I watched the snooker when I'm not licensed to do so.

Costa Teguise this time round Cambs

 

Most of that TV Licence van thing is bollocks, not sure if they can track things through the internet nowadays, but I’ve saved over £500 since we cancelled it! Best thing ever! Plus I never actually watched the TV anyway, so it’s not like I was.

 

Ye, think it's a cultural change. The gambling industry and gaming industry have meant that casual observers have an interest in the finer details and probably have a much deeper knowledge than back in the day when you had to read a book or do a course to understand that.

If I ever comment on a player or a team formation, feel free to ignore it

It's driven to grow because of its popularity with women around the world.. they're investing for the future and what better encouragement than televised women's games... If small girls see it on tv and then realise they can emulate it, each generation will improve and create a profitable investment. There's more football on tv and online than ever before, so what difference does more women's games make. Zero interest in watching it myself, but glad it's there for others to enjoy... Anything that gets women out exercising is a good thing.

 

Be glad you don't live in Germany as you have to pay a tax of 18 euros through your wages a month even if you don't have a TV or any other electronic device. In Norway you pay 361 euros a year and if any non dependent is living in the house, and that includes kids at uni living at home, has to pay as well.

 

Example of that tonight at my house. My 7 year old grandaughter called after school. She's football mad, plays for a team, trains once a week, collects all the panini ? stickers and so on, and she went to see Hull City ladies on Sunday for the first time and wants to go again. She scored a goal for her team last week end so we bought her the black City away shirt from the club shop, it was the last one in her size, a medal type thing to wear around her neck with Hull City ribbons, and a signed Hull City ball which we gave her as a surprise tonight. Just had a lovely phone call from her 'Grandad, thank you, it's the best day of my life'.

 

There are only two clubs paying their women. Most are amateurs. It's decade's behind ladies football in terms of progress.

 

Awesome stuff mate

 

One of my best mates used to get asked to do the Super League show with her a lot. He said she is ridiculously nervous before the cameras roll, so much so he started refusing it as she made him uncomfortable.

Probably a credit to her that without hearing that story she never once seems it on camera. A very professional credible presenter.

For me this isn't about males and females only presenting or being pundits on their own sport, it's about being suited to the role on merit not because of whats between your legs or because you're a person of colour or have a sexuality other than straight.

Alex Scott has never played professional or international men's football therefore her opinion on Man Utd v West Ham is worth as much to me as James Corden, Sam Smith, Jasper Carrot or Dame Kelly Holmes. I want to hear from someone who has played in these games, someone who knows how it feels to compete in that environment. And in the same way when I watched some of the ladies stuff I didn't want to know what Ian Wright thought about it.

Thats not sexist, its just filtering the quality of the information.

If you was building an extention on your house would you ask Alex Scott to come and give you her thoughts on the roof trusses?

 

No complaints from me


Why shouldn’t two opponents kiss each other after a game?
Anna Tamminen and Rosa Herreros received criticism after a Swedish top-flight game but their show of affection shows the women’s game’s inclusivity
Sophie Downey

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It is a picture of a kiss – an everyday human interaction between partners after 90 minutes on opposing sides. Posted by Football Is Everywhere along with the caption “Football is Love, everywhere”, the photo of the Swedish top-flight players Anna Tamminen and Rosa Herreros is a perfect example of a sport renowned for its inclusiveness.

On 15 April, top of the table Hammarby hosted Växjö in the third game of the Swedish domestic top-flight season. It was the first time that Tamminen and Herreros had faced each other on the field, a unique situation for the couple but far from uncommon in the women’s game. The 28-year-old Tamminen started in goal for Hammarby, helping her team to a 6-1 victory, while Herreros was named on the visitors’ bench and did not make an appearance. After the final whistle and the work on the pitch was done, the couple greeted each other with this simple moment of affection caught by a waiting photographer.


Reaction, overall, has been largely positive reflecting the accepting nature of the game. The series of rainbow emojis and “love is love” replies below the post demonstrate the positive impact visibility can have. However, as is the nature with social media, it has unfortunately also garnered a few negative responses. Questions have been raised about professionalism and whether the pitch is the right place for these interactions, especially with players on opposing sides.

What these posters fail to understand is the unique position women’s football holds within sport and society as a whole. In stark contrast to their male counterparts, many players feel comfortable and supported enough to be open about their sexuality. Couples are common and well-known across the sport, and while more often than not they play for the same side, they are not restricted by the harmful and antiquated norms held by some fans in the men’s game. In addition, many of these same couples understand the power of their platforms to try to tackle the considerable inequality LGBTQIA+ people still face in speaking openly about their relationships.

There have been many occasions where photographers have captured such interactions between players. One went viral when the Australia captain, Sam Kerr, and the American Kristie Mewis were pictured in a touching embrace on the pitch at the Tokyo Olympics. The USA had just beaten Kerr’s side in a seven-goal thriller to secure bronze and Mewis was comforting her girlfriend, a private exchange juxtaposed with its public setting.

Another image that took the internet by storm was the kiss between Pernille Harder and Magdalena Eriksson after Sweden had knocked Canada out of the 2019 World Cup. With Denmark absent from the tournament, Harder attended, wearing a Sweden shirt, to support her long-time partner through her journey to a bronze medal. It has become an iconic moment in the sport and the two Chelsea players now consciously speak up and advocate for equality and their community.

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The Sweden defender Magdalena Eriksson kisses her girlfriend, Pernille Harder, after Sweden beat Canada in the 2019 World Cup. Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images
Most importantly, however, is the fact that none of these should be seen as anything more than the inherently human reactions they are. Across sport, the emotions and interactions of athletes are photographed, in both victory and defeat and regardless of sexuality. Whether it’s the brothers Jason and Travis Kelce embracing after facing off against each other in this year’s Super Bowl, Alex Morgan’s daughter playing on the pitch after an international or Julie Ertz kissing her husband, Zach, pitchside after winning the 2019 World Cup, these are all moments caught on camera that bring the joy of sport to life. A celebration of the athlete and everyone around them that has helped them arrive at that point.

The photo of Tamminen and Herreros was not on this scale of celebration. In contrast, it was an intrinsically ordinary situation, a couple returning to each other after a day at work. But the power of a photograph is significant, and in bringing it to life, it has perfectly encapsulated a sport that has built its foundations and values on acceptance. A game that has found its own identity and space despite the constant attempts to police it from those on the outside. Comparisons with the men are constant and frustrating, with that side often viewed as the pinnacle of how things should be despite its evident frailties. Women’s football, however, despite being in its relative infancy, has the power to shape a new vision. It is a prism through which you can see a safer, more inclusive sport that can combine competitiveness and professionalism with inclusivity, empathy and a feeling that football really can be a place for all. Where for 90 minutes on the pitch, you are rivals; but once the final whistle goes, love, respect and relationships can exist.

 

Stopped in 2020 actually, now paid direct from the tax coffers, so we all pay via income tax whether watch NRK/state broadcaster or not. Internet streaming and digital viewing meant direct billing was unsustainable as too many were opting out, but the official claim was streamlining of payments and cost of billing 2 million households.

But you're right on the price before 2020, was 1800kr every six months (which was £150-180 depending on currency value) and for £300+ a year, the output was abysmal unless you like watching 7 hours of cross country skiing every weekend day, repeats of Heartbeat and news items about milk prices.

 

She’s called Harder he he he

 

No, I might ask a female builder though. Presumably you wouldn’t?

 

If her prices are reasonable and it's during a period that I'm not getting on with my wife, I'd consider it.

 

Why wouldn't I? As long as she has experience of actually putting a roof on then I would have no issues. If she had put roofs on caravans but not actual roof trusses then I would politely suggest she sends me someone who has experience of roof trusses.

 

So Alex Scott doesn’t have experience of actually playing football?

Gotcha.

 

Ha ha, you're making things worse for yourself with certain people on here

 

Exactly.

 

Not Premier League mens football, no. If you think the two games are the same then please explain why ladies don't play in the Premier league men's competition.

 

Because they’re women.