Explained: Why Bristol City, Leeds United, Newcastle United and 11 other FA Cup kick-off times have been moved The bizarre move explained. The decision to move Bristol City's FA Cup tie with Huddersfield Town has been met with derision. Whilst the match will now kick off at 5.30pm on Saturday, January 5 due to TV, it will not be available for UK viewers. Instead, the Robins' third round tie against Premier League opponents will solely be available to view on overseas television. Hull Live have explained why 14 different third round matches have been moved. Why are so many fixtures being moved? TV money is at the heart of the decision to move so many matches. A new six-year international broadcasting deal came into force for this year's FA Cup, with 14 third round ties being moved for overseas broadcast on top of the six that BT Sport and BBC will show domestically. The new TV contract is thought to be worth £820m to the Football Association and means just 10 of the 32 third round ties will kick-off at 3pm on Saturday 5 January. City's home game against Huddersfield will kick-off at 5.30pm along with Crystal Palace against Grimsby Town, Newcastle United against Blackburn Rovers and Norwich City vs Portsmouth. Earlier on the Saturday, Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion, Burnley against Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday vs Luton Town, Shrewsbury Town against Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion against Wigan Athletic and West Ham United against Birmingham City all kick off at 12.30pm. Then, on Sunday at 2pm, Fulham take on Oldham Athletic, Millwall host Hull City, Preston North End play Doncaster Rovers and QPR host Leeds United. How much is it worth to the clubs involved? Each club whose fixture is moved for overseas TV gets a broadcast fee of £50,000 - significantly less than the £150,000 given to clubs on the BBC or BT Sport. Alongside this, gate receipts will be split from matches, and the winners of the ties will pocket a further £135,000. How were the timings decided? The FA said that "all Emirates FA Cup matches are scheduled in collaboration with the clubs, the local authorities and the police." That probably indicates why so many teams from London are now hosting games on Sunday. Can you watch live in the UK? The short answer is no. There will likely be illegal streams of matches, but there is no way to legally watch these games live in the UK. iFollow will not be available to clubs because it is not an EFL fixture, and the BBC and BT Sport will not be showing them live, either. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport...s/explained-bristol-city-leeds-united-2314550
Oh for the days of a 3.00 kick off on a Saturday afternoon, Match of the Day on a Saturday night whilst finishing off your chip supper and The Big Match on ITV on a Sunday afternoon after a few pints, bliss, oh bliss, those were the days,football belonged to us, times have moved on. The Robins' third round tie against Premier League opponents will solely be available to view on overseas television. City's home game against Huddersfield will kick-off at 5.30pm. Each club whose fixture is moved for overseas TV gets a broadcast fee of £50,000, alongside this, gate receipts will be split from matches, and the winners of the ties will pocket a further £135,000. iFollow will not be available to clubs because it is not an EFL fixture, and the BBC and BT Sport will not be showing them live, either.
I have a motorised satellite dish so I might be ok. Which foreign broadcasters are showing it, do we know? Football has changed beyond all recognition from when I was a lad. I'm not sure that I like what it has become.
This is bizarrely one of the reasons getting to the Prem don’t interest me. Sure it would be nice but even when our games get moved in the championship pisses me off. Why can’t football just be 3pm Saturday with one game Sunday afternoon.
Couldn't agree more and the worst part is that the change in kick off times aren't even for the benefit of UK supporters ! But changing the kick off times for the majority of the FA Cup games just dilutes the magic of what the cup used to be about.
From a glass half full perspective it's £50k we wouldn't have got from a 3PM kick off, as there was no way BBC or ITV would pick our game for a live broadcast. Uddersfield won't bring many fans if we play at noon,3PM or 5:30PM so the gate difference will be marginal.
If it was 3pm KO I would be going - the change to 5.30pm means I'm not - so there's one less!! Shambles!
No idea how frowned upon it is to discuss on here, but I have one of those IPTV services set up and it's great. The quality can be off sometimes but I get 90% of City games home and away on it, and that Huddersfield game will certainly be on it. Think it's about £13 a month, and you basically get more channels than your Sky package could ever provide. If anyone wants the info I'm happy to share. Takes about 20 mins to set up and it's not quite as user friendly as Sky/Virgin but for the price you can't really complain!
