Our first game against City is now 530 ko on BT Sport. http://safc.com/news/club-news/2016/july/four-games-moved-for-broadcast
Excuse the balls up. Been on nights so im rather tired. Im off to kip now. Just thought id share this first.
New fixture changes Saturday 13 August 12.30pm Hull City v Leicester City (Sky Sports) 5.30pm Manchester City v Sunderland (BT Sport) Sunday 14 August 1.30pm Bournemouth v Manchester United (Sky Sports) 4pm Arsenal v Liverpool (Sky Sports) Monday 15 August 8pm Chelsea v West Ham United (Sky Sports) Friday 19 August 8pm Manchester United v Southampton (Sky Sports) Saturday 20 August 12.30pm Stoke City v Manchester City (Sky Sports) 3pm Burnley v Liverpool (Was scheduled for 11 March 2017 but the matches between Liverpool and Burnley have been reversed following an agreement between the two clubs. Liverpool v Burnley will take place on Sunday 12 March 2017.) 5.30pm Leicester City v Arsenal (BT Sport) Sunday 21 August 1.30pm Sunderland v Middlesbrough (Sky Sports) 4pm West Ham United v Bournemouth (Sky Sports) Saturday 27 August 12.30pm Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool (Sky Sports) Sunday 28 August 1.30pm West Bromwich Albion v Middlesbrough (Sky Sports) 4pm Manchester City v West Ham United (Sky Sports) Saturday 10 September 12.30pm Manchester United v Manchester City (Sky Sports) 5.30pm Liverpool v Leicester City (BT Sport) Sunday 11 September 4pm Swansea City v Chelsea (Sky Sports) Monday 12 September 8pm Sunderland v Everton (Sky Sports) Friday 16 September 8pm Chelsea v Liverpool (Sky Sports) Saturday 17 September 5.30pm Everton v Middlesbrough (BT Sport) Sunday 18 September 12pm Watford v Manchester United (BT Sport) 2.15pm Crystal Palace v Stoke City (Sky Sports) 2.15pm Southampton v Swansea City (Southampton’s participation in the Europa League the preceding Thursday) 4.30pm Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland (Sky Sports) Saturday 24 September 12.30pm Manchester United v Leicester City (Sky Sports) 5.30pm Arsenal v Chelsea (BT Sport) Sunday 25 September 4pm West Ham United v Southampton (Sky Sports) Monday 26 September 8pm Burnley v Watford (Sky Sports) 5.30pm Hull City v Manchester United (BT Sport) There you go - 4 out of our first 5 fixtures to be on telly
Sorry for anyone who's plans have been disrupted but that's all perfect for me. Didn't intend going to Man City, Sunday is easier for me to go to the Boro match, wouldn't have been going to the Everton game and it's easier on the train to London, from here, for the Spurs game. For expats it's sometimes a blessing when matches are moved and it sometimes means tickets suddenly become available. For anyone abroad the more live games the better, there's nothing like watching a 'live' game when you're hundreds or thousands of miles away.
Its the bars and restaurants in Sunderland I feel sorry for when they move a home game away from Saturday at 3
They've moved the early Sunday games to 2:15, pushing back the second game to a 4:30 k-o. More time in the pub for everyone going to the game.
Yep - both games kick off later than usual. http://www.skysports.com/football/tottenham-vs-sland/356382 Not sure why though.
Try and think of it like this please log in to view this image Based on last season's tv deal(think it's more this season but can't find the figures)the facility fee we'll receive for these matches will be at least £3.5m. That's an extra wage we can accommodate. A welcome surprise of extra guaranteed revenue at a time it can be Incorporated into our budget. Excellent news considering there still loads of time to make arrangements.
Stupid for people like me who work a lot of Sunday nights!! But when do the general public and proper fans ever get considered by the corporate bus that is SKY TV!
Never. It won't change either. I'm just happy we're one of the teams profiting most from the latest tv deal early in the season
Sky are ****ed once BT have fibre everywhere anyway, Sky cannot possibly match the picture quality BT will offer, and BT as a group is growing massively and developing. Sky hasn't changed for 10 years and frankly they are in real danger from BT that Virgin Media never had the muscle to provide. BT will go after more and more game packs and they will gradually weaken Sky's position. Sky wipe the floor with movies mind.
Aye but their commentators are utter gash!! Michael Owen and Steve McBananaman!! FFS Almost as bad as Andy Townsend!
BT have already said there's no chance they'll renew the sport deal at anything like their current deal. They paid way over the odds and everybody laughed at them, they've made a ridiculous loss on BT Sport. Also, Sky have started rolling out the Sky Q packs, I know cos I've got it, capable of 4k viewing as and when they start to air 4k channels.
My virgin fiber optic is ****ing bang on and cheep as ****. 50mb fibre-optic broadband, all the free tv, films and sport in HD(via the internet) and not had a single streaming issue once in 5 months. For under £25 including line rental. Wouldn't dream of getting sky. It would be flushing money down the toilet.
I've got Sky Q mate and whilst it's decent, it wasn't needed. They are 'at least 18months' from 4K, which BT already have. Netflix plays in 4K also. BT have said they will be going after more packs of games, Sky are losing customers and won't have as big a pot. BT vision is over 5million customers now, and buying EE and being able to bundle all 4 is going to smash Sky hard. BT is a ver real alternative to Sky, or is becoming so, they will pay what they can justify. They overpaid with only 1million customers, they now have 5million and so it becomes viable. I've been a Sky fan for years mate but they are falling hopelessly behind in the tech side, and the prices are beyond belief. Less and less people can afford it. Satellite is a poor format regardless, affected by weather, by over subscription etc, I can see BT winning long term, I really can. That massive outlay by BT for the games made them 8% extra profit, they will not be shy to dip back in.
