Cup Final Kick Off Time

  • Please bear with us on the new site integration and fixing any known bugs over the coming days. If you can not log in please try resetting your password and check your spam box. If you have tried these steps and are still struggling email [email protected] with your username/registered email address
  • Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!
K

khakitiger

Member
Feb 14, 2012
37
9
8
Bridlington
The FA Website reads that the kick off time for the Final is yet to be decided. Am alone in finding this a bit strange or have I just found a website that hasn't been updated? Perhaps we are to be polled to find a time that best suits the majority.

Anyone able to clarify?
 
Seems mostly to be listed as TBC. Guess we'll know for sure when they announce tickets?

At least its on its own day which may prompt a 3pm kick off, unless you have a solid source for the 5:15 OLM?
 
What was wrong with 3pm. As usual its the all powerful TV people that decided the time.

They have totally taken away the rights of fans over the years.

If I get across I will now have to stay over rather that do it in a day. Needs must of course but it all adds up to extra expence on top of flights and match ticket.
 
Bit of a nightmare for me.

I'd really rather not stay over, as it is in the middle of my exams - but there doesn't seem to be any way to get up to the North West after the game.
 
Gawge said:
Bit of a nightmare for me.

I'd really rather not stay over, as it is in the middle of my exams - but there doesn't seem to be any way to get up to the North West after the game.
Click to expand...

Ask around on twitter for a space on a coach/minibus?
 
Dessie said:
Ask around on twitter for a space on a coach/minibus?
Click to expand...

I've had a little look. The problem is that i'm just a bit too North.

There is actually an 8:30pm train Euston->Preston (which should be easily do-able unless we win on penalties). But the problem is that last bit up to Lancaster. I doubt many (if any) will be going from further north than Preston?
 
Kick-off time probably dictated by ITV so they can lead straight onto BGT semi-final/final or some other brain-dead TV.

ITV and football = ****e
 
And while I'm on the subject of ITV and their overall ****eness why do they sometimes (especially mid-week England games) follow a live a broadcast of a game by the highlights just 30 minutes later (after the news) ?
 
Chilton's Hundreds said:
Kick-off time probably dictated by ITV so they can lead straight onto BGT semi-final/final or some other brain-dead TV.

ITV and football = ****e
Click to expand...

It's got nothing to do with ITV, the timing is to hit the largest possible international TV audience.

The largest ever audience for a live sporting event was 984m for the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics.

The largest ever audience for a live football match was 715m for Italy v France in the 2006 World Cup.

The largest ever audience for a league football match was 650m for Man City v Man United in 2012.

The FA Cup final this year, is expected to be watched by 5-600m people, that's how big it is(nearly 1/3 more than the last Champions League final).

And someone actually thinks now would be a good time to change the name of one of the teams in it? <doh>
 
This was last July and it's a commitment for 4 years from now!

http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/News/2013/Jul/chairman-confirms-cup-ko-time.aspx

FA Chairman Greg Dyke has confirmed The FA Cup Final will continue to kick-off in the early evening slot, and has explained the reasoning behind the decision.

Speaking at Wednesday&#8217;s FA Cup broadcast partners announcement, the Chairman said it was important the Final continued to grow its global reach, and that the later kick-off time is essential to this.

He said: "The Final will continue to be held in late afternoon, which is where it's been moved to.

"I'm certainly happy with that because if you look at the viewing figures for the past two FA Cup Finals they were much bigger than they would have been had the match kicked off at 3pm.

"The world changed and we had to change with it."

The new Chairman was speaking publicly for the first time since replacing David Bernstein on 13 July.

He said the new deals will benefit all involved, as well as help bring The FA Cup to a wider domestic and international audience.

"Financially it's quite a jump in money from this year to the next, but also the fact that it's going on the BBC means there will be a lot of coverage across many outlets that help promote the FA Cup," he said.

The statistics support the Chairman's comments.

The previous two finals that have kicked-off in the early evening slot have peaked at 9.3m and 11.56m viewers, while the last two to start at 3pm peaked at 8.58m and 7.24m.

Dyke added: "We've also got a pay deal with BT, which we're pleased about. Remember, all the money from the FA Cup goes back into football, it doesn't go to players' wages.

"There was some fairly intense competition for the rights, but they've ended up where we expected them to.

"I believe the FA Cup is still the greatest club cup competition in the world and you saw all the romance of it last year when Wigan won after beating the multi-million pound Manchester City team.

"The FA Cup operates in a different context to the Premier League. Last year I was chairman at Brentford, who went to play at Chelsea.

"That was so exciting and you can't explain what it meant to the fans. The FA Cup belongs to the fans."

It was also revealed that ITV had negotiated exclusive rights to broadcast all England&#8217;s international friendly games from 2014-18.

The broadcaster had already secured a deal with UEFA for all European Championship and World Cup qualifiers.
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Back