22A Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 I only ask because EVERY time I turn on SSN, I see either Mourhiniho giving an interview or else imagery of Chelsea players lifting and then parading a trophy. Are they the only team to do anything like that this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 I think the Premier League title still ranks as a bigger achievement than League 1 and as its on SSN I'm not surprised that Chelsea get more of a mention. Am I having a whoosh moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Rich Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 I'm more annoyed our 8-2 has pretty much gone unoticed. In fact as soon as the title was seen up we've been forgotton!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 They just won the Premier League. We won the League One title two weeks ago. If I was producing a national sports news channel I know what story I'd lead with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 I'm more annoyed our 8-2 has pretty much gone unoticed. In fact as soon as the title was seen up we've been forgotton!! Yesterday was a huge occasion and a remarkable result for our club, but it's of little significance to a wider audience. Entirely understandable that remaining promotion and relegation issues become the focus once the title was won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted May 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 I think the Premier League title still ranks as a bigger achievement than League 1 and as its on SSN I'm not surprised that Chelsea get more of a mention. Am I having a whoosh moment? I fully accept the Premiership is not just England's, but Britain's foremost league. I just object to all other winners being ignored. Bournemouth, City & Burton have all did well in their divisions. Barnet held off all comers to regain League status. TNS did the double in Wales (Not a biggy maybe, but that's them qualified for Europe next season). Crusaders won the NI League with +50 goal diff and that media favourite Celtic managed to win the SPL again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Have to disagree I loathe Sky, but the coverage of our 8-2 on SSN was pretty good. Better than we'll get on our 'local' BBC news, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BcFcOneLove Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Just saw a nice little edit on SSN of our parade today, was decent to be fair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivs Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Yesterday was a huge occasion and a remarkable result for our club, but it's of little significance to a wider audience. Entirely understandable that remaining promotion and relegation issues become the focus once the title was won. Yesterday was a predictable occasion and a standard result for Chelsea, but it's of little significance to a wider audience. I'm serious. Why would most football fans have any interest in the Premiershit? It's a foreign league for foreign managers and foreign players played in a land far far away. Today's Guardian covered every single Premiershit game in depth including all the irrelevant ones. MK Dons result didn't even get a sentence. The national football media needs to justify it's obsession with a crap product like the Premiershit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Yesterday was a predictable occasion and a standard result for Chelsea, but it's of little significance to a wider audience. I'm serious. Why would most football fans have any interest in the Premiershit? It's a foreign league for foreign managers and foreign players played in a land far far away. Today's Guardian covered every single Premiershit game in depth including all the irrelevant ones. MK Dons result didn't even get a sentence. The national football media needs to justify it's obsession with a crap product like the Premiershit. Are you really asking if most football fans have any interest in the Premier League? Look at the attendances, the TV audiences and the amount of money TV companies are willing to pay to show it and you have your answer. And that's before you even consider the global audience beyond the UK. I understand that not every football fan is interested in the top division, but like it or not, there is no denying it's a hugely successful product and of interest to a huge number of people. However if it's true that the Guardian didn't cover MK's promotion at all, then I do agree that would be an over-emphasis on the Premier League in that instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon uk Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Yesterday was a predictable occasion and a standard result for Chelsea, but it's of little significance to a wider audience. I'm serious. Why would most football fans have any interest in the Premiershit? It's a foreign league for foreign managers and foreign players played in a land far far away. Today's Guardian covered every single Premiershit game in depth including all the irrelevant ones. MK Dons result didn't even get a sentence. The national football media needs to justify it's obsession with a crap product like the Premiershit. The premiershit is te best league in the world. It must be true as all the press say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivs Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Are you really asking if most football fans have any interest in the Premier League? Look at the attendances, the TV audiences and the amount of money TV companies are willing to pay to show it and you have your answer. And that's before you even consider the global audience beyond the UK. I understand that not every football fan is interested in the top division, but like it or not, there is no denying it's a hugely successful product and of interest to a huge number of people. However if it's true that the Guardian didn't cover MK's promotion at all, then I do agree that would be an over-emphasis on the Premier League in that instance. Yes, I am really asking that. I believe (and this is somewhat guess work as the broadcasters keep it quiet for some reason) that Sky gets very low millions watching their live games in the UK, and MOTD gets around 5 million. Not exactly Coronation Street. Many more people watch non-Premiershit football games than the precious Premiershit. Live. Every week. There is allegedly a huge global audience but I'm not sure who is measuring this. Perhaps only Sky. And they won't lie.... The Premiershit was conceived as a means of improving English football. On that measure, it is an unqualified failure. As a profit making product, it is an unqualified failure. Ask Portsmouth, Wigan or Blackpool fans. The best football teams in the world are Spanish. The best players in the world play in Spain or Germany (with one or two exceptions). The most entertaining division in the UK is the Championship. Before the season, if you'd asked 10 journalists who will win the Premiershit, they will have come up with 2 teams. Ask 10 journalists who will win the Championship and they will guess at 6 teams and none of them would have said Bournemouth. There is nothing about the Premiershit that appeals to me. It has been the ruin of competitive football in this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucksred Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Nah Swinetown won the league and the gassholes are the biggest team in Bristol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Yes, I am really asking that. I believe (and this is somewhat guess work as the broadcasters keep it quiet for some reason) that Sky gets very low millions watching their live games in the UK, and MOTD gets around 5 million. Not exactly Coronation Street. Many more people watch non-Premiershit football games than the precious Premiershit. Live. Every week. There is allegedly a huge global audience but I'm not sure who is measuring this. Perhaps only Sky. And they won't lie.... The Premiershit was conceived as a means of improving English football. On that measure, it is an unqualified failure. As a profit making product, it is an unqualified failure. Ask Portsmouth, Wigan or Blackpool fans. The best football teams in the world are Spanish. The best players in the world play in Spain or Germany (with one or two exceptions). The most entertaining division in the UK is the Championship. Before the season, if you'd asked 10 journalists who will win the Premiershit, they will have come up with 2 teams. Ask 10 journalists who will win the Championship and they will guess at 6 teams and none of them would have said Bournemouth. There is nothing about the Premiershit that appeals to me. It has been the ruin of competitive football in this country. You suggest 5 million watch MOTD every week, but many more people watch non-Prem football live every week. Now let's say there are 36 football league ties in a week (72 teams playing a game each). For there to be more than 5 million watching those games, each tie would have to be watched by a crowd of 138,000 people. Even throwing in the small crowds at non-league fixtures, you are a million miles from being correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 I'm more annoyed our 8-2 has pretty much gone unoticed. In fact as soon as the title was seen up we've been forgotton!! This. The highlights were not great on FLS, and the Game which usually covers it very well didn't even mention our 8-2 in any brief report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 The premiershit is te best league in the world. It must be true as all the press say so. "So says the brewery's PRO And he of course should really know, For he is paid for saying so." John Betjeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivs Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 You suggest 5 million watch MOTD every week, but many more people watch non-Prem football live every week. Now let's say there are 36 football league ties in a week (72 teams playing a game each). For there to be more than 5 million watching those games, each tie would have to be watched by a crowd of 138,000 people. Even throwing in the small crowds at non-league fixtures, you are a million miles from being correct. Are you from an age that believes the start of football happened in 1992? Watching a game live doesn't refer to getting a beer out of the fridge, settling down into the sofa and turning Sky on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Are you from an age that believes the start of football happened in 1992? Watching a game live doesn't refer to getting a beer out of the fridge, settling down into the sofa and turning Sky on. In conversations with friends, I always refer to pre-1992 as "before football started". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Have to disagree I loathe Sky, but the coverage of our 8-2 on SSN was pretty good. Better than we'll get on our 'local' BBC news, anyway.The local media coverage has been truly shocking - how the heck N L B Rs who have not actually won or achieved anything yet -not even basement league status- are getting equal, if not dominant, media prominence as our record breaking team with medals and trophy's promoting us into the second biggest league in the land has got.. Mind boggles at what coverage the Gas'll get -IF they actually win something one day, ..God only knows... Our lot will be sporting almost a fortnights worth of suntans by then anyway, non-league playoffs take a while! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Are you from an age that believes the start of football happened in 1992? Watching a game live doesn't refer to getting a beer out of the fridge, settling down into the sofa and turning Sky on. About 14m watch Premier league football each year, live. About 15m watch the other three divisions, over 9m for the Championship, so not a lot in it. Premier league will have a lot more armchair fans I suspect. League 1 & 2 do not seem very significant as far as live support goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Are you from an age that believes the start of football happened in 1992? Watching a game live doesn't refer to getting a beer out of the fridge, settling down into the sofa and turning Sky on. This started with your claim that the majority of fans have no interest in Premier League. I was using your own suggestion that 5 million people watch MOTD, compared to attendances at football league, to show that this simply isn't correct. If 5 million people watch MOTD then by definition they are interested in the top division. So unless more than 5 million people watch the lower leagues, your claim cannot be right. That doesn't mean I am defending the Premier League itself -I have no idea how you have concluded that I think football started in 1992 and I don't know what a live game means. FYI I've been watching City since I was a child in the 80s and I've watched more live games in person this season than I have on the telly. And I don't have Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 About 14m watch Premier league football each year, live. About 15m watch the other three divisions, over 9m for the Championship, so not a lot in it. Premier league will have a lot more armchair fans I suspect. League 1 & 2 do not seem very significant as far as live support goes. Interesting stats. It doesn't support the the claim that most fans have no interest in the Premier League though, because a large percentage of those 15m watching the other three divisions will also watch MOTD, live Prem games on TV, or at the very least keep up with results in the top division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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