Never to the dark side Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) Rumours that Premier league will screen ALL its prem games LIVE on Sundays. Considering we have moved two fixtures to Sundays already,I could see attendances on Sunday EFL games falling away Edited July 1, 2023 by Never to the dark side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 I don't think this would be a factor unless it was Man Utd v Man City in a title decider and the City game was a dead rubber. City fans are City fans, nothing being shown in the Prem would divert me from going to Ashton Gate. It is pretty easy to watch live Prem games at 3pm on a Saturday now anyway and yet our attendances are the highest they have been since 79-80. 11 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted July 1, 2023 Admin Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 Not sure people really care Most midweek fixtures clash with Champions league games and don't think there's been any impact 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 Hasn't effected Friday night games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: Rumours that Premier league will screen ALL its prem games LIVE on Sundays. Considering we have moved two fixtures to Sundays already,I could see attendances on Sunday EFL games falling away Isn’t that from 24/25 John? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCGav Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 Am I understanding this right? All 10 prem games on the Sunday and all available to watch live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted July 1, 2023 Admin Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 34 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Isn’t that from 24/25 John? Correct 26 minutes ago, BCFCGav said: Am I understanding this right? All 10 prem games on the Sunday and all available to watch live? No, only a handful of fixtures Lunchtime, afternoon and evening but all will be live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCGav Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 2 hours ago, phantom said: Correct No, only a handful of fixtures Lunchtime, afternoon and evening but all will be live No massive change to the current system then, barring introducing an evening game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, sglosbcfc said: I don't think this would be a factor unless it was Man Utd v Man City in a title decider and the City game was a dead rubber. City fans are City fans, nothing being shown in the Prem would divert me from going to Ashton Gate. It is pretty easy to watch live Prem games at 3pm on a Saturday now anyway and yet our attendances are the highest they have been since 79-80. You can watch any city game on a Saturday now as well if you know what you are doing (it’s not difficult) and yet as you say attendance is growing,nothing compares to actually being there Edited July 1, 2023 by joe jordans teeth 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.G.Red Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 10 hours ago, Davefevs said: Isn’t that from 24/25 John? Hopefully by then it won't be a problem for us, and we'll be able to watch some of our away games if we can't travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted July 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 It will be five games over the weekend fri/sat/sun/mon plus the 3pm saturday game that is beamed to the internathional audience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted July 2, 2023 Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 I've never missed a City game because of another match on tv, or anything on tv come to that. I guess there are those that do though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted July 2, 2023 Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 Read the title and thought Nev had found God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted July 2, 2023 Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 I tend to skip Sundays a lot as they're often early kick offs and I just can't be bothered to get up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) On 01/07/2023 at 03:44, sglosbcfc said: I don't think this would be a factor unless it was Man Utd v Man City in a title decider and the City game was a dead rubber. City fans are City fans, nothing being shown in the Prem would divert me from going to Ashton Gate. It is pretty easy to watch live Prem games at 3pm on a Saturday now anyway and yet our attendances are the highest they have been since 79-80. Bless you! City are trying to attract supporters that aren’t dyed in the wool, City till I die, EastEnders with rubber chicken legs. Some will have a decision to make! However if they have bought their season ticket they can go and do what they like Edited July 3, 2023 by REDOXO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 23 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: Read the title and thought Nev had found God. Bob Taylor lives in Stourbridge. Not too hard to find... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 On 03/07/2023 at 04:13, REDOXO said: Bless you! City are trying to attract supporters that aren’t dyed in the wool, City till I die, EastEnders with rubber chicken legs. Some will have a decision to make! However if they have bought their season ticket they can go and do what they like Are we though? Our ground holds 26000 (for football with segregation). The away end is 3500 + and we already average 21000. So actually we are trying to attract fans already in our supporters pool of tens of thousands to attend more often. I'm not convinced Luton v Burnley 3pm on sky will leave people with a decision to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 7 hours ago, sglosbcfc said: Are we though? Our ground holds 26000 (for football with segregation). The away end is 3500 + and we already average 21000. So actually we are trying to attract fans already in our supporters pool of tens of thousands to attend more often. I'm not convinced Luton v Burnley 3pm on sky will leave people with a decision to make. We have sold 14500/15000 season tickets so far. The away end is a difficulty as it seems we are not in a position to sell any of those tickets to home supporters even if the end is semi full. So this means 19500 seats are unusable to potd sales assuming that no season ticket holder makes his seat available for the club to resell. It is very clear City are now first and foremost a business that provides entertainment and there are a large number of supporters that now see it like, that a product. attendance will be effected by competition even when season tickets are bought. Other things that play into are the “oh eff it I’ll stay at home” culture will be any amount of weather or a gazillion other issues like strikes etc. My point is Prem game on the Telly v other multiplicity of factors and some supporters will stay away. Gone are the days where the majority are hardened supporters and will always go. You only have to look around when the crowd is announced to see the ‘no shows’ at some games now. A Prem 5:30 KO can often be a factor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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