joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 2 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: Hey Mr Pedantic, are you comparing the number of UK viewers of the darts to the number of Worldwide viewers of a PL game. Not a correct comparison, obviously. He knows it,if he honestly thinks 4 billion watched football on the local tv than he’s nuts,he’s comparing apples and pears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 44 minutes ago, George Rs said: I didn’t get a ticket for Sunday, is it on TV by any chance? Yes being shown worldwide if you know where to look,expecting 1.5 billion will be watching it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 (edited) 49 minutes ago, George Rs said: I didn’t get a ticket for Sunday, is it on TV by any chance? https://champagne.pages.dev/ Take your pick click the 3 lines in left corner Edited January 5 by joe jordans teeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 I can remember as a young lad already being an going to stand on the East and away trips loving the FS cup. And on final day . Watching from breakfast time through to the games end. It was so special. Jealous of all those going. Shout and sing loud do our club proud. Fingers crossed for the team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 The 1st problem with the FA Cup is that the “reward” is well below what clubs (Prem) can get in the league. So it’s of little surprise it’s not really a priority. Had winning it guaranteed a Champions League place then it would have cemented the competition at the top of the table (I am right in saying the Champions League is an amalgamation of the European and Cup winners cup?). The 2nd issue is being stuck on terrestrial TV, having ITV show it is the worst of all worlds - The top clubs guarantee an audience, so we end up with the glam tie of Spurs Vs Burnley rather than seeing the real prospect of a giant killing, such as Gills vs Blades (The BBC was also guilty of this, but not to the same extent). Im not saying Sky would be any better to the scheduling, but an open competition for the rights might raise the revenue and value of the competition- directly benefiting all clubs if win bonuses and appearance fees go up. One radical change I would make, is to schedule the mens and women’s finals to happen on the same weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, Barrs Court Red said: The 1st problem with the FA Cup is that the “reward” is well below what clubs (Prem) can get in the league. So it’s of little surprise it’s not really a priority. Had winning it guaranteed a Champions League place then it would have cemented the competition at the top of the table (I am right in saying the Champions League is an amalgamation of the European and Cup winners cup?). The 2nd issue is being stuck on terrestrial TV, having ITV show it is the worst of all worlds - The top clubs guarantee an audience, so we end up with the glam tie of Spurs Vs Burnley rather than seeing the real prospect of a giant killing, such as Gills vs Blades (The BBC was also guilty of this, but not to the same extent). Im not saying Sky would be any better to the scheduling, but an open competition for the rights might raise the revenue and value of the competition- directly benefiting all clubs if win bonuses and appearance fees go up. One radical change I would make, is to schedule the mens and women’s finals to happen on the same weekend. Agree 100% about giving the winners a champions League spot I would also give one the the League cup winners Award WINNERS not 3rd and 4th place teams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 On 05/01/2024 at 22:20, cidercity1987 said: Hey Mr Pedantic, are you comparing the number of UK viewers of the darts to the number of Worldwide viewers of a PL game. Not a correct comparison, obviously. Hey, I was responding to someone who said more people watched the darts final on tv ‘than any football game’ - clearly incorrect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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