BBC not mentioning the albion much?

Goldstone Rapper said:

I don't really see the problem here. What's happening to Brighton & Hove Albion may be important to all of us here. But a club securing 6th spot in a second tier league hardly merits wall to wall coverage on the BBC.

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GingerBeerMan said:

It's hardly 'wall to wall' coverage we want, here is the front page of the CHAMPIONSHIP section on the BBC website.Two articles for Birmingham and one for how Doncaster stayed up. Also links to 'irrelevent' games such as Millwall - Bournemouth and Leeds - Huddersfield (and not the Brighton one). I just wanted to check the Brighton write-up and was shocked I had to scroll to the Brighton section to see it. If Leeds/Forest etc scored a 92nd minute winner to secure a play-off spot do you think it wouldn't be mentioned?

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The Sock of Poskett said:

Mind you, Steve Claridge still managed to call us Reading once

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nwgull said:

I listened to Alan Brazil on Talk Sport the other morning. They were discussing whether or not Blackburn could overhaul the 7 goal deficit if Reading lost. There was no mention of an other team being in the mix; no wonder Reading fans thought they'd clinched 6th and invaded the pitch.

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chaileyjem said:

and as this thread points out http://www.northstandchat.com/showt...-have-just-featured-on-the-main-BBC-10PM-News! - there was a brief mention of the Albion on the national BBC 10pm news last night.
(NB: I work for the BBC which explains this rather over loyal (and quite dull) defence of what they're up to even though i don't work for the sport bit)

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GingerBeerMan said:

It's hardly 'wall to wall' coverage we want, here is the front page of the CHAMPIONSHIP section on the BBC website.Two articles for Birmingham and one for how Doncaster stayed up. Also links to 'irrelevent' games such as Millwall - Bournemouth and Leeds - Huddersfield (and not the Brighton one). I just wanted to check the Brighton write-up and was shocked I had to scroll to the Brighton section to see it. If Leeds/Forest etc scored a 92nd minute winner to secure a play-off spot do you think it wouldn't be mentioned?

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Goldstone Rapper said:

Weren't we included in the national news yesterday evening?

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Goldstone Rapper said:

I don't really see the problem here. What's happening to Brighton & Hove Albion may be important to all of us here. But a club securing 6th spot in a second tier league hardly merits wall to wall coverage on the BBC.

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Goldstone Rapper said:

How dare the BBC Championship page not mention Brighton!

Except it does feature us when you don't crop your screenshot.

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CaptainDaveUK said:

5Live was v disappointing, I was away from internet so was the only way to follow game by radio. They kept going from Birmingham game to Bolton and getting all excited that Blackburn now only needed so many goals and for Reading and Brighton to both lose. Even when Brighton scored they just said and there's been a goal at the Forest Brighton match and then waited 1/2 minute to tell us who. Guess in some ways it added to the suspense but overall pretty poor coverage and appeared they only wanted to talk about Reading, Blackburn and relegation scrap.

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