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[Football] Shock! Horror! Premier League 2 club chooses to live stream play-off semi-final



AZ Gull

AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
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Chandler, AZ
Strange happenings in the Midlands this evening where Aston Villa have decided to live stream yet another of the fixtures of their U-23 side, allowing fans to witness the youngsters coming through the academy system, striving to provide an exciting and successful end to the season. Absolute madness; you wouldn't catch our club doing that.

For anyone interested in finding out who the Albion U-23s will face in the Premier League 2 play-off final, you can watch for yourself (yep; you don't even need to be an Aston Villa season ticket holder, be a subscriber to Villains TV or provide evidence that you once travelled to Birmingham).

If you wish to actually SEE the play-off final, and you aren't able to travel to the Amex, you will be hoping that Villa win this evening so that they host the final and stream the game live.

If you are one of the lucky few hundred who could make the final in person, you will be hoping that Reading win so that the Amex hosts the grand finale.

Link to enlightened club's website with live stream - LIVE STREAM: Watch our U23s contest their PL2 Play-Off semi-final
 




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Oct 8, 2003
49,867
Faversham
AZ Gull said:
Strange happenings in the Midlands this evening where Aston Villa have decided to live stream yet another of the fixtures of their U-23 side, allowing fans to witness the youngsters coming through the academy system, striving to provide an exciting and successful end to the season. Absolute madness; you wouldn't catch our club doing that.

For anyone interested in finding out who the Albion U-23s will face in the Premier League 2 play-off final, you can watch for yourself (yep; you don't even need to be an Aston Villa season ticket holder, be a subscriber to Villains TV or provide evidence that you once travelled to Birmingham).

If you wish to actually SEE the play-off final, and you aren't able to travel to the Amex, you will be hoping that Villa win this evening so that they host the final and stream the game live.

If you are one of the lucky few hundred who could make the final in person, you will be hoping that Reading win so that the Amex hosts the grand finale.

Link to enlightened club's website with live stream - LIVE STREAM: Watch our U23s contest their PL2 Play-Off semi-final
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I'd like to pretend that I can follow all that.....:shrug:
 


















GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
46,711
Gloucester
AZ Gull said:
Strange happenings in the Midlands this evening where Aston Villa have decided to live stream yet another of the fixtures of their U-23 side, allowing fans to witness the youngsters coming through the academy system, striving to provide an exciting and successful end to the season. Absolute madness; you wouldn't catch our club doing that.
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Absolute nonsense, isn't it - wtf are Villa playing at? Never mind a free live stream, sensible clubs like Albion even charge you to watch the highlights of U23s matches (though in a shameful example of sex discrimination, you can watch the highlights of Albion ladies without subscribing)..
 


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chrispyk

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AZ Gull said:
Strange happenings in the Midlands this evening where Aston Villa have decided to live stream yet another of the fixtures of their U-23 side, allowing fans to witness the youngsters coming through the academy system, striving to provide an exciting and successful end to the season. Absolute madness; you wouldn't catch our club doing that.

For anyone interested in finding out who the Albion U-23s will face in the Premier League 2 play-off final, you can watch for yourself (yep; you don't even need to be an Aston Villa season ticket holder, be a subscriber to Villains TV or provide evidence that you once travelled to Birmingham).

If you wish to actually SEE the play-off final, and you aren't able to travel to the Amex, you will be hoping that Villa win this evening so that they host the final and stream the game live.

If you are one of the lucky few hundred who could make the final in person, you will be hoping that Reading win so that the Amex hosts the grand finale.

Link to enlightened club's website with live stream - LIVE STREAM: Watch our U23s contest their PL2 Play-Off semi-final
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I was able to watch them play last season on iplayer. Maybe with the new ifollow they don't allow under 23 live matches:shrug:
 


Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009
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chrispyk said:
I was able to watch them play last season on iplayer. Maybe with the new ifollow they don't allow under 23 live matches:shrug:
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The answer is on the Tony Bloom forum thread, something about not being able to show streams when there's a Prem game on or something.
 








GT49er

GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
46,711
Gloucester
Thunder Bolt said:
The answer is on the Tony Bloom forum thread, something about not being able to show streams when there's a Prem game on or something.
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Play them when there isn't a PL game on then. It's not rocket science! I'm sure there's a computer programme somewhere which will let them know if there's a PL match on on a particular night...............
 




AZ Gull

AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,700
Chandler, AZ
chrispyk said:
I was able to watch them play last season on iplayer. Maybe with the new ifollow they don't allow under 23 live matches:shrug:
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Thunder Bolt said:
The answer is on the Tony Bloom forum thread, something about not being able to show streams when there's a Prem game on or something.
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I know for a fact off the top of my head that Premier League teams Man Utd, Swansea and Southampton have screened U-23 PL2 matches this season, plus Palace who play in the PDL2. Championship Villa also screen their matches.

There is also the fact that Albion made an abortive attempt to live stream the home fixture against Blackburn Rovers on Monday October 16, the same night that Leicester City hosted WBA on Sky.

I'm not going to call Tony Bloom or [MENTION=561]Insider[/MENTION] liars, because I don't know the full facts of what the club can and can't do, but let's just say that if they had wanted to stream the matches this season (as they have in the past), they could have done.
 


AZ Gull

AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,700
Chandler, AZ
tiberious said:
Stop letting the facts get in the way of a good whinge.....
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They certainly aren't the full facts, as the one game Albion DID try to stream this season was played on a night when a Premier League fixture was being shown live on TV.
 


tiberious

tiberious

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Nov 3, 2009
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The earth
AZ Gull said:
They certainly aren't the full facts, as the one game Albion DID try to stream this season was played on a night when a Premier League fixture was being shown live on TV.
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ok i'll admit my post was just a bit of fun as i do not know the whole facts .. so actually what I said was correct.. but just for me :)
 










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