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[Football] Saturday 1st May Gameweek - all games 3pm Saturday



Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,853
Brighton
I don't dare to dream this is accurate, but it seems a bit late for announcing changes for TV - surely this is normally done far earlier?

Anyone know what's going on? Checked the Prem website and has no TV channels listed for the games. Would love to see it - a fantastic old school Match of the Day. We're AT HOME against Leeds.
 
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Official Old Man

Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull
Aug 27, 2011
8,559
Brighton
Waiting to see if the Big 6 are still in?
Thing is, where is the fan power in getting fixture dates released early enough to sort train tickets etc.
It may be no crowds but it's a bank holiday weekend and I've staff rotas to do. Which day do I need off?
Also, with teams flying in and out on the day, these flights need organising as well.
One thing 100%, Man Utd v Liverpool 4:30 Sunday. Work backwards from there. My guess is BHA v Leeds is well down the list so BT and 12:00 Saturday.
 




Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,853
Brighton
I remember the good times said:
Waiting to see if the Big 6 are still in?
Thing is, where is the fan power in getting fixture dates released early enough to sort train tickets etc.
It may be no crowds but it's a bank holiday weekend and I've staff rotas to do. Which day do I need off?
Also, with teams flying in and out on the day, these flights need organising as well.
One thing 100%, Man Utd v Liverpool 4:30 Sunday. Work backwards from there. My guess is BHA v Leeds is well down the list so BT and 12:00 Saturday.
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I’m just confused why it’s so late. Isn’t TV announced usually a minimum of 2/3 weeks in advance?
 




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spoonie

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Apr 19, 2011
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sky and BT congratulating themselves about saving the game for the fans and still we wait to find of kick off time for a game in just over a weeks time - what a joke.
 




Guinness Boy

Guinness Boy

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Jul 23, 2003
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Up and Coming Sunny Portslade
I remember the good times said:
Waiting to see if the Big 6 are still in?
Thing is, where is the fan power in getting fixture dates released early enough to sort train tickets etc.
It may be no crowds but it's a bank holiday weekend and I've staff rotas to do. Which day do I need off?
Also, with teams flying in and out on the day, these flights need organising as well.
One thing 100%, Man Utd v Liverpool 4:30 Sunday. Work backwards from there. My guess is BHA v Leeds is well down the list so BT and 12:00 Saturday.
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Are you kidding? THE LEEDS are so enormously popular that it's actually their board who dictate kick off times. It will be whenever it can be syndicated to the darkest corners of Uzbekistan and Fiji and everyone else will have to fit in.
 


studio150

studio150

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Jul 30, 2011
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On the Border
Being moved to 18/19 May to allow another round of fixtures to have fans in ground, so that all teams get at least one home game with fans present?
 






Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,853
Brighton
studio150 said:
Being moved to 18/19 May to allow another round of fixtures to have fans in ground, so that all teams get at least one home game with fans present?
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I knew they were talking about moving a gameweek, didn't think it was this one?
 


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S'hampton Seagull

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Oct 12, 2003
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Southampton
Mellotron said:
I knew they were talking about moving a gameweek, didn't think it was this one?
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It's not, that is the penultimate game. So we will play Manchester Blues sometime that midweek before playing North London reds on the Sunday.

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Blue Valkyrie

Blue Valkyrie

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Sep 1, 2012
32,165
Valhalla
Mellotron said:
I knew they were talking about moving a gameweek, didn't think it was this one?
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It's not.

For us the Man City game is being moved to midweek, and the midweek West Ham game moved to when the Man City game was originally.
 




zefarelly

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Jul 7, 2003
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S'hampton Seagull said:
It's not, that is the penultimate game. So we will play Manchester Blues sometime that midweek before playing North London reds on the Sunday.

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I thought they'd been rebranded 'Manchester fukked up whites wash' when the filthy Lucre from Unilever came in ?

West Ham game should get prime time, they're the biggest team in London now.
 


Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,853
Brighton
S'hampton Seagull said:
It's not, that is the penultimate game. So we will play Manchester Blues sometime that midweek before playing North London reds on the Sunday.

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Blue Valkyrie said:
It's not.

For us the Man City game is being moved to midweek, and the midweek West Ham game moved to when the Man City game was originally.
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So again, I wonder why the extreme delay in sorting TV for the games on the 1st...haven't seen anything in the media about it at all. Just confused is all.
 


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Machiavelli

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Oct 11, 2013
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Fiveways
Mellotron said:
I’m just confused why it’s so late. Isn’t TV announced usually a minimum of 2/3 weeks in advance?
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From memory, it was 6 weeks in advance pre-CV. But that doesn't apply as the season draws to a close and the broadcasters want to situate those games with the most hanging on it in their prime slots. You're right that it is very late, but I reckon it's down to a combination of CV19/no-fans/travel and end of season.
 


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Iovan The Sweeper

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May 16, 2016
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Some of the recent fixture changes have been very short notice, so I imagine we will find out this week. The previous ones have also announced 2 or 3 weeks together, so I expect we will find out about the games on the 8th/9th May too (so our game vs. Wolves)
 




Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,853
Brighton
Machiavelli said:
From memory, it was 6 weeks in advance pre-CV. But that doesn't apply as the season draws to a close and the broadcasters want to situate those games with the most hanging on it in their prime slots. You're right that it is very late, but I reckon it's down to a combination of CV19/no-fans/travel and end of season.
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Thanks - I'll stop being boring now.

Just hope we're not around the bloody 8pm slot again, whichever night.
 




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