BBC not mentioning the albion much?

[GingerBeerMan]

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.

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?

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

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?

Just checked on my mobile phone and it's the fourth story on the Championship page.

It's also a featured story on the desktop site. Your screen shot doesn't show the featured stories on the right hand side.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

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

Biggest idiot on football related tele

 

[Rowdey]

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.

I heard that too.. Best wishes to Paul Robinson etc..

 

[Curious Orange]

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)

They showed the goal and everything on the football roundup on the 10 o'clock news just before MOTD. That is national exposure if you ask me.

 

[El Presidente]

I couldn't give two hoots about the BBC coverage. We're in the playoffs against all the odds which is an amazing feeling yet some people want to act the victim.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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?

If you had looked a couple of hours earlier, you would have found Nottm Forest v Brighton on the main headline page not just the sports/football page.

 

[BHAFC_Pandapops]

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

Aye, we were. Any mention of Brighton on National News always feels surreal but in a good way.

 

[vegster]

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.

I'm still tuned to BBC South and a couple of weeks ago all the Championship talk was of Bournemouth and Reading and what "amazing and fantastic " seasons they had had and that there was "still time for them both to make that final push for a playoff spot...." with an add on of " oh, and Brighton are close too "

Well, they can stick their Bournemouth and reading up their a@@@s now !

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

How dare the BBC Championship page not mention Brighton!

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

 

[CaptainDaveUK]

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.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

How dare the BBC Championship page not mention Brighton!

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

I didn't see the thing on the right when I was looking for the Brighton result. Everyone knows eyes divert to the left on web pages, that's why navigation is usually near the left. Put us on the right, and no-one will see it. I know what the BBC are playing at now, and it's 100% a conspiracy there's no way around it.

 

[Trevor]

When you have a manager who is a media-loving gobsh!te you get more attention. Don't worry about it too much

 

[Wrong-Direction]

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.

F*** um I like being the underdogs!