Friday night FOOTBALL!!!!! (2016/17-2018/19 TV rights)

Azza · 12 Dec 2014 at 16:08

Coming to a TV screen near you.

Seasons between start of 2016 to 2019 - 168 live games (up from 154), possibly 10 Friday night matches.

Still no Saturday 3PM kick offs will be shown in the UK.

Free to air highlights is up for bidding as well... because we all want to see The Premiership on ITV again.

Andybtsn · 12 Dec 2014 at 16:10

I don't mind it how it is with Championship games starting off the weekend of football on a Friday. Monday matches always seem far away and don't feel part of the weekend football, I'd like to see them scrapped.

nemtizz · 12 Dec 2014 at 17:54

****e for fans actually going to games.

Caseh · 12 Dec 2014 at 18:13

nemtizz said:
****e for fans actually going to games.

When I'm at the match I don't care what people at home are doing.

nemtizz · 12 Dec 2014 at 18:33

Stewy · 12 Dec 2014 at 18:55

Don't think it's that bad for fans, just go after work on a Friday night, rugby has been on a Friday for ages.

toshj · 12 Dec 2014 at 18:59

Stewy said:
Don't think it's that bad for fans, just go after work on a Friday night, rugby has been on a Friday for ages.

It's difficult to get to away games after work. Similar with getting home afterwards. Moving a game from 3pm to an evening time slot means getting a train home afterwards can be impossible from certain cities and locations.

Also, with train tickets being able to be booked in advance of the selecting of TV matches, fans can lose out on money. Certainly happened to me a few times.

Akashi90 · 12 Dec 2014 at 19:02

Stewy said:
Don't think it's that bad for fans, just go after work on a Friday night, rugby has been on a Friday for ages.

I agree with you..

Purdy · 12 Dec 2014 at 19:35

If they dump monday night games it'd be better for most fans surely

Moothead2 · 12 Dec 2014 at 19:41

Just swap the Monday night games to Friday. It suffers from the same 'Weekday' issues as Monday games but at least you can go out afterwards or not worry about getting up for work the next day after getting home at midnight.

My main issue is the constant rescheduling of games. Living where I do, I cant just nip up to Birmingham for the afternoon. Hotels can be a big issue but luckily I can get cheap boat and train tickets down. Would be much worse otherwise.

Azza · 12 Dec 2014 at 20:19

There's still going to be Monday matches.

HangTime · 12 Dec 2014 at 22:04

I'd be happy with Friday night games.

nemtizz · 13 Dec 2014 at 02:39

toshj said:
It's difficult to get to away games after work. Similar with getting home afterwards. Moving a game from 3pm to an evening time slot means getting a train home afterwards can be impossible from certain cities and locations.

Also, with train tickets being able to be booked in advance of the selecting of TV matches, fans can lose out on money. Certainly happened to me a few times.

This is pretty much what I should have said, but I'm lazy and retarded.

Azza · 15 Dec 2014 at 11:44

No more BBC Football League Show... Channel 5 are going to be given rights to show highlights starting from next season. The program will be aired at 9PM on a Saturday evening. Which is a great time to be honest. Better than after MOTD on BBC.

rossk26 · 15 Dec 2014 at 11:47

I'm pro Friday night games, the more football on TV the better!

I still enjoy Monday night games too, it's something to look forward to after a terrible day at work

Cosimo · 16 Dec 2014 at 06:54

Channel 5 expected to be awarded the rights to show highlights to the Football League next season and show them at 9pm on Saturday night:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...-Football-League-highlights-to-Channel-5.html

Azza · 16 Dec 2014 at 07:15

Henry has retired from football and jumped straight onto the TV bandwagon - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...Sky-as-football-pundit-in-deal-worth-25m.html

That's a lot of money! :eek:

This sort of cash being paid for him, maybe they will try to force BT from having more live games than they should have after the CL bid.

Raymond Lin · 16 Dec 2014 at 07:26

Seeing Champions league on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Europa on Thursdays, the only teams that is left to play on Friday are the mid to bottom half of the table.

That's a lot of Villa and Spurs matches on Friday then.

Lord-Jaffa · 16 Dec 2014 at 09:18

They are trying so hard to get around the no 3pm televised games, just scrap it please and give us coverage of every single game every week.

Admiral Huddy · 16 Dec 2014 at 09:43

Really? Who actually runs the PM? Sky or the FA?..

I find i extremely hypocritical that the FA insists that all games are played at the same time on the last day. I'm still convinced playing at different times does have an impact on results.

Can we just go back to Saturday 3pm KO's please. I hate all these different times. Might be alright if you're in your arm chair but going to the lane on a late Saturday or Sunday ******* eats in to your evening. I don't get back home 'till well gone 7pm on a Sunday.