Premier League

[Mattyblue]

Why were there two 2pm games yesterday? As far as I could see there were no European games involving those four teams the preceding midweek?

[MarkBRFC]

10 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Why were there two 2pm games yesterday? As far as I could see there were no European games involving those four teams the preceding midweek?

The one with Forest was because of the Cricket at Trent Bridge on Saturday, Chelsea being the originally selected sky game.

Edited 4 hours ago by MarkBRFC

[Mattyblue]

Nice Sky carve up there between two competitions they show…

Edited 4 hours ago by Mattyblue

[arbitro]

45 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

To be fair that was announced ages ago that they would be showing all Sunday 2pm games from this season onwards, these aren't extra games being moved for TV they are showing the ones moved to Sunday's anyway due to clubs playing in Europe the prior Thursday.

Also last season when the new Championship TV deal came into place there was plenty of Fridays and Mondays that had live Prem and Championship football on at the same time.

If I remember correctly one of the games that were shown simultaneously in recent times was on the red button. Yesterday there were two full teams of outside broadcast crew, producers and all the other associated staff plus two commentators, co commentators and studio experts.

No wonder Sky subscriptions are going up.

[MarkBRFC]

3 minutes ago, arbitro said:

If I remember correctly one of the games that were shown simultaneously in recent times was on the red button. Yesterday there were two full teams of outside broadcast crew, producers and all the other associated staff plus two commentators, co commentators and studio experts.

No wonder Sky subscriptions are going up.

When there has been multiple 2pm Prem games on a Sunday in past seasons due to sides playing in Europe the Thursday prior, Sky have only ever shown the game they originally selected, which at times didn't even feature a side in Europe,

None of the others have ever been shown on the red button.

[chaddyrovers]

56 minutes ago, arbitro said:

If I remember correctly one of the games that were shown simultaneously in recent times was on the red button. Yesterday there were two full teams of outside broadcast crew, producers and all the other associated staff plus two commentators, co commentators and studio experts.

No wonder Sky subscriptions are going up.

And all those extra viewers being able to watch their team via TV cos they game was moved for European competitions 

[roversfan99]

Having 7 EFL games all on simultaneously but on Sky - totally justifiable (for reasons as of yet unspecified)

Teams moving games because they are playing European football but on TNT - the real issue

[arbitro]

23 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

And all those extra viewers being able to watch their team via TV cos they game was moved for European competitions 

What about a neutral who has paid to watch live games but two are on simultaneously? 

Advertising a minimum of 215 live matches but you can't watch them all because some are televised at the same time.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/13019562/sky-sports-to-show-215-premier-league-games-a-season-from-2025-26

[MarkBRFC]

58 minutes ago, arbitro said:

What about a neutral who has paid to watch live games but two are on simultaneously? 

Advertising a minimum of 215 live matches but you can't watch them all because some are televised at the same time.

This is there answer to that...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/aug/12/sky-sports-launches-multiview-in-revamp-of-premier-league-coverage

Not something I would ever watch, but still.

Edited 1 hour ago by MarkBRFC

[arbitro]

7 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

This is there answer to that...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/aug/12/sky-sports-launches-multiview-in-revamp-of-premier-league-coverage

Brilliant - watching four games at once, that is a deal clincher. 😂

[Mattyblue]

But, but the NFL!