| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? 11:41 - Jun 15 with 1808 views | woodbridge_blue |
What a surprise....Burnley v Manchester City on the opening weekend, and immediately moved to the Friday night.
Get ready for fun and games if we are still in the Championship next season |  | | |  |
| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 11:48 - Jun 15 with 1721 views | J2BLUE |
Not sure it's Sky as much as the Prem. They blatantly manipulate the fixtures.
When Leeds went up they got Liverpool first game. |  |
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| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 11:49 - Jun 15 with 1716 views | Vaughan8 |
I may be totally wrong before looking it up, but when Man Utd kept winning the league ost years, i'm sure they got a promoted team first game most of the time....! | | | |
| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 11:52 - Jun 15 with 1675 views | JimmyJazz |
| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 11:49 - Jun 15 by Vaughan8 |
I may be totally wrong before looking it up, but when Man Utd kept winning the league ost years, i'm sure they got a promoted team first game most of the time....! |
Agree, it's some kind of unwritten fixture rule isn't it |  |
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| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 12:05 - Jun 15 with 1576 views | xrayspecs |
| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 11:52 - Jun 15 by JimmyJazz |
Agree, it's some kind of unwritten fixture rule isn't it |
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| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 12:05 - Jun 15 with 1576 views | xrayspecs |
| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 11:52 - Jun 15 by JimmyJazz |
Agree, it's some kind of unwritten fixture rule isn't it |
So Leeds, Saints or Leicester first up for Plymouth then? | | | |
| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 12:14 - Jun 15 with 1512 views | J2BLUE |
| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 12:05 - Jun 15 by xrayspecs |
So Leeds, Saints or Leicester first up for Plymouth then? |
No real need to manipulate the fixtures in Championship. It's filled with decent sized clubs so there's bound to be 2-3 decent games.
They do love a story in the Prem though. If Boro or Town go up next season then the opener of 24/25 will be against Man U. | |
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| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 12:20 - Jun 15 with 1471 views | the_toff |
| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 12:14 - Jun 15 by J2BLUE |
No real need to manipulate the fixtures in Championship. It's filled with decent sized clubs so there's bound to be 2-3 decent games.
They do love a story in the Prem though. If Boro or Town go up next season then the opener of 24/25 will be against Man U. |
I could see Leicester vs United opening game next season.
They'll make a big deal of McKenna going back to Old Trafford... | | | |
| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 12:31 - Jun 15 with 1404 views | SheffordBlue |
The Athletic did an article last summer looking at how they sorted out and while there is an element of randomness to it it did say that 'stakeholders' are consulted. As a major source of funds for the league the TV companies are key stakeholders so you'd think they'd be consulted. | |
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| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 12:40 - Jun 15 with 1333 views | brazil1982 |
| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 12:31 - Jun 15 by SheffordBlue |
The Athletic did an article last summer looking at how they sorted out and while there is an element of randomness to it it did say that 'stakeholders' are consulted. As a major source of funds for the league the TV companies are key stakeholders so you'd think they'd be consulted. |
Local police will review the fixtures in advance of publication too. |  | | |
| Sky TV in fixture manipulation shocker? on 12:56 - Jun 15 with 1235 views | SlippinJimmyJuan |
I'm surprised they have picked that for opening day - there will already be excitement for the start of the season and this game would generate a bit of buzz at any stage with the Kompany returns narrative. I think the last two seasons it has been Arsenal vs Brentford and Palace respectively, although I suppose the latter had the Vieira factor so maybe it's not that surprising. | |
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