itv AGAIN

[Deleted member 1466]

they have picked ipswich v swansea as the main game for the championship this weekend over the steel city derby

seriously, who lets them have football?

 

[Hartyblade]

They also pick swansea v fulham in FA cup for live game anyways

 

[Kev Gee]

they have picked ipswich v swansea as the main game for the championship this weekend over the steel city derby

seriously, who lets them have football?

Someone from Ipswich or Swansea i suppose?

 

[Robbie]

I see your point

However, they have the chance of showing 2 footballing teams play each other.... only people in Sheffield really care about our game.

 

[TonyAgana]

I see your point

However, they have the chance of showing 2 footballing teams play each other.... only people in Sheffield really care about our game.

I think you're wrong mate.

 

[Robbie]

I think you're wrong mate.

You would

 

[Sensiblade]

People outside Sheffield might not care about Us & wendy playing each other, but i'd think/hope even less people care about Ipswich & Swansea playing each other.

 

[BuryStEdmundsBlade]

Typical!

 

[Robbie]

People outside Sheffield might not care about Us & wendy playing each other, but i'd think/hope even less people care about Ipswich & Swansea playing each other.

That's a good point....

But if any of the last few derbies are to go by - I don't expect anyone would wanna see them as they've not been good spectacles for the neutral, never mind the Blades (however the last one at BDTBL was a cliffhanger)

 

[TonyAgana]

You would

Ha! Nah, seriously, I work in Leeds, mostly with Leeds fans, but others also - Bradford, Halifax Town, Liverpool, Man City - all have asked me why the feff it isn't on Sky.

 

[salmonbones]

The contract ITV have says they must show a 3pm kick off as the featured game i'm told

 

[Linz]

The contract ITV have says they must show a 3pm kick off as the featured game i'm told

I suppose it's all down to the rights etc.

Our game is also been shown on some foreign channel apparently, so ITV might not have been able to get the rights to nick their feed or space to position their cameras for it to be a featured match.

Dunno.

The reason it isn't on Sky is because the one at the Sty was... anyway, who'd want to watch us when there's the thriller of Man City v. Boro?

 

[jodman]

I see your point

However, they have the chance of showing 2 footballing teams play each other.... only people in Sheffield really care about our game.

Taken from the sky sports championship preview; it would appear that someone working at sky thinks that our game with Wednesday is pretty high profile:

"Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday's Steel City derby tops the bill amid a full programme of Championship fixtures this weekend.

The South Yorkshire pair go head-to-head at Bramall Lane with fourth-placed United seeking revenge after Wednesday claimed a 1-0 scalp in their meeting last October."

Link: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11688_4900891,00.html

 

[Kev Gee]

I dont think that the Derby is given as much coverage as it should do by the National press.

 

[happyhippy]

Not sure that we're being covered elsewhere Linz. Looking at the most reliable peer-to-peer site which may or may not be legal in various states of the world, nobody is covering our match live.