F.A Cup Televised games announced........

[crodonilson]

The two Live FA Cup Second Round Proper replays and two of the Live Third Round ties have been confirmed.

Notts County's replay with Kettering Town and AFC Bournemouth's trip to Blyth Spartans will both be broadcast live on Setanta Sports 1. Each of the four clubs will receive £40,000 from The FA's Broadcast Fund.

Meanwhile, Liverpool's Third Round Proper tie against Preston North End at Deepdale will be broadcast live on ITV1 on 3 January 2009 and Southampton's home Third Round clash with Manchester United will be broadcast on 4 January on Setanta Sports 1.

These four clubs will each receive £160,000 from The FA's Broadcast Fund.

The Second Round Proper replay TV Selections

Wednesday 10 December 2008
7.45pm on Setanta Sports 1
Kettering Town v Notts County

Tuesday 16 December 2008
7.45pm on Setanta Sports 1
Blyth Spartans v AFC Bournemouth

The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
Third Round Proper
Winning clubs will receive £75,000 from The FA
Each club will receive £160,000 from The FA's Broadcast Fund

The Third Round Proper TV Selections

Saturday 3 January 2009
5.25pm on ITV1
Preston North End v Liverpool

Sunday 4 January 2009
4.00pm on Setanta Sports 1
Southampton v Manchester United

 

[saltash seagull]

so what a choice for the viewing public on the 16th !

shrewsbury v brighton
blyth v bournemouth

 

[Easy 10]

Personally I'd like to have seen Macclesfield v Everton. But I suppose televising manure is the LAW isn't it.

 

[Scotty Mac]

preston v liverpool could be pretty interesting

 

[supaseagull]

I do wish the likes of ITV would stop showing games that are going to involve and where the money goes to the big four...They get enough money from TV rights later on in the tournament.

Why not have a couple of smaller team being shown so that both can benefit from the TV revenue!

 

[Cecil]

Personally I'd like to have seen Macclesfield v Everton. But I suppose televising manure is the LAW isn't it.

Macclesfield would have liked the dosh for that.......

 

[Badger]

The FA Cup has moved to different channels yet they still insist on continuing along the same lines as the BBC by showing pretty much every Man Utd game.

 

[Don Quixote]

The FA Cup has moved to different channels yet they still insist on continuing along the same lines as the BBC by showing pretty much every Man Utd game.

it's basically because there are alot of man utd fans in the courtry. Therefore more people will watch it.

 

[saltash seagull]

i think from what i saw of stockport them against villa could be intresting if the conditions are dodgy,they are a big physical team and if it's wet and windy could be a good game

 

[ATFC Seagull]

I do wish the likes of ITV would stop showing games that are going to involve and where the money goes to the big four...They get enough money from TV rights later on in the tournament.

Why not have a couple of smaller team being shown so that both can benefit from the TV revenue!

We've been through this before!!

Because TV is a business and die-hard football league fans are not the main customer base - particularly when in round 3, the majority of them will be at matches!!

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Sky sports still aint announced theres?

 

[Wozza]

preston v liverpool could be pretty interesting

Ooooh, Mark Lawrenson will love that, what with it being his two former clubs and all.

 

[Taybha]

what utter bollocks! Man Utd on the box dont see that very often do Ya! wankers like they need the tv money

 

[supaseagull]

We've been through this before!!

Because TV is a business and die-hard football league fans are not the main customer base - particularly when in round 3, the majority of them will be at matches!!

Oh here we go again...

...I just voiced my opinion as to what I thought SHOULD happen but I forgot that I'm not allowed to do that am I?

 

[Djmiles]

Sky sports still aint announced theres?

Didn't they lose their rights along with BBC?

 

[Paxton Dazo]

f*** knows mate, i try not to get to involved in all that shit.

We're not on TV:yahoo:

SATURDAY 3 O CLOCK

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Oh here we go again...

...I just voiced my opinion as to what I thought SHOULD happen but I forgot that I'm not allowed to do that am I?

Sorry, didn't mean to come accross grumpy!

Wasn't directed at you at all, just that this is a common debate!

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Yes, but speaking as a neutral (which the majority of lower league fans now are, as their teams are out) there is NO chance of me making an effort to watch Man United or Liverpool in the FA Cup 3rd round. I can see them every weekend on Match of the Day, or most Sunday's live on sky. I want to see something where there is not only a chance of an upset, it's between two teams that wouldn't usually be matched together. Noone wants to see Liverpool bore their way to victory at tedious Preston, or United's reserves dominate Southampton. As Easy 10 said, Macclesfield v Everton is one I would definitely have shown, as well as Stockport v Villa and Bournemouth or Blyth v Blackburn.

I agree with you, but I think the likes of me and you are in the minority!

The majority of armchair fans I think would prefer to watch "big" teams play each other. I think the majority of lower league fans (who I agree would have a similar view to yours) ARE either still in the cup (about half of the Lge 1-2 teams must still be), or playing a league game - and are not necessarily planning a weekend in front of the TV.

Edit - done maths and that should be a quarter!!

 

[Southwick_Seagull]

what utter bollocks! Man Utd on the box dont see that very often do Ya! wankers like they need the tv money

But Southampton do