Rumour - BBC want to show first game at the AMEX live

[sir albion]

No way should this be live and it should be a day for our fans end of,camera's can come another time

Saturday 3pm end of

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!! Just realised Im goıng to be ın the UK August 6th!!!!!!! Now Im absolutely desperate to get a ticket!!!!!! Someone tell me we'll be able to buy tickets!!!

 

[Springal]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!! Just realised Im goıng to be ın the UK August 6th!!!!!!! Now Im absolutely desperate to get a ticket!!!!!! Someone tell me we'll be able to buy tickets!!!

900 up for grabs...

 

[Marshy]

Sunday lunch time

 

[simmo]

erm what if we are away from home on aug 6th ? is it set in stone that we are at home . Cant imagine any fixture fixing at HQ

I think it is isn't it? We have played away from home first game for the last x number of seasons because of Pride being on that weekend. Now they have moved Pride to the week after (13th Aug) so we can play the first game of the season at home. They (BHA/Police etc.) can arrange this type of things with the football league i.e BHA (h) 6th Aug, (a) 13th Aug. The way the fixtures come out isn't totally random.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

900 up for grabs...

How do I get one... suppose this is pay at the gate (I know this has been all done before but I missed it as I didnt expect to be there)

 

[8ace]

How do I get one... suppose this is pay at the gate (I know this has been all done before but I missed it as I didnt expect to be there)

Don't think anything has been announced yet.

 

[sir albion]

How do I get one... suppose this is pay at the gate (I know this has been all done before but I missed it as I didnt expect to be there)

You queue up with about 10,000 other people that day

 

[Springal]

Nothing announced, but club said they have been including the last few home and away games as 'loyalty points' so if I was you, I'd at least get registered on the club site to get a fan number. No announcement but will be tight, certainly not pay on the door

 

[glasfryn]

f*** the rest of the world, this is the day that Albion fans have been waiting years for.

what about all the ex-pat Albion supporters then?

 

[beorhthelm]

...That would be much more of an interest to a TV company than say Barnsley v Coventry that could also be a fixture on that day for example.

but would it be more intersting than say West Ham v Forest? depends on the fixtures of course, and dont know how they decide exactly what game is on telly. sort of thing that makes the featured game in the highlights.

erm what if we are away from home on aug 6th ? is it set in stone that we are at home . Cant imagine any fixture fixing at HQ

its a given as gay parade has moved. theres a fair bit of jiggery pokery after the fixtures computer does its stuff, theres a feature on the BBC sport about it. they can't program in all the exceptions and conflicts with things outside football.

 

[8ace]

what about all the ex-pat Albion supporters then?

They are not "the rest of the world" are they?

 

[MJsGhost]

For all those saying that 3pm on Sat should be non-negotiable because it's a day that should be 'for the fans', have you considered that there are perhaps one or two more fans than can actually fit inside the stadium?

I 100% agree that Friday or Sunday would be utterly crap and Sat lunchtime would not be great either, but can't see why those fortunate enough to go would have a problem with a 5.45 KO on the Saturday.

We get our awesome new home showcased on national telly - all the Nigels will be watching, green with envy and the tens of thousands of our fans who can't get tickets will be able to watch it live and get a sense of the occasion we all deserve to enjoy - not just the lucky few with tickets.

And the downside? Having to wait 165 more minutes to finally see us in our brand new home. I think after all we've been through, another 165 minutes to allow every Brighton fan a chance to share the moment is a price worth paying.

 

[7:18]

the fact the game would be broadcast properly on television also means we could have a proper quality DVD done for the first match...FANTASTIC MEMENTO!

 

[simmo]

but would it be more intersting than say West Ham v Forest? depends on the fixtures of course, and dont know how they decide exactly what game is on telly. sort of thing that makes the featured game in the highlights

I agree, but the Championship kicks off a week earlier than the Premiership and there are at a minimum three and maybe even four live games on that weekend (I am sure there was at least 3 this season). Friday night, Sat (or Sun) lunchtime, Sat evening, Sun afternoon as potential TV slots (the BBC has always shown a game the first weekend and Sky a minuimum of 2). As there are only 12 fixtures to choose from, there would have to be a lot of tasty fixtures for a TV company not to be interested in us. I think it more likely than not given the fact of the new stadium and runaway div 1 champions that we will be on the box live on either the BBC or Sky.

 

[glasfryn]

For all those saying that 3pm on Sat should be non-negotiable because it's a day that should be 'for the fans', have you considered that there are perhaps one or two more fans than can actually fit inside the stadium?

I 100% agree that Friday or Sunday would be utterly crap and Sat lunchtime would not be great either, but can't see why those fortunate enough to go would have a problem with a 5.45 KO on the Saturday.

We get our awesome new home showcased on national telly - all the Nigels will be watching, green with envy and the tens of thousands of our fans who can't get tickets will be able to watch it live and get a sense of the occasion we all deserve to enjoy - not just the lucky few with tickets.

And the downside? Having to wait 165 more minutes to finally see us in our brand new home. I think after all we've been through, another 165 minutes to allow every Brighton fan a chance to share the moment is a price worth paying.

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[Pantani]

For all those saying that 3pm on Sat should be non-negotiable because it's a day that should be 'for the fans', have you considered that there are perhaps one or two more fans than can actually fit inside the stadium?

I 100% agree that Friday or Sunday would be utterly crap and Sat lunchtime would not be great either, but can't see why those fortunate enough to go would have a problem with a 5.45 KO on the Saturday.

We get our awesome new home showcased on national telly - all the Nigels will be watching, green with envy and the tens of thousands of our fans who can't get tickets will be able to watch it live and get a sense of the occasion we all deserve to enjoy - not just the lucky few with tickets.

And the downside? Having to wait 165 more minutes to finally see us in our brand new home. I think after all we've been through, another 165 minutes to allow every Brighton fan a chance to share the moment is a price worth paying.

Very much this. 5:45 Saturday on the BBC, everybody's happy.

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

The BBC have lost the rights from the 2012/13 season, so will still show games next season.

There is NO WAY the first game will be on a Friday night. The whole reason for requesting a home game on the 6th and moving Gay Day was to avoid the possibility of having the first game as a midweek League Cup game and the associated trialling of the possible transport problems. I presume Sunday's could have similar problems.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

what about all the ex-pat Albion supporters then?

f*** us. Apparently.

 

[severnside gull]

The last bit, in brackets, kind of spoils the argument..

I know but you have to be honest don't you