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[Football] Shock! Horror! Premier League 2 club chooses to live stream play-off semi-final
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skipper734
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That's saved the bean counters a few quid. 
It'll lose them a few quid more like. If it's on Villa TV a lot of us will be watching, without the bean-counters getting a penny from us. They won't be able to charge STHs a fiver to get into The Amex, and there'll be transport costs getting the team and the support staff up to Birmingham and back. And it's an away match, so less chance of getting to division 1 next season.That's saved the bean counters a few quid.
Lose/lose for the bean-counters.
Peter Grummit
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Villa also made the game free to attend for STHs, whereas the Albion charged a fiver.
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Frankie
Put him in the curry
I’m probably missing the obvious here but why are the club seemingly obliged to be showing the U23 games in the first place ?
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
Final at Villa, will they let BHA STH in for free do you think?
Horton's halftime iceberg
Blooming Marvellous
No I have always been charged, only way I know if you could ask any of the players or people that work at the club invloved if they have any comps.
I may be wrong but.......... wasn't it supposed to be part of the deal when people subscribed to "seagull player" or whatever it's title is nowerdays ? But then again, pre season friendlies were intimated to be shown on player but weren't? My £45.00 just entitles me to a few recorded interviews and match highlights so not great value really especially as I tend to ignore games we get beat in!!
Horton's halftime iceberg
Blooming Marvellous
For a while it was compulsary as a term for joining the Premier league U23 leagues. We broadcast them when we had to, the club have everything set up, and they show extensive highlights on the Seagulls Player. Its not so much as are they obliged now, as to why they don't bother after putting in so much effort to set it up. We are now a multi million pound genereating club, it seems logical this is one of the many services we should offer (and have as a paid feature of segulls world).
AZ Gull
@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
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When the club were marketing Seagulls TV last summer, they specifically referred to the live screening of U-23 matches and FA Youth Cup matches - WATCH PRE-SEASON LIVE ON SEAGULLS TV!:-
(And, just for context, for the last few seasons the club has streamed most if not all of the home U-23 matches and any FA Youth Cup matches staged at the Amex).
Personally, this was a major reason for subscribing to Seagulls TV for this season.
The explanations (such as they are) offered this season for not providing this coverage seem inconsistent and factually challenged.
But, apart from any obligation per se, it is frustrating that many other clubs seem willing to broadcast these matches, often free to everyone (not just club TV subscribers), and yet Albion have taken a backward step and STOPPED offering this coverage.
AZ Gull
@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
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As mentioned earlier, I believe the final is due to take place some time over this coming weekend (May 4 - 7).
Aston Villa play the U-23 Premier League Cup Final on Friday May 4 - Premier League Cup Final: Date set for Villa U23s' showdown with Swansea
That would suggest that the play-off final could well be set for Monday May 7 (but no official word yet).
Frankie
Put him in the curry
Thank you for replies , iv'e had a look at Ifollow's generic terms and conditions dated 6th April 2017 , and whilst being pretty vague on the actual coverage (section 2.3 in the document) , you will get for your money i can't find anything in the document that says the U23 games would be streamed , perhaps the club itself was mislead into what they were getting , it's difficult to tell from the outside exactly what's transpired , i'm erring on the side of the club here for no other reason than i trust their integrity more than i do Ifollow , who from a brief delve into their business have had thousands of mis sold product complaints from fans from many clubs concerning this matter , though strangely some clubs fans seem to have benefited from the subscription looking at the feedback .
The old version of Seagulls Player was not perfect but it was infinitely more fan friendly when it came to the U23s and looking at the content pretty much everything else about it was better , without knowing for sure i'm guessing the club had to use this new system ? can't imagine they would have gone into this if they didn't have to , i'm not sure anybody will renew their subscription for a basic non service , as i know i wouldn't until it delivered what it being Ifollow or the club promised . I will watch with interest in the close season to see if this matter is looked into any further , the U23s and Women's teams are doing fantastically well and it would be nice to actually see how they're progressing a little more than just 2 minutes of goals only highlights .