The Sport Thread

Worthwhile noting the Pick picks (Sorry) listed here .....

Wednesday 17 June
18:00 Aston Villa v Sheff Utd (Sky Sports)
20:15 Man City v Arsenal (Sky Sports)

Friday 19 June
18:00 Norwich City v Southampton (Sky Sports/Pick)
20:15 Spurs v Man Utd (Sky Sports)

Saturday 20 June
12:30 Watford v Leicester City (BT Sport)
15:00 Brighton v Arsenal (BT Sport)
17:30 West Ham v Wolves (Sky Sports)
19:45 AFC Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (BBC)

Sunday 21 June
14:00 Newcastle United v Sheff Utd (Sky Sports/Pick)
16:15 Aston Villa v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
19:00 Everton v Liverpool (Sky Sports/Pick)*
*Venue TBC

Monday 22 June
20:00 Man City v Burnley (Sky Sports)

Tuesday 23 June
18:00 Leicester City v Brighton (Sky Sports)
20:15 Spurs v West Ham (Sky Sports)

Wednesday 24 June
18:00 Man Utd v Sheff Utd (Sky Sports/Pick)
18:00 Newcastle United v Aston Villa (BT Sport)
18:00 Norwich City v Everton (BBC)
18:00 Wolves v AFC Bournemouth (BT Sport)
20:15 Liverpool v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)

Thursday 25 June
18:00 Burnley v Watford (Sky Sports/Pick)
18:00 Southampton v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
20:15 Chelsea v Man City (BT Sport)

Saturday 27 June
12:30 Aston Villa v Wolves (BT Sport)

Sunday 28 June
16:30 Watford v Southampton (Sky Sports/Pick)

Monday 29 June
20:00 Crystal Palace v Burnley (Amazon Prime Video)

Tuesday 30 June
20:15 Brighton v Man Utd (Sky Sports/Pick)

Wednesday 1 July
18:00 Arsenal v Norwich City (BT Sport)
18:00 AFC Bournemouth v Newcastle United (Sky Sports/Pick)
18:00 Everton v Leicester City (Sky Sports)
20:15 West Ham v Chelsea (Sky Sports)

Thursday 2 July
18:00 Sheff Utd v Spurs (Sky Sports)
20:15 Man City v Liverpool (Sky Sports)*
*Venue TBC

Is Pick available in HD anywhere? If the picture quality is as bad as Sky Sports Mix SD on satellite during football then it won't be a good advert for Sky's coverage!

Is there any reason the football game can't be shown on BBC2? I'm sure most people, if it's publicised in the guides and EPGs, can work out which channel number BBC2 is.

It would set some record audiences for a national channel, I'm sure!!

Joking, but at the same time, serious.

No, but why should it be?

Why shouldn't it be?


I suspect we may actually see the first half air on BBC2 and the second on BBC1. Bet it ends up being 0-0 as well.

Have I missed someone already mentioning it, but I see C4 are showing a replay of the complete 1966 World Cup Final; Sunday 13:30 to 16:40?

Correct, you have missed it being mentioned several pages back.

They have. I far prefer the virtual environment they're using for it - the regular Sport one just feels a bit shiny and uncanny valley to me.


You wait 30 years for a FTA top flight match and two come along at once!

Not unexpectedly in the circumstances but Sir Geoffrey Boycott has announced today that he will not be on air for Test Match Special this summer due to his health history, age and the C-19 outbreak.

Sorry that circumstances mean you can’t be with us this summer in person @GeoffreyBoycott.

But looking forward to hearing you from home on the programme soon.

And thanks so much for your huge contribution over the last 14 years. #bbccricket https://t.co/U2j9o3Om4M

— Test Match Special (@bbctms) June 5, 2020

No doubt other older ex-professionals and pundits will also take temporary absence from cameras and microphones as Sport returns to broadcast.

Championship details starting to emerge - no free-to-air matches.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52940391

I don’t think that’s too surprising especially as they are offering something for clubs season ticket holders.

Because it would solve the whole dilemma over the BBC1 schedule at a stroke. It's not as if BBC2 is bursting with new stuff.