The Sport Thread

Some real barmy sponsored electronic crowd scene addition in the Coppa Italia Final .....

It’s actually quite effective.

Until the sponsor changes and you wonder what the heck has happened, which in the first half it's done several times.

That was my initial reaction. It’s actually been quite poorly applied with the fake ‘crowd’ covering up the entrances etc.

Interesing discussion between Neville and Tyler on the 3pm issue during the second half of MCIARS tonight. Didn't get far, lots of backtracking too. I wonder whether they were told to stop the subject by the producers. It all seemed to stop rather suddenly.

Coincides with the announcement from the tour bodies about tournaments going forward resuming in August with a revised calendar.

More PL fixtures and TV broadcasts have been announced

Premier League schedule: July 4 - July 13

Saturday 4 July
12:30 Norwich City v Brighton (BT Sport)
15:00 Leicester City v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports/Sky Pick)
15:00 Man Utd v AFC Bournemouth (BT Sport)
17:30 Wolves v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
20:00 Chelsea v Watford (Sky Sports)

Sunday 5 July
12:00 Burnley v Sheff Utd (Sky Sports/Sky Pick)
14:00 Newcastle v West Ham (Sky Sports)
16:30 Liverpool v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
19:00 Southampton v Man City (BBC)

Monday 6 July
20:00 Spurs v Everton (Sky Sports)

Tuesday 7 July
18:00 Crystal Palace v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
18:00 Watford v Norwich City (Sky Sports/Sky Pick)
20:15 Arsenal v Leicester City (Sky Sports)

Wednesday 8 July
18:00 Man City v Newcastle (BT Sport)
18:00 Sheff Utd v Wolves (Sky Sports)
18:00 West Ham v Burnley (BT Sport)
20:15 Brighton v Liverpool (Sky Sports)

Thursday 9 July
18:00 AFC Bournemouth v Spurs (Sky Sports/Sky Pick)
18:00 Everton v Southampton (Amazon Prime Video)
20:15 Aston Villa v Man Utd (Sky Sports)

Saturday 11 July
12:30 Norwich v West Ham (BT Sport)
12:30 Watford v Newcastle (Amazon Prime Video)
15:00 Liverpool v Burnley (BT Sport)
17:30 Sheff Utd v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
20:00 Brighton v Man City (Sky Sports)

Sunday 12 July
12:00 Wolves v Everton (Sky Sports/Sky Pick)
14:00 Aston Villa v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)
16:30 Spurs v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
19:00 AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City (Sky Sports/Sky Pick)

Monday 13 July
20:00 Man Utd v Southampton (Sky Sports/Sky Pick)

(List from the Daily Mirror)
We really should have had a new thread for the return of the Premier League

Norwich season ticket holders have been given two Now TV day passes, have any other PL teams done similar?



They've been advised in the email that Friday's fixture is free on Pick, so not to use one for that match.

Yes, there was a similar offer of two day passes for Spurs season ticket holders. Unlike the Norwich one, you had to apply for them rather than getting them automatically (I assume to discourage people with Sky Sports already from either wasting them or passing them on). I'm guessing other clubs have done similar.

Along with daytime replays of classic matches the BBC are showing Wimbledon 2020 each night at 8pm on BBC2 which seems to be a mixture of highlights from over the years and catching up with the stars of today. It will be hosted from Wimbledon with Sue Barker, Tim Henman and Boris Becker.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/50-hours-of-wimbledon

Watford (well BT via Watford) are offering their fans a 'match pass' that gives access to the 'relevant BT Sport channel' for the duration of the Leicester match coverage (including build up and post match). Like the Spurs Now TV passes it has to be registered for. Fans who already subscribe to BT Sport are advised not to activate them as their existing subscription will offer a 'fuller experience'.

As the two Watford games after that are on Pick, they presumably won't offer any Now TV passes for those.

So we're into the final two Bundeslifga slots now, In Germany the final two days are played simultaneously so not all the matches get Broadcast Slots, some will be offered digitally only via BT's Apps.

KOs 1430 Saturday 20th and 27th June 2020.