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SWINDON TOWN: Town's trip to Yeovil moved for TV
10:03am Friday 11th January 2013 in Sport
Town's trip to Yeovil moved for TV
SWINDON Town's trip to Yeovil Town in March has been selected by Sky Sports to be screened live.
The tie, originally scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 16, has been moved to Tuesday, March 19 with kick-off at 7.45pm.
Comments(33)
Swindon1984
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12:14pm Fri 11 Jan 13
madterrier wrote:Ditto, unless you're driving (which I rarely do to football) Yeovil's a nightmare to get to on the best of days with the ground so far out of town. Tuesday's a definite no.
Is the Sky revenue split 50-50 between the TV clubs? A bit more cash would help the Town, but on the other hand, there will probably be fewer supporters cheering the team on. Easier to watch from the sofa and travelling midweek harder than on a Saturday. I was planning to go to the game on the Saturday but have no chance of making it midweek.
On the positive side this is two away games which will be on tv, clearly the thrashings of Portsmouth/Carlisle/
etc are getting us noticed by the Sky bods.
Northern Red
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12:16pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Thanks in advance.
Lambourn Red
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12:20pm Fri 11 Jan 13
MITTED
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1:18pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Not happy.
COYR
Swindon1984
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2:06pm Fri 11 Jan 13
MITTED wrote:Indeed. Same with the Crawley one, it's on a Saturday now but given how late it's going to kick off I may well have to give that one a miss too. Seems to be a few of the away games I could conceivably have gotten to easier are being moved about, why couldn't they have done this with Tranmere or somewhere!
Thanks for that - NOT. I hate sky more than ever. It wouldn't be so bad if the kick off was earlier or later in the day but switching to a Tuesday is a non-starter for me and I suspect many others. Not happy. COYR
Not to worry, roll on tomorrow.
Redhouse Red
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2:08pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Result
BillyLucas4me
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3:37pm Fri 11 Jan 13
grovesie
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3:37pm Fri 11 Jan 13
.com.au and i will meet you somewhere outside the ground on sat. Was lucky enough to be at the carlisle game, very impressed with everything and a really positive feel about the place. If the lads keep playing that style and speed of football they will go very close to going up this year.
jayden
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3:42pm Fri 11 Jan 13
grovesie wrote:like gold dust.
Does anone out there have 2 spare tickets? Visiting from australia and last chance to catch a game before going home. If you can help please email me at grosvenor_1@optusnet
.com.au and i will meet you somewhere outside the ground on sat. Was lucky enough to be at the carlisle game, very impressed with everything and a really positive feel about the place. If the lads keep playing that style and speed of football they will go very close to going up this year.
SAPFanSTFC
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3:49pm Fri 11 Jan 13
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A real pain!!...but at least it is on TV!
graermin
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3:51pm Fri 11 Jan 13
No consideration of the fans, support will be down on a Tuesday night, for sure. Money more important than fans!!
graermin
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3:52pm Fri 11 Jan 13
stfc2012
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4:12pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Swindon1984
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4:17pm Fri 11 Jan 13
graermin wrote:Not sure what the position is in terms of rearranging fixtures (i.e. if the club could veto it even if they wanted to).
Pauli talks about a group, not just a team, well, this hits part of the group. No consideration of the fans, support will be down on a Tuesday night, for sure. Money more important than fans!!
Given that it's an away game so we we're not losing a home gate over it, the club would be mad to turn down the tv money even if wanted to. Might be disappointing for anyone planning to go who now can't but you can see the attraction from the club's point of view.
SAPFanSTFC
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5:39pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Swindon1984 wrote:No option up to a set number of home games per season - over this amount you can't complain, away teams receive extra monies hence they are deemed dealt with...tough luck on the supporters in the TV company's books.
graermin wrote:Not sure what the position is in terms of rearranging fixtures (i.e. if the club could veto it even if they wanted to).
Pauli talks about a group, not just a team, well, this hits part of the group. No consideration of the fans, support will be down on a Tuesday night, for sure. Money more important than fans!!
Given that it's an away game so we we're not losing a home gate over it, the club would be mad to turn down the tv money even if wanted to. Might be disappointing for anyone planning to go who now can't but you can see the attraction from the club's point of view.
melnursesear.
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6:02pm Fri 11 Jan 13
BLOND1
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7:05pm Fri 11 Jan 13
London Red
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7:43pm Fri 11 Jan 13
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But more importantly it is MONEY coming in
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Happy to be corrected by I believe a game on Sky is worth £100k - we would never have got that at Yeovil normally
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So if that means Hollands and Martin stay then that is much more important than 1 fixture out of 46+ being moved
Moonraker18018
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7:54pm Fri 11 Jan 13
London Red
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8:21pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Moonraker18018
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8:27pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Stratton Red
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8:29pm Fri 11 Jan 13
London Red wrote:Agree London Red. A SKY game is £120K and the away team get about 25%, so £30K... and I'm sure Winners will be open so a few extra sterlings and we should have Paolo's £30K with a cherry on top!!!
Well I'm glad as that is a game I wasn't going to but can now watch . But more importantly it is MONEY coming in . Happy to be corrected by I believe a game on Sky is worth £100k - we would never have got that at Yeovil normally . So if that means Hollands and Martin stay then that is much more important than 1 fixture out of 46+ being moved
London Red
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9:12pm Fri 11 Jan 13
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Still that should be £60k from Crawley and Yeovil - 65% is £40k so go along way to secure Hollands and Martin for the extra 5 months beyond Jan
The Jockster
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9:47pm Fri 11 Jan 13
graermin wrote:Still gone mad its P-A-O-L-O :)
Spell checker gone mad, Paulo!!
SAPFanSTFC
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9:57pm Fri 11 Jan 13
The Jockster wrote:.....are you sure!!?
graermin wrote:Still gone mad its P-A-O-L-O :)
Spell checker gone mad, Paulo!!
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Last I looked it was spelt: ..G.O.D.!!
:-D
SAPFanSTFC
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10:01pm Fri 11 Jan 13
melnursesear. wrote:Hi there - yep remember that one all too well...how it stayed 0-2 there and at the Macclesfield away game I've really no idea but a bit like the other early season games at the CG this season - however last year we went on a run and we've started at the same time this season - can we beat our win streak?
Evening all..SAP Fan...if your Birthday plans are up in the air...hows about a trip to just down road from me,,Burton on the beer...I believe you like me went last year when ..we had a 2-0 off day..but what great pubs..I can recommend a few...dont know offhand if Brewers are at home.....?
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Need to sort something out - might actually get round to holding the Predictions League Quiz and awards (for last season).....but Burton certainly has some good drinking holes so tis a bit tempting! :-)
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Hope you're well.
perth red
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12:18am Sat 12 Jan 13
grovesie wrote:Is that you Dave? Can't be many Swindon supporters called Grosvenor living in Oz! It's your old mate Tim from Ogbourne days, but sorry can't offer you any tickets! How are you keeping, mate?
Does anone out there have 2 spare tickets? Visiting from australia and last chance to catch a game before going home. If you can help please email me at grosvenor_1@optusnet
.com.au and i will meet you somewhere outside the ground on sat. Was lucky enough to be at the carlisle game, very impressed with everything and a really positive feel about the place. If the lads keep playing that style and speed of football they will go very close to going up this year.
Wiltshireman
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8:14am Sat 12 Jan 13
SAPFanSTFC
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8:40am Sat 12 Jan 13
Wiltshireman wrote:What a wonderfully constructive post - oh hang on a moment....you're moaning about people's disappointment at a fixture for which they've planned a weekend day out is now on a school night nd which they can't make!.....
What a bunch of moaners. What would you all have done if the original game been arranged for a Tuesday. Still moaned about it no doubt. Get real, clubs have to complete thier fixtures and the TV money will far outweigh the few pennies that you moaners will not have provided.
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.....now that's what I call a wind-up or it is two-faced "I'm alright Jack" view from someone who doesn't give a sh1t about anyone else.
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Cheers matey!!...now you can crawl back to where you came from until you can be a tad more constructive.
Digbyswashbag
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10:57am Sat 12 Jan 13
hereford
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3:03pm Sat 12 Jan 13
perth red
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3:20am Sun 13 Jan 13
Digbyswashbag wrote:Remembering seating arrangements in 1962 is a tough ask, but I reckon you must be Derek Stevens, even though I cannot for the life of me remember who was with me on the trip to Wembley, only that I went by train. You'll have a job to catch up with me in person as I'm in Perth, Australia, not Scotland. You can find me on Facebook, but look up "Harvey Rose"
Hi Perth Red. Are you the Tim that attended MGS from 62-67ish and used to keep dogs for the college on your Farm. if so, would love to make a contact with you. If you are the Tim I am thinking of I used to sit behind you at MGS in 62 and went to Wembley with you in 69.
madterrier says...
12:05pm Fri 11 Jan 13
A bit more cash would help the Town, but on the other hand, there will probably be fewer supporters cheering the team on. Easier to watch from the sofa and travelling midweek harder than on a Saturday. I was planning to go to the game on the Saturday but have no chance of making it midweek.