Having got rid of Sky a year ago I had no idea this had even happened and who was where. Strange to think a sport I thoroughly enjoyed can solely be appreciated through one medium only.
Quote from: ACVilla on May 18, 2017, 11:16:36 AMHaving got rid of Sky a year ago I had no idea this had even happened and who was where. Strange to think a sport I thoroughly enjoyed can solely be appreciated through one medium only.The premier league plays to packed out arenas up and down the country every week. There will be 20,000 at the 02 tonight.
Didn't they have one in Holland too? The atmosphere in Aberdeen was brilliant last week.
Quote from: Chico Hamilton III on May 18, 2017, 11:25:57 AMQuote from: ACVilla on May 18, 2017, 11:16:36 AMHaving got rid of Sky a year ago I had no idea this had even happened and who was where. Strange to think a sport I thoroughly enjoyed can solely be appreciated through one medium only.The premier league plays to packed out arenas up and down the country every week. There will be 20,000 at the 02 tonight.I'm not knocking it and that stat kind of enhances my point. If you ain't got Sky you are not finding out about these results in any other fashion. Obviously you can google it but unlike most sports that gather this kind of crowd/Sky tvcoverage you don't really read about it in the papers, hear about it on the news or radio or indeed see it on the mainstream news/sports websites. I have literally heard nothing about this since getting rid of Sky.
Quote from: ACVilla on May 18, 2017, 03:11:10 PMQuote from: Chico Hamilton III on May 18, 2017, 11:25:57 AMQuote from: ACVilla on May 18, 2017, 11:16:36 AMHaving got rid of Sky a year ago I had no idea this had even happened and who was where. Strange to think a sport I thoroughly enjoyed can solely be appreciated through one medium only.The premier league plays to packed out arenas up and down the country every week. There will be 20,000 at the 02 tonight.I'm not knocking it and that stat kind of enhances my point. If you ain't got Sky you are not finding out about these results in any other fashion. Obviously you can google it but unlike most sports that gather this kind of crowd/Sky tvcoverage you don't really read about it in the papers, hear about it on the news or radio or indeed see it on the mainstream news/sports websites. I have literally heard nothing about this since getting rid of Sky.Absolutely right. Catch 22 though. The Sky money raised the standard of competition, fills the arenas but cuts off the majority of tv viewers. Sounds familiar
Quote from: Chico Hamilton III on May 18, 2017, 03:14:47 PMQuote from: ACVilla on May 18, 2017, 03:11:10 PMQuote from: Chico Hamilton III on May 18, 2017, 11:25:57 AMQuote from: ACVilla on May 18, 2017, 11:16:36 AMHaving got rid of Sky a year ago I had no idea this had even happened and who was where. Strange to think a sport I thoroughly enjoyed can solely be appreciated through one medium only.The premier league plays to packed out arenas up and down the country every week. There will be 20,000 at the 02 tonight.I'm not knocking it and that stat kind of enhances my point. If you ain't got Sky you are not finding out about these results in any other fashion. Obviously you can google it but unlike most sports that gather this kind of crowd/Sky tvcoverage you don't really read about it in the papers, hear about it on the news or radio or indeed see it on the mainstream news/sports websites. I have literally heard nothing about this since getting rid of Sky.Absolutely right. Catch 22 though. The Sky money raised the standard of competition, fills the arenas but cuts off the majority of tv viewers. Sounds familiar Indeed. It is why I am still mightily pissed off that test matches in the cricket were not retained as something that has to be shown on terrestrial tv. If you think back to 2005, the Ashes mattered far more than the first month of the football season because Channel 4 or 5 were covering it.
The venue didn't look full though