Skamp Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Special thanks to @mkowl for suggesting the following as the first post in this thread. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/32461/13131189/sky-sports-launches-in-august-to-give-more-choice-to-fans-via-live-streams-app-and-new-channel Then here's the season's calendar https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13128002/championship-2024-25-start-date-league-one-and-league-two-schedule-and-fixture-release Also, Champions League football will be changing next season until 2027. Amazon Prime Video will show 17 first-pick Champions League matches on Tuesday night, in what will be their first-ever season of providing live coverage of the competition. And, in significant news for terrestrial TV viewers, BBC will show highlights of the competition with a special Wednesday edition of Match of the Day - the first time the Champions League will be shown by the broadcaster since 1994. The number of teams will be increased from 32 to 36 teams, while clubs will participate in a single group stage 'league', rather than the traditional group stage that is currently in use. And finally for now TNT Sports will still hold exclusive rights to show the Europa League and Europa Conference League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowl Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 I think it's going to be an interesting change on the EFL side of that equation. Not necessarily this first year as season tickets renewals will have arisen. But when you consider in the Championship you will see a minimum of 24 games for your team - at no extra cost if you pay for the full Sky Sports package. I mean let's keep it easy and go 50 50 on home / away that is half the games. Ok a lot will be midweek which is already a factor in some of us decision making. Half the Championship games per week will not be 3pm on a Saturday, this Sky Sports + service infers that the rest will not necessarily be unique kick offs. Can see it working like the FA Cup does, 3 different games at 5.30pm or Sunday lunchtime I mean nothing beats live football but is it worth 5 hours on the M1 ? Is it worth a 40 minute drive from Dronfield is perhaps more pertinent to the season ticket question. The TV contracts do change football and for the EFL this will be pretty seismic potentially, but who knows. For all the saturation TV coverage, crowds seem to be growing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 2024/25 National League North teams next season. Oxford City will play in a 3rd different league in the last 3 seasons, went up from the National League South, played in the National League and next season are placed in the National League North Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowl Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Like a tour of the shit holes of England Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 On 19/05/2024 at 08:22, Skamp said: 2024/25 National League North teams next season. Oxford City will play in a 3rd different league in the last 3 seasons, went up from the National League South, played in the National League and next season are placed in the National League North That's some trekking for "Northern" teams. Is the shandy drinkers division on the tube line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 Pigs get £102.2m for finishing last. Just £41m less than Citeh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 1,246 goals in a season shouts the Mail. Further down it asks 'where they were scored' imagine my surprise at the answer. I thought they meant The Sty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 102m for being utterly wank..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 That's @£1M per goal 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank_Owl2,0 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 On 19/05/2024 at 09:20, mkowl said: Like a tour of the shit holes of England A bit harsh MK, on some of the cities/ towns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Owl Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 The Macquarie Bank will be happy to see that amount being repaid to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowl Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 9 hours ago, Tank_Owl2,0 said: A bit harsh MK, on some of the cities/ towns. Buxton is OK 👍 The nearest to me is Brackley which I must have driven through (but you ordinarily bypass) at some point but I have no recollection of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 On 19/05/2024 at 08:22, Skamp said: 2024/25 National League North teams next season. Oxford City will play in a 3rd different league in the last 3 seasons, went up from the National League South, played in the National League and next season are placed in the National League North That’s shite! ‘NORTH’ !?!!! Give over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowl Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 2 hours ago, HoylandOwl said: That’s shite! ‘NORTH’ !?!!! Give over Basically everyone wants to be classy and southern these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 3 minutes ago, mkowl said: Basically everyone wants to be classy and southern these days Where did you go wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 2 hours ago, mkowl said: Buxton is OK 👍 The nearest to me is Brackley which I must have driven through (but you ordinarily bypass) at some point but I have no recollection of it Brackley seems very pleasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 39 minutes ago, mkowl said: Basically everyone wants to be classy and southern these days Boo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowl Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 2 hours ago, Reesh said: Where did you go wrong? Paying you 🤐 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 31 minutes ago, mkowl said: Paying you 🤐 I think you'll find that was a 3rd party 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 36 minutes ago, mkowl said: Paying you 🤐 5 minutes ago, Reesh said: I think you'll find that was a 3rd party 😉 Old reesh, thinks he's at the BBC "Hey Siri, how do I report an IR35 scam to HMRC?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 5 minutes ago, Andyben said: Old reesh, thinks he's at the BBC "Hey Siri, how do I report an IR35 scam to HMRC?" Snitches get stitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 2 minutes ago, Reesh said: Snitches get stitches. Like a shit Lorraine Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 10 minutes ago, Andyben said: Like a shit Lorraine Kelly Kev does have that look..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowl Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 17 hours ago, Reesh said: Kev does have that look..... Says Jo Brand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 25 minutes ago, mkowl said: Says Jo Brand You do resemble her too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBO Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 ITV in talks with Sky to sublet 10 live Championship and 10 live League Cup games next season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 1 hour ago, JBO said: ITV in talks with Sky to sublet 10 live Championship and 10 live League Cup games next season F*ck 'em off. ITV don't give a shit about EFL. Highlights programmes show that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAL Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 10 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said: F*ck 'em off. ITV don't give a shit about EFL. Highlights programmes show that. That will not matter in any way shape or form. If it's financially beneficial for Sky, it WILL happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 22 minutes ago, MAL said: That will not matter in any way shape or form. If it's financially beneficial for Sky, it WILL happen. No surprise. SKY don't either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAL Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 6 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said: No surprise. SKY don't either. Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBO Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Odd you wouldn't want some games on fta tv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Owling_Wolf Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 21 minutes ago, JBO said: Odd you wouldn't want some games on fta tv Would prefer some more I could get to without 'trauma'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowl Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 7 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said: Would prefer some more I could get to without 'trauma'. I would have thought it may be like with F1 and rugby league in the past, it gets shown on both channels. Sky see it as promoting the product ITV got no domestic football - if the new FA Cup deal starts next season. Lose track on all the deals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBO Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 21 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said: Would prefer some more I could get to without 'trauma'. Wouldn't be extra games at shite kick off times. They would be simulcasting the games already on Sky. Can only be a good thing for those without pay TV to see games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted May 29 Author Share Posted May 29 And now the League Cup is tinkered with. EFL forced to make changes to the Carabao Cup from the 2024/25 season fanbanter.co.uk The EFL after being forced to make changes to the Carabao Cup from the 2024/25 season, to ease fixture congestion, as per The Telegraph. The league organisation are to implement a new “seeding mechanism” to the Carabao Cup, as a way ease the fixture pile-up because of the extended format of the Champions League. Rankings are reportedly being implemented to prevent those sides playing in the Champions League do not face sides playing in the Europa League, while third-round Carabao Cup matches will now be spread out over a two-week period to reduce congestion. Dan Critchlow (@afcDW) tweets: The actual article seems to suggest the only seeding will be keeping the CL teams apart from the EL teams in the 3rd round. Makes sense. They wouldn’t be able to fit in the game in either week if Arsenal drew Spurs, for example. Arsenal play CL week 1, Spurs play EL week 2. But no reason Arsenal couldn’t play City/Liverpool/Villa in the third round, and as it stands none of the other rounds need to be seeded. Phil Blundell (@PhilBlundell) says: “Arsenal and City can still play each other, they just can’t play Chelsea or United. Who can play each other. The Champions League and Europa League first match day is in different weeks, so if a Chelsea or United played a CL team the first available time to play the game would be the 4th round of the League Cup.” The EFL are keeping its options open for the Carabao Cup fifth round, but this depends on if there will be any clashes with European competition. The Europa Conference League will be an issue for the third round of the domestic competition as its group stages begin at a later time. Fixture congestion expected in the 2024/25 season has led to clubs warning that they would have to play younger players in the Carabao Cup. The expansion of European club competitions and the Club World Cup that triggered the axing of cup replays resulted in a clash with match-weeks earmarked for the third round of the EFL Cup. We’ve already seen replays for the FA Cup from the first round onwards controversially scrapped. The failure of Premier League clubs to deliver on their long-awaited new £900m football support system, is the reason behind the EFL refusing to scrap two-legged semi-finals in its own cup competition, putting further pressure on the calendar especially for those competing in Europe. Many fans will recall how Liverpool played in the Club World Cup a few years back, choosing to send a first team for their semi-final with Monterrey, which clashed with their Carabao Cup quarter-final at Aston Villa, and meant that the Reds had to field their youngest-ever starting line-up in 5-0 defeat to Villa, which was managed by under-23 boss Neil Critchley, currently manager at Blackpool. He said at the time: “Try telling those players it was a bad evening for them. My overwhelming feeling was one of immense pride. This was decided by the club as the best solution. We are the beneficiaries of the success of the first team and we could not have done much more.” Criteria for the new seeding system is yet to be announced by the EFL, but Pep Guardiola was one of a few managers who complained in recent months about the pressures of the schedules they faced, particularly in the week commencing September 16th and 23rd. “Next season, when we play in the Champions League, hopefully we will qualify, it is the same week as the Carabao Cup,” he said. “How are we going to play? Will we play EDS [development squad] in the Carabao Cup? “After next season, we go to the Club World Cup. We are incredibly happy, a lot of money, incredibly prestigious. But how many days do I give off to the players? It’s unsustainable.” Should fixtures continue to clash, we could see more forced to do what Liverpool did five seasons ago, and play their reserve or youth in cup matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 16 minutes ago, Skamp said: And now the League Cup is tinkered with. EFL forced to make changes to the Carabao Cup from the 2024/25 season fanbanter.co.uk The EFL after being forced to make changes to the Carabao Cup from the 2024/25 season, to ease fixture congestion, as per The Telegraph. The league organisation are to implement a new “seeding mechanism” to the Carabao Cup, as a way ease the fixture pile-up because of the extended format of the Champions League. Rankings are reportedly being implemented to prevent those sides playing in the Champions League do not face sides playing in the Europa League, while third-round Carabao Cup matches will now be spread out over a two-week period to reduce congestion. Dan Critchlow (@afcDW) tweets: The actual article seems to suggest the only seeding will be keeping the CL teams apart from the EL teams in the 3rd round. Makes sense. They wouldn’t be able to fit in the game in either week if Arsenal drew Spurs, for example. Arsenal play CL week 1, Spurs play EL week 2. But no reason Arsenal couldn’t play City/Liverpool/Villa in the third round, and as it stands none of the other rounds need to be seeded. Phil Blundell (@PhilBlundell) says: “Arsenal and City can still play each other, they just can’t play Chelsea or United. Who can play each other. The Champions League and Europa League first match day is in different weeks, so if a Chelsea or United played a CL team the first available time to play the game would be the 4th round of the League Cup.” The EFL are keeping its options open for the Carabao Cup fifth round, but this depends on if there will be any clashes with European competition. The Europa Conference League will be an issue for the third round of the domestic competition as its group stages begin at a later time. Fixture congestion expected in the 2024/25 season has led to clubs warning that they would have to play younger players in the Carabao Cup. The expansion of European club competitions and the Club World Cup that triggered the axing of cup replays resulted in a clash with match-weeks earmarked for the third round of the EFL Cup. We’ve already seen replays for the FA Cup from the first round onwards controversially scrapped. The failure of Premier League clubs to deliver on their long-awaited new £900m football support system, is the reason behind the EFL refusing to scrap two-legged semi-finals in its own cup competition, putting further pressure on the calendar especially for those competing in Europe. Many fans will recall how Liverpool played in the Club World Cup a few years back, choosing to send a first team for their semi-final with Monterrey, which clashed with their Carabao Cup quarter-final at Aston Villa, and meant that the Reds had to field their youngest-ever starting line-up in 5-0 defeat to Villa, which was managed by under-23 boss Neil Critchley, currently manager at Blackpool. He said at the time: “Try telling those players it was a bad evening for them. My overwhelming feeling was one of immense pride. This was decided by the club as the best solution. We are the beneficiaries of the success of the first team and we could not have done much more.” Criteria for the new seeding system is yet to be announced by the EFL, but Pep Guardiola was one of a few managers who complained in recent months about the pressures of the schedules they faced, particularly in the week commencing September 16th and 23rd. “Next season, when we play in the Champions League, hopefully we will qualify, it is the same week as the Carabao Cup,” he said. “How are we going to play? Will we play EDS [development squad] in the Carabao Cup? “After next season, we go to the Club World Cup. We are incredibly happy, a lot of money, incredibly prestigious. But how many days do I give off to the players? It’s unsustainable.” Should fixtures continue to clash, we could see more forced to do what Liverpool did five seasons ago, and play their reserve or youth in cup matches. Most Premier league clubs play a weakened side in EFL cup, even those not involved in European football, if winners of competition weren't guaranteed a Europa league place they would play 11 youth players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Just keep the fixtures as they were and let clubs field whoever they want. If they want to play the U18s then that's who plays. It's the club who enter the competition, not the first team. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBO Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 On 26/05/2024 at 14:35, JBO said: ITV in talks with Sky to sublet 10 live Championship and 10 live League Cup games next season Deal agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 So, the Wednesday fixtures already changed https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2024/july/03/three-owls-games-switches-for-sky/ The first weekend Friday August 9 Championship Blackburn Rovers vs Derby - 8pm kick-off, also live on Sky Sports Football Preston North End vs Sheffield United - 8pm kick-off League One Barnsley vs Mansfield Town - 8pm kick-off League Two Chesterfield vs Swindon Town - 8pm kick-off Saturday August 10 Championship Cardiff City vs Sunderland - 12.30pm kick-off Hull City vs Bristol City - 12.30pm kick-off Leeds United vs Portsmouth - 12.30pm kick-off Middlesbrough vs Swansea City - 12.30pm kick-off Millwall vs Watford - 12.30pm kick-off Oxford United vs Norwich City - 12.30pm kick-off, also live on Sky Sports Football QPR vs West Bromwich Albion - 12.30pm kick-off Stoke City vs Coventry City - 12.30pm kick-off Sunday August 11 Championship Sheffield Wednesday vs Plymouth Argyle - 4pm kick-off, also live on Sky Sports Football Monday August 12 Championship Luton Town vs Burnley - 8pm kick-off, also live on Sky Sports Football Finally for now: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/21564/13130980/efl-on-sky-sports-how-to-watch-your-championship-league-one-or-league-two-team-live-next-season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Just seen we are due to play Ossett on Friday. Are we sending full squad or U21s ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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