25-03-2022, 04:32 PM
thebigdog2020 post_id=74829 time= user_id=1596 Wrote:So could Sky & BT show the 3pm kickoffs that weekend if permitted? They probably don't have the rights but just a hypothetical question
Well, they could, but they presumably wouldn't as they'd rather have matches at the usual kick-off times they use that the audience are used to, and of course in this instance they'd be competing with an FA Cup semi-final on BBC1.
You may note BT are showing a National League match at 3pm this Saturday.
Brekkie post_id=74814 time= user_id=976 Wrote:Not really sure providing travel for 5000 fans for a stadium that holds 90k is the gesture the FA are making it out to be. Even if Liverpool v Manchester City at Old Trafford wasn't considered problematic I doubt the FA would go for it anyway.
Well, not all 90,000 were going to be travelling on the train, however many were running.
Liverpool were at Wembley last month for a match that finished at eight o'clock on Sunday, and the 40,000 or so Liverpool fans presumably didn't all then turn up at Euston and expect to get on trains from London to Liverpool, because even with all the trains running only about 5% of those would have been able to get on them.