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What is hitting football viewing figures the most?
View Poll Results: Why are football viewing figures down?
Illegal streaming 19 22.35%
Subscription costs 58 68.24%
Over saturation on TV 21 24.71%
Milleniums following the games on social media 2 2.35%
Quality of games being shown 7 8.24%
Teams with big fanbases being relegated 1 1.18%
Teams with small fanbases qualifying for Europe 1 1.18%
BT Showcase being under promoted 6 7.06%
Big games been shown on Fridays and Mondays (SKY) 6 7.06%
Games clashing with other big family shows (Great British Bake Off etc..) 3 3.53%
Interest in football is generally on the slide 10 11.76%
Other 7 8.24%
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Old 04-05-2017, 00:53   #46
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Re: What is hitting football viewing figures the most?

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I have a similar story. When I was a teenager, my Grandad used to take me to watch my local team (Grimsby Town) when they were in the old first division. There was the one trip to Wembley to watch them win the Auto Windscreens Trophy final.

I don't think I'd go now by myself, as I used to go with my Grandad and it was a way of spending time in his company, and a bonding experience between us.

However, I don't think any TV Football experience will surpass those memories of watching Clive Mendonca, Paul Groves, John Mcdermott (all club legends now) et al. from the Pontoon Stand. So, if you can go with a relative or someone to support your local team, I definitely recommend it too.
Can't agree more. I'm amazed how well know and liked my Dad is locally. He's a fairly quiet guy who never goes out but wouldn't say no to anyone looking for a hand. When we go to the games he's approached buy guys from 18 to 80 wanting to talk to him. People he's worked beside, old friends, friends of the family etc... It's amazing to hear stories at the game, and the pub afterwards, about him going back decades that I had no idea about. It's an amazing experience that fills me with pride. You don't get that sitting in front of the idiot box watching Soccer Saturday!
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Old 04-05-2017, 17:52   #47
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Re: What is hitting football viewing figures the most?

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The Premiership is vacuous crap. Foreign players, foreign managers, supporters that don't go to games or have any connection to the cities they 'support'. People have seen through it. Back to basics , go and see your local non league team ( ultra ultra HD, assuming you're wearing your specs), sod the telly and subscriptions.
Vacuous generalisation!

For my sins my family come from SW London and I was born within a few miles from Stamford Bridge, I am the fourth generation of our family brought up with an irrational love of Chelsea Football Club (we're now into the sixth generation lol).

Even though I only live 9 or so miles away from the stadium work and family commitments as well as finances mean I only get to attend 3 or 4 games a season these days, however I'd far rather watch my team on TV that I have supported irrationally for 45 plus years when I can't go to games than attend the local non league crapola!

Before the foreign invasion English football wasn't really English anyway, most teams were full of Scottish, Welsh and Irish players, I seem to remember one of Liverpool's European Cup winning teams didn't contain one English player!
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Re: What is hitting football viewing figures the most?

From The Times a few years back. I'd have loved to have seen how The Sun reported it (if they dared)

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Re: What is hitting football viewing figures the most?

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From The Times a few years back. I'd have loved to have seen how The Sun reported it (if they dared)


I bet the poll was 90% female, lol...........
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Re: What is hitting football viewing figures the most?

I don't generally do the Premier League being a Forest Fan but what I do catch fairly regularly is MOTD2 on Sunday nights.
On Sunday Phil Neville and Martin Keown were basically saying the Premier League has become a bit dull and the quality has dropped.
They watched the Madrid derby last week and that is the pinnacle of quality as they see it and could on see David De Gea making either team out of the whole of the league.

We have the most money but that is not being reflected on the quality which is basically what they are saying.
I'm not saying there isn't the odd exciting game in the Premier League but the Championship for excitement and unexpected results is where it's at. The technique and quality maybe not so much nut for a neutral I think it wins every time.
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Old 12-05-2017, 18:06   #51
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Re: What is hitting football viewing figures the most?

Personally, I am fed up of watching grown men paid tens/hundreds of thousands a week when

1) most can only kick with one foot

2) most roll around in feigned agony when barely touched in an attempt to get opponents sent off.

Very few, if any, would last 5 minutes in a game of rugby.
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Re: What is hitting football viewing figures the most?

This looks an interesting service for ex-pats living abroad. I would certainly subscribe to this to watch Forest if I lived overseas

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