Newcastle United TV schedule revealed.
Posted on July 6th, 2010 | 50 Comments |
Don’t get me wrong, I realise we had our fair share of matches on TV last season, probably more than our fair share in fact, but it is more the ones that weren’t on TV that I am talking about.
Coverage was virtually non-existant in The Championship, and the best you could hope for was being ‘game of the day’ on that silly Football League Show with those irritating people hosting it at some hour where I was either too drunk or too tired to be bothered to watch it.
It’s not a problem this year though as TV coverage in the Premier League is nothing short of exceptional, so you never really have to miss a game. It’s especially nice to see that, now the fixtures have been amended for live TV cover, we have eight games that will be broadcast live before the end of November. Well they do have to pander towards the big boys, don’t they?
That was a bit tongue in cheek, but there is no denying that Newcastle bring a far wider viewing audience to the table than perhaps say, Birmingham or Stoke for example, and it is that wider audience that the TV companies are interested in, purely because it brings them in extra money.
Our first game against Manchester United has been moved for TV coverage, and we will now kick-off our own Premier League campaign on the Monday night, 8:00pm, live on Sky. Our first home game against Aston Villa has also been moved and will be played on the Sunday instead of the original Saturday and is now scheduled for a 1:30pm kick-off.
Below is a list of fixtures that have made the grade for live TV coverage done in a kind of ‘cut out and keep’ fashion, although if you want to double check on the clubs official website you can do so here.
v Manchester United (A)
Monday 16th August
Kick off 8:00pm, Sky.
v Aston Villa (H)
Sunday 22nd August
Kick off 1:30pm, ESPN.
v Stoke City (H)
Sunday 26th September
Kick off 4:10pm, Sky.
v Manchester City (A)
Sunday 3rd October
Kick off 1:30pm, ESPN.
v West Ham United (A)
Saturday 23rd October
Kick off 5:30pm, Sky.
v Sunderland (H)
Sunday 31st October
Kick off 4pm, Sky.
v Arsenal (A)
Sunday 7th November
Kick off 1:30pm, Sky.
v Chelsea (H)
Sunday 28th November
Kick off 1:30pm, Sky.
And that’s about it so far, although things are still liable to change, and it now means that I can definately make the derby game again this year, although I do question the wisdom of having the kick-off put back to 4:10pm. To me that is asking for trouble.
What d’ya reckon? I reckon the TV companies love us!
Good and bad news for me. Great that we get so many games, … But I was really looking forward to the ManU match and its now going to be at 3am in the morning for me. :-(