Football

[The Hallucinating Goose]

7 hours ago, Sidi Fidi Gold said:

This is impressive but slightly misleading, teams in the Championship play 46 games while most European leagues play far fewer, for example, the German Bundesliga 2 play 34 games, with an average of 29000, 6000 more than the Championship, though barring the Bundesliga, the Championship dwarfs ever other 2nd tier in Europe.

This last season does seem to have been a bit of an anomaly as well when it comes to crowds in the championship because they tend to get an average of between 18-20,000 but I guess there's just been some bigger grounds in there this year for it to be 23,000. For a second division though, any crowds in this range I'm talking about is impressive. We just love football in this country. 

[HawkMan]

New football season will see the introduction of new EFL tv deal , it seems too good to be true. If you have skysports the it's all free on sky sports plus.

IMG are the broadcast partners, and the operation is massive, giving a bit of perspective to the RL operation. Which IMO means IMG will persevere with RL whatever happens, its not something that'll make or break IMG either way. This does show what IMG can do for RL given the chance.

• The 1,059 matches will be split across the branded Sky Linear Channel (main channel) and the new Sky Sports+ offer
• More than 193 matches will be available on Sky Sports main channel:
  • 118 Sky Bet Championship matches
  • 19 Sky Bet League One matches
  • 19 Sky Bet League Two matches
  • 15 Sky Bet EFL Play-Off matches
  • 19 Carabao Cup matches
  • 3 Bristol Street Motors Trophy matches
• A further 866 fixtures will be available on Sky Sports+, including:
  • 210 Sky Bet Championship matches
  • 229 Sky Bet League One matches
  • 229 Sky Bet League Two matches
  • 74 Carabao Cup matches
  • 124 Bristol Street Motors Trophy matches
• All other fixtures are protected by Article 48 and are not broadcast into the UK
• Announced in April, EFL production partner IMG will produce 866 matches per season for Sky Sports’ streaming service with the remaining balance produced by Sky for their main channel output
• IMG will produce a further 832 matches (1,698 in total) which will be utilised outside of the UK by EFL rights holders Pitch International and Relevent Sports, who will distribute the premium broadcast feed across the world  
• Fans will see increased camera setups across every division with six cameras in the Championship, four cameras in League One and two cameras in League Two – up from four, one and one cameras respectively.
• Carabao Cup matches will feature a minimum of two cameras plus an up-scaled four-camera set-up for later rounds of the competition.
• All Bristol Street Motors Trophy matches will remain available to view with a one camera setup until the semi-finals

Edited June 26, 2024 by HawkMan

[OriginalMrC]

The championship is a brilliant division to watch. Lots of attacking football on show and no VAR! 

[JonM]

Canada are in the semi-finals of the Copa America, up against Argentina.

[gingerjon]

 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

40 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

 

I saw this score last night and thought it was a bit of an upset, a Gibraltarian team beating a NI team but I didn't know they were also just a pub team! Well done Magpies!

[HawkMan]

40 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I saw this score last night and thought it was a bit of an upset, a Gibraltarian team beating a NI team but I didn't know they were also just a pub team! Well done Magpies!

Despite being from Londonderry NI, Derry City play in the Irish Republic,  League of Ireland , due to religious/ political reasons, as Londonderry ( Derry) is/ was  fiercely Nationalistic. Interesting info on city, link below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry

Wikipedia;

The club, founded in 1928, initially played in the Irish League, the domestic league in Northern Ireland, and won a title in 1964–65. In 1971, security concerns related to the Troubles meant matches could not be played at the Brandywell. The team played home fixtures 30 miles (48 km) away in Coleraine. The security forces withdrew their objections to the use of the Brandywell the following year, but in the face of insistence from the Irish League that the unsustainable arrangement continue, the club withdrew from the league. After 13 years in junior football, it joined the League of Ireland's new First Division for 1985–86. Derry won the First Division title and achieved promotion to the Premier Division in 1987, and remained there until an administrative relegation in 2009. The club won a domestic treble in 1988–89, the only League of Ireland club so far to do so.^[4]

After spending the majority of its time in the League of Ireland in the Premier Division, the club was expelled in November 2009 when it was discovered there were secondary, unofficial contracts with players. It was reinstated a few weeks later but demoted to the First Division, the second tier, from where it made its way back to the Premier Division

Edited July 19, 2024 by HawkMan

[Josef K]

Prescot Cables are in meltdown after releasing a statement on Monday that their manager & assistant manager will be stepping down with immediate effect. Following an evaluation of the clubs financial situation for the coming season. The fans are not happy and no wonder. 
 

[gingerjon]

1 hour ago, Josef K said:

Prescot Cables are in meltdown after releasing a statement on Monday that their manager & assistant manager will be stepping down with immediate effect. Following an evaluation of the clubs financial situation for the coming season. The fans are not happy and no wonder. 
 

A friend who follows Woking has just shared that the club have been losing £25,000 per week and are now out of money.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

My uncle isn't gonna be happy. He is a massive Hibs fan. That's all I'll say. 

[Josef K]

On 19/07/2024 at 10:51, gingerjon said:

A friend who follows Woking has just shared that the club have been losing £25,000 per week and are now out of money.

Wow £25,000 for a club way down the pyramid that is shocking & sad. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Next next weekend the FA Cup extra preliminary round sees Beverley Town welcome Whitley Bay to Norwood for the first FA Cup game in Bev for 105 years! We're anticipating a massive crowd, possibly our record and for the first time ever, the club is actually telling fans to buy tickets in advance!! I've got mine bought! C'mon Bev!!

[gingerjon]

2 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Next next weekend the FA Cup extra preliminary round sees Beverley Town welcome Whitley Bay to Norwood for the first FA Cup game in Bev for 105 years! We're anticipating a massive crowd, possibly our record and for the first time ever, the club is actually telling fans to buy tickets in advance!! I've got mine bought! C'mon Bev!!

Excellent.

I’ll be semi official club photographer for Bexhill United v Faversham. The game’s at Hailsham as Bexhill’s home ground is still in use for cricket.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

1 hour ago, gingerjon said:

Excellent.

I’ll be semi official club photographer for Bexhill United v Faversham. The game’s at Hailsham as Bexhill’s home ground is still in use for cricket.

You'll have to post some pics on here after the game, or at least direct me to where I can view them!

[gingerjon]

1 hour ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

You'll have to post some pics on here after the game, or at least direct me to where I can view them!

You can find most of my match photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonsmalldon/albums.

The only game I've been to without a camera for a while was this one in Prague a couple of weeks ago: https://jonsmalldon.wordpress.com/2024/07/18/at-the-match-bohemians-praha-1905-v-as-trencin/

[HawkMan]

53 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

You can find most of my match photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonsmalldon/albums.

The only game I've been to without a camera for a while was this one in Prague a couple of weeks ago: https://jonsmalldon.wordpress.com/2024/07/18/at-the-match-bohemians-praha-1905-v-as-trencin/

I know you have a love for non league football,  but if the opportunity arose to be a regular photographer at Premier league level, maybe at Little Ginger's Arsenal,  would you embrace it ?

[gingerjon]

42 minutes ago, HawkMan said:

I know you have a love for non league football,  but if the opportunity arose to be a regular photographer at Premier league level, maybe at Little Ginger's Arsenal,  would you embrace it ?

The opportunity wouldn't arise. A few years ago, I would definitely have been interested but perspectives and ambitions shift and I am more than content to drift around my little bit of East Sussex, shaking hands with people who I half know, and taking some pics on my own terms, with or without a pre game beer.

I know some people who have made the leap and there's a drive and commitment for it that I don't have. In a few cases, they are genuinely much better photographers but in most it's just the desire to be there and stay on the treadmill till you get there.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On 25/07/2024 at 11:22, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Next next weekend the FA Cup extra preliminary round sees Beverley Town welcome Whitley Bay to Norwood for the first FA Cup game in Bev for 105 years! We're anticipating a massive crowd, possibly our record and for the first time ever, the club is actually telling fans to buy tickets in advance!! I've got mine bought! C'mon Bev!!

I've been and picked up my new Beverley Town shirt today! £18 for the shirt of a 9th division team. Very different to £80 for a Premier League shirt.

[Gerrumonside ref]

23 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I've been and picked up my new Beverley Town shirt today! £18 for the shirt of a 9th division team. Very different to £80 for a Premier League shirt.

9th tier football!  Spot the Gloryhunter!  

[The Hallucinating Goose]

26 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

9th tier football!  Spot the Gloryhunter!  

Come to a match some time mate, then you can play Spot the Goose! 🪿

[gingerjon]

The SCFL (Sussex, essentially) and SCEFL (Kent, essentially) start up today.

No matches for me this weekend owing to *shudder* going out and meeting people.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

3 hours ago, gingerjon said:

The SCFL (Sussex, essentially) and SCEFL (Kent, essentially) start up today.

No matches for me this weekend owing to *shudder* going out and meeting people.

The NCEL started last night with easy wins for Golcar and Silsden. Beverley are away at Thackley today so I too don't have a game until next weekend.

Thankfully I have already been out and done what I've needed to do today so no more people to see if I don't want to! 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

On 25/07/2024 at 11:22, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Next next weekend the FA Cup extra preliminary round sees Beverley Town welcome Whitley Bay to Norwood for the first FA Cup game in Bev for 105 years! We're anticipating a massive crowd, possibly our record and for the first time ever, the club is actually telling fans to buy tickets in advance!! I've got mine bought! C'mon Bev!!

The first Beverley Town FA Cup side from 1914! Wow! I'm gonna get that printed off and framed!

[gingerjon]

Just the 221 FA Cup ties today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_FA_Cup_qualifying_rounds#Extra_preliminary_round

[Gerrumonside ref]

30 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Just the 221 FA Cup ties today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_FA_Cup_qualifying_rounds#Extra_preliminary_round

I’ll be keeping an eye on Longridge Town vs Cheadle Town.

It’s not really my neck of the woods, but my godson plays for Longridge’s junior team.

A nice ground too with fantastic views overlooking north Lancashire:

https://www.longridgetownfc.com/news/match-preview-cheadle-town-h-2864220.html