FTA football thread 2018/19

Harry Palmr

Just something to alert to cheapskates like me

Coming up

Friday - Freesports Benfica v Vitoria 8.25 PM LIVE
Saturday - Freesports Porto v Chaves 8.50 PM LIVE
Saturday - BBC Alba Livingstone v Kilmarnock 6 PM (as live)
Monday Freesports - Vanarama National League Round Up 8.30 PM
Thursday Freesports - Copa De Brazil Champecoense v Corinthians 9 PM (as live)
Friday Freesports Copa de Brazil Flamengo v Gremino 2 PM (as live)

Friday next week S4C - Aberystwyth Town v Cardiff MU 7.30 PM LIVE

Obviously MOTD, MOTD2 (BBC) and EPL highlights (Quest HD) are on every week.

If anyone spots anything else throw it in.

Cantona's Collars

Quest showing EFL highlights on Saturday nights.

batistuta9

freesports are showing Champecoense v Corinthians live 1:40am thursday
Flamengo v Gremino straight after delayed
they've a national league highlights show on monday nights too

rte 2 thr 16th rosenborg-cork 19:30

eleven sports live on facebook
fri 17th girona-valladolid 19:15
sat 18th chievo-juve 17:00
mon 20th valencia-atleti 19:00
sat 25th valladolid-barca 21:15
sun 26th inter-torino 19:30

s4c show live welsh pl games
bbc scotland show spl highlights weekly

citytillidie

Some live football and other sports here free on a desk top / lap top

https://www.laola1.tv/en-int/live-schedule

limnam

Do you need a dish to watch these?

batistuta9

Tonight
rte2 Benfica-PAOK
be3 BATE Borisov-PSV

Tomorrow
be3 ajax-dynamo Kiev

Harry Palmr

Imagine if the Virgin channels were in HD - they'd still be sh'ite!

eh i dunno

batistuta9 wrote: »

Tonight
rte2 Benfica-PAOK
be3 BATE Borisov-PSV

Tomorrow
be3 ajax-dynamo Kiev

Why are Irish channels showing these games? I'd imagine very little interest? What have rte and TV3 got this year in terms of champions league? One game each per week is it?

batistuta9

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Imagine if the Virgin channels were in HD - they'd still be sh'ite!

at least it'd be watchable shít then :pac:

eh i dunno wrote: »

Why are Irish channels showing these games? I'd imagine very little interest? What have rte and TV3 got this year in terms of champions league? One game each per week is it?

no idea. was checking the guide on the tv & noticed it on rte2, thought the must've banked on celtic getting through but with be3 showing games on both nights idk...

afair; rte2 have 1 on tuesday night. virgin(tv3) have tue evening, wed evening + night

eh i dunno

batistuta9 wrote: »

at least it'd be watchable shít then :pac:



no idea. was checking the guide on the tv & noticed it on rte2, thought the must've banked on celtic getting through but with be3 showing games on both nights idk...

afair; rte2 have 1 on tuesday night. virgin(tv3) have tue evening, wed evening + night

Is virgin (TV3) showing 3 free games a week? Think I heard they will be launching new channels and charging for it.

batistuta9

yeah they're launching a pay sports channel. can't remember how many free games

Muahahaha

eh i dunno wrote: »

Why are Irish channels showing these games? I'd imagine very little interest? What have rte and TV3 got this year in terms of champions league? One game each per week is it?

At a guess I would say that is it part of the Champions League TV deal that RTE has to show it. UEFA would have contracts with sponsors that X CL games are shown in X countries so Im guessig thats why it is on despite little interest.

That said I doubt there was any requirement to send Hamilton & Houghton all the way out to Portugal for it but it wouldnt be like RTE to refuse a junket.

citytillidie

eh i dunno wrote: »

Why are Irish channels showing these games? I'd imagine very little interest? What have rte and TV3 got this year in terms of champions league? One game each per week is it?

Champions League Broadcast contract starts from the play off round so having the champions league rights they would have to broadcast some play off games, it would have been Celtic and Liverpool last season but because Celtic messed up and no English team in the play off you have these games instead

batistuta9

now
freesports benfica-sporting

Harry Palmr

With the international break not that much on.

Tonight it's Scottish Premier League women's football on BBC Alba, U21 euros Wales v Liechtenstine on the BBC Red Button (981 freesat) so you can watch the next generation of whizz kids that'll beat Ireland

Saturday - Quest have League1/2 highlights at 9 pm, S4C have The New Saints v Queens park in the Irn Bru Cup at 8 pm.

Sunday Denmark v Wales at 4.30

Tuesday 5.30 Wales v Portugal u21 euros BBC Red Button 981

batistuta9

There's actually loads of football on

Tonight
rte 2 - fai cup 7:30
Virgin 3 - italy - Poland 7:30 + highlights @ 10

Tomorrow
Virgin 3 - northern Ireland - Bosnia 13:30,
Switzerland - Iceland 16:45, England - Spain 19:00 + highlights @ 10

Sunday
Virgin 3 - Ukraine - Slovakia 13:30, Denmark - Wales 16:45, France - Holland 19:00 + highlights @ 10
S4c HD - denmark - wales

Monday
Virgin 3 - Portugal - italy 19:00 + highlights @ 10

Tuesday
Virgin 3 - england - Switzerland 19:00 + highlights @ 10, Poland - Ireland 23:00 delayed

Muahahaha

Anyone know whats the story with FTA and the CL this season? Virgin Media dont seem to be showing any game tonight. Also last nights coverage on RTE finished up 10 minutes after full time and then there was no highlights show despite another 8 games being played, like wtf?

Harry Palmr

ITV have CL highlights tonight - they can only have one programme a week so it'll always be Wednesday.

No they don't! When the feck did they loose the rights and to whom?

citytillidie

Harry Palmr wrote: »

ITV have CL highlights tonight - they can only have one programme a week so it'll always be Wednesday.

No they don't! When the feck did they loose the rights and to whom?

BT have exclusive rights in the UK to European games so no highlights on normal tv, have to make do with very brief you tube clips

Muahahaha

Yeah I checked ITV last night hoping for highlights but none there. I just cant believe there are no FTA options for tonights games, watching football on tv its turning into a joke for us cheapskates and even for those who choose to pay you now have to subscribe to multiple providers.

Harry Palmr

Right so ITV now have most England games and that's it. Some fall.

citytillidie

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Right so ITV now have most England games and that's it. Some fall.

England games that are not part of the Nations League contract

Harry Palmr

To think they had England, FA Cup (before BBC won it back), Champions League, EL (ITV4). ITV4 probably still has the U17 FA Cup semi finals and final

batistuta9

Muahahaha wrote: »

Yeah I checked ITV last night hoping for highlights but none there. I just cant believe there are no FTA options for tonights games, watching football on tv its turning into a joke for us cheapskates and even for those who choose to pay you now have to subscribe to multiple providers.

There's a highlights show tonight on virgin 1 @ 10:15-11:45

alchemist33

Muahahaha wrote: »

Yeah I checked ITV last night hoping for highlights but none there. I just cant believe there are no FTA options for tonights games, watching football on tv its turning into a joke for us cheapskates and even for those who choose to pay you now have to subscribe to multiple providers.

Add in the new times and I suspect viewing figures will plummet in these parts. Don't know if UEFA care though.

Muahahaha

batistuta9 wrote: »

There's a highlights show tonight on virgin 1 @ 10:15-11:45

cheers, hopefully get to see last nights games on it even if tonights one will involve streaming

alchemist33 wrote: »

Add in the new times and I suspect viewing figures will plummet in these parts. Don't know if UEFA care though.

Bizarre thing is the main reason CL was FTA was because global brands like Heineken, Mastercard, etc wanted their sponsorship to be broadcast to the biggest possible audience and FTA was the way to achieve that. Obviously something has changed at UEFA for them now to go down the subscription route and hence less viewers. I cant imagine the sponsors are too impressed with the situation.

Harry Palmr

When BT sport realises they cannot sustain the CL/EL at it's current level it'll be interesting to see if ITV or another FTA channel (could even be Pick via Sky) takes a chance or will it end up in the hands of Amazon/Discovery etc. Ironically the best way to get it back on FTA would be for English clubs to do really badly for a few years!

Muahahaha

Not quite FTA but on Stephens Day Sky One will be showing
Fulham v Wolves, 12pm
Brighton v Arsenal, 5pm
Watford v Chelsea, 7.15pm

Muahahaha

FA Cup
Sunday KO 4.30pm:
Newport County vs Leicester City – Live on BBC1

MONDAY, 7.45pm:
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Liverpool – Live on BBC1

Harry Palmr

ITV4 has one la liga match per week for rest of the season

Muahahaha

What number is ITV4 on a Sky box Harry? Or does it have to be tuned in manually?

eh i dunno

Muahahaha wrote: »

What number is ITV4 on a Sky box Harry? Or does it have to be tuned in manually?

Manually tune it in. A quick Google will sort you out

xtal191

Muahahaha wrote: »

What number is ITV4 on a Sky box Harry? Or does it have to be tuned in manually?

Has to be tuned in

https://ekayi.com/sky-channel-codes-all-you-need/

TheCitizen

Harry Palmr wrote: »

ITV4 has one la liga match per week for rest of the season

What day or time is it do you know?

Agent Coulson

This Sunday at 7:45pm is the first live game.

Levante vs Real Madrid.

Harry Palmr

Freesports are now MLS crazeeeeeeeeee! Two games on today with Serie A and Primera Liga as the meat in the white bread sandwich. Just heard Bradley Wright Phillips name mentioned! Two more Italian games tomorrow, they also have the French version of le FA Cup PSG v Nantes on Wednesday

Mr.Nice Guy

Sky One are showing Tottenham vs Huddersfield today from 12:30pm.

Also don't know if it was mentioned but the Russian Premier Liga are streaming live matches free on their official Youtube channel. Seems they started this last month.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfO4uULWZvEtCCj-lw1ZO5A/videos?view=2&flow=grid

They're also offering short highlights of games like a few of the top 5 leagues do. Nice way to increase interest in their league.

Harry Palmr

Atletico v Celta Iago Aspas is on ITV4 at 5.15.

Freesports has Milan v Lazio at 7.25

ElTel

Chelsea v Burnley is on Sky 1 this Monday from 7.30pm

Mr.Nice Guy

There's a potential title-deciding match in the Russian Premier Liga this evening from 7pm as 1st-placed Zenit (on 48 pts) travel to 3rd-placed Krasnodar (on 42 pts). It's a must-win for the home side with just 7 games remaining and should they win the title is all to play for; a Zenit win meanwhile gives them an 8 point lead and leaves them looking tough to stop.

Game is being streamed live and free on the official Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7iqd1z4jCg

Brazilian Wanderson seems to be the one to watch for Krasnodar. Sebastian Driussi and Sardar Azmoun having good seasons for Zenit. Former Chelsea duo Zhirkov and Ivanovic also in the Zenit XI.

Mr.Nice Guy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

There's a potential title-deciding match in the Russian Premier Liga this evening from 7pm as 1st-placed Zenit (on 48 pts) travel to 3rd-placed Krasnodar (on 42 pts). It's a must-win for the home side with just 7 games remaining and should they win the title is all to play for; a Zenit win meanwhile gives them an 8 point lead and leaves them looking tough to stop.

Game is being streamed live and free on the official Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7iqd1z4jCg

Brazilian Wanderson seems to be the one to watch for Krasnodar. Sebastian Driussi and Sardar Azmoun having good seasons for Zenit. Former Chelsea duo Zhirkov and Ivanovic also in the Zenit XI.

This ended up being a cracking match. Zenit won 3-2 thanks to a 95th minute winner which puts them 8 points clear with 6 games remaining. They look the champs in waiting now.

It had looked like Krasnodar had rescued a point thanks to a 91st minute stunner from Mauricio Pereyra. Worth checking that goal out when they post the highlights later.

Best performance was by Krasnodar's young keeper Matvei Safonov. Only 20 and he kept his team in it with a string of top saves. Also impressive coming for crosses. He might be Russia's future number one.

Game got a bit feisty at one point with the players and two management teams having a bit of handbags.

Haven't watched a Russian football game since the days of McGeady being at Spartak but this was a good advert for it. 45 shots in the game in total.

Harry Palmr

Getafe v Real Mardrid on ITV 4 tonight at 8.15

Muahahaha

Anyone know is there a way to watch the Copa America or ACON on FTA?

Weepsie

Gold Cup matches are being shown live on Freesports

Harry Palmr

https://www.live-footballontv.com/freeview-football-on-tv.html (also doubles for Freesat)

Muahahaha

Liverpool Norwich starting on Sky One shortly

Harry Palmr

La Liga back on ITV4 though only three matches confirmed at this point

Matchday 1 Friday 16th August -Athletic Club vs. FC Barcelona – 8pm BST
Matchday 2 Sunday 25th August - FC Barcelona vs. Real Betis – 8pm BST
Matchday 3 Sunday 1st September - Villarreal CF vs. Real Madrid – 8pm BST

CSF

Harry Palmr wrote: »

La Liga back on ITV4 though only three matches confirmed at this point

Matchday 1 Friday 16th August -Athletic Club vs. FC Barcelona – 8pm BST
Matchday 2 Sunday 25th August - FC Barcelona vs. Real Betis – 8pm BST
Matchday 3 Sunday 1st September - Villarreal CF vs. Real Madrid – 8pm BST

ITV4 isn't on Irish TV anymore though right?

Harry Palmr

Dunno, I use freesat and saorview. I imagine "other channels" is the way on SKY

If you subscribe to Virgin you deserve all you don't get.

eh i dunno

CSF wrote: »

ITV4 isn't on Irish TV anymore though right?

It's on sky on other channels. Just Google how to tune it in

Muahahaha

citytillidie wrote: »

A bit off topic hopefully ok as no General football chat thread but BBC Two are showing the Copa Libertadores final at 7:45pm Flamengo v River Plate on Saturday evening

Looking forward to this, a bit of South American football for free on a Saturday night, whats not to like