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The Dilemma of Being a Football Fan in America

Started by The Gaffer · 10 months ago

Premiership Countdown: 3 Days to Go.
Amazingly, fans who follow a Premiership club will be able to watch 8 out of the 10 matches this opening weekend in the United States on Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports. Most of the matches will be live, except for a select few that are on a short d ... Continue reading »

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  • the tokyo toffeeman

    2 years ago

    Similar 'dilemma' for those of us in Japan - ALL of the Saturday Prem games televised one after the other (as live, in effect) with the only choice to be made between the Arses v Villains clash and the Newcastle versus Wigan encounter which are being simultaneously shown live at 11pm! From noonish on the Sunday we have several hours respite before the rest of the live games kick-off late evening Tokyo time...
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  • Anonymous

    2 years ago

    well its a wonderful problem to have. i will be one of the itvn people, so i will battle with actually having to watch all of those matches live and go back and watch the fsc matches (unless ofcourse the fsc match is superior). i did also notice however, that on the setanta website it shows they replay some of the matches..so that may be an option as well. im excited to see how its presented and ofcourse extras like mutv. i start grad school next week, so watching 13 hours of matches isnt going to happen. i will have to decide which ones i want to make a point to watch...but again, what a wonderful problem to have.
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  • Anonymous

    2 years ago

    But then you still have your MLS, your Mexican League. Budesliga and LA Liga on Goal TV, and serie A too through out the whole year.


    Even without Setanta you can get the Prem. from stream stations like PPstream, soapcast, and TVAnts and the reception isnt terrible.
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  • Simon Burke

    2 years ago

    I will be one of the ITVNers probably fighting with their technical support :) At the end of the day i love football but i dont want to watch 8 games a weekend - West Ham V Charlton and other filler will easily fall by the wayside. For me its Liverpool/Arsenal/United/Spurs and Chelsea games that will be prioritised and i wouldnt watch all 5 if they were separate either! I do however love having the choice!
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  • jason

    2 years ago

    Remember that Setanta is replaying the Sheffield United-Liverpool and Arsenal-Aston Villa matches, so all that taping may not be necessary.
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  • Chris

    2 years ago

    Eight matches would be a little too much for me. In general I plan on watching the Liverpool, Man U, Chelsea, and Arsenal matches. It will be nice to have a lot of matches to choose from each weekend.
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  • Anonymous

    2 years ago

    It won't, Setanta just acts as a supplement for FSC's must viewed EPL/Review & Preview Shows/World Report (Bobby McMahon is the King second only to Gordon McQueen's daughter on Sky).


    All FSC games are Tivo'd and watched as time permits.



    ITVN will provide the missing former PPV link and those games will be watched live or off a re-airing during the week (like we used to do on Tues/Wed when we were too cheap to buy it on Saturday).



    They will also provide the fill programming to bridge to the weekend (Chelsea TV, MUTV, Champioship matches, etc.) when FSC is airing crap like FC Fox, Fox Football Friday (nice set!), Dream Team, MLS.
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  • Gratefullawyer

    2 years ago

    As Long as the beer holds out and my wife doesnt scream too loud it footy all day Saturday and Sunday.... I even have my own bar now if I can only find cute waitress......


    Actually last year i had the EPL PPV package and FSC. Saturdays would start at 7:30 am after biking, then short break before the 10 match and then right into the noon match. You got a little break before the tape dealy. To be honest if the tape dealy was a first class match it never got watched......



    You do start to pick and choose but when that winter wind blows here in ohio......just prop me up on my bar stool and the let the games begin....



    counting down the hours to the season begins
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  • Anonymous

    2 years ago

    keep us posted on how the ITVN equipment works.
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  • Anonymous

    2 years ago

    im at work, but it appears mine is on my way to my home now. after work ill set it up and report back!
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  • Simon Burke

    2 years ago

    HI there - just installed my ITVN. IMpressive at times - horrific at others - lots of buffering at certain times, free and clear at others, i fear when lots of people try this at once on SAturday - so far i think its a novel idea but the quality isnt good enough quite yet - initial reaction to those who are unsure is to hold off for more reports. Incidentally i have awesome internet speed here and its not that effective for long periods of time.
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  • Anonymous

    2 years ago

    good picture but buffering was a problem. customer service helped me enter the stream into my router and apparently that makes it better. it was every 5 seconds at first. anyway, then my box crapped out completely. we tried everything and something just went wrong. he is overnighting me a new one and i should be set by tomorrow. great customer service. a shame the box went bad but it was easy to set up, easy to navigate, and i was able to watch setanta in seconds. hopefully i can be ready to be live saturday.
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