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Post by ecc » Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:31 pm

Yesterday saw a top of the table clash in L1 between Plymouth and Ipswich. Attended by 15,000. Not a mention of the match on the BBC Football Home Page (unless my eyes are that bad). Had to look for a report via the fixtures/results section.

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Post by TheFamilyCat » Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:35 pm

ecc wrote:
Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:31 pm
Yesterday saw a top of the table clash in L1 between Plymouth and Ipswich. Attended by 15,000. Not a mention of the match on the BBC Football Home Page (unless my eyes are that bad). Had to look for a report via the fixtures/results section.

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You need to look a bit closer.

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Post by Goody1975 » Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:37 pm

The issue you are having is the game wasn't yesterday, so you'd be unlikely to find a report on it on Saturday. 🤷

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Post by randomclaret2 » Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:52 pm

Womens football results come before League One on the BBC website

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Post by evensteadiereddie » Sun Sep 25, 2022 5:09 pm

They probably do if there's 40 odd thousand watching...

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Post by roperclaret » Sun Sep 25, 2022 5:12 pm

Yep 47000 on to watch Arsenal stuff Spurs. That’s a bigger game than any league 1 fixture

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Post by houseboy » Sun Sep 25, 2022 5:12 pm

randomclaret2 wrote:
Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:52 pm
Womens football results come before League One on the BBC website
The BBC are seriously pushing woman's football and that now seems to take priority over even the Championship. I think they are over playing the importance of the women’s game. It has come on leaps and bounds in recent years and that is good but in the overall scheme of things is it more important than anything other than the PL? The BBC seem to think so but I have asked people recently at what standard it is currently at. The general consensus seems to be not very in terms of football generally. I wonder about the outcome of even the best woman's team against a league two side and I think they’d get buried.

It’s good that they are doing so well and getting recognised but it is being over-hyped a tad methinks. I saw a bit of Arsenal v Spurs yesterday and it was pretty dreadful in my opinion. I did ask a question though that came to mind. Why are there not more goals given the size of the goalkeepers? There aren’t too many 6ft plus women around. 😊
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Post by Childzy » Sun Sep 25, 2022 6:34 pm

I too hate both change and women. Here here.

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Post by welsbyswife » Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:27 pm

I've noticed that the BBC have a very peculiar way of ordering the results. It's like Premier League, Championship, Scottish Premier, women's matches, then leagues one and two, then the rest of Scotland and then the conference. Very confusing when you're trying to check your coupon. Throw in a midweek checkatrade fixture and it's chaos. Someone must be giving some thought to how they present it which does give the impression that they are ranking things in order of how important they think they are.

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Post by ecc » Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:30 pm

Well, I couldn't see it. But the screenshot proves me wrong.

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Post by SalisburyClaret » Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:35 pm

They have the rights to women’s football - so it gets coverage way beyond normal

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Post by Rowls » Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:44 pm

It’s the prioritising of European leagues that annoys me.

And the difficulty in navigating towards the specific divisions of the football league.
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Post by fatboy47 » Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:03 am

Outside of this forum, I've seriously never known anyone with even the slightest interest in women's football apart from one work colleague 18 years ago whose daughter played in some or other school team.

The BBC is desperately trying to promote an impression of something that's gaining massive momentum, and is the coming thing. The reality, despite these marquee games packed with squealing schoolgirls clutching their free tickets really is very different.

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Post by bumba » Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:17 am

houseboy wrote:
Sun Sep 25, 2022 5:12 pm
The BBC are seriously pushing woman's football and that now seems to take priority over even the Championship. I think they are over playing the importance of the women’s game. It has come on leaps and bounds in recent years and that is good but in the overall scheme of things is it more important than anything other than the PL? The BBC seem to think so but I have asked people recently at what standard it is currently at. The general consensus seems to be not very in terms of football generally. I wonder about the outcome of even the best woman's team against a league two side and I think they’d get buried.

It’s good that they are doing so well and getting recognised but it is being over-hyped a tad methinks. I saw a bit of Arsenal v Spurs yesterday and it was pretty dreadful in my opinion. I did ask a question though that came to mind. Why are there not more goals given the size of the goalkeepers? There aren’t too many 6ft plus women around. 😊
The thing I don't understand with the goalkeepers is why they still play in full size nets?
The goalkeeping standard is awful but a lot is probably to do we the size of the goal
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Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:29 am

I heard an interview with a woman on the radio (didn't catch her name) but heard her say the attendances this weekend were amazing and showed how the events of the summer had captured the entire countries interest. She said how the crowds were amazing and mentioned 2 of the games of 27k and 47k which again told everyone that womens football was a huge thing now.

I was surprised at the 2 crowds mentioned and wondered why the focus was on just the 2 crowds, Brighton 5k Chelsea 4k and West Ham v Man Utd 2k maybe had something to do with that.
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Post by Chobulous » Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:45 am

Women's football is being pushed, not just by the BBC, but by many other media outlets in different degrees. I hope it works if only because women’s football is much more honest than the men’s game.

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Post by NottsClaret » Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:59 am

I can understand men being upset. There's simply not enough coverage of men's football in this country.
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Post by Devils_Advocate » Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:04 am

I must admit I find it really hard navigating these new things called websites and really struggle to find the football fixtures and results I am interested in as sometimes I have to scroll down more than I used to and sometimes need to pick the set of a results I am after.

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Post by Burnley1989 » Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:09 am

NottsClaret wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:59 am
I can understand men being upset. There's simply not enough coverage of men's football in this country.
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Post by Billy Balfour » Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:19 am

I'm getting fed up too. If we carry on like this, we are going to end up with women being given the vote, and maybe even a female head of state.

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Post by conyoviejo » Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:19 am

Forget all this ..Lets get to the real BBC error..
Why on earth do they put the Scottish Premier league above any English league apart from the Premier on the results page. Who on earth is interested in that apart from the skirt wearers .

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Post by Boss Hogg » Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:34 am

Why not just have a Men’s football section and a Women’s football section then everyone can go to the sport that interests them. It is so they can prove they are giving equal coverage to both and it is piggybacking the mens game. Otherwise the Women’s football section should prosper on it own in terms of number of hits and advertising demand.

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Post by Rileybobs » Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:39 am

Some of you lot really are pathetic.
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Post by TheFamilyCat » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:00 am

bumba wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:17 am
The thing I don't understand with the goalkeepers is why they still play in full size nets?
The goalkeeping standard is awful but a lot is probably to do we the size of the goal
A reasonable idea in principle but just not practical at grass roots level.

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Post by claretandy » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:23 am

randomclaret2 wrote:
Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:52 pm
Womens football results come before League One on the BBC website
They come before the championship on the sky sports app.

If they're so confident that people want to watch it, then charge a separate subscription for it and see how many will pay for it.

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Post by Antmass » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:35 am

fatboy47 wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:03 am
Outside of this forum, I've seriously never known anyone with even the slightest interest in women's football apart from one work colleague 18 years ago whose daughter played in some or other school team.

The BBC is desperately trying to promote an impression of something that's gaining massive momentum, and is the coming thing. The reality, despite these marquee games packed with squealing schoolgirls clutching their free tickets really is very different.
Yeah, totally agree. I've never met anyone with a real interest apart from folks on forums. Has anyone here ever been to a game?

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Post by martin_p » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:42 am

claretandy wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:23 am
They come before the championship on the sky sports app.

If they're so confident that people want to watch it, then charge a separate subscription for it and see how many will pay for it.
They tried the same for the Championship, it was called ITV Digital and it crashed and burned nearly taking down a number of clubs with it. There’s only the Premier League and Champions League capable of making money on their own.

I really don’t understand why people care about the order of things on a website or app whether they support women’s football or not. And if the Sky App is worrying you so much use the features they have to present the content you’re interested in first.

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Post by claretandy » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:49 am

martin_p wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:42 am
They tried the same for the Championship, it was called ITV Digital and it crashed and burned nearly taking down a number of clubs with it. There’s only the Premier League and Champions League capable of making money on their own.

I really don’t understand why people care about the order of things on a website or app whether they support women’s football or not. And if the Sky App is worrying you so much use the features they have to present the content you’re interested in first.
Sky sports news has become unwatchable.

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Post by fzr162 » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:51 am

BBC Sport in general are only interested in the top level of any sport.
Keighley Cougars have just finished their season with 20 wins from 20, a great achievement at any level of sport but not one mention from the BBC.
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Post by helmclaret » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:52 am

Women’s football has got huge momentum at the moment and I enjoy seeing the progress that it’s making.

The bbc gets criticised for almost every move it makes.

I think the bbc get the balance about right.

Get with the times.

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Post by TheFamilyCat » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:00 am

fzr162 wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:51 am
BBC Sport in general are only interested in the top level of any sport.
Keighley Cougars have just finished their season with 20 wins from 20, a great achievement at any level of sport but not one mention from the BBC.
A fine achievement, no doubt but how much coverage has this received on any other national sports news channel?

Will they be banned from joining the Super League again?

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Post by davideyresleftear » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:12 am

I'm yet to hear a single reasonable explanation for why the BBC would give coverage to a women's football match that 47,000 attended.

Worse, on the BBC football homepage right now there are 55 clickable links and 12 of them are about women's football. That's over 20% of their homepage space being given to women. The men's game is struggling to raise its profile as it is, and then the BBC pull this one. Game's gone mad. I can hardly finish my gammon thinking about it
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Post by martin_p » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:17 am

davideyresleftear wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:12 am
I'm yet to hear a single reasonable explanation for why the BBC would give coverage to a women's football match that 47,000 attended.
Would you like to give a single reasonable explanation why they wouldn’t?

For a start it’s one of the sports that the BBC has rights to televise.

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Post by Devils_Advocate » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:25 am

martin_p wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:17 am
Would you like to give a single reasonable explanation why they wouldn’t?

For a start it’s one of the sports that the BBC has rights to televise.
You've had a bit of a Ray Deakin moment there :)

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Post by daveisaclaret » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:32 am

Great thread that has gone from complaining the BBC didn't cover a League One match with an attendance of 15,000 (which it did) to complaining they didn't cover League One Rugby League matches with an attendance of three men and a dog.

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Post by wilks_bfc » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:38 am

TheFamilyCat wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:00 am
A reasonable idea in principle but just not practical at grass roots level.
Agree with this

The step up to 11v11 is from u13
Seeing a 12yr old stood in a full size goal is ridiculous

You are allowed to use 7x21 goals but as you say with the facilities available (or lack of) not possible

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Post by fatboy47 » Mon Sep 26, 2022 1:41 pm

Tennis.

If you must watch a women's sport watch that. Unlike women's rugby and football it doesn't look like a complete parody of the real thing.

Plenty of genuinely attractive young fillies to pick from and none of obvious penis-envy that clearly pervades the other sports.

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Post by evensteadiereddie » Mon Sep 26, 2022 1:43 pm

Wow.

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Post by Chobulous » Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:44 am

evensteadiereddie wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 1:43 pm
Wow.
:D :D :D :D

The finest WHOOOOOSH ever posted

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Post by evensteadiereddie » Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:49 am

Nah, Chob, yours is SOOOOOOOO much better.... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by helmclaret » Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:16 pm

fatboy47 wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 1:41 pm
Tennis.

If you must watch a women's sport watch that. Unlike women's rugby and football it doesn't look like a complete parody of the real thing.

Plenty of genuinely attractive young fillies to pick from and none of obvious penis-envy that clearly pervades the other sports.
How are comments like this, day in day out, allowed to exist?

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Post by Rowls » Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:20 pm

martin_p wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:42 am
I really don’t understand why people care about the order of things on a website …
It’s not the order of things that I care about. I’m only bemused that people care more about, say, Barcelona vs espanyol more than, for example Plymouth vs Ipswich at the wknd.

The thing that annoys me is the difficulty in navigating toward that which does interest me on the BBC site.

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Post by martin_p » Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:36 pm

Rowls wrote:
Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:20 pm
It’s not the order of things that I care about. I’m only bemused that people care more about, say, Barcelona vs espanyol more than, for example Plymouth vs Ipswich at the wknd.

The thing that annoys me is the difficulty in navigating toward that which does interest me on the BBC site.
You may be bemused but it’s just the way things are. You’ll see more Barcelona tops in the average UK town or city centre that Plymouth or Ipswich (outside of their immediate catchment areas of course).

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