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Friday, January 4: Tranmere Rovers or Southport vs Tottenham (BT Sport 2 - 7.45pm)
Saturday, January 5: Manchester United vs Reading (BT Sport 2 - 12.30pm)
Saturday, January 5: Solihull Moors or Blackpool vs Arsenal (BT Sport 2 - 5.30pm)
Sunday, January 6: Woking vs Watford (BT Sport 2 - 2pm)
Sunday, January 6: Wrexham or Newport County vs Leicester City (BBC One - 4.30pm)
Monday, January 7: Wolves vs Liverpool (BBC One - 7.45pm)
Do man United have some sort of contract?
No. It’s because everyone likes to see them lose.
When the draw was announced and I saw that an average Man U team were at home against a lowly team, I thought there is no way that game will be televised live to keep up their incredible record going back donkeys years of every one of their FA Cup ties being televised.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trigger
Surely there were better matches than that to televise; and give some cash to eg some lower league clubs.
I saw a crazy statistic where Utd had 65 FA Cup games of which 64 were televised, that's succes I guess .Quote:
Originally Posted by Cretin Hop
Man Ud are one of the biggest teams in the world. It doesn't matter who they are playing, they will get massive worldwide audience, so having them on TV is a no brainer for the advertisers.
Only time I’ll be interested in watching Man Utd play is on the 22nd of this month.
Think that’ll be our “top 6” scalp.
This 100%.Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Morris
When ITV had the live FA cup rights, they generally showed the biggest teams regardless of who they were playing, simply as it was most attractive to advertisers. The BBC have never been as restricted as this.