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Carragher keeping his job at was the result of (for him) very fortuitous circumstances. A few months earlier, Sky made the decision not to fire Kirsty Gallacher following a drink driving conviction. Consequently the management there were backed into a corner and couldn’t get rid of Carragher...

Cup scheme payments taken on Monday 3/11 were for the Bayer Leverkusen game.

Newcastle v Fulham is at 20:15 on the same night (kickoff times presumably staggered for the benefit of Sky). I think I'd rather be the earlier game but everyone's circumstances are different.

From next season the September and October breaks are being condensed into one longer one which will mean a single three week gap between PL fixtures. The November break is staying as it is now.

Interesting article regarding the Christmas PL fixtures that’s appeared in The Times. https://www.thetimes.com/article/5dde5862-6ac6-4d3c-b6fe-35cf97f80a6b?shareToken=1e681f7e81dd7e1da9624de5af6a1bf1 It’s behind a paywall so for anyone unable to access, the delay in confirmation is mainly due...

The 1998-99 rags (79 points) were the last team to win the PL with fewer than 80 points. The way the league is now that may stay the case in perpetuity - only Leicester (81) have seriously threatened to do it since then.

Cup ticket transfers are same rules as league games with one exception - you can transfer to a season ticket holder that’s not in the cup scheme. A non-member can only be transferred to if they’re one of those that you’ve designated.

Sorry to nitpick but kickoff is at 14:00 GMT (not BST). Shouldn't affect anybody UK based (unless they forget to put their clocks back) but may be worth editing to avoid possible confusion for overseas Blues.

This thread has YouTube footage from Sky's feed embedded within a post. Sky couldn't be happier when that happens - it increases the all important view numbers and if people comment there better still - without any promotion required. City fans are doing the Sky social media team's job for them.

Like most TV pundits, his job is to elicit a reaction that leads to engagement with the audience whether that happens to be positive or negative. Having a go at Merson here is precisely the kind of reaction that Sky hopes for - it keeps the thoughts of its pundits at the forefront of social...

It was 'Wifried' rather than 'Wilfred'.

Sky and BT/TNT have swapped their slots more than once when a game has to be played on Saturday due to CL scheduling but can’t be at 5:30pm on police advice. It happened when we played the dippers at home two seasons ago and for a derby at the swamp a year or two before that - both Saturday...

All PL fixtures up to and including the weekend before Christmas are now confirmed.

Sky and BT/TNT have swapped their slots more than once when a game has to be played on Saturday and can’t be at 5:30pm on police advice. It happened when we played the dippers at home two seasons ago and for a derby at the swamp a year or two before that - both Saturday 12:30pm kickoffs on Sky.

A fine spot indeed! An additional knock-on effect of that for anyone planning ahead is that should we get past Swansea, we couldn’t play the Carabao QF on Tuesday 16th. We’d be looking at that being on the Wednesday of that week should we get there.

Sorry - I’m at best a casual observer of women’s football. What games are on TV isn’t something that’s ever really on my radar!

Two of that weekend’s TV games are Spurs v Chelsea and Liverpool v Villa. Neither can be on the Sunday due to CL fixtures on Tuesday 4th. Sky weren’t left with anything incredibly attractive for the neutrals to fill the Sunday schedule.

Bournemouth (home) Sunday 02/11 16:30 Sky Liverpool (home) Sunday 09/11 16:30 Sky Newcastle (away) Saturday 22/11 17:30 Sky Leeds (home) Saturday 29/11 15:00 not on TV

Makes sense. Close to the designated allocation of 5% - capacity is 23,000.

The CL TV money is handed out primarily on performance. Each country has a ‘TV pool’ calculated using a formula that takes into account a number of factors - the amount paid by its broadcasters for the rights and the UEFA coefficients of the clubs are two of those. The pool of money is then...