United Thread - 2022/23

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Just seen their next game vs Everton is at 7pm on Sunday evening (BT Sport) bit of a funny time for kick-off, anyone know why?

Has there ever been a Sunday 7pm PL game before?
Yes there have been a few random kick off times when there are a number of games on the same night and they get one game in early while Sky show a game as late as 20.15 kick off so people can get to watch even more football.

We kicked off against Forest at 19.30 a few weeks ago.
 
Yes there have been a few random kick off times when there are a number of games on the same night and they get one game in early while Sky show a game as late as 20.15 kick off so people can get to watch even more football.

We kicked off against Forest at 19.30 a few weeks ago.
Yes - wasn't that a week when Amazon Prime had the games and you could pick any one you wanted?

But that was mid-week though wasn't it, I'm just curious about the Sunday night thing.
 
Yes - wasn't that a week when Amazon Prime had the games and you could pick any one you wanted?

But that was mid-week though wasn't it, I'm just curious about the Sunday night thing.
Agree that it's a weird kick-off time but as usual with these things, there tends to be a valid reason for it. It was originally selected for BT's early Saturday slot but as United are away in Europe on Thursday it automatically got knocked back to the Sunday, and as Sky already have games in the 2pm and 4.30pm slots, that's why it's a 7pm kick-off on BT.
 
Agree that it's a weird kick-off time but as usual with these things, there tends to be a valid reason for it. It was originally selected for BT's early Saturday slot but as United are away in Europe on Thursday it automatically got knocked back to the Sunday, and as Sky already have games in the 2pm and 4.30pm slots, that's why it's a 7pm kick-off on BT.
Clubs get money for each of their appearances on tele so they couldn’t knock one of the other Sunday games off the tele to fit Everton v United in instead, because that would mean one of the other games would have money taken off them.
 
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