Also, it’s imperative that the Premier League maintain the Saturday 3pm games from being televised. That was an original stipulation to Sky so that attendances in lower leagues were not affected
National League clubs must be in a state of delirium after the announcement. Steadily over the last 5 years the NL attendances have been rising. All helped along by TNT/BTsport showing that it is good honest football, the price of the PL taking its toll financially on families and of course the much friendlier atmosphere generated. Now the cherry on the cake will be barely any PL games on Saturday. Friday, Sunday, Monday and Wednesday are now the preferred TV days.
To their credit Bromley always keep a keen eye on Palace, Charlton, Millwall to make sure their fans are aware that if their team is playing away Bromley is at home. If all three are away you are guaranteed a bigger crowd, many Palace fans now treat Bromley as their second club. Now the net has widened, from south of the river all London PL clubs have fanbase so the Bromley invitation will be extended.
The same will happen for all NL clubs in their respective areas, this could be the big turning point for the non league game.
Hopefully attendances keep on rising Rob, I know all clubs are asked before the fixture lists are compiled if they want to be placed opposite to other clubs, I know they can't fulfil every request but it gives non-league such a bigger profile .
Bang on Trevor - considering how devalued the FA Cup is now - l remember how massive it was - probably bigger than winning the league, certainly more romantic.
By supporting a non league club who manage to progress to the latter stages and draw a club from a higher division even a Championship club you get a sense of that.
Just a shame that some of that money doesn’t filter down to lower divisions so we could produce more home grown talent.
Thank you Brian! I think we can see from the TV picks where the land lies now from round 3, that's when the romance and glamour goes for me.
Always going to be a sticky point when it comes to money, I feel that if we don't see better amounts filtering down then the non-league game has to be protected by the 3pm Saturday blackout.
Also, it’s imperative that the Premier League maintain the Saturday 3pm games from being televised. That was an original stipulation to Sky so that attendances in lower leagues were not affected
National League clubs must be in a state of delirium after the announcement. Steadily over the last 5 years the NL attendances have been rising. All helped along by TNT/BTsport showing that it is good honest football, the price of the PL taking its toll financially on families and of course the much friendlier atmosphere generated. Now the cherry on the cake will be barely any PL games on Saturday. Friday, Sunday, Monday and Wednesday are now the preferred TV days.
To their credit Bromley always keep a keen eye on Palace, Charlton, Millwall to make sure their fans are aware that if their team is playing away Bromley is at home. If all three are away you are guaranteed a bigger crowd, many Palace fans now treat Bromley as their second club. Now the net has widened, from south of the river all London PL clubs have fanbase so the Bromley invitation will be extended.
The same will happen for all NL clubs in their respective areas, this could be the big turning point for the non league game.
Hopefully attendances keep on rising Rob, I know all clubs are asked before the fixture lists are compiled if they want to be placed opposite to other clubs, I know they can't fulfil every request but it gives non-league such a bigger profile .
Bang on Trevor - considering how devalued the FA Cup is now - l remember how massive it was - probably bigger than winning the league, certainly more romantic.
By supporting a non league club who manage to progress to the latter stages and draw a club from a higher division even a Championship club you get a sense of that.
Just a shame that some of that money doesn’t filter down to lower divisions so we could produce more home grown talent.
Thank you Brian! I think we can see from the TV picks where the land lies now from round 3, that's when the romance and glamour goes for me.
Always going to be a sticky point when it comes to money, I feel that if we don't see better amounts filtering down then the non-league game has to be protected by the 3pm Saturday blackout.