when this irn bru cup starts again,what tv channels show this competition as I didnt see any of the matches in it last year?
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when this irn bru cup starts again,what tv channels show this competition as I didnt see any of the matches in it last year?
BBC Alba have screened it the last few seasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
But that was a meaningless friendly. Was it the full Burnley team that played as well?Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Vicarious comparisons are by definition not direct ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
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Originally Posted by Martinho II
and S4C covered a good few when the Welsh sides were involved.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
This competition is structured so that you potentially make a bit of money by taking part in the first round, but there's very little extra (apart from share of gate receipts) for progressing. If you do progress, you will have to play a round in late November, If you took the competition seriously enough to progress that far, you'll now be extending your players' contracts for a few weeks (assuming they are willing to do so) and will lose a packet in doing so. Pats weighed it up and said "no thanks".
Right, but if they're not games that are taken seriously by LOI sides - and I don't think you could accuse English sides of taking them seriously either - what relevance does it have to whether English teams are beatable in a competitive game?Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
pity that bbc alba isnt part of sky q at all. will have to rely on a link closer the time as theres no longer the option of adding additional channels like you used to do with sky +.
Or maybe leave home and attend the game ? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
S4C covered 4 matches, all involving Welsh teams. BBC Alba also covered 4 matches, including the Final and the Semi-Final S4C were not covering. No interest here or in NI. Be interesting to see if English stations might show a game or two this coming season, with English clubs now in it as well, but that'll probably depend on how well they do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
I think BT are the only broadcasters to show any interest in the English Conference.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlebray
When is the draw for the round LOI teams enter? I’m starting to think this competition is a figment of my imagination.
First round is tomorrow/Wednesday
LoI clubs join in the second round - draw to be made at 1pm on Thursday.
Wiki has all the details
OK, Wiki or not, here's the background and the full results from 2017/2018. Enjoy.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
What time is this draw being made ?
1pm on Thursday on SPFL Facebook page.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
You can always gauge the importance of a football competition by whether the draw is made on live TV or on Facebook :DQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Peterhead v Bohs
Sligo v Forfar or Livingston U20s
Poor Sligo; a second home tie in as many years.
https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.dail...e-13090469.amp
As per a previous point I'd made - if it had been Sligo away at Peterhead they'd soon have realised how little help Knock airport is when trying to access the further reaches of Scotland with a football team and support staff :DQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
3 Hour 20 spin from Edinburgh to Peterhead as per Google maps. Hardly a big deal. Depends on what price they might get the flight to Edinburgh for of course.
You can fly from Knock to Aberdeen with a stopover in Manchester or Birmingham. Less than an hours drive to Peterhead from Aberdeen.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
In theory - but not in practise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
There is only one flight from Knock to Edinburgh a day, and it's at 5:10pm on a Saturday. So they'd need to fly over the day before and stay overnight.
The problem with coming back is that there is only one flight from Scotland to Knock as well - and it leaves on Saturday morning. So to get back from a Peterhead fixture via Knock, they'd have to fly on the Sunday and spend a second night in accommodation.
So it's not just the journey time involved in getting from Sligo to Knock and from Edinburgh to Peterhead, it's the fact that it needs to be a 48hr trip with 2 night accommodation thrown in. That would be a big expense for Sligo, so they've dodged a serious bullet in this round
Would have assumed they would at least stay the night before in any case.
Would probably be an even worse option in fairness, because it would still involve a 48hr trip from Friday to Sunday, and also need 4 flights, and c. 4hrs dead time in transfer on two days.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
The killer is that there is only one flight a day out of Knock to Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester, and the times of those flights don't suit getting to and from a 3pm Saturday match in the north-east of Scotland without it being a 48hr round trip.
It's all well and good chatting about flights, but the mode of transport will likely come down to cost.
Assuming it does, it'd be bus and ferry.
I know the distance isn't as much, but Derry took that option when we played Gretna in Motherwell.
If Bohs go for that, you'd be looking at a 10 hour journey. Not great, but at least it's broken up with a while on the ferry, which presumably has a gym.
There's the added advantage of being able to leave straight after the match and travel overnight, saving one an extra hotel night.
Moot point really, but I'm not sure why Sligo would restrcict consideration to a tiny regional airport that's an hour away instead of a huge international airport with 200 times as many flights that's 2-2.5 hours away. Bohs are about 5km away from the same airport. Aer Lingus alone have 2 flights a day each way to Aberdeen.
Brendy if the ferry has a gym it's been seriously upgraded since I last took a ferry trip!
It's a reference to a discussion I had on here with a Sligo fan a page or 2 back, who took affront at the assertion that Knock wasn't a great option to travel from for games in Scotland.Quote:
Originally Posted by seand
I'm no physio, but I would've thought the last thing you'd want players to do on their way to a fixture is to mess around in a gym ? Particularly a random one on a boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by seand
There's definitely a quiz question in this fixture
8 September 2018 The New Saints v Queen's Park Oswestry, England
Scottish Queens playing Welsh Saints in England. That's a cracker.
8 September 2018
Peterhead v Bohemians
Sligo Rovers v Livingston U20s
League Two opposition away for Bohs and U20s opponents at home for Sligo on Saturday. Are Bohs and Sligo likely to be fielding full strength teams in this competition?
Hard to know for definite but I’d expect Long to put out a side who can win the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Many bohs fans making the trip over?
Any of this weekend's games confirmed for telly ?
Just the Longford v Cork one on Friday.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
With the Cup game V Derry postponed I suspect we may have a decent team out but it still remains very low on our priorities so Long may give a few young lads a run out.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
Club policy; We don't win at home.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Live on TV tomorrow :
The New Saints v Queen's Park
Irn-Bru Cup 2nd Round
19:35
S4C
Bohs 1 up so far.
1-0 Bohs FT
That's 2 out of 2 away wins v Aberdeen clubs in international competitions!
Sounds a bit underwhelming all the same, even if it's the LoI's first ever win in the competition.
Many go over to it?