Manchester UTD vs Liverpool September 12

[mango66]

Originally Posted by coggie

It's very unlikely to be played on the Sunday as England play Australia at cricket that day at the other Old Trafford.. it's a 25,000 sell out so it would be chaotic round there. As Liverpool and possibly United will be in Europe the following week that rules out Monday night...so that leaves 5.30 Saturday night ( unlikely due to possible crowd trouble) and Saturday lunchtime... so my guess in the latter

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My guess would be Saturday 5.30pm - two reasons, Man.Utd could be in European action on Tuesday night & im sure Sky will want this fixture & 5.30pm is their time slot ..BT have the 12.45pm Saturday slot. I don't agree with potential crowd trouble dictating k-o times, in the 70's & 80's YES, but weved moved on a lot since those days.

[coggie]

Originally Posted by mango66

My guess would be Saturday 5.30pm - two reasons, Man.Utd could be in European action on Tuesday night & im sure Sky will want this fixture & 5.30pm is their time slot ..BT have the 12.45pm Saturday slot. I don't agree with potential crowd trouble dictating k-o times, in the 70's & 80's YES, but weved moved on a lot since those days.

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United could be in action the Tuesday after, so they will push for an earlier kick off...but you are right it will be dictated by who chooses the game.

However I do disagree with your comments about the crowd trouble..it still is a consideration for some games...last seasons FA cup quarter final between Villa and Albion which kicked off on a Saturday night at 5.30 and there was major crowd violence may well prove that "contentious" games shouldn't be at this time... United v Liverpool is the countries most fiercest rivalry and always has potential for trouble

[mango66]

Originally Posted by coggie

United could be in action the Tuesday after, so they will push for an earlier kick off...but you are right it will be dictated by who chooses the game.

However I do disagree with your comments about the crowd trouble..it still is a consideration for some games...last seasons FA cup quarter final between Villa and Albion which kicked off on a Saturday night at 5.30 and there was major crowd violence may well prove that "contentious" games shouldn't be at this time... United v Liverpool is the countries most fiercest rivalry and always has potential for trouble

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Sky get the pick of the games, so id be amazed if they over-looked this fixture.
I guess any game as the potential for trouble - Villa/WBA didn't surprise me, their rivalry along with Wolves can be quite hostile where Man.U / LFC rivalry is more banter ( infact without admitting it id say theres mutual respect amongst both sets of fans ) - you don't generally hear of much trouble between the two if im honest.

[coggie]

Originally Posted by mango66

Sky get the pick of the games, so id be amazed if they over-looked this fixture.
I guess any game as the potential for trouble - Villa/WBA didn't surprise me, their rivalry along with Wolves can be quite hostile where Man.U / LFC rivalry is more banter ( infact without admitting it id say theres mutual respect amongst both sets of fans ) - you don't generally hear of much trouble between the two if im honest.

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You're right every game has potential for trouble. Take my word as someone who has been to every Liverpool v Man Utd game since 1975 that this rivalry isn't banter... there is an irrational hatred of each, other far more than City/United or Liverpool/Everton and the only time I have experienced anything worse than that is when I went to a couple of the Glasgow derbies back in the 90s..

I have many friends who support the 3 Midland clubs and Albion hate Villa more than they hate Wolves ( maybe because the grounds are actually closer to each other) and I've been to a couple Albion/Wolves games too and whilst they are hostile I still wouldn't consider them anywhere near Liverpool/United

[Guest]

NBC has the broadcast right to the Permier League for 2015/2016. They usually show one game on the regular NBC channel on a Saturday, all the other games are shown on NBC premium channels.

[bighal]

Just miss it, its only a football game and not the end of the world. Couldn't think any thing worse than watching football when on holiday...

[walt4it]

Just wait for the TV companies to decide what they want to do - does not seem to matter about rivalries, crowd violence nor indeed the every day fan who wants to watch at 3pm on a Saturday.

Ok rant over - I'm sure this game will be the Saturday lunchtime game in the UK.
that will put it on early Saturday morning tv in the US and Canada - not sure of channel but have often found these game on free tv and a great start to a Saturday morning on the other side of the globe.

In the coming weeks, once Tv has signed off their schedules and deals, you will find out exactly when this game will be played - hold tight for now

[Heather1957]

Originally Posted by bighal

Just miss it, its only a football game and not the end of the world. Couldn't think any thing worse than watching football when on holiday...

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True fans/supporters wouldn't want to miss it and really why should they? It must be hard enough getting these supporters to actually go on holiday during the season!

Op as advised until the TV schedules have been released it is difficult to know when the game will be shown if it is a 12 noon kick off it will be difficult to know where it can be seen as it will be 7am in Florida.

Always a stressful game in my family as they are divided supporters, I have Liverpool and Man U supporters so lots of 'banter' here!

[novocastrian]

Originally Posted by bighal

Just miss it, its only a football game and not the end of the world. Couldn't think any thing worse than watching football when on holiday...

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spoken like a true fan...

its only 90 minutes will be early morning more than likely so not eating into a day so much

[novocastrian]

Originally Posted by walt4it

Just wait for the TV companies to decide what they want to do - does not seem to matter about rivalries, crowd violence nor indeed the every day fan who wants to watch at 3pm on a Saturday.

Ok rant over - I'm sure this game will be the Saturday lunchtime game in the UK.
that will put it on early Saturday morning tv in the US and Canada - not sure of channel but have often found these game on free tv and a great start to a Saturday morning on the other side of the globe.

In the coming weeks, once Tv has signed off their schedules and deals, you will find out exactly when this game will be played - hold tight for now

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indeed but if we want the millions & millions needed to pay the top players etc etc then the TV companies can ask us to play at 3:40AM on a tuesday for asian viewers if they want

fwiw i prefered 'old school' football with 3pm satda kickoffs and the only game live on TV was the FA Cup final, but we have long time passed the point of no return...