Football 2020-1 Season Conclusion

[Brekkie]

They did switch I think round 36 and 37 of matches so each team had the opportunity to have a crowd for one match in the final two rounds.

(And yes, I did have the wrong thread - but think I got away with it 8-) )

[thegeek]

wrong thread perhaps, Brekkie?

[thegeek]

Man Utd v Liverpool looking like it'll miss its 1630 kick-off, due to protestors breaking into the stadium and getting onto the pitch. I think they'd be hard pressed to find another day to play the match before the end of the season - so I don't know if that means a delay to the Spurs game if it goes beyond an hour's delay.

[valley]

Man Utd v Liverpool looking like it'll miss its 1630 kick-off, due to protestors breaking into the stadium and getting onto the pitch. I think they'd be hard pressed to find another day to play the match before the end of the season - so I don't know if that means a delay to the Spurs game if it goes beyond an hour's delay.

A 1500 kick-off tomorrow might be a possibility, considering it's a Bank Holiday.

[cmthwtv]

Still a chance it'll go ahead today although don't know what will happen as a fixture clash will happen if the game starts any later than 17:00, which is very unlikely at this rate

[James Martin]

Sky are also showing Spurs v. Sheffield, so they'll have no choice but to push it back if Man U v. Liverpool goes ahead late.

[Brekkie]

6.30pm the rumoured earliest kick-off so guess it'll be on Main Event with the other game on Sky Sports Premier League.

[James Martin]

The protesters have now been moved on by the looks of things.

[James Martin]

Sorry for double post but looking at the calendar there is an option to play the game tomorrow afternoon at 15:00.

[valley]

Sorry for double post but looking at the calendar there is an option to play the game tomorrow afternoon at 15:00.

Already been mentioned. There would be knock on effects of that, notably because some of tonight’s crew and talent would be working on tomorrow’s games too.

[Brekkie]

Delay it till tomorrow though and it's just inviting the same situation to occur, whilst if they play it tonight the protests have largely done their job.

[James Martin]

The other question is are the resources there and ready to go for the two games to play simultaneously?

[News Engineer]

The other question is are the resources there and ready to go for the two games to play simultaneously?

There might need to be some juggling around, but it’d be doable- there’d be some overlap anyway between post match feeds / coverage of the 4:30pm game and pre match ones for the later kick off. Even with remote production it wouldn’t be the same team on both games.

It might cause issues for some smaller broadcasters who may have expected to bring in both games using the same lines, but most would have workarounds- like using a satellite downlink of a feed rather than via fibre, not having a backup for a period of time.

[Inspector Sands]

Bless them standing in that big empty stadium filling and filling. Think they could be there a while more

EDIT - game off

[James Martin]

Stan Collymore on Twitter suggesting the game is not happening today.