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[cockneyexile]

Is anyone else as fed up as i am come 16.45 on a saturday and living in wales thats when the rest of the uk finds out how teams have fared in the premiership and the championship and nationwide leagues. unless you live in wales where you are treated to how a poxy club in the welsh league ie. caersws town have done and rugby and yet more bloody rugby as a west ham supporter the only way i can now get our match reports on tv is by turning my aerial to face bristol and picking up bbc west  do you think this is dull? when the majority are penalised by the  minority what do you think lets have your comments

[THECORBYLOON]

Your nickname is "cockneyexile" so I assume you're a Londoner and you're a West Ham supporter living in Wales-how does that make you part of the majority?

[Chillum]

I feel for your rant, I really do. I grew up in Scotland, and waiting to hear the Scottish results, but having to sit through the never-ending list of lower-league English teams, used to drive me nuts. Eventually aware of the resentment that this caused in the other parts of the British Isles, television execs. deigned to give regionalised Final Scores, which are, to be honest, utter crepe... As ye sow, so shall ye reap.

aye, aye loon.

[jno]

my gosh, you mean there are some parts of the world so primitive that life doesn't stop there for the English premiership results? It must be like living in the New Guinea highlands or some of the worse parts of the empty quarter. I suppose you could try adapting to local culture, following rugby, eating sheep's eyeballs etc, though I know such things are repugnant to most civilised westerners.

[kick3m0n]

And just to be awkward.......I live in Scotland (and am Scottish) but used to get a bit fed up when Scottish telly used to show a Scottish team in Europe, when I would rather have watched the English game that was shown in other regions.  It's obvious why they do it that way, but until the advent of ITV 2 etc....it was a bit of a mare.  You can't please all of the people.......

[ermintrude35]

..you could alway get a set top box like the rest of us who are fed up of S4C and HTV wales progs...

[THECORBYLOON]

Some folk seem to forget it's the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation and there is a world outwith London (I'm sorry if that has come as a shock but that's the kind of loon I am.....)  

[brachiopod]

Well, I'm a Welshman in West Ham (Stratford, actually), and what really p1sses me off is when the only rugby reference the national news carries in it's sports coverage is about whether an English rugby player's injured fingertip will heal in time for the Italy game or not. And absolutely no bloody mention of Ireland or Wales !!

Who cares about England at this stage? They have 0 points and have lost every game in the 6 Nations so far - what does it matter if so-and-so is fit or not?

As for you, cockneyexile, I sympathise - at least I can find out how the Hammers did on the local news (Yes I have a soft spot for the Irons)   :o)