FA Cup Semi Finals

[cc1]

Apparently, only the Man U v Man C match is on terrestial TV, the Bolton v Stoke match is on ESPN only. Had it been Man U v Bolton and Man C v Stoke, would this still have happened? Or is it a case that unfashionable teams are ignored?
It's stupid enough that 4 North West teams' supporters have to trail down to Wembley, now half of them won't be able to watch on TV, unless you have ESPN. (Yes, I know the half is technically inaccurate)

[Ankou]

i always thought that no matter where you were in the country, that any man u game would always have 1st dibs on national telly, even itv london when chelsea or arsenal were playing.

[redman41]

Both matches should be shown on ITV on Sat and Sunday without prejudice

[dtgblue]

Its all about media rights, they have both shared the cost so they get one match each. Because ITV paid the most they have the preference of which game to televise

[redman41]

As a neutral I was looking forward to both semis equally but PPV rules the roost for most Sporting events and I refuse to pay for ESPN as well as Sky as the whole thing is becoming a rip-off !

[trt]

Lets face it, Man Utd have a bigger following on tv especially with Man City as its a derby. There is also the Q of how much the advertisers pay as Bolton v Stoke, even though it should be a good game.

You can watch it here on Sunday, good picture and sound, but don't tell anybody I told you!! ; -)

http://www.firstrowsports.eu/