Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

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Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by ElectroClaret » Mon Sep 06, 2021 7:57 pm

Anyone else giving this a whirl tonight? (BBC 9pm)
Might be OK, probably the same old talking heads, though.

WARNING : This series contains traces of them down the motorway. ;)

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Sep 06, 2021 8:54 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:
Mon Sep 06, 2021 7:57 pm
Anyone else giving this a whirl tonight? (BBC 9pm)
Might be OK, probably the same old talking heads, though.

WARNING : This series contains traces of them down the motorway. ;)
I've got in record - could be good but again, as you say, could be the same old talking heads.

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by ElectroClaret » Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:23 pm

Not too bad...apart from the Rovers bits.

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by BabylonClaret » Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:36 pm

You forget how on its arse Sky was before live football.

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:41 pm

BabylonClaret wrote:
Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:36 pm
You forget how on its arse Sky was before live football.
The same applies to football to be fair, Sky money has transformed the game.
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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by aggi » Mon Sep 06, 2021 11:01 pm

BabylonClaret wrote:
Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:36 pm
You forget how on its arse Sky was before live football.
It's a good job that the bloke who made the sky dishes and receivers just happened to be in the meeting where the premier league was choosing who to sell the rights to.
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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by Funkydrummer » Tue Sep 07, 2021 8:08 am

I watched it until it seemed like it was, once again, becoming the Manchester United
show - there was also the odd glimpse of the great unwashed.

Did I miss much ?

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by Billy Balfour » Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:02 am

Sometimes, those early EPL days don't seem so long ago, then you watch programmes like this one and realise they are (nearly 30 years ago). I was too young to understand all the machinations and how much of a financial gamble it was at the time. A half decent documentary for a Monday evening.

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by Bosscat » Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:14 am

ElectroClaret wrote:
Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:23 pm
Not too bad...apart from the Rovers bits.
Don't watch it next week then 😂

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by Swizzlestick » Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:27 am

It was alright, went over some well trodden ground. Bit of a puff piece for Murdoch and Sky in places. And yes, Rurrrrrvers feature quite a bit.

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by ElectroClaret » Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:06 am

Bosscat wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:14 am
Don't watch it next week then 😂
Hopefully, the Undead bit's out of the way now. :)
As said, not much new but entertaining in its own way.

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:21 am

What was funny was the chairman of the Football League dismissing the idea of a new league.

That chairman was Bill Fox, the then Blackburn chairman, who at one time, according to one song, swept Burnley's Longside. He died in the December before the Premier League kicked off.
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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by fidelcastro » Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:40 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:21 am
What was funny was the chairman of the Football League dismissing the idea of a new league.

That chairman was Bill Fox, the then Blackburn chairman, who at one time, according to one song, swept Burnley's Longside. He died in the December before the Premier League kicked off.
Yes, I remember the impeccably observed minutes' silence for him at the Turf.

;)

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by Bosscat » Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:41 am

ElectroClaret wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:06 am
Hopefully, the Undead bit's out of the way now. :)
As said, not much new but entertaining in its own way.
The Undeads far from out of the way ... Next week it concentrates on 1994/95 and Cantona's meltdown and how it threw the title race wide open... 🙄

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by ElectroClaret » Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:53 am

Bosscat wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:41 am
The Undeads far from out of the way ... Next week it concentrates on 1994/95 and Cantona's meltdown and how it threw the title race wide open... 🙄
:( :( :(
Might turn the sound down, then.
And the vision... :lol:
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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by BabylonClaret » Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:02 pm

I wasn't a watcher of the prem to start so I didn't realise how they tried to do the US razzmatazz to start. The Sky Strikers! Blimey.

I guess they just ended up thinking- let's do the coverage better. Get more money in and up the stars in the League. Bingo!

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Re: Fever Pitch... The Rise of the Premier League

Post by gawthorpe_view » Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:35 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:41 am
The Undeads far from out of the way ... Next week it concentrates on 1994/95 and Cantona's meltdown and how it threw the title race wide open... 🙄
I've never forgiven Cantona for that.

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