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Fixture & Ticket News

Seems crazy that any intellectual property rights can reside in a fixture list. Tis ridiculous. Appears the European court of justice (ECJ) feels the same way too.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/dec/15/premier-league-fixture-list-paolo-mengozzi

So maybe things will change soon. After all I fail to see how, if I write down Spurs' fixtures between now and the end of the season, I could be infringing any IP rights. Think of all the parish councils that publish bus timetables in their magazines -are they all infringing IP rights?

"It is also possible that the ECJ could endorse Mengozzi's opinion but reserve the right of national courts to decide whether sport is a special case in copyright terms."

As you were, would be my guess.
 
I guess we will have to just wait and see, could even be moved to the midweek before Fulham, 2 homes games to finish with!
 
Just what kind of football orientated company that runs a league with millions of fans , could be so ridiculous to stop fans discussing fixture lists... On penalty of law suit... But they let Wenger have a job talk in brick constantly
 
I need to plan travel for the Blackburn game (28/04/12). Some-one look into a crystal ball and tell me if it's going to stay on the Saturday. Paxtonwolf's usually good at this.

Utd v City is the standout fixture of that weekend, but it could be a Sat lunchtime ko or be moved to Sunday. Sky are a fecking nuisance.
 
What if EVERYBODY who ran a fan forum published the fixture list? Massive, rampant, wall-to-wall civil disobedience.

Absolutely swamp the bastards. Tie them up in court for decades. They couldn't possibly prosecute every site that published it. The one's that did get hit could probably appeal for ages on grounds of discriminatory, selective prosecution.
 
What if there's a sub forum with all the the match threads started at the beginning of the season, would that still be copyright infringement? You'd think it would benefit everyone if people what order the matches came in and what dates they were meant to be played on.
 
Our FA Cup 5th Round Replay at home to Stevenage is confirmed for Wednesday March 7, kick-off 7.30pm. It will be live on ESPN.

As a result of Stoke’s progress yesterday to the FA Cup 6th Round our Premier League fixture on Saturday, March 17 will be rescheduled.
Details of the new Stoke date and kick-off time will follow once confirmed.
 
Our FA Cup 5th Round Replay at home to Stevenage is confirmed for Wednesday March 7, kick-off 7.30pm. It will be live on ESPN.

As a result of Stoke’s progress yesterday to the FA Cup 6th Round our Premier League fixture on Saturday, March 17 will be rescheduled.
Details of the new Stoke date and kick-off time will follow once confirmed.

Good to see the Club only charging ?ú20 for Adults for this game, should see a very good turnout
 
I need to plan travel for the Blackburn game (28/04/12). Some-one look into a crystal ball and tell me if it's going to stay on the Saturday. Paxtonwolf's usually good at this.

Utd v City is the standout fixture of that weekend, but it could be a Sat lunchtime ko or be moved to Sunday. Sky are a fecking nuisance.

I'm in the same boat mate. I've already gambled on the Sunderland and Norwich games not being moved at Easter and booked a hotel while I could still get cheap rates, but also want to know about the Blackburn game too.

It's not easy trying to second-guess what Sky will pick and indeed how many will get shown, as you say City/United is mailed-on for Sky.
Think Stoke-Arsenal could get picked and possibly Chelsea-QPR due to the Terry/Ferdinand factor. We could be left alone, but all guesswork.

I do remember though that the schedule for March was announced around the 23rd last month, so fingers crossed we might hear something later this week
 
you'd have to think most of our april games will be on tv. we are still theoretically in with a chance of winning the title not to mention for the most part we play lovely football which the neutrals want to see.

usual policy is to have most of the top 4 teams games on towards the end of the season and by doing thatr you end with say 3 or 4 weeks to go them showing arsenal against villa which is of no consequence by then cos the filth have bottled everything instead of say wigan against west ham a crunch 6 pointer which would be far more watchable.
 
you'd have to think most of our april games will be on tv. we are still theoretically in with a chance of winning the title not to mention for the most part we play lovely football which the neutrals want to see.

usual policy is to have most of the top 4 teams games on towards the end of the season and by doing thatr you end with say 3 or 4 weeks to go them showing arsenal against villa which is of no consequence by then cos the filth have bottled everything instead of say wigan against west ham a crunch 6 pointer which would be far more watchable.

You could be right. Seems its started early, as posted yesterday, should we progress v Stevenage it looks like we will 10 games on the trot shown live, upto Easter.
The Bolton game looks like biting the bullet due to the FA Cup Semis
Can see the QPR getting picked by ESPN probably, derby match and all that.
Just think maybe Spurs v Blackburn might get left alone
 
Cheers mate, going to get booking and hope for the best, or worse an amended booking fee. Hopefully going to Fulham game as well, at least that one won't move and I'll be there to see Ledley lift the Championship Trophy!

\o/
 
not sure they'll got that far when they choose the next lot of tv games.

anyway as it's the 3rd last game every chance it will on tv i'd say.
 
Cheers mate, going to get booking and hope for the best, or worse an amended booking fee. Hopefully going to Fulham game as well, at least that one won't move and I'll be there to see Ledley lift the Championship Trophy!

\o/

Yes thats the one thing about the Fulham game, Tv or not, we know when its being played.

What chain do you book with? We always use Premier Inn
 
not sure they'll got that far when they choose the next lot of tv games.

anyway as it's the 3rd last game every chance it will on tv i'd say.

I was thinking the next schedule announcement will be all the April games, can see them holding back on the 5th/6th May games until they see who's in the Cup final maybe, and obviously the final day selection is only made a few days beforehand
 
I was thinking the next schedule announcement will be all the April games, can see them holding back on the 5th/6th May games until they see who's in the Cup final maybe, and obviously the final day selection is only made a few days beforehand

All matches on Cup Final weekend are moved to Sunday to avoid the clash.


The FA Cup final will be played on a day free from top-flight football after the Premier League agreed to delay its matches by 24 hours.

The Wembley showpiece is scheduled for Saturday, 5 May, and the Premier League programme has been moved to Sunday.

"We realise that it is not good for either competition to have our matches conflicting with the FA Cup," said a Premier League spokesperson.

The 2011 final was played on the same day as four Premier League matches.

A fixture pile-up caused the clash and resulted in Emirates Marketing Project's FA Cup win over Stoke taking place just hours after Manchester United
secured the title with a draw at Blackburn.

However, the Premier League may be forced to move games back to 5 May should a top-flight team reach the Europa League final or if main television rights holder BSkyB demands it.

The Europa League final is the following Wednesday and the Premier League would allow any English finalists finalists an extra 24 hours to prepare by bringing their league match forward a day to Saturday.

BSkyB's contract with the Premier League allows it to choose a top-flight match to show on Saturday lunchtime if they wish.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16862015
 
actually you may be right about going up to the end of april. these are the april tv games from last year.

as you can see all the top 4 teams were on in the last couple of weeks. bear in mind the season finished very late last season 2 weeks later than this.

02 APR 11 West Ham United v Manchester United 12.45 Sky Sports
02 APR 11 Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers 17.30 ESPN
03 APR 11 Fulham v Blackpool 13:30 Sky Sports
03 APR 11 Emirates Marketing Project v Sunderland 16:00 Sky Sports
09 APR 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton 12:45 Sky Sports
10 APR 11 Blackpool v Arsenal 13:30 Sky Sports
10 APR 11 Aston Villa v Saudi Sportswashing Machine 16:00 Sky Sports
11 APR 11 Liverpool v Emirates Marketing Project 20:00 Sky Sports
16 APR 11 Saudi Sportswashing Machine v Manchester United 12:45 Sky Sports
17 APR 11 Emirates Marketing Project v Tottenham Hotspur 13:30 Sky Sports
17 APR 11 Arsenal v Liverpool 16:00 Sky Sports
20 APR 11 Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal 19:45 Sky Sports
23 APR 11 Manchester United v Everton 12:45 Sky Sports
23 APR 11 Chelsea v West Ham United 17:30 ESPN
24 APR 11 Bolton Wanderers v Arsenal 16:00 Sky Sports
25 APR 11 Blackburn Rovers v Emirates Marketing Project 20:00 Sky Sports
30 APR 11 Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur 17:30 Sky Sports
01 MAY 11 Liverpool v Saudi Sportswashing Machine 12:00 ESPN
01 MAY 11 Arsenal v Manchester United 14:05 Sky Sports
01 MAY 11 Emirates Marketing Project v West Ham United 16:10 Sky Sports
 
actually you may be right about going up to the end of april. these are the april tv games from last year.

as you can see all the top 4 teams were on in the last couple of weeks. bear in mind the season finished very late last season 2 weeks later than this.

02 APR 11 West Ham United v Manchester United 12.45 Sky Sports
02 APR 11 Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers 17.30 ESPN
03 APR 11 Fulham v Blackpool 13:30 Sky Sports
03 APR 11 Emirates Marketing Project v Sunderland 16:00 Sky Sports
09 APR 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton 12:45 Sky Sports
10 APR 11 Blackpool v Arsenal 13:30 Sky Sports
10 APR 11 Aston Villa v Saudi Sportswashing Machine 16:00 Sky Sports
11 APR 11 Liverpool v Emirates Marketing Project 20:00 Sky Sports
16 APR 11 Saudi Sportswashing Machine v Manchester United 12:45 Sky Sports
17 APR 11 Emirates Marketing Project v Tottenham Hotspur 13:30 Sky Sports
17 APR 11 Arsenal v Liverpool 16:00 Sky Sports
20 APR 11 Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal 19:45 Sky Sports
23 APR 11 Manchester United v Everton 12:45 Sky Sports
23 APR 11 Chelsea v West Ham United 17:30 ESPN
24 APR 11 Bolton Wanderers v Arsenal 16:00 Sky Sports
25 APR 11 Blackburn Rovers v Emirates Marketing Project 20:00 Sky Sports
30 APR 11 Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur 17:30 Sky Sports01 MAY 11 Liverpool v Saudi Sportswashing Machine 12:00 ESPN
01 MAY 11 Arsenal v Manchester United 14:05 Sky Sports
01 MAY 11 Emirates Marketing Project v West Ham United 16:10 Sky Sports

That one still hurts..
 
All matches on Cup Final weekend are moved to Sunday to avoid the clash.


The FA Cup final will be played on a day free from top-flight football after the Premier League agreed to delay its matches by 24 hours.

The Wembley showpiece is scheduled for Saturday, 5 May, and the Premier League programme has been moved to Sunday.

"We realise that it is not good for either competition to have our matches conflicting with the FA Cup," said a Premier League spokesperson.

The 2011 final was played on the same day as four Premier League matches.

A fixture pile-up caused the clash and resulted in Emirates Marketing Project's FA Cup win over Stoke taking place just hours after Manchester United
secured the title with a draw at Blackburn.

However, the Premier League may be forced to move games back to 5 May should a top-flight team reach the Europa League final or if main television rights holder BSkyB demands it.

The Europa League final is the following Wednesday and the Premier League would allow any English finalists finalists an extra 24 hours to prepare by bringing their league match forward a day to Saturday.

BSkyB's contract with the Premier League allows it to choose a top-flight match to show on Saturday lunchtime if they wish.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16862015

Fingers crossed we wont be playing at Villa Park that weekend :D
 
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