The BBC have just announced something re. televising Ulster Championship games--I missed the whole item
but it sounded good.
Its in the Irish News today also, they will show 7/8 of the Ulster Championship games live plus any games from AIQF's onwards involving Ulster teams.
Don't know the ins and outs of what negotiations went on but this is brilliant for fans in Ulster.
Fair play to the BBC and especially to the Ulster Council who had to have worked really hard on this.
Jackie Fullerton and David Jeffrey are lined up as the commentary team, with Stephen Watson down by the sideline.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 13, 2009, 09:15:33 PM
Jackie Fullerton and David Jeffrey are lined up as the commentary team, with Stephen Watson down by the sideline.
And the show will be presented by the life long GAA lover........ Jim Neilly
Aren't RTE showing all the Ulster championship matches live anyway (apart from Donegal v Antrim).
Quote from: mylestheslasher on May 13, 2009, 09:22:28 PM
Aren't RTE showing all the Ulster championship matches live anyway (apart from Donegal v Antrim).
Ay but you can't access RTE in a lot of areas in the north.
This will be good craic. I wonder will the Ulster Council be so happy with this deal when the arse falls out of the attendances?
Quote from: tyrone86 on May 13, 2009, 10:35:01 PM
This will be good craic. I wonder will the Ulster Council be so happy with this deal when the arse falls out of the attendances?
Good point. I hope the fans turn out in number in Enniskillen this Sunday, even if the game is on TV.
Quote from: FermPundit on May 13, 2009, 10:50:09 PM
Quote from: tyrone86 on May 13, 2009, 10:35:01 PM
This will be good craic. I wonder will the Ulster Council be so happy with this deal when the arse falls out of the attendances?
Good point. I hope the fans turn out in number in Enniskillen this Sunday, even if the game is on TV.
Why in hell is Sunday's game all-ticket?
I'm probably going to be down home and was thinking of popping along - it's a lot easier if you can just pay on the gate. Unless it actually needs to be all-ticket, it just puts people off.
There was plenty of free space for the Monaghan game last year. Surely Down v Fermanagh wouldn't be a significantly bigger crowd?
Quote from: Maguire01 on May 13, 2009, 10:52:54 PM
Quote from: FermPundit on May 13, 2009, 10:50:09 PM
Quote from: tyrone86 on May 13, 2009, 10:35:01 PM
This will be good craic. I wonder will the Ulster Council be so happy with this deal when the arse falls out of the attendances?
Good point. I hope the fans turn out in number in Enniskillen this Sunday, even if the game is on TV.
Why in hell is Sunday's game all-ticket?
I'm probably going to be down home and was thinking of popping along - it's a lot easier if you can just pay on the gate. Unless it actually needs to be all-ticket, it just puts people off.
There was plenty of free space for the Monaghan game last year. Surely Down v Fermanagh wouldn't be a significantly bigger crowd?
It doesn't make any sense why the game is all ticket. Make the John Vesey stand all ticket but not the whole ground. It really does put people off going to the game, especially those who aren't members of their local GAA club. Surley they will be selling tickets at the ground on Sunday?
Fully agree, hope to make my way to a few of the Ulster games but it could be almost impossible.
There's a note in the Irish News today saying that no tickets will be available on the day, you'd have to wonder about the people in charge some times. Crazy.
Quote from: ExiledGael on May 13, 2009, 11:08:29 PM
Fully agree, hope to make my way to a few of the Ulster games but it could be almost impossible.
There's a note in the Irish News today saying that no tickets will be available on the day, you'd have to wonder about the people in charge some times. Crazy.
If I remember rightly there was no tickets on sale on the day of the game for Tyrone v Down in Omagh last year, and I'd say you were 1500 shy of capacity.
Fair play to the BBC - this year they're making the effort - but after the crying last year they had to be seen to do something. I don't know what your typical BBC NI rating on a summer Sunday would be, but I don't think they're onto a ratings loser anyway. I also wonder what the status of the highlights show is in this scenario - considering a high number of what would be considered your core audience goes to club football on a Sunday.
I don't know how the Ulster Council will be recompensed for this - considering they were pleading poverty earlier this year and making noises about needing to raise tickets prices, I don't know what they get out of this? Unless they think the hype of the initial live games will bring out the crowds for the Semi Finals and Final, but 7 out of 8 live games is coming pretty close to saturation point.
This is good news, this will keep me out of the pub on Sunday.
Will there be mid-week analysis shows on BBC?
The Ulster council never sell tickets on the day of a game. All ticket games are those where the crowd is expected to be >80% of the capacity of the ground and they don't want people travelling.
I'd say the all ticket thing is to reduce the amount of cash at the turnstiles after yer man getting robbed a few years back, probably a croke park directive going by how the club finals are now conducted.
Quote from: armaghniac on May 14, 2009, 12:25:54 AM
The Ulster council never sell tickets on the day of a game. All ticket games are those where the crowd is expected to be >80% of the capacity of the ground and they don't want people travelling.
I think there should be a way of buying a ticket on the day of a game, similar to that done in croker with the booths.
Last year in enniskillen there were a good few lads who were couldnt gain admission as they couldnt purchase a ticket on the day, yet the game was nowhere full. ridiculus situation.
The whole ticket affair always pisses me off - it seems the gaa like to keep it all hush hush about whether or not you'll need tickets, then 3 days before the game word goes round that its all ticket, and the club has already sent a load back cos noone was looking them cos noone knew it was all-ticket, and you're left running round like a blue-arsed fly trying to get them, then into the ground and its half empty.
Why cant they publicise early that it is/is not all ticket? Whats really going to change in last wee while before the match? The only thing I can think of that might affect attendance is tv coverage and the weather - yiou cant prepare for one, while the other: in this case the game is live on 2 channels, which you might expect to have a negative effect on attendance, but its still all ticket anyway so they dont seem to have taken that into account......so they could have let everyone know it was all ticket months ago!
Quote from: donelli on May 14, 2009, 10:36:18 AM
Quote from: armaghniac on May 14, 2009, 12:25:54 AM
The Ulster council never sell tickets on the day of a game. All ticket games are those where the crowd is expected to be >80% of the capacity of the ground and they don't want people travelling.
I think there should be a way of buying a ticket on the day of a game, similar to that done in croker with the booths.
Last year in enniskillen there were a good few lads who were couldnt gain admission as they couldnt purchase a ticket on the day, yet the game was nowhere full. ridiculus situation.
I bought tickets outside ground for Fermanagh Monaghan. You headed into entrance to stand and went up to building on left. There had been an ad in paper day before saying tickets would be available on day.
Quote from: Redhand Santa on May 14, 2009, 01:48:24 PM
Quote from: donelli on May 14, 2009, 10:36:18 AM
Quote from: armaghniac on May 14, 2009, 12:25:54 AM
The Ulster council never sell tickets on the day of a game. All ticket games are those where the crowd is expected to be >80% of the capacity of the ground and they don't want people travelling.
I think there should be a way of buying a ticket on the day of a game, similar to that done in croker with the booths.
Last year in enniskillen there were a good few lads who were couldnt gain admission as they couldnt purchase a ticket on the day, yet the game was nowhere full. ridiculus situation.
I bought tickets outside ground for Fermanagh Monaghan. You headed into entrance to stand and went up to building on left. There had been an ad in paper day before saying tickets would be available on day.
That's a bit late when they've been publicising all-ticket arrangements all week!
The only match not being covered live is Donegal v. Our Beloved Saffrons. Highlights will be shown on the evening of Sunday June 14th...presumably after the 9:00pm watershed as young Antrim fans could be scarred for life!
BBC Newsline dragged Austin O'Callaghan and a film crew the whole way to Warrenpoint to tell us that that Ross and the boys were playing a round to relax before Sunday....fair enough....
The only person they could find was from Club Down and they put him on the spot...."in a word is Down gonna win" they asked...he replied..."Yes"...what else was he gonna say... ???
Then they waved this piece of paper about saying it was the Down team for Sunday hot of the presses.....
Why didnt they...
..interview Ross when he was there?
...announce the fcukin team?
They were more interested in rushing back to Winker the w**ker .... and the petrol heads in Portstewart >:(
Fantastic that BBC are showing these games - have only good 'ol analogue for RTE so to have these games (and this is the most competitive province in Ireland) on digital (freesat) is fantastic. Fair play to them.
I wonder will the BBC put the same resources in to the coverage of the Ulster Championship as they are doing with the Northwest 200. They have a dedicated website with live video on it. I know the NW200 is only on one weekend in the year compared to the few months the Ulster championship is on for but would it be that hard for them to do likewise for the GAA as it has more of a following than the NW200.
I know there was talk of a dedicated GAA TV channel but IMO would be hard to get started up, to get the funds, infrastructure etc in place so was thinking would a GAA TV website not be a better way to start it up. Last year RTE were showing the live games and The Sunday Game live on thier website as well as being able to go back and watch later. Surely it wouldn't be hard for the GAA to set up a similar website to show live matches, highlights, build up to games, interviews, classic games etc on it similar to the way RTE have it as well as most big premiership teams have.
Are the BBC just using a feed from RTE like last year, or filming it themselves? ie, getting it on the cheap.
Well RTÉ are showing it too, so i doubt there are 2 crews at the same game. Probably splitting the costs. Or maybe BBC do some Ulster matches and RTÉ do the rest. It's generally the BBC trucks you see at Ulster matches.
Last year I think they used RTE's feed and just presented it themselves.