FAC Weekend Live Footy

[littlewiggy]

Just a heads-up to those that have Sky / Virgin / Satellite packages ... our FA Cup game at home to Walsall is live on S4C (Welsh Ch.4) this teatime at 5:15pm - which you can get through your boxes in the UK.

Thought I'd mention it in case Boiled 'Am v Liverpool on BT didn't appeal to you.



Only downside is their commentary is always in Welsh - but they often have the *Red Button option to switch to English commentary.

* This is usually subject to contractual agreement though, so I don't know if they allow it for the FAC - they don't have it for Wales International games either.
_________________
NEWPORT COUNTY & GENERAL FOOTY BADGES:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/newport-county-badges/albums

[pompeypete]

Thanks for the "heads up" wiggy

The premiership is just Pants........
_________________
RESPECT..................

Flickr pages in the process of closing......

Happy to forward any info on Pompey...

[littlewiggy]

Cheers Pete.

The lads didn't disgrace me either.


_________________
NEWPORT COUNTY & GENERAL FOOTY BADGES:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/newport-county-badges/albums

[Dorking]

Never been to that ground let alone even seen it on TV before. That stand opposite he cameras looks huge on TV!

[littlewiggy]

Dorking wrote:

Never been to that ground let alone even seen it on TV before. That stand opposite he cameras looks huge on TV!

That's the Hazel stand mate, a proper relic that's about 90 years old.
It's a poor ground, even the new (Bisley) stand where the camera gantry hangs is pants. It's poorly designed and has a roof which doesn't keep the rain off you unless you sit right at the back.

Mind you, it's still heaps better than Spytty Park that had an athletics track around the pitch. Plus it's bang in the centre of town, so location wise it can't be faulted.

Sadly, apart from two seasons at Somerton Park at the turn of 90s, we haven't had a ground to call our own for 28 years now - and I doubt we ever will again in my lifetime.
_________________
NEWPORT COUNTY & GENERAL FOOTY BADGES:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/newport-county-badges/albums

[foxes1]

littlewiggy wrote:

Dorking wrote: Never been to that ground let alone even seen it on TV before. That stand opposite he cameras looks huge on TV! That's the Hazel stand mate, a proper relic that's about 90 years old. It's a poor ground, even the new (Bisley) stand where the camera gantry hangs is pants. It's poorly designed and has a roof which doesn't keep the rain off you unless you sit right at the back. Mind you, it's still heaps better than Spytty Park that had an athletics track around the pitch. Plus it's bang in the centre of town, so location wise it can't be faulted. Sadly, apart from two seasons at Somerton Park at the turn of 90s, we haven't had a ground to call our own for 28 years now - and I doubt we ever will again in my lifetime.

Remember a few years ago some Leicester City fans called in at Newport when our game at Cardiff City was called of due to a frozen pitch and Newport played. All to do with the Cardiff chairman at the time not getting the undersoil heating commissioned so it couldn't be switched on.

[littlewiggy]

foxes1 wrote:

littlewiggy wrote: Dorking wrote: Never been to that ground let alone even seen it on TV before. That stand opposite he cameras looks huge on TV! That's the Hazel stand mate, a proper relic that's about 90 years old. It's a poor ground, even the new (Bisley) stand where the camera gantry hangs is pants. It's poorly designed and has a roof which doesn't keep the rain off you unless you sit right at the back. Mind you, it's still heaps better than Spytty Park that had an athletics track around the pitch. Plus it's bang in the centre of town, so location wise it can't be faulted. Sadly, apart from two seasons at Somerton Park at the turn of 90s, we haven't had a ground to call our own for 28 years now - and I doubt we ever will again in my lifetime. Remember a few years ago some Leicester City fans called in at Newport when our game at Cardiff City was called of due to a frozen pitch and Newport played. All to do with the Cardiff chairman at the time not getting the undersoil heating commissioned so it couldn't be switched on.

I remember hearing or reading about that at the time buddy.
It definitely rings a bell.
_________________
NEWPORT COUNTY & GENERAL FOOTY BADGES:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/newport-county-badges/albums