Soccerlens Podcast: Internet-only Football, the World Cup Seedings Stich-Up and Dodgy Club Ownership
Would you watch football in the pub or on your PC?
Hello and welcome to episode 23 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast. Join ex-footballer Adrian Clarke and celebrated sports journalist Iain Spragg for half an hour of proper football chat.
This week’s entertaining show covers Internet-only football, a good old fashioned seedings stitch-up, Fergie v Referees, World Cup previews (including Russia v Germany and Republic of Ireland v Italy) – and to round things off the dynamic duo share a lively discussion on the weird and wacky world of football club ownership!
If you have a question or would like to make a comment about any of the subjects discussed on the show don’t hesitate to get in touch at podcast@soccerlens.com – and Clarkey and Spraggy will do their best to feature them in the next podcast.
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What the good people managing football clubs and live football rights have to figure out is how to get to those people who don’t get TV subscriptions or end up watching the game in the stadium.
For the clubs, watching the game in the pub does them no good (does it?). Watching it online where you pay them a direct fee probably makes more sense, as long as it doesn’t clash with existing TV rights.
On a side-note, the FA made the England U21 game against Macedonia (today) available for free (live streaming) on the FA website.
If its about $10 to $15 its worth it. Better to pay that then a ton to get a subscription service.