Question re live Town games

I'm sure I read something a few months ago about EFL matches being streamed live on i-Follow next season at a cost/game.  IT will cover all matches other than those played on a Saturday afternoon.

Was this a figment of my imagination, brought on by our dazzling football under Mr Slade - or does anyone have information to back this up?

I think it’s from 2019 season.

https://www.efl.com/news/2017/september/efl-agree-new-five-season-broadcasting-deal-with-sky-sports/

Of course there are other ways to watch ifollow, but they seemed to crack down in it towards the end of the season.

Currently it's only available if you are outside the UK. Think it cost me 6 euros when I did it for the Barnet game.

A VPN puts you anywhere you like in the world in the comfort of your own front room. lol

Like the link said all mid week championship games on sky from 2019,  any league 1-2 games on I follow, looks like also Saturday noon games can also be shown on it too

Quoted from Tradjazz

A VPN puts you anywhere you like in the world in the comfort of your own front room. lol

They've cracked down on that it doesn't work anymore

thanks for these replies.  So we have to wait another season ...

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

They've cracked down on that it doesn't work anymore

I can assure you they haven’t and it does still work.

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

They've cracked down on that it doesn't work anymore

It does work. They can't crack down on it. If you have a VPN, you can watch any Town game live on the league for a fiver or six euros.

Quoted from 75

It does work. They can't crack down on it. If you have a VPN, you can watch any Town game live on the league for a fiver or six euros.

I was using a VPN last season and they very much knew I was using a VPN the last few games. Same as how Netflix know you're using a VPN.

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

I was using a VPN last season and they very much knew I was using a VPN the last few games. Same as how Netflix know you're using a VPN.

What made you think that? Did you receive an email from them, or an on screen message? No problems here.

I was using NordVPN and managed to watch a couple of  league 2.  night games early on in the season but not a Town match. Then when I wanted to watch a Town match on one occasion when I couldn't attend, put my position on VPN to Netherlands, where I had used for the two previous occasions and it came up on the screen that live coverage of the match could not be viewed from my location, switched to different country and it came up the same. I was on hols in Spain this february and tried connecting on ifollow and it wouldn't give me the option to view, only listen.  I had a feeling they have cottoned on to who could be using VPN. I've  now cancelled my subscription with Nord and just listen on my IFollow account to any games I cant attend.

Coach House showed all the away games didn't they?

Quoted from psgmariner

Coach House showed all the away games didn't they?

Yeah, they were on a stream though, not directly from IFollow.

Quoted from Grimal

I was using NordVPN and managed to watch a couple of  league 2.  night games early on in the season but not a Town match. Then when I wanted to watch a Town match on one occasion when I couldn't attend, put my position on VPN to Netherlands, where I had used for the two previous occasions and it came up on the screen that live coverage of the match could not be viewed from my location, switched to different country and it came up the same. I was on hols in Spain this february and tried connecting on ifollow and it wouldn't give me the option to view, only listen.  I had a feeling they have cottoned on to who could be using VPN. I've  now cancelled my subscription with Nord and just listen on my IFollow account to any games I cant attend.

Me too, I have Nord VPN. Had the same issue once or twice. I changed the password, rebooted and tried again and it worked everytime. I had been a little too generous with my log in details I think.

If you're abroad, you don't need to use your VPN unless you are using your UK registered phone's data as it tracks back to the UK. Use wifi abroad and you should be fine.

I think they did crack down on several VPN providers from the Swindon game onwards. It was like that had blocked a range of IP addresses from each provider. Which clients were continuing to work?

Quoted from mirrorballman

I think they did crack down on several VPN providers from the Swindon game onwards. It was like that had blocked a range of IP addresses from each provider. Which clients were continuing to work?

I had no real problems that couldn't be solved by a reboot. I tried to use close IP's such as France, Belgium and Holland. Had a couple of 'not available from your location' messages despite choosing my country but a reboot sorted it, if not a password change did.

Dare i ask what is vpn and how do you obtain one sounds like a sexual transmitted disease to me

Quoted from crusty ole pie

Dare i ask what is vpn and how do you obtain one sounds like a sexual transmitted disease to me

Ha, it's a Virtual Private Network. Software that for all intents and purposes makes you anonymous on the Internet. Can help with stuff like phishing (where your details are stolen by rogue websites and hackers). You can choose what country you want to 'connect' to which for this case, makes it possible to watch IFollow as it thinks you are abroad.

Also handy if you want to watch things that are restricted to a certain country. American Netflix etc, the Chinese and other countries can use a VPN to access content that is banned by their country. Doesn't have to be nefarious, I think China or Iran banned Facebook etc. A big plus point is being able to watch Kodi and download torrents without your IP (your computer network) being logged and possibly being reported to your ISP or even sued by the content owner.

I think that's the gist of it, I'm no expert but it is easy and user friendly. Buy subscription, download software, create account, connect to whatever country you want. I had a season pass last season, I went to a lot more games than I watched on IFollow but it was handy for Tuesday night away games, I'm self employed and up early Wednesday morning so unlikely to travel away Tuesday's, but if I can watch the game in HD in my living room for a fiver, it's great!

Quoted from 75

Ha, it's a Virtual Private Network. Software that for all intents and purposes makes you anonymous on the Internet. Can help with stuff like phishing (where your details are stolen by rogue websites and hackers). You can choose what country you want to 'connect' to which for this case, makes it possible to watch IFollow as it thinks you are abroad.

Also handy if you want to watch things that are restricted to a certain country. American Netflix etc, the Chinese and other countries can use a VPN to access content that is banned by their country. Doesn't have to be nefarious, I think China or Iran banned Facebook etc. A big plus point is being able to watch Kodi and download torrents without your IP (your computer network) being logged and possibly being reported to your ISP or even sued by the content owner.

I think that's the gist of it, I'm no expert but it is easy and user friendly. Buy subscription, download software, create account, connect to whatever country you want. I had a season pass last season, I went to a lot more games than I watched on IFollow but it was handy for Tuesday night away games, I'm self employed and up early Wednesday morning so unlikely to travel away Tuesday's, but if I can watch the game in HD in my living room for a fiver, it's great!

So you need software and not the Windows standard VPN setup.  I sometimes have to use VPNs at work to connect to clients networks which then allows me to connect to a remote desktop connection.  Might take a look later.

Quoted from 75

Me too, I have Nord VPN. Had the same issue once or twice. I changed the password, rebooted and tried again and it worked everytime. I had been a little too generous with my log in details I think.

If you're abroad, you don't need to use your VPN unless you are using your UK registered phone's data as it tracks back to the UK. Use wifi abroad and you should be fine.

Thanks for that info Vicar.I was using my uk registered phones data in Spain,will know next time to use Wifi.

Quoted from Meza

So you need software and not the Windows standard VPN setup.  I sometimes have to use VPNs at work to connect to clients networks which then allows me to connect to a remote desktop connection.  Might take a look later.

Yep, NordVPN is user friendly and you can get a good deal.