Actual Highlights

Quoted from 140381

I’m guessing the commentary is added afterwards? Prefer it without tbh. Just my personal preference and not a criticism of the commentator.

These were filmed by the usual Town video team that have done the filming for years. Highlights can be seen at the gound in the  bars at half-time and full-time as I saw them.

My understanding is that the BT highlights are filmed at each club by students who send the game live to BT so there should be different highlights when BT get their act together.

Quoted from chaos33

I really don’t understand why the arrangement with the highlights is what it is. Is there some sort of commercial reason why fans in the national league receive a vastly inferior service with regards to the production of highlights?

It is down to the contract with BT Sport so there is a commercial reason, probably the best that the NL could have got.

As an exile I'd be willing to pay for full match replay after the final whistle, even the next day. Very frustrating.

They've done wonders with that pitch considering how crap it was last season.

They've done wonders with that pitch considering how crap it was last season.

Quoted from arryarryarry

It is down to the contract with BT Sport so there is a commercial reason, probably the best that the NL could have got.

Not really; as a commercial agreement it’s very poor and reeks of laziness on behalf of the NL.

It’s reasonable that BT want to protect their own interests, and a rule whereby clubs cannot upload highlights until a period of hours post any BT highlights show would have been understandable. But two days following the game, in particular when BT have opted not to run the highlights show anyway, is ridiculous. Uploading footage after the game can’t have a negative impact on viewing figures for a show they can’t even be arsed to broadcast.

I’m pretty sure some minor revisions to such a clause could have easily satisfied both BT and clubs / fans. But that would have meant sending a short email, which the powers at the NL apparently couldn’t be bothered to do.

Quoted from drbell

As an exile I'd be willing to pay for full match replay after the final whistle, even the next day. Very frustrating.

I'd be quite happy to pay full price to watch the games, both home and away, like last year on ifollow. There's nothing in the BT contract to benefit fans who cannot attend matches for heath reasons.

Quoted from Mayaman

They've done wonders with that pitch considering how crap it was last season.

The pitch had a good surface but was playing a bit slow in the first half, especially. Probably due to the sun and wind drying it out a bit . The pop-up sprinklers at half-time helped speed it up a little.

thanks for that - good little package summarising the day. Some nice football although i noted 2 bits of iffy defending from efete. very good goal.

just 1 question - there were a few people sat in the Osmond corner. Were they Weymouth or Town fans?

Quoted from Poojah

Not really; as a commercial agreement it’s very poor and reeks of laziness on behalf of the NL.

It’s reasonable that BT want to protect their own interests, and a rule whereby clubs cannot upload highlights until a period of hours post any BT highlights show would have been understandable. But two days following the game, in particular when BT have opted not to run the highlights show anyway, is ridiculous. Uploading footage after the game can’t have a negative impact on viewing figures for a show they can’t even be arsed to broadcast.

I’m pretty sure some minor revisions to such a clause could have easily satisfied both BT and clubs / fans. But that would have meant sending a short email, which the powers at the NL apparently couldn’t be bothered to do.

I think you are missing my point, not saying it was a good contract but as Sky are not interested or BBC and ITV, BT were probably the only company interested so it was likely the only offering giving the NL not much say in the type of contract.

twits like BT will do anything to try to get more subscribers.