It's on Channel 455 at 7 a.m. ET on Saturday morning. Costs $15.95. The downside of this, at least in the U.S., is it looks like the Sunday showing (Feb. 16th) has been moved to the following Saturday. It had originally been scheduled to be shown Sunday at 2 p.m. ET; now soccertv.com says it's Sunderland vs. Watford in that timeslot. The Arsenal/ManU FA Cup match has been moved to Saturday Feb. 22 on FSW. The news is better for Canadian fans; FSW Canada still set for the replay on the 16th.
Oops, spoke too soon. soccertv now says the FSW Canada replay is pushed back to the same time the FSW replay is, which is Saturday February 22nd, 5 p.m. ET (that's a very stale 7-day delay).
Now FSW is showing Southamton V Norwich in that time slot. Does anyone know what happened here? one of the biggest games of the season should be more available. http://www.foxsportsworld.com/world/pdf/fsw7.pdf
I really wish that the "Worldwide Leader in Sports" would live up to their name. If they broadcast Kasparov against Deep Junior in CHESS(!!!!) how can they not show the EPL?!?!? Vive le AFC! OPArse
They did at one point. ESPN2 aired a Monday EPL match around 97-98 on Monday nights. This was around the same time period the old 2 hour FSW EPL show started up. It got crap ratings and it was only one delayed match a week. I'd imagine the rights fees were pretty expensive compared to the audience too. It probably costs next to nothing to broadcast the chess. I also don't think it ran the whole season, but I could be wrong on that. It seemed like they had Arsenal, Man U, or Liverpool every week though.
Chess makes good TV if you know the game because the strategy discussion between moves is much more interesting than most sports strategy discussions (i.e. Should they walk Barry Bonds intentionally?). But the rights fees answer is absolutely the reason why ESPN doesn't show more top-tier European soccer - they could get slightly better ratings for it than some of the filler that they show, but it's not profitable compared to other providers doing it via pay-per-view live. And it probably wouldn't outdraw the ESPN Saturday morning diet of fishing shows and highlights, so tape delay is probably the only option at this point.
Oh, I hate it when my arguments are deflated... I'm now gonna go cry in a corner and lose all manual motor skills. By the way, KY, yes it was for real, but I'm amazed at your darts match comment. Was it televised? I'm surprised you could sit still for that. But then again, you are from Winchester... Vive le AFC! OPArsenal
Is it just me or are other US Gooners completely underwhelmed by the FA Cup Ties involving the Arsenal? Ajax next week, now there's something to get excited about, but I could really care less about the result on Saturday.
Actually I became a fan due to the 79 Cup win against ManU so, for me at least, I hold the Cup in high regards.
Iiiinteresting. I just hope that one of the local places that carries these matches is open early enough! I don't have Dish or Direct, I'm on digital cable...
FSW will broadcast Darts about once a week. I actually watched a match more because of the excitement from the announcers than the dart throwing. The crowd and the announcers were slapping high fives with the players and jumping up and down. It was played in a pub but I guess that was obvious.
1)It was around 95 - 97 I believe. They would show the monday game delayed a few hours. After the New Year ESPN would start showing Monday Night Hockey and then show football right after (starting at 11PM I think). 2) With the way ESPN treats football(from all areas) in the US I'd rather they just not bother getting the rights to any competitions.
I will never EVER forget my first Darts experience. I had just moved to England, this was 86, and I was up late and the only thing on was darts, it was some guy, they called him Lord Jocky of the Ocky (if you can believe that!), and he was facing Eric Bristow, 'The Crafty Cockney'[I'm not making this up!]. I don't remember who won but I remember that multiple pints were consumed. Thankfully I lived in Crouch End and it wasn't long before I found out about the Arsenal, haven't had watched Darts since...
I became interested in the Arsenal after watching Fever Pitch last year (April) and I started looking up different teams on the Internet. I found the FA Cup's website, and I liked what I saw about the Arsenal the best. After watching some matches, I was hooked on the Arse. I looked up some FA Cup finals and so I, like the KYGunner hold the Cup high. Vive le AFC! OPArse