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Our fixture against Bradford City at Vale Park on Saturday 13th November has been selected for live broadcast coverage on Sky Sports.

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[darren1810]

Good for the money but what an abysmal kick off time. 

 

[valefan16]

6 minutes ago, darren1810 said:

Good for the money but what an abysmal kick off time. 

 

Maybe kills one of the bigger followings we'd have at Vale Park too.

Not sure what the payment is for the TV coverage though which should be a bonus I guess.

[Conrad]

54 minutes ago, valefan16 said:

Maybe kills one of the bigger followings we'd have at Vale Park too.

Not sure what the payment is for the TV coverage though which should be a bonus I guess.

With the ko being 3 hours earlier, it could stop a few vale fans from travelling also.

[Andy Proctor]

This game would have been around 7000 crowd. Bradford would have brought 1300. I'd imagine now with it being on TV and an early kick off only 300 Bradford would travel and your looking more at a 4500 to 5000 crowd. I think they should make this game 10 quid or 5 quid entry so people still attend it instead of staying at home to watch it.

[Coyney Valiant]

7 minutes ago, Andy Proctor said:

This game would have been around 7000 crowd. Bradford would have brought 1300. I'd imagine now with it being on TV and an early kick off only 300 Bradford would travel and your looking more at a 4500 to 5000 crowd. I think they should make this game 10 quid or 5 quid entry so people still attend it instead of staying at home to watch it.

I bet what we get off sky will only cover the loss of a couple of thousand off the gate 

[Andy Proctor]

3 minutes ago, Coyney Valiant said:

I bet what we get off sky will only cover the loss of a couple of thousand off the gate 

I don't know what TV money we get but as were the home side I'd presume we would get more than Bradford. I think this is an international weekend hence why it's been selected for TV but I think most people would prefer a Saturday 3pm kick off than a TV game that's a 12pm kick off. I can't see many buying it on ifollow like you normally can on international weekends as people will watch it at the pub or at home if they have sky than pay 10 quid on ifollow.Another thing to add is that we have lost to both Rochdale and Sutton on international weekends so hopefully this isn't a hatrick of defeats.

[darren1810]

All you need to think is would you yourself go to Bradford for a 12-00 kick off .

I'd have to say I'd have to think about it especially with TV coverage. 

Bradford following will be 1/3 of what it would of been. 

 

[saintvaliant]

The game would have been available on iFollow in any event that weekend as it is an international weekend.

Think the home side gets £30k for hosting a Sky game so at £20 a pop that covers a 1,500 drop off.

On historical precedent and current form Bradford’s following would likely have been sub 1,000 in any event. Their last couple of Saturday followings at Vale have been 1,100 and 600.