The Premiership

You come in to watch The Premiership hoping to see your team on as The Featured Game but you have to watch the other games of the day first befor your most cherished team comes on. You have to watch the adverts as well, Match of the day (MOTD) never had any adverts, it was continuos viewing. Then ITV Came in and added 10 minutes to the show for just adverts. The teams such as Leicester, Charlton, Wolves etc. always had to wait till the end of the program to see 25 odd seconds of a 90 minute match. On MOTD They spread it out equally mainly, but the major clubs, eg. man utd, arsenal and chelsea had 10 inutes at the start. The only thing ITV Done fairly was the goal of the ...  Read the complete review

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Right from the first time I heard of Match of the Day's imminent departure from our Saturday evening viewing schedule I felt greatly angered and resentful. Many thought it would bring about an golden era of pre-MOTD entertainment. It was old-fashioned some said, it hadn't changed in years others stated. As we sit here over 2 years later in 2003, who can honestly say that they dont feel like me, resentful and angry. The opening titles, coupled with a song that now grates from my mind every time I hear it, U2's Beautiful Day. As it continues it has a very tacky and commercial feel to it, I along with many others despise it. Despite this new feel it ...  Read the complete review

I think ITV have done a cracking job with the Premiership coverage and have freshened it up nicely. The BBC sticking with that dullard Linekar and the dusty polite Brooking seem to be at the end of the line for originality and sharpness, sticking to the tried and tested around a winning product. An average salesman can flog great product. The ITVs commercial mandate was always going to segment it with annoying breaks and constant sponsorship reminders. Its much slicker for that reason and we don?t spend time dwelling on overly long highlights and pasted commentary like the BBC do. Well at least it isnt obvious as it was on station one. They have ...  Read the complete review

I remember the days when I use to come home late afternoon on a Saturday and have plenty of time to watch whatever I wanted before my favourite program; 'Match Of The Day' would start. Of course every footie fan now knows that MOTD is no more, but it has been replaced with ITV's 'The Premiership' presented by ex MOTD's Desmond Lynam. This was then shown at the earlier time of 7pm, only 2 hours after the matches finish. Some people may have felt this is good idea, but all I see is an ITV crew rushing to fit all the day's footie action into a specific time slot in the space of 2 hours. They now also have a late showing at the more ...  Read the complete review