Cherries: Mitchell targets TV coverage after FA Cup snub (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Cherries: Mitchell targets TV coverage after FA Cup snub
6:33pm Monday 7th January 2013 in Sport
By Ian Wadley
CHERRIES chairman Eddie Mitchell believes television big-wigs will be missing out if they fail bring their cameras to Dean Court this season.
Mitchell was speaking after Cherries supporters had criticised the decision to snub the club's FA Cup replay with Wigan for live coverage.
ITV1 today confirmed it would be screening the third round clash between Manchester United and West Ham United on Wednesday, January 16.
Another all-Premier League match - Arsenal against Swansea City - was picked by broadcaster ESPN to be shown live on the same night.
Mitchell revealed he was unsurprised by the outcome - which saw Cherries lose out on receiving £68,200 from the FA's broadcast fund.
But he insisted the brand of football on offer under Eddie Howe would impress a wider audience if Cherries were to gain TV exposure this term.
Mitchell told the Daily Echo: “I thought we would have had a slight chance but they are going to go for the bigger games and bigger clubs.
“But it would be nice to get us on telly this season, especially with the way we are playing. I think it would open quite a few eyes.
“I think we are there to show people just what football we can play.”
Cherries could still feature on the screen in League One, with Sky Sports currently in the first season of its three-year deal for exclusive live rights for Football League fixtures.
Meanwhile, Mitchell is hoping for a capacity crowd when Cherries welcome Premier League Wigan Athletic to Dean Court on Tuesday, January 15.
The Cherries chief, who hailed the club's “fantastic” away following at DW Stadium, said: “I am very excited. They are a Premier League side, they are established in there and it will be a good game and good occasion.
“I would like to think it would be a sell-out. Things are tight for people at the moment but I would like to think it would be.
“The tickets are relatively cheap for the cup games so it would be great if it was.”
Cherries have confirmed ticket prices for the Wigan clash as £10 for adults and £5 for concessions in all areas of the ground apart from executive seats. Tickets go on sale tomorrow. For further information, visit afcb.co.uk.
Comments(41)
nonnogeppetto
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6:53pm Mon 7 Jan 13
cheeriedriteup wrote:I made that very point yesaterday and was told by one poster that I was talking a lot of 'tosh' as he put it.
Mitchell, do you actually remember being a complete coc towards the media, what goes around comes around
Football clubs needs the Media more than they need football clubs when it comes to £££££ unless you are the top ffour five Premiership clubs
abc100
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6:59pm Mon 7 Jan 13
sea poole
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7:39pm Mon 7 Jan 13
nonnogeppetto
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7:56pm Mon 7 Jan 13
sea poole wrote:Calm down sea poole it is only an observation!!!!!
For goodness' sake -You moan when Mitchell makes an a..e of himself, you moan when he makes relatively sensible comments -give the man a break. I was the biggest critic of him for some of his actions some time ago, but life moves on -what are you -elephants-you never forget...and sounds like you never forgive...
Forgive -yes- forget- takes a bit longer. UTCIAD
redNblack
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8:40pm Mon 7 Jan 13
sea poole wrote:Well said.
For goodness' sake -You moan when Mitchell makes an a..e of himself, you moan when he makes relatively sensible comments -give the man a break. I was the biggest critic of him for some of his actions some time ago, but life moves on -what are you -elephants-you never forget...and sounds like you never forgive...
bobsworthforever
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9:01pm Mon 7 Jan 13
Couchy125
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9:09pm Mon 7 Jan 13
RED LETTER DAY
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9:19pm Mon 7 Jan 13
Couchy125
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9:39pm Mon 7 Jan 13
RED LETTER DAY wrote:It's a shame. I thought that was what the cup was all about. Putting teams on the television who normally don't get a look in.
. E Mitchell says the T V companys will be missing out. . . . . . Lets face it, they give dont give a dam about our little football club. . . . . . . We are not Man United or Chelsea. . . . I wont be missing out............ I WILL BE THERE.
afcb-mark
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9:42pm Mon 7 Jan 13
afcb-mark
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9:43pm Mon 7 Jan 13
Couchy125 wrote:I agree with you Couchy, I also thought that was was the FA Cup was all about.
RED LETTER DAY wrote:It's a shame. I thought that was what the cup was all about. Putting teams on the television who normally don't get a look in.
. E Mitchell says the T V companys will be missing out. . . . . . Lets face it, they give dont give a dam about our little football club. . . . . . . We are not Man United or Chelsea. . . . I wont be missing out............ I WILL BE THERE.
Couchy125
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9:59pm Mon 7 Jan 13
afcb-mark wrote:Look at the Mansfield town v Liverpool match. I thought Mansfield were very unlucky not to get anything from the game. For a conference team they played great football. So come on tv company's. give everybody a chance.
Couchy125 wrote:I agree with you Couchy, I also thought that was was the FA Cup was all about.RED LETTER DAY wrote: . E Mitchell says the T V companys will be missing out. . . . . . Lets face it, they give dont give a dam about our little football club. . . . . . . We are not Man United or Chelsea. . . . I wont be missing out............ I WILL BE THERE.It's a shame. I thought that was what the cup was all about. Putting teams on the television who normally don't get a look in.
raybren
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10:04pm Mon 7 Jan 13
not a big enough game for ITV or ESPN.Never mind they can jump off the
end of,we're enjoying ourselves! UPTC
RedhillPete
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10:21pm Mon 7 Jan 13
Expect Macclesfield to get TV coverage in the next round, so companies perhaps did not want to show the winners of our game twice so close together. Lets hope it us on TV then!
lionheart
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11:14pm Mon 7 Jan 13
If we win I can't see us being on the TV but I would take the £90,000 prize money and a big name in the 5th round and then being on TV.
s-pb2
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1:42am Tue 8 Jan 13
Couchy125 wrote:No, Tv coverage of the Cup is about attracting advertisers for the ad breaks. Theres more money in Man U & Arsenal than Wigan. Besides the concessions in prices sounds as if AFCB werent even confident that the locals would have been bothered either
RED LETTER DAY wrote:It's a shame. I thought that was what the cup was all about. Putting teams on the television who normally don't get a look in.
. E Mitchell says the T V companys will be missing out. . . . . . Lets face it, they give dont give a dam about our little football club. . . . . . . We are not Man United or Chelsea. . . . I wont be missing out............ I WILL BE THERE.
AdelaidePete
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4:34am Tue 8 Jan 13
tricky1007
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7:12am Tue 8 Jan 13
nonnogeppetto wrote:Of course its a load of rubbish, the tv networks were always gonna choose the 'big boys' this has nothing to do with Mitchell. I can guarantee the tv networks deal with people a whole lot worse then EM every single day! Who would you choose to get a big tv audience? Arsenal, Man utd, or Wigan?!!!
cheeriedriteup wrote:I made that very point yesaterday and was told by one poster that I was talking a lot of 'tosh' as he put it.
Mitchell, do you actually remember being a complete coc towards the media, what goes around comes around
Football clubs needs the Media more than they need football clubs when it comes to £££££ unless you are the top ffour five Premiership clubs
pokesdown1
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7:39am Tue 8 Jan 13
I shudder to think of next season with him in charge if we do get promoted.
I think the appointment of PG may come back and haunt us bigtime.
CherryFarmer
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7:47am Tue 8 Jan 13
pokesdown1 wrote:Would you care to expand on your comments....what are your thoughts?
Give Mr Mitchell a break?
I shudder to think of next season with him in charge if we do get promoted.
I think the appointment of PG may come back and haunt us bigtime.
AFCBade
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8:13am Tue 8 Jan 13
kangman2012
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9:14am Tue 8 Jan 13
RedhillPete wrote:Have to agree "red hill" - the Macclesfield game will surely be one of the TV games of Round 4. We've just got to make sure we do a job on Wigan at home. Just hope we don't have to endure the agony of a penalty shootout. Come on you mighty reds - UTC!
Excellent ticketing strategy by the Club selling at £10 & £5. Will help get a full crowd and great atmosphere in a short space of time and with so many other big games coming up is appreciated. Thanks EM.
Expect Macclesfield to get TV coverage in the next round, so companies perhaps did not want to show the winners of our game twice so close together. Lets hope it us on TV then!
devon fan
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10:19am Tue 8 Jan 13
Local fan
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11:04am Tue 8 Jan 13
Tkboy
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11:27am Tue 8 Jan 13
TedMacsCherryPants
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12:39pm Tue 8 Jan 13
UTC!
cherrypicker
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1:33pm Tue 8 Jan 13
boyerboy
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2:52pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Afcbpete
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3:03pm Tue 8 Jan 13
boyerboy wrote:You must of been just in front of me then... I can't understand why another temporary stand is not in place again. An extra 1500 homes fans using all 3 sides, the away fans in the open South End, which would of been full for some of the matches coming up.... UTCIAD
Just got back froma two hour stint waiting for my bargain Wigwam and Pompey tickets....glad it didn`t rain !!! One must ask why there was a `phone queue of around 80 plus constantly and no internet sales ( when the web site said there would be ???) BUT, this is a one off situation and WE MUST NOT MOAN. However, please can you all at AFCB make sure the ticketing etc is improved ready for our glorious entry into der Champoinship next season please.( AFCB 4 Swindle 0 )
tricky1007
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3:53pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Afcbpete wrote:i would imagine a temporary stand would cost tens of thousands to install, and with no guarantee of decent weather, no guarantee of filling the stand. lets walk before we try to run!
boyerboy wrote:You must of been just in front of me then... I can't understand why another temporary stand is not in place again. An extra 1500 homes fans using all 3 sides, the away fans in the open South End, which would of been full for some of the matches coming up.... UTCIAD
Just got back froma two hour stint waiting for my bargain Wigwam and Pompey tickets....glad it didn`t rain !!! One must ask why there was a `phone queue of around 80 plus constantly and no internet sales ( when the web site said there would be ???) BUT, this is a one off situation and WE MUST NOT MOAN. However, please can you all at AFCB make sure the ticketing etc is improved ready for our glorious entry into der Champoinship next season please.( AFCB 4 Swindle 0 )
nonnogeppetto
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4:06pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Afcbpete wrote:Glad you have both got your tickets.
boyerboy wrote: Just got back froma two hour stint waiting for my bargain Wigwam and Pompey tickets....glad it didn`t rain !!! One must ask why there was a `phone queue of around 80 plus constantly and no internet sales ( when the web site said there would be ???) BUT, this is a one off situation and WE MUST NOT MOAN. However, please can you all at AFCB make sure the ticketing etc is improved ready for our glorious entry into der Champoinship next season please.( AFCB 4 Swindle 0 )You must of been just in front of me then... I can't understand why another temporary stand is not in place again. An extra 1500 homes fans using all 3 sides, the away fans in the open South End, which would of been full for some of the matches coming up.... UTCIAD
As a season ticket holder (half season ticket!) I am hoping that I can get mine before Friday.
AFCBpepte I have noticed that couple of our fellow posters who would have been on here especially soon after games have not been posting Tom Griffiths, Mossy1 and one or two others.
I do hope that they are doing well and if not able to post they are still able to follow AFCB's progress. UTCIAD
The Renegade Master
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5:32pm Tue 8 Jan 13
If we beat Wigan I think it's very likely the game at Macclesfield will be televised as they will be the lowest ranked team in the competition.
Afcbpete
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7:22pm Tue 8 Jan 13
nonnogeppetto wrote:ALL THREE, Swindon as well (Xmas pressie), not that my wife was too chuffed, but stuff it haa haaa, I missed out on the Christmas games. Possibly some like myself have been busy over the past few weeks Christmas/New Year and all that, but yes, hope they are there in the background enjoying the Cherries success. Delighted you'll be able to see all our home games and hope your brother is taking some comfort from Eddies's Boy's success :) UTCIAD
Afcbpete wrote:Glad you have both got your tickets.
boyerboy wrote: Just got back froma two hour stint waiting for my bargain Wigwam and Pompey tickets....glad it didn`t rain !!! One must ask why there was a `phone queue of around 80 plus constantly and no internet sales ( when the web site said there would be ???) BUT, this is a one off situation and WE MUST NOT MOAN. However, please can you all at AFCB make sure the ticketing etc is improved ready for our glorious entry into der Champoinship next season please.( AFCB 4 Swindle 0 )You must of been just in front of me then... I can't understand why another temporary stand is not in place again. An extra 1500 homes fans using all 3 sides, the away fans in the open South End, which would of been full for some of the matches coming up.... UTCIAD
As a season ticket holder (half season ticket!) I am hoping that I can get mine before Friday.
AFCBpepte I have noticed that couple of our fellow posters who would have been on here especially soon after games have not been posting Tom Griffiths, Mossy1 and one or two others.
I do hope that they are doing well and if not able to post they are still able to follow AFCB's progress. UTCIAD
Fred Luton
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8:57pm Tue 8 Jan 13
nonnogeppetto wrote:It is true. Mitchell was very rude to TV people a couple of season ago. He has massive bridges to build with them all.
cheeriedriteup wrote:I made that very point yesaterday and was told by one poster that I was talking a lot of 'tosh' as he put it.
Mitchell, do you actually remember being a complete coc towards the media, what goes around comes around
Football clubs needs the Media more than they need football clubs when it comes to £££££ unless you are the top ffour five Premiership clubs
Afcbpete
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9:00pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Fred Luton wrote:Absolutely right. The problem is Mitchell thinks people forget, he's very wrong!!!
nonnogeppetto wrote:It is true. Mitchell was very rude to TV people a couple of season ago. He has massive bridges to build with them all.
cheeriedriteup wrote:I made that very point yesaterday and was told by one poster that I was talking a lot of 'tosh' as he put it.
Mitchell, do you actually remember being a complete coc towards the media, what goes around comes around
Football clubs needs the Media more than they need football clubs when it comes to £££££ unless you are the top ffour five Premiership clubs
gameon
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11:23pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Couchy125 wrote:Excuse me Couchy125 correction no EDDIE HOWE is doing a great Job dont forget who Mitchell appointed Prior to Eddie H and stood buy them it was us the fans that made him realise if he didnt get rid of Beavis and Butthead he would be watching the games on his own and consequently he got E H back and now look at us sell out crowds and we will beat wigan All Thanks to EDDIE HOWE .
For god sake give mr Mitchell a break. He is doing a great job. And as for the cameras. The prem teams obviously need the money. Disgrace if you ask me. But my tickets will be on the table at home tomorrow. Can't wait. UTCIAD.
Lowe-Ryder
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11:44am Wed 9 Jan 13
Local fan
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12:01pm Wed 9 Jan 13
nonnogeppetto
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1:48pm Wed 9 Jan 13
AFCBpete if you are reading this I spoke with my brother last night, naturally feeling very low, but he was pleased that we held Wigan to a 1-1 draw and he wished the team all the very best on Tuesday. As they say in Italy ‘in bocca al lupo’ (I guess the English equivalent is ‘break a leg’) UTCIAD
Afcbpete
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5:18pm Wed 9 Jan 13
nonnogeppetto wrote:Bless him, pass on my regards...
As ever there are those who suddenly re-discover that they not only live in Bournemouth but they are also interested in football! I know of six lads who don’t normally go to watch Bournemouth who have managed to get tickets for the Wigan replay on Tuesday. I hope that the regulars do not miss out.
AFCBpete if you are reading this I spoke with my brother last night, naturally feeling very low, but he was pleased that we held Wigan to a 1-1 draw and he wished the team all the very best on Tuesday. As they say in Italy ‘in bocca al lupo’ (I guess the English equivalent is ‘break a leg’) UTCIAD
3 points against Swindon would give him a bigger smile I suspect. I'd give beating them to progressing in the cup, but really looking forward to these next 2 games.
cheeriedriteup says...
6:46pm Mon 7 Jan 13