Tom 14013 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 BBC Sport have announced plans for a brand new Saturday night highlights programme called 'The Football League Show', which will follow 'Match of the Day' and showcase all the goals from the Coca-Cola Championship, League 1 and League 2. Presented by Manish Bhasin, The Football League Show will begin on Saturday 8th August at 11.10pm on BBC1. Joining Manish in the studio, with his unique brand of expert analysis and candid opinion on major talking points, will be Steve Claridge, whose playing career included spells at Leicester City, Portsmouth, Millwall and Birmingham City to name but four clubs. 5 Live regular Mark Clemmit takes up the role of roving reporter, bringing viewers all of the stories making the headlines. Live coverage of The Coca-Cola Football League also returns to the BBC for the first time since 1988. Ten matches from the Coca-Cola Championship will be shown live, beginning with West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United on Saturday August 8th at 5.20 pm (kick-off 5.30pm) on BBC1. BBC Sport Online will simulcast the live Championship games and provide match edits of the weekend's games' highlights. In addition, there will be a divisional goals round up from each division every week. All the Carling Cup and Johnstone's Paint Trophy goals will also be available. The Football League Show will also be available for seven days on BBC iPlayer and on Red Button until midday on Sunday. The Carling Cup also returns to the BBC with live coverage for the first time since 1987. There will be a highlights programme for each round, the first of these on Wednesday, 12th August, featuring Macclesfield Town v Leicester City. The Carling Cup Final will be shown live as will one leg of each Semi Final. Highlights of the Coca-Cola Football League Play-Offs will bring the season to a dramatic conclusion. Football League Commercial Director Stewart Thomson welcomed the news: "We are delighted to be starting this new relationship with the BBC, alongside our long-standing broadcasting partner Sky Sports. "This season, supporters of Football League clubs will be able to enjoy their club's matches across a range of different broadcasting platforms, giving them the most comprehensive coverage of our competitions ever seen." In addition to the BBC's offering, Sky Sports will be showing live coverage of up to 80 Coca-Cola Football League matches, including games from all three divisions and the Play-Off Finals at Wembley Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Nice. It's all cause of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 Err...it's not though is it? It's been in the pipeline for about 3 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Err...it's not though is it? It's been in the pipeline for about 3 years! So has our relegation. Touche! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 4 or 5 years man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Manish Bhasin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norbert Colon 0 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Manish Bhasin Frank bough without the gimp mask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_NUFC 0 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 It's a snappy title, I have to admit. They've obviously put a lot of work into coming up with that name. They should just extend MOTD and shove everything in together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyff 0 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 11.10pm? Hmm...suppose it means I will be able to catch it when I get in from work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 or on iPlayer for another week after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6700 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Manish Bhasin Don't mind him, Steve Claridge on the other hand..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10963 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 we're important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Claridge is fucking dreadful, only one step up the pundit ladder from bottom-feeder Ian Holloway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 If it's to showcase goals, let's hope we score some this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33828 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Manish Bhasin Don't mind him, Steve Claridge on the other hand..... ............. Is into self love in a big way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7169 Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Its just hit me that we kick off the season in 7 days. And we got Ameobi, Xisco and Carrol to pick from up front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid 0 Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Hopefully Crooks doesn't make an appearance on this, everything about the man annoys me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7084 Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Hopefully Crooks doesn't make an appearance on this, everything about the man annoys me. He is gash like, so ridiculously serious too. It's like every piece he does he tries to bring gravitas fitting to some huge tragedy. It's footy man, not a bloody earthquake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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