Comments on: What’s The Best Country To Watch Weekend Soccer Matches?

By: dah_sab

dah_sab — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:56:07 +0000

Not having lived in another country but having spent lots of time in Germany I can only say for sure it's better in the US than in Germany (!) Unless you are a Bundesliga fan, which I am. We only get 1-3 Bundesliga matches/weekend on GolTV, and the Konferenz on Sat1Welt, instead of the option of seeing them all via Premiere (if that's still the case in Deutschland, not sure.)

So seeing as how my favorite leagues are the Italian & German, I'm pretty happy. 4-6 matches/weekend of Serie A (I live in the US w/DISH Network, but also have Canadian ExpressVu.) Plus GolTV carries 4-5 La Liga matches/weekend, and Setanta carries Ligue 1 which I check in on now & then. I wouldn't miss the EPL if it went away, but I'll cry my eyes out if they take away RAI, TeleLatino or whoever has the rights to the Bundesliga in any given year.

Yes, we are blessed in the US. It also helps to have a nice DVR (ViP722 from DISH) to record two matches simultaneously and three DVD recorders, so I can watch at my leisure. Plus my wife and I both play soccer & like watching it on TV so I don't have to make excuses to watch. She & I watch together.

By: sumit

sumit — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:38:11 +0000

so at wht time exactly will the matches begin. i live in IOWA which is central time zone ….and o would like to know the conversion….as to when can i watch the matches.
it would be great if got..

thankyou

By: thinga87

thinga87 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:05:15 +0000

@The Gaffer RE: Fox Sports (Australia) On Demand
The internet On Demand part of Fox Sports (Australia) is a ripoff, we get on their television network plenty of live EPL games for a similar monthly fee (I assume) to what you pay over in the Land of the Free.

This weekend from the EPL we got: Everton v Pompey, Arsenal v Chelsea, Chelsea v Spurs & Villa v Liverpool all live on the main channels and the other four Saturday games on the “interactive viewer’s choice channel.”

The only problem with watching the Premier League here down under is that most games kick off at Midnight, 2AM and 5AM AEST.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:42:01 +0000

I’m in the Central time zone , and love the timing of EPL matches. I frequent an Irish Pub in Minneapolis that opens in time for the first EPL match of the day, has full bar service by 8:00 AM and an all you can eat breakfast buffet by 9:00. Saw the London Derby at 7:30 today, had a few Guinness and some breakfast with two friends, and was back home by 10:00 AM with the entire day still infront of me.

By: Mikael

Mikael — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:24:46 +0000

Live games available in Sweden today:

14:30 Chelsea – Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Canal+ Sport 1

15:00 Roma – Napoli Serie A Canal+ Sport 2

15:00 Kalmar FF – GIF Sundsvall Allsvenskan TV4 Sport

16:00 Sunderland – Manchester City Premier League Canal+ Sport Extra

17:00 Bayern München – Hertha BSC Berlin Bundesliga ViasatSport 1

17:00 Aston Villa – Liverpool Premier League Canal+ Sport 1

17:30 Bröndby – FC Köpenhamn Danska SAS-ligan ViasatSport 2

19:00 Numancia – FC Barcelona Primera Division TV4 Sport

20:30 Fiorentina – Juventus Serie A Canal+ Sport 1

21:00 Saint Etienne – Lyon Franska ligan ViasatSport 2

21:00 Deportivo La Coruna – Real Madrid Primera Division TV4 Sport

For a grand total of around 60 USD in subsribtion fees per month. I do see your point of watching games in the morning though.