Football Corner

Today for the first time in many a year, if not ever, there was only one Premier League game that kicked-off at three o'clock. One other game kicked-off at 12:45, but what ever happened to eight or nine games being played on Saturday at 3 o'clock. I remember sitting down on Saturday afternoons watching Gillette Soccer Saturday and having at least seven Premier League games being played but that has all changed in recent years.

Obviously, a lot of money has gone into television in football and many games are now been shown at 5:15 or 12:45 but I feel that's not good for football. Attendances have been, and will continue to drop if this continues. In my view to many games are now shown on tele and it is hurting the slightly lesser sides in the Premier League. Many average fans don't bother going to see their team play on a Saturday lunch time or a Saturday evening because the game is on tele.

It's OK for the likes of Man United and Arsenal but what about the likes of Man City and Middlesbrough, who's attendances have steadily decreased since the new television deals have come into place. For some reason, I used to always think as Saturday being football day, but now it seems as though more and more games are being played on Sundays to accommodate TV schedules.

I didn't even bother to watch Soccer Saturday today because of the lack of Premier League games on. I understand that a couple of the games tomorrow had to be moved because of teams involvements in Europe but it's like this every week even if there aren't any UEFA Cup games on on Thursday. So, in conclusion, bring back Saturday afternoon games!