The BBCs Video Nasty Newcastle bias

When Chris Foys final whistle reverbarated around Villa Park in May and Newcastle United were relagated to the Coca-Cola Championship, Toon fans would have been forgiven for fearing their club was beginning to fade into footballing obscurity.Luckily for them and frustratingly for others there is very little chance of that now happening, with the producers of the BBCs Football League Show apparently insistant on giving Newcastle disproportanate coverage at every opportunity.Newcastles first game in English footballs second tier at West Brom, for example, was always going to be a big draw; and there can be few complaints that this was chosen as Tobias Rieder Women Jersey the first of 10 live games shown on the BBC.But then, where is the logic in then making this the featured match later that night, and giving extended coverage to a game that had already been shown earlier that day? Therefore relegating the thrilling South Yorkshire derby between Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley, to a couple of minutes highlights which hardly gave adequate coverage to Barnsleys fighting comeback to clinch a draw.The following week, when their 3-0 victory over Derek Forbort Jersey Reading was only marginally more entertaining than the BBC switching to a film of a woman on the toilet during the League Two round up, gue s which game attracted the most coverage? You gue sed it; Newcastle v Reading.There can be bo doubt that Newcastle United are the Championships big draw this season; but can it really be fair that the only realistic chance a club such as Scunthorpe or Peterborough has of being the featured match is when they play Newcastle? Im quite sure that the TV Licence fee is the same in Scunthorpe as it is in Newcastle, so where is the equality there?Did you see me on the TV, ref? Newcastles Shola AmeobiThe BBCs remit as a public service states its intention to bring audiences from disparate communities Drew Doughty Kids Jersey together to share significant events in the life of the UK. The BBCs coverage of sport in particular has a key role here.It would Ilya Kovalchuk Jersey be interesting to know who decides that a 1-1 draw between Newcastle and West Brom is more significant than Cardiffs 4-0 opening day victory over Scunthorpe, which was their first outing at their new stadium?Newcastles impre sive, unbeaten start has consolidated my early-season opinion that they will walk all over the Championship and be back in the top flight last season. But a more conservative prediction is that if the BBC producers continue to favour Newcastle United over the leagues 23 other clubs, then they may find that their viewing figures are solely Nic Dowd Men Jersey restricted to a demographic in the North East..Drab 0-0 at Scunthorpe? 25minutes of coverage then, ladsThe Football League has long been hailed as the working mans version of the Premier League where real football, at least what can be construed as such in these modern times, still exists. With choices like these, however, it seems that these views are fading fast.Oh, and by the way, live football next returns to the BBC on September 26 when Roy Keanes Ipswich Town will play.. er, do I even need to say?
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