by Yorkieandy » 08 Feb 2018, 13:09
Jerry wrote: 08 Feb 2018, 09:51
I know it's trendy to knock the BBC but I'm not sure that's entirely fair.
The BBC website is the only place on the internet (as far as I am aware) with pages devoted to the Premier league, each division of the Football league and National league with individual pages for each club. Plus pages for Scottish, Welsh and Irish football.
Pretty comprehensive coverage in my eyes.
If you go on the Welsh football tab on their website, as i often too because i like Llandudno FC, then you'll quickly find that it's all about the 4 English based teams (Swansea / Cardiff / Newport / Wrexham) with next to nothing about Welsh football other than the league table.
I agree that the other leagues are covered but IMO the gap between the exposure and coverage for the Premier League against the other leagues is huge. This is accounting for the fact that obviously the Prem is a massive amount bigger than league 2 say but i think the lower leagues could be given a lot more coverage and exposure than they are. So whilst i'd agree that it is adequate coverage for the lower leagues, it certainly isn't what i would call comprehensive.
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I know it's trendy to knock the BBC but I'm not sure that's entirely fair.
The BBC website is the only place on the internet (as far as I am aware) with pages devoted to the Premier league, each division of the Football league and National league with individual pages for each club. Plus pages for Scottish, Welsh and Irish football.
Pretty comprehensive coverage in my eyes.
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If you go on the Welsh football tab on their website, as i often too because i like Llandudno FC, then you'll quickly find that it's all about the 4 English based teams (Swansea / Cardiff / Newport / Wrexham) with next to nothing about Welsh football other than the league table.
I agree that the other leagues are covered but IMO the gap between the exposure and coverage for the Premier League against the other leagues is huge. This is accounting for the fact that obviously the Prem is a massive amount bigger than league 2 say but i think the lower leagues could be given a lot more coverage and exposure than they are. So whilst i'd agree that it is adequate coverage for the lower leagues, it certainly isn't what i would call comprehensive.
