argh1 Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 I was going through this weekends TV games. Ya know should I tape this or should I tape that ? Habit tells me the one EPL game and Le Ligue 1 , I have a soft spot for Man City away at Portsmouth and Marseilles is away at Ajaccio on the tube maybe coupled with Liverpool away to Middlesboro and then wham Barcelona vs Real Madrid on RSN 5pm my time according to soccertv.com. Gotta be the game of the weekend. Mind made up. EDIT: I forgot to add the internet game of the week is Leeds vs QPR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 quote:Originally posted by argh1 wham Barcelona vs Real Madrid on RSN 5pm my time according to soccertv.com. Gotta be the game of the weekend. Mind made up. That's an understatement. Actually worldwide and objectively speaking its the biggest game since July at least. I'm pretty sure Madrid will win. Maybe we'll see a pig's head thrown at Figo again (although a horse's head would probably be more appropriate). I heard that there was a TV dispute that might cause much of Spain to miss this game. I wonder if this will have any affect on the coverage over here!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heevanee Posted November 20, 2004 Share Posted November 20, 2004 i am living in calgary and i would like to know which channels Barcelona vs Real Madrid will be live and also a good channel i can watch Spanish Primera Liga live... i am new to this city and i am looking for cable TV. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachesl Posted November 20, 2004 Share Posted November 20, 2004 quote:Originally posted by heevanee i am living in calgary and i would like to know which channels Barcelona vs Real Madrid will be live and also a good channel i can watch Spanish Primera Liga live... i am new to this city and i am looking for cable TV. Thanks TV listings on regular, cable, digital and payperview can be looked at (although sometimes inaccurate) for a week and a half in the future, at: http://www.soccertv.com/canada.cfm Barca/Real: Sat Nov 20 01:00PM Pacific Sat Nov 20 02:00PM Mountain Sat Nov 20 03:00PM Central Sat Nov 20 04:00PM Eastern Sat Nov 20 05:00PM Atlantic Sat Nov 20 05:30PM Newfoundland Length: 2 hr LIVE Rogers Sportsnet - East (Quebec, Atlantic Provinces) - Canada Futbol de Espana - La Liga Barcelona vs Real Madrid Sat Nov 20 01:00PM Pacific Sat Nov 20 02:00PM Mountain Sat Nov 20 03:00PM Central Sat Nov 20 04:00PM Eastern Sat Nov 20 05:00PM Atlantic Sat Nov 20 05:30PM Newfoundland Length: 2 hr LIVE Rogers Sportsnet - Pacific (British Columbia, Yukon) - Canada Futbol de Espana - La Liga Barcelona vs Real Madrid Sat Nov 20 01:00PM Pacific Sat Nov 20 02:00PM Mountain Sat Nov 20 03:00PM Central Sat Nov 20 04:00PM Eastern Sat Nov 20 05:00PM Atlantic Sat Nov 20 05:30PM Newfoundland Length: 2 hr LIVE Rogers Sportsnet - West (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, NT) - Canada Futbol de Espana - La Liga Barcelona vs Real Madrid This means you can get it live in Calgary at 2:00 pm Saturday afternoon on basic cable, Rodgers Sportsnet. If you are in Ontario, you need digital tv (or go to a bar that has it) to get it live on one of the other three Sportsnet channels, as the Ontario Rodgers channel has it two hours delayed ( 2 am Sunday morning!). They move non-availabilty around (supposedly to offer other programming, but in fact to promote digital service). Sucks eh?[xx(] Sat Nov 20 11:00PM Pacific Sun Nov 21 12:00AM Mountain Sun Nov 21 01:00AM Central Sun Nov 21 02:00AM Eastern Sun Nov 21 03:00AM Atlantic Sun Nov 21 03:30AM Newfoundland Length: 2 hr SDD Rogers Sportsnet - Ontario - Canada Futbol de Espana - La Liga Barcelona vs Real Madrid To check Sportsnet broadcast schedule on Alberta time (basic cable is Sporstent West, third from left, in Orange): http://www2.sportsnet.ca/tvschedule/index.php?region=west Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachesl Posted November 20, 2004 Share Posted November 20, 2004 heevanee, since you are a la liga fan (español o latino, amigo?), you should also know that Malaga v Valencia (mi favorito) will be on at 1:00 am Monday morning (2 hour delay) in Alberta basic cable, Sportsnet West. Tape it if you got a vcr. Fox Sports World Canada (extra cost for this service on cable) used to cover la liga fairly well, but they cut back, and now Sportsnet seems to cover at least one match a weekend, though sometimes you need digital to get it live or sometimes at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted November 20, 2004 Share Posted November 20, 2004 Why is Barcelona vs. Real Madrid starting at the relatively late hour of 10 PM local time? Jeffrey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachesl Posted November 20, 2004 Share Posted November 20, 2004 Good article on "el classico" http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/european/story.jsp?story=584743 While we are waiting for Jeffrey, the man, to answer, I can throw in my two cents worth, and say that generally the Spanish prefer night matches (Sunday evening while supper, which is eaten around 9 to 10 pm, is cooking is the traditional time for matches). However, the biggest reason for this particular match is money, the television audience in the Americas during siesta, morning in East Asia, late night viewing in Europe when the other matches are being digested. Thanks to tv, "El Classico" is the global derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Concacaf Posted November 20, 2004 Share Posted November 20, 2004 What has the world come to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachesl Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 3-0 Barcelona barnstorm. A fun read, if rather exaggerated: Madrid the puppets in Barca's hands Real's aging stars shown up by youth and hunger at Camp Nou http://football.guardian.co.uk/continental/story/0,8018,1357078,00.html quote: Last summer, Madrid passed up the genius of Ronaldinho because, as one (fortunately anonymous) director put it, "he's too ugly; he'd sink us as a brand, while David Beckham makes the whole of Asia want to sleep with us." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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