Basel vs Newcastle - Live TV Coverage!
By Matthew Jones
October 29 2003
Newcastle United's UEFA Cup second-round first-leg tie with FC Basel in Switzerland next week will be shown live on television. Sky's subscription channel Setanta will beam the game back to Tyneside from Basel next Thursday night.
THE EVENING CHRONICLE REPORTED:
Newcastle United's UEFA Cup second-round first-leg tie with FC Basel in Switzerland next week will be shown live on television.
Sky's subscription channel Setanta will beam the game back to Tyneside from Basel next Thursday night.
It's not the most convenient coverage for United supporters but the feeling today was that it was better than nothing.
United's Champions League qualifier against Partizan in Belgrade was also shown back in England by the same channel.
For long periods during that game there was no sound, leaving United fans watching the pictures and tuning in to their radios.
United have suffered in many ways because of their failure to qualify for the Champions League proper, one of them being the poor television coverage in the UEFA Cup.
This is in direct contrast to the superb Champions League coverage when fans have their pick of eight matches.
But, nevertheless, there will be no shortage of United fans tuning in to Setanta, which goes out on channels 435 and 436.
TV bosses will wait and see what happens in Basel before deciding whether to show the second leg at St James' Park on November 27.