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Good news. Tally footie coming back to Cooncil tele
The Guardian
Italian football is to return to terrestrial television for the first time since 2002 after Channel Five picked up the rights.
Five is expected to air Italian football coverage from the start of the 2007-8 season later this year, with output to be made by sports production company Sunset+Vine.
Sunset+Vine, a subsidiary of Welsh firm Tinopolis, already produces cricket highlights for Five.
"The main deal is for a highlights programme, although Five do have the rights for live matches as well," said Ron Jones, the executive chairman of Tinopolis.
Channel 4 first brought Serie A football to UK television in 1992 following the move of Paul Gascoigne to Lazio and screened matches and highlights until 2002, when it dropped coverage.
The rights were picked up by British Eurosport midway through 2002, with the channel screening matches until 2005, when Bravo and Setanta Sports took over in a joint deal.
Bravo announced it would not be screening any more matches from the end of December last year because of poor ratings.
Italian football is best known on UK TV for the Channel 4 Football Italia show, presented by James Richardson.
A Saturday morning show, Gazzetta, was voiced by the late Kenneth Wolstenholme and also shown on Channel 4.
A Five spokesman declined to comment.
Also while we're talking about Richardson..........some great quotes from the cafe mistro himself
"This week, we've got the best top-of-the-table action since "The Postman Always Rings Twice"."
"As the man said at the fender exhibition, it's a bumper show."
"...as unsung as Posh Spice's back-catalogue."
"What do Clarence Seedorf and Pete Doherty have in common? They both get caught in possession an awful lot."
"A Chantelle and Preston of a game, if ever there was one, with all the hype about the match it ends without any scoring."
"Roberto Mancini talks about his title aspirations, which is a comeback as improbable as Leo Sayer's but with a much better record."
"Would Sven be partial to a role behind the desk? Stop sniggering at the back!" (Whilst talking about Sven-Göran Eriksson taking up a director of football role with Inter)
"The biggest title challenge since Danny Shittu tried to write his autobiography."
"Chelsea paid a levy for the Shevy but the Shevy went dry" (On the subject of Andriy Shevchenko's lack of goals after being signed by Chelsea)
"The Juventus coach arrived at Fiorentina's stadium under a hail of missiles from home fans. Mind you, they are not the only team to arrive at away matches with a smashed coach. Nottingham Forest fans are more than used to it!" c. 1991
"It hasn't been an amazing first half. Quite frankly, i've seen better finishing from the builders of Wembley Stadium." (on the Paul O'Grady Show, in a small segment during the SS Lazio v AS Roma derby in 2007, which ended 0-0)
Hopefully if the show comes to fruition. Richardson would be part of it.
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and a copule more..... :mrgreen:
On Siena beating Messina 3-0 a few seasons back "Messina, like Jude Law after being caught with the nanny receiving the wrath of Siena"
On the Milan derby earlier in the season "The biggest match up since McCarteny v Mills but will Milan get beaten at home ?"
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Two Face
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Damn Wops.
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