BBC Sport Urged To Be More Supporter Friendly

Last updated : 07 November 2014 By AP

If BBC Sport want supporters to send them their experiences of FA Cup matches, they need to have a look at their own actions first to make sure that supporters can get to matches to have these experiences.

BBC Sport need to end the Monday night cup draws by moving the draws  back to a Saturday night, thus giving clubs more time to make arrangements for games and ensuring that supporters get the maximum amount of notice.

BBC Sport need to, along with BT Sport make the announcement of what games they are showing live, as soon as possible.

BBC Sport need to, along with BT Sport not choose FA Cup games that involve horrendous journeys for one set of supporters for live matches - Warrington V Exeter on a Friday night and Havant & Waterlooville V Preston North End on a Monday night are two case in points.

BBC Sport need to, avoid moving matches to Sundays unless they are being televised live or there are specific reasons why the game cannot be played on a Saturday as travel is not as easy as it is on a Saturday (it's a lot harder for me to get from the South Coast on public transport to the Ricoh Arena on Sunday than it is a Saturday). Just so they can feature on a poor version on Sky Sports News is not a just reason.

I'll be at the Ricoh for the Worcester game but am not happy about being messed about by BBC Sport who probably won't do nothing about the experiences of supporters they mess about due to their complete disregard for match going supporters.