A poll by The Morning Advertiser (MA) has revealed that 77.5% of publicans would not show fixtures from the controversial European Super League at their venue.
Broadcaster BT Sport and Amazon Prime Video will once again team up to make more than 20 Premier League fixtures available to pub operators in December.
Despite sport fans being able to return to stadiums in tiers one and two – and consume alcohol there – from 2 December, traditional matchday pubs haven’t experienced anything like their usual boost.
Pub operators with existing Sky Sports and BT Sport subscriptions will not be asked to stump up the extra £14.95 pay-per-view charge to screen Premier League games not already picked for broadcast.
The Premier League has revealed a total of 15 matches, five each weekend after the forthcoming international break, will be broadcast live via Sky Sports and BT Sport.
The Premier League has revised its fixture schedule across the last weekend of September and first week of October in light of the Government’s 10pm pub curfew.
With plans to open turnstiles from October now under review, matchday pub operators and stadium beer suppliers outline the impact of a prolonged, pandemic-enforced, fan exile on their businesses.
All 28 Premier League matches scheduled to be played in September will be broadcast live via existing partners Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and BBC, the league has confirmed.
Both former welterweight world champion Brook, and beleaguered Arsenal manager Wenger will look to put damaging back-to-back defeats behind them this weekend.
Both Carabao and Calcutta cups will be contested this weekend while Britain’s largest ever contingent of winter Olympians challenge for medals in the last two days of the Pyeongchang games.
