Toby Young Toby Young

Sky Sports is ruining my football season

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issue 06 November 2021

When I promised my 13-year-old son, Charlie, that we would go to as many QPR games as possible in 2021-22 to make up for not going to any last season, I hadn’t anticipated that the match schedule would be in a constant state of flux thanks to the capricious, all-powerful tyrant that is Sky Sports. It makes trying to plan your life more than a few weeks ahead impossible.

For instance, I booked an eye-wateringly expensive three-day break for the whole family in Margate from 27 to 30 December, meaning we would be in London to watch the Boxing Day fixture against Bournemouth at home and miss only one game on 29 December. But at the last minute Sky Sports has decided it would like to televise the Bournemouth game and insisted that it be moved to 27 December so it won’t clash with the Premier League games on Boxing Day.

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