Is the Villa game on TV?

[Steve-O]

Any word yet about if / where this will be on? Surely it will be.

[Winston Ingram]

Not yet no

[Moulin Yarns]

Hope for an announcement today after most of the tickets are sold.

[Trinity Hibee]

Guess Hibs could make a killing by selling on PPV

[Renfrew_Hibby]

Don't think the 5:45 kick off is doing us any favours.
Can't see bbc Scotland being that interested unfortunately

[Gmack7]

Guess Hibs could make a killing by selling on PPV

I hope that's what happens

[Hermit Crab]

Don't think the 5:45 kick off is doing us any favours.
Can't see bbc Scotland being that interested unfortunately


What are you? Nuts. Not interested in a game featuring 2 British sides in a major European competition?

[Winston Ingram]

It'll definitely be on TV. Apparently it's between TNT and BBC.

Absolutely no chance this will be PPV

[Renfrew_Hibby]

What are you? Nuts. Not interested in a game featuring 2 British sides in a major European competition?

Timing wise is poor and it's a fixture where the general perception is that it will be a non event. General chat where I live with fans of Rangers Celtic, St.Mirren and Morton fans is that we will be gubbed and it will be embarrassing. Whereas all think Hearts have a chance to carry the flag for scotland. The guys I know and work with would like to see that tie more.
Just saying what I've heard

[BoomtownHibees]

Timing wise is poor and it's a fixture where the general perception is that it will be a non event. General chat where I live with fans of Rangers Celtic, St.Mirren and Morton fans is that we will be gubbed and it will be embarrassing. Whereas all think Hearts have a chance to carry the flag for scotland. The guys I know and work with would like to see that tie more.
Just saying what I've heard

Surely nobody would rather watch Hearts v PAOK rather than Hibs v Villa? Other than Hearts fans of course

[Renfrew_Hibby]

Surely nobody would rather watch Hearts v PAOK rather than Hibs v Villa? Other than Hearts fans of course

Of course WE would but out there beyond Hibbyworld opinions differ.

[JimBHibees]

Would rather tickets were sold out then announced

[JimBHibees]

Of course WE would but out there beyond Hibbyworld opinions differ.

To be fair I can get why folk think that

[Gloucester Hibs]

Of course WE would but out there beyond Hibbyworld opinions differ.

Based on the opinion of "the guys at your work" :wink:

[PatHead]

Timing wise is poor and it's a fixture where the general perception is that it will be a non event. General chat where I live with fans of Rangers Celtic, St.Mirren and Morton fans is that we will be gubbed and it will be embarrassing. Whereas all think Hearts have a chance to carry the flag for scotland. The guys I know and work with would like to see that tie more.
Just saying what I've heard

The first legs are on separate days. Can they not show both?

Also the Hibs match would have UK interest rather than purely Scottish interest so would likely have higher viewing figures.

[davhibby]

Don't think the 5:45 kick off is doing us any favours.
Can't see bbc Scotland being that interested unfortunately

There’s no chance BBC Scotland could afford it, if it’s picked up BBC itwill be uk wide

[Clarence Beeks]

Of course WE would but out there beyond Hibbyworld opinions differ.

No, there's a big audience down here for the game as well, if only us Villa fans and the many local rivals that hate us and watch every minute of our matches, that's about 3m people alone, before the general interest in any 'Battle of Britain'

[147lothian]

A lot of people south of the border watch football and would be happy to see us get stuffed in a Battle of Britain, also virtually every football fan in Scotland would want to watch it, most of whom would be rooting for us, there is a massive TV audience for this game.

[HH81]

A lot of people south of the border watch football and would be happy to see us get stuffed in a Battle of Britain, also virtually every football fan in Scotland would want to watch it, most of whom would be rooting for us, there is a massive TV audience for this game.

Most of the midland clubs would be wanting a Hibs win. Quite a few in England would also find it funny so would be cheering us on.

[nonshinyfinish]

Most of the midland clubs would be wanting a Hibs win. Quite a few in England would also find it funny so would be cheering us on.

Good friend of mine is a Coventry City fan from birth and had a Hibs ST for seven or eight years while living in in Edinburgh. Villa are Cov's most hated rival (although the reverse isn't true) – I think the only only person more up for the game than him is Joe Newell.

[HITSB6]

Good friend of mine is a Coventry City fan from birth and had a Hibs ST for seven or eight years while living in in Edinburgh. Villa are Cov's most hated rival (although the reverse isn't true) – I think the only only person more up for the game than him is Joe Newell.

Always a strange rivalry the Coventry one. I think we started being rivals due to the fact all the other Midlands clubs were outside the Prem bar Villa and Coventry for a long time. After Birmingham and West Brom came back the Cov rivalry was forgotten about on our part but not there's. I still hear them sing about Villa on TV while i've never heard about us sing about Coventry. The funny one is Wolves Villa who the media would have you believe is a big rivalry for viewing figures but no-one really cares about that from either side.

[Keith_M]

No, there's a big audience down here for the game as well, if only us Villa fans and the many local rivals that hate us and watch every minute of our matches, that's about 3m people alone, before the general interest in any 'Battle of Britain'


Jasper Carrot has said he wouldn't miss it for the world, now that he realised he's a died-in-the-wool, lifelong Hibs Fan (which apparently only occurred to him after we qualified last week ;-) )

[HITSB6]

Jasper Carrot has said he wouldn't miss it for the world, now that he realised he's a died-in-the-wool, lifelong Hibs Fan (which apparently only occurred to him after we qualified last week ;-) )

He's a bad man!

[Keith_M]

He's a bad man!


:greengrin

[Liberton_Hibs]

Villa just announced its on BBC iplayer and BBC Scotland.

[nonshinyfinish]

Always a strange rivalry the Coventry one. I think we started being rivals due to the fact all the other Midlands clubs were outside the Prem bar Villa and Coventry for a long time. After Birmingham and West Brom came back the Cov rivalry was forgotten about on our part but not there's. I still hear them sing about Villa on TV while i've never heard about us sing about Coventry. The funny one is Wolves Villa who the media would have you believe is a big rivalry for viewing figures but no-one really cares about that from either side.

Yeah I guess with so many teams around Birmingham there's a bit of a web of rivalries. Who is Wolves' number one rival? Blues? I remember being in West Bromwich years ago and the graffiti suggested they were none too keen on Wolves, but I don't know how much it goes the other way.

[skyehibee]

Villa just announced its on BBC iplayer and BBC Scotland.

Where’s that from? Can’t see anything on there Twitter

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q7jc

[HITSB6]

Yeah I guess with so many teams around Birmingham there's a bit of a web of rivalries. Who is Wolves' number one rival? Blues? I remember being in West Bromwich years ago and the graffiti suggested they were none too keen on Wolves, but I don't know how much it goes the other way.

Wolves biggest rival is West Brom and vice versa. Villa West Brom used to be the biggest rivalry mainly due to the fact they are technically the closest teams together and were the most successful for a while. The Rivalry isn't what it was West Brom probably dislike villa a bit more than Vice Versa. Villa and Blues generally hate each other and I'd say its the most fierce rivalry in England for 2 teams in the same city.

Just to confuse the issue further Blues and Wolves also have a rivalry so it's all generally confusing!

[Greenworld]

The away leg is on bt tnt TV I am surprised the home leg is bbc must have stumped up the cash

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[DH1875]

The away leg is on bt tnt TV I am surprised the home leg is bbc must have stumped up the cash

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Maybe the BBC stumped it up and not BBC Scotland.

[Since90+2]

Wolves biggest rival is West Brom and vice versa. Villa West Brom used to be the biggest rivalry mainly due to the fact they are technically the closest teams together and were the most successful for a while. The Rivalry isn't what it was West Brom probably dislike villa a bit more than Vice Versa. Villa and Blues generally hate each other and I'd say its the most fierce rivalry in England for 2 teams in the same city.

Just to confuse the issue further Blues and Wolves also have a rivalry so it's all generally confusing!

Fiercer than West Ham Millwall?

[LancsHibs]

Wolves biggest rival is West Brom and vice versa. Villa West Brom used to be the biggest rivalry mainly due to the fact they are technically the closest teams together and were the most successful for a while. The Rivalry isn't what it was West Brom probably dislike villa a bit more than Vice Versa. Villa and Blues generally hate each other and I'd say its the most fierce rivalry in England for 2 teams in the same city.

Just to confuse the issue further Blues and Wolves also have a rivalry so it's all generally confusing!

Basically all the big West Midlands clubs hate each other😁

[Trinity Hibee]

The away leg is on bt tnt TV I am surprised the home leg is bbc must have stumped up the cash

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Is it? Confirmed?

[Greenworld]

Is it? Confirmed?Away leg yes

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[Trinity Hibee]

Away leg yes

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Good stuff. Will be in Brum anyway for it

[Greenworld]

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[Renfrew_Hibby]

Basically all the big West Midlands clubs hate each other😁

Yeah but Villa/Blues is a real cross town rivalry.
Wolves/West Brom is the 'Black Country' derby, a nasty one in it's own right.
Always feel for Coventry as they are stuck out slightly detached from the big metro area and all of the other clubs have more immediate and natural rivals.

Surprised Coventry/Leicester isn't a big match up as they are in a similar boat. Always consider Forest as their main rivals, but for Forest fans it's all about Derby County.

[Brummie_Hibs]

Yeah but Villa/Blues is a real cross town rivalry.
Wolves/West Brom is the 'Black Country' derby, a nasty one in it's own right.
Always feel for Coventry as they are stuck out slightly detached from the big metro area and all of the other clubs have more immediate and natural rivals.

Surprised Coventry/Leicester isn't a big match up as they are in a similar boat. Always consider Forest as their main rivals, but for Forest fans it's all about Derby County.
It used to be tasty in the centre of Brum when (pre-successful) Leicester City visited to play Villa.

Most Police I've seen at a game was when Man Utd played Birmingham City in a cup game.

[Donegal Hibby]

I read philippe coutinho is out for the two legs against Hibs and read this . Apologies for being on wrong thread and if you've already seen it .
https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/des-bremner-to-be-special-guest-at-hibs-vs-aston-villa

[Torto7]

I read philippe coutinho is out for the two legs against Hibs and read this . Apologies for being on wrong thread and if you've already seen it .
https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/des-bremner-to-be-special-guest-at-hibs-vs-aston-villa

He's way down the pecking order for them. Oh the luxury of being able to say that.

[Newcastlehibby]

Home leg showing on planner now for BBC Scotland.

[overdrive]

On the Luzern thread, some folk made mention you can’t access iPlayer outside the UK and even some VPNs don’t work? Any idea what VPNs work with iPlayer? I’m away on holiday and was banking on the legs being switched.

I do have my tablet with my IPTV provider on it but we’ve found it a bit patchy here.

[nonshinyfinish]

Surprised Coventry/Leicester isn't a big match up as they are in a similar boat. Always consider Forest as their main rivals, but for Forest fans it's all about Derby County.

I asked my Cov-supporting mate about them and Leicester (prompted by a photo of half-and-half scarves on sale outside their recent league game…) and he said there is a significant dislike of Leicester but that it's generational – younger fans hate them because they've been successful recently but generally older fans aren't that bothered. Not sure how Leicester feel about it.

Makes you appreciate the simplicity of a proper city derby between clubs of similar stature – they hate us, we hate them. The filthy maroon pricks.

[Moulin Yarns]

There’s no chance BBC Scotland could afford it, if it’s picked up BBC itwill be uk wide

The problem with that is the world athletic championship is on BBC just now

[Clarence Beeks]

Yeah but Villa/Blues is a real cross town rivalry.
Wolves/West Brom is the 'Black Country' derby, a nasty one in it's own right.
Always feel for Coventry as they are stuck out slightly detached from the big metro area and all of the other clubs have more immediate and natural rivals.

Surprised Coventry/Leicester isn't a big match up as they are in a similar boat. Always consider Forest as their main rivals, but for Forest fans it's all about Derby County.

I make you about right but will add that Villa - West Brom is the oldest rivalry really, going back to contesting cup finals in the Victorian era, and the Hawthorns is about the same distance from Villa Park as St Andrews.

Plus the Albion have actually had some decent teams and players down the years.

[gbhibby]

On the Luzern thread, some folk made mention you can’t access iPlayer outside the UK and even some VPNs don’t work? Any idea what VPNs work with iPlayer? I’m away on holiday and was banking on the legs being switched.

I do have my tablet with my IPTV provider on it but we’ve found it a bit patchy here.https://m.livesoccertv.com/match/4760333/hibernian-vs-aston-villa/

Found this on the villa forum, hope it helps


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[HITSB6]

Fiercer than West Ham Millwall?

I would say so yes Millwall West Ham is obviously bad but as a London Centric country gets a lot of coverage and so on due to past hooligan firms. Villa Blues recently has meant part of stadiums being closed for games and dozens of arrests at games. I guess the Grealish punch and Villa fans invading the Villa Park complex when Mcleish went from Blues to Villa sums it up.

[LancsHibs]

Wolves biggest rival is West Brom and vice versa. Villa West Brom used to be the biggest rivalry mainly due to the fact they are technically the closest teams together and were the most successful for a while. The Rivalry isn't what it was West Brom probably dislike villa a bit more than Vice Versa. Villa and Blues generally hate each other and I'd say its the most fierce rivalry in England for 2 teams in the same city.

Just to confuse the issue further Blues and Wolves also have a rivalry so it's all generally confusing!

Basically all the big West Midlands clubs hate each other😁

[HITSB6]

I make you about right but will add that Villa - West Brom is the oldest rivalry really, going back to contesting cup finals in the Victorian era, and the Hawthorns is about the same distance from Villa Park as St Andrews.

Plus the Albion have actually had some decent teams and players down the years.

I've always found that rivalry more relevant if you are from North Birmingham as I'm from South there is hardly many West Brom fans around just a lot more blues in contrast to other parts of Birmingham.

[Tambo]

Nice one, honestly thought both legs would of been on TNT, fair play to the BBC for showing it.

Subscribed to TNT Saturday so will cancel it soon unless we do the unthinkable.

[Clarence Beeks]

I've always found that rivalry more relevant if you are from North Birmingham as I'm from South there is hardly many West Brom fans around just a lot more blues in contrast to other parts of Birmingham.


Yeah that's fair, as a kid I was north but then moved east where I first encountered the unwashed.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

I first encountered the unwashed.

Celtic or Rangers? 🤔

[Edinburgh Green]

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Sorry, what’s this confirming?

[Trinity Hibee]

Sorry, what’s this confirming?

That the away leg is on BT sports

[Allant1981]

Home leg showing on planner now for BBC Scotland.

Yip club have confirmed it's on bbc

[declan macmanus]

That the away leg is on BT sports

From what I can see it’s only live commentary


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