Breaking News BBC Essex to reduce coverage of Colchester matches - Southend 'unaffected'

[CC51DAS]

Just saw this on the BBC Essex Website - hopefully it means we'll have to endure a bit less of the drivel Neil Kelly talks.

Apparently this has come about following an audience survey which suggested the Col Ewe matches attracted less than 100 listeners



"Until the end of the 2016/7 season, join BBC Essex Sport every Saturday afternoon from 2pm for exclusive live commentary of every
Southend and Colchester United game. Plus updates from other sporting fixtures around Essex.

Between April and September we'll also have exclusive cricket commentary of every ball, run and wicket of Essex County Cricket Club in the county championship, Twenty 20 and 50 over competitions.

You can listen to each game through our website - www.bbc.co.uk/essex - along with a few which you'll be able to hear on the radio itself.

However BBC Essex Sport regrets to announce that due to budgetary changes, from the start of the 2017/8 season, coverage of Colchester United's matches will be restricted to our website where Neil Kelly will continue to bring you live updates and all the news of the U’s.

Coverage of Southend matches will remain unaffected."


A source close to BBC Essex has revealed that one farmer has already complained as he is used to playing the commentary to his six pigs for its 'soporific effects'.

It is not known whether the pigs were included in the 'less than one hundred' listeners

 

[geoffmundo]

Ha ha, I wonder what the date is today!

Seriously though it does annoy me that they always start off with Col U and we are always second.

 

[mattitouk]

:hilarious:Brilliant news!

But a quality wind up! :clap:


... Leyton Orient will be playing Division one football next year and Col Ewe will be in the champions league by 2021.

 

[Barling Magna]

Good one! C'est le premiere d'Avril, n'est pas?

 

[mattitouk]

Good one! C'est le premiere d'Avril, n'est pas?

Are your from Kent?.... Perhaps Dover?

I Normally have some English banter from the "home counties".. but I think considering your language, you are Phil's official northern translator! :smile:

 

[CC51DAS]

Good one! C'est le premiere d'Avril, n'est pas?

Uuh Mince !!! - They got me

but maybe not a Col Ewe fan known proudly as 'Colchester and Deaf' who has tweeted " It won't make a blind bit of difference to me"

 

[mattitouk]

Never mind dumb and deaf!

They only have 3 fingers on two hands... there's no way they can text :smile:

 

[RHB]

Never mind dumb and deaf!

They only have 3 fingers on two hands... there's no way they can text :smile:

That's just not true, we already proved that, hands and feet.

 

[onceknownasrab]

My own long departed father was born deaf and dumb. I take great exception to this term being associated with Col Ewe supporters. As if he would have ever supported CU !! His dumb was mute not dumb as in stupid!

 

[Zeuss]

Good one! C'est le premiere d'Avril, n'est pas?

If you use their language accurately it isn't!

 

[Barling Magna]

If you use their language accurately it isn't!

Don't you speak Franglais Zeuss? I thought the King of the Gods could use all languages.:smile:

 

[RHB]

Don't you speak Franglais Zeuss? I thought the King of the Gods could use all languages.:smile:

Nah, its all Greek to him mate!