Cheapest way of watching the football this season? (UK)

quethenoo said:
Not exactly an alternative and may be totally obvious but try going halves with someone else, you can get several devices and watch on at least two devices at once on both them. I do that currently, use their BT and they use my NOWTV.

edit: if you get NoWTV boost you can watch on 3 devices apparently.
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That's what I do. I pay for BT Sport and my dad pays for Sky, which I can stream on Xbox.
 
The Norwegian company with the PL broadcasting rights will lose their rights next summer(contract expires). In a final push to squeeze out as much money as possible they made a price bump of roughly 60% :wenger:

They've done similar bullshit before, but never to such an extent. I'll be boycotting them this season. As will many of my friends.
 
I pay £19 per month for Sky Sports HD on top of £23 per month for Sky Signature and Netflix combined. Which I think is a decent deal.

Then I think I probably get ripped off a bit by BT, I pay £28 for broadband and phone (not that anyone actually uses a house phone anymore) and get BT Sport via a BTTV box for £14.

So £33 per month all in for the two lots of sport.

Threatening to cancel usually goes a long way to getting a better deal.
 
Been on the phone all morning :lol: Got BT to offer me broadband and HD Sports package (which I can downgrade any time) for £69.99 as a new customer. The broadband is 100 mbs better and the same price as my current one (which is actually about to rise by £5).

Not bad I guess considering what I was doing before was Now TV at £33.99 and BT Monthly Pass at £25.99. So £60 on it's own not including broadband.
 
Pexbo said:
Personally I don’t think it’s that expensive to have all the channels. You just need to make more of a sacrifice in other areas of your life. Stop going out every weekend, buying oatmeal flat whites and avocado toast and you might find you can afford it. I’ve got BT Sport on Virgin Media which gives me access to all the European games and some EPL games and I use my Dad’s Sky account on my PS5 which gives me access to all the Sky Sports channels.
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The person asked for ways to watch football not life coaching. I'm sure they are a big boy or girl that can work this out themselves.
 
Already get BT via Virgin, not paid by me. Think I'm going to pay the £33 a month for Now TV Sky Sports. Missed the £25 a month deal by a couple of days after discovering the excellent free source I watched games on last season had closed down.

I'm ok with other free streams but my dad, who I often watch games with won't be able to figure that out and I'm going to miss more matches this season anyway. Might as well pay up so he can at least see them if I'm at work. Waiting until after the 22nd of August to sub so that I'll get the last day of the season in there before cancelling at the end of May.

Not sure of the details but I saw that Sky customers can add just the 2 main football channels for £18 a month. It's Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Football.
 
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Nord VPN + peacock tv seems the cheapest and best option for me from Denmark. I do have a US credit card though.
 
Solius said:
I used DAZN when I lived in Canada. Haven't tried it with a VPN but could be an option. Just usually VPNs slow things down a bit and I can't be dealing with buffering.
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Not if you pay for a decent VPN
 
quethenoo said:
Not exactly an alternative and may be totally obvious but try going halves with someone else, you can get several devices and watch on at least two devices at once on both them. I do that currently, use their BT and they use my NOWTV.

edit: if you get NoWTV boost you can watch on 3 devices apparently.
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Does it not have to be one household though?
 
Just renewing my Canadian DAZN. $149.99 a year (86.09 pounds today). I hate the service - lots of "error" messages and sometimes the buffering is crazy but I do get all the EPL games as well as the Rugby internationals.
 
Chipper said:
Already get BT via Virgin, not paid by me. Think I'm going to pay the £33 a month for Now TV Sky Sports. Missed the £25 a month deal by a couple of days after discovering the excellent free source I watched games on last season had closed down.

I'm ok with other free streams but my dad, who I often watch games with won't be able to figure that out and I'm going to miss more matches this season anyway. Might as well pay up so he can at least see them if I'm at work. Waiting until after the 22nd of August to sub so that I'll get the last day of the season in there before cancelling at the end of May.

Not sure of the details but I saw that Sky customers can add just the 2 main football channels for £18 a month. It's Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Football.
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Hi everyone. Hope this helps but this is true. I work for Sky ( don't judge me ) and we have had comms saying customers can add the 2 sports channels listed above for £18 a month on top of your sky package. This will also be a rolling contract so you can cancel once the season has finished. Obviously your sky basic package would be a 18 month contract though so you would be paying £25 ish after the sports have finished.

To answer the questions in OP, cheapest way to watch would be If you knew anybody who works for Sky and ask them for a family and friends discount code....
 
Is IPTV not a thing in the UK ? I get Sky, BT & hundreds of other sports channels for about £80 a year. You do need a good internet connection but I've been using it for 5 years & super happy.
 
Pexbo said:
Personally I don’t think it’s that expensive to have all the channels. You just need to make more of a sacrifice in other areas of your life. Stop going out every weekend, buying oatmeal flat whites and avocado toast and you might find you can afford it. I’ve got BT Sport on Virgin Media which gives me access to all the European games and some EPL games and I use my Dad’s Sky account on my PS5 which gives me access to all the Sky Sports channels.
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It probably would be if you were paying for Sky as well.

I had a great thing going with Sky and BT from me da's package for the past 10 years.

My youngest brother signed up to Sky sports/movies and BT and was supposed to pay but me da never charged him and we were all using it. The little fecker moved in with his girlfriend during lockdown and me da immediately cancelled it so it's streams all the way. Am I feck paying three different companies to watch all the United Games.
 
jeff gurr said:
Is IPTV not a thing in the UK ? I get Sky, BT & hundreds of other sports channels for about £80 a year. You do need a good internet connection but I've been using it for 5 years & super happy.
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It's a thing but... people are happy paying that £80 a month.. madness
 
Solius said:
Apologies if there's a thread. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good way to be able to watch Sky and BT Sport this season.

I currently only pay for broadband and last season I used Now TV's monthly pass (for Sky Sports) and the BT Sport Monthly Pass. Both cost £25 each, so a total of £50 a month but it obviously came with the flexibility to cancel in a month where I was poor or was not going to be home. I just called up Sky to check what package I could get and after lots of faffing and 'special discounts' offered I got £48.40 but that's an 18 month fixed contract and I'll have no need for it next June/July. Plus it's also a long thing to commit to.

I was wondering if anyone knew of any good alternatives?
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IPTV. Every channel, every game. £65 a year.

For educational purposes only.
 
BT announced the rights to Serie A today.

Another good reason for those who don't already have BT.
 
SparKYhughes89 said:
Hi everyone. Hope this helps but this is true. I work for Sky ( don't judge me ) and we have had comms saying customers can add the 2 sports channels listed above for £18 a month on top of your sky package. This will also be a rolling contract so you can cancel once the season has finished. Obviously your sky basic package would be a 18 month contract though so you would be paying £25 ish after the sports have finished.

To answer the questions in OP, cheapest way to watch would be If you knew anybody who works for Sky and ask them for a family and friends discount code....
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In case anyone missed this...
 
SparKYhughes89 said:
Hi everyone. Hope this helps but this is true. I work for Sky ( don't judge me ) and we have had comms saying customers can add the 2 sports channels listed above for £18 a month on top of your sky package. This will also be a rolling contract so you can cancel once the season has finished. Obviously your sky basic package would be a 18 month contract though so you would be paying £25 ish after the sports have finished.

To answer the questions in OP, cheapest way to watch would be If you knew anybody who works for Sky and ask them for a family and friends discount code....
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Can you not bring on a PL day pass for 5 euros. I dont watch any other sport other than the football.
 
jeff gurr said:
I really don't understand why people are paying that . One month would pay a year of IPTV. !!
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People who get buffering get fed up but don’t realise that 90% of the time it’s just down to the setup in the home. If you set it up properly, IPTv is flawless.
 
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