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Originally Posted by Fusebox
His ban was lifted on Sunday, October 1 1995. Get your facts straight before accusing me of being full of rubbish. The match was originally scheduled for a 3:00pm kick-off on September 30, but Sky asked the EPL to push the match back to Sunday so that Cantona could play.
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I realise this thread runs another couple of pages and someone may have pointed this out already. All matches are originally scheduled for 3 pm on a Saturday. Then TV rights holders pick which matches they are going to broadcast. At this time - Sky was the only UK rightsholder.
Any fixtures Sky picked to broadcast would automatically move from the Saturday 3 pm slot as no matches are or have ever been permitted by the League to be broadcast at this time in the UK in case it effects attendances elsewhere.
Man U v Liverpool is ALWAYS going to be selected for broadcast in the UK - and Sky's premium slot and the element of the rights packages that carries the highest premium is for matches at Sunday at 4 pm. This match was never going ahead on Saturday at 3 pm irregardless of when Cantona was coming back.