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Soccer Board How to Watch Guide

Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:04 am
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:04 am
With more new people coming to the board thought a lil how to guide would be helpful with all the leagues. If im missing anything please post and I will update the OP.

For those who stream a VPN or Hola extension is a must have so you can jump around hoops.

Champions League - TV Foxsports and Sky/ITV for most people on this board. You can stream ITV matches off their website once you change your IP.

EPL- NBC Sports/overflow channels and Sky/BT. NBC Live extra(which is awful but it is what it is). Anyone who uses XMBC there is a NBC Sports EPL add on which actually works better than the live extra app. For it to work if you are living abroad make sure you have a US IP.

La Liga - BeIN Sports and Sky

Bundesliga - GolTV . In the UK usually ESPN or BT. Soon to be Fox in the US

Serie A - BeIN, ESPN UK/ BT, so if you are streaming look for those broadcast. They show lots of matches each week.

Ligue 1 - BeIN in the US, usually ESPN or BT in the UK.

MLS - ESPN/Watch ESPN, Fox, NBC Sports and now Sky

FA Cup- Foxsports in the US, BT/BBC in the UK. For anyone wanting to stream. Change your IP to a UK one and use the BBC iplayer for a HD stream for any match being shown on BBC. Usually 2 a weekend. For example United Arsenal on that monday night will be on bbc. For using UK stream if it ask for a post code using something like SW1A 2AA and if it ask if you have a tv license say yes.

For everyone who is pretty tech savy using something like XBMC is pretty awesome to find any match from anywhere. If anyone needs help I can give some tips. They also added an MLS streaming app. All of this stuff is free. When looking for English streams of non EPL/MLS matches Sky/ESPN UK are the ones to click on if posted somewhere. BeIN is in like 8 different languages

There are also usual streams posted in the soccer subreddit in the match threads or go to the soccer streams subreddit.


I have a thin client type PC dedicated to my tv that I use for Slingbox, WatchESPN, XBMC and other streaming.
This post was edited on 1/24/19 at 3:55 pm
Posted by Downtown Devin Brown
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2013
1523 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:11 am to
DirecTV has extra channels I think in the end of the 500's or 700's that show all other EPL games that aren't on NBCSN or NBC.
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125376 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:16 am to
updated with Overflow channels

not sure what they are for other providers
Posted by KneffLSU
Louisiana
Member since May 2012
920 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:19 am to
Should list an example UK postcode in the original post so people don't ask each time it is needed. (SW1A 1AA, SW1A 0AA, or SW1A 2AA)

Also could mention to go to r/soccer, pull open desired match thread, and hope theres a good link there.
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125376 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:22 am to
done
Posted by Puffoluffagus
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Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:23 am to
Comcast's overflow method is shitty. There's no overflow channel per se, but every game is put on it's own "ON Demand" listing. Which sounds awesome, except if you forget to start the game on time or come into the game late, you are forced to watch the entire pre-match events and everything else as there is no fast forward. Want to watch that replay.. go ahead rewind it, but you'll have to rewatch everything again, b/c there is no fast forward.

You would think for a company that owns the channels the content is broadcast to, they would have a better method.

Also where's the info for those of us who want to watch the A-league? jk
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125376 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:31 am to
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Comcast's overflow method is shitty. There's no overflow channel per se, but every game is put on it's own "ON Demand" listing. Which sounds awesome, except if you forget to start the game on time or come into the game late, you are forced to watch the entire pre-match events and everything else as there is no fast forward. Want to watch that replay.. go ahead rewind it, but you'll have to rewatch everything again, b/c there is no fast forward.



sounds fricking terrible

quote:

Also where's the info for those of us who want to watch the A-league? jk



BT Sport
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:40 am to
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Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125376 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:52 am to
Can we get a sticky in this bitch
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:30 am to
quote:

For everyone who is pretty tech savy using something like XBMC is pretty awesome to find any match from anywhere. If anyone needs help I can give some tips


tell me more
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79001 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:43 am to
I've had good luck finding Everton Europa League games on Fox Sports this year, and through the app as well. Hope it continues, but I think you can add that to the Champions League section.
Posted by etm512
Mandeville, LA
Member since Aug 2005
20739 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:54 am to
quote:

DirecTV has extra channels I think in the end of the 500's or 700's that show all other EPL games that aren't on NBCSN or NBC.


It's in the 490s
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125376 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:45 am to
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I've had good luck finding Everton Europa League games on Fox Sports this year, and through the app as well. Hope it continues, but I think you can add that to the Champions League section.



ITV has lots of Europa matches as well. They will be showing Everton tomorrow online.
Posted by joey barton
Member since Feb 2011
11468 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 10:18 am to
Fox has A-league rights

beIN has Serie A rights

Comcast half-assed the frick out of their overflow delivery

ETA: ESPN shows some CL using WatchESPN
This post was edited on 2/25/15 at 10:19 am
Posted by PTBob
Member since Nov 2010
7069 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 10:18 am to
Great thread.

I know everyone complains about NBC live extra and the fox sports app but I have literally never had an issue with either of these on my iPad. Always work like a charm.

Maybe it's user error
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125376 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 10:25 am to
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tell me more



XMBC is media hub/server

You can get add ons which can let you stream live tv or get access to just about every tv show on earth. Its a great way to catch up on series or watch a new one with out downloading or buying it.
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125376 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 10:25 am to
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I know everyone complains about NBC live extra and the fox sports app but I have literally never had an issue with either of these on my iPad. Always work like a charm.



my only issue is it doesn't go full screen.
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
50245 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 10:26 am to
BeIN does show a good bit of Serie A, and even French league........
Posted by McCaigBro69
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 10:34 am to
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Can we get a sticky in this bitch


Second
Posted by joey barton
Member since Feb 2011
11468 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 10:41 am to
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Maybe it's user error


I've had serious problems w/the Fox Sports app and the NBC Live Extra app occasionally crashes when I watch using my iPad, but I don't really think that there's much room for user error on the iPad.
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