Watch England vs Ukraine and pay with PayPal
9/10/2009 at 20:05
The England v Ukraine World Cup qualifier football match due to be played on Saturday 10th October will be pretty unique – it’ll be the first football match to be shown exclusively on the Internet and at Odeon cinemas, instead of on domestic television.
None of the commercial broadcasters showed interest when Setanta who were due to air the match dropped out. Kentaro who acquired the UK broadcast rights from the Ukrainian FA were left with a game and no one to broadcast it so decided to offer it online.
With the expectation of a million online fans wanting to pay they’ve turned to PayPal to handle online payments. If you’ve already got a PayPal account you’ll be able to pay your £9.99 simply by entering your email and password. Otherwise without even opening a PayPal account you can pay with your credit or debit card.
If the thought of hunching over your PC screen or treking across town to the nearest cinema fills you with horror then there are some lovely TVs on sale on eBay. Most modern TVs have a VGA or DVI input so that you can hook them up to your computer and once you’ve paid you’ll be able to watch the match in glorious technicolour.
Via the PayPal blog
whirly says
9:36 pm on 09/10/2009
Overpriced codswallop.
Rugby Rules!
still trading says
8:02 am on 10/10/2009
must of been a right bunch of bulls knackers at setanta to go down the slot if millions are prepared to pay A tenner to watch this match, its a load of old pony and media hype
no doubt you will be able to watch it on you tube seconds later for nowt
james Nahassel says
9:03 am on 10/10/2009
I think it’s rubbish that I need to pay to watch my country play football. Found this site as an alternative: http://bit.ly/2ytpGs
board_surfer says
10:34 am on October 10th, 2009
yeah its terrible
it was awfully nice of sky and setanta to let you watch the previous games for free
sometimes I despair!
Kev says
3:18 pm on October 10th, 2009
Hi James, I hope this site is genuine. Have you tried it before? If it works, it will be brill: thanks for the info.
Kev
pauli 666 says
9:41 am on 10/10/2009
http://www.watchenglandukraine.co.uk
Free stream for todays England match. No Password. Looks like a Ukraine tv mirror site or something. who cares, better than paying to watch your own team.
still trading says
9:46 am on October 10th, 2009
someone somewhere will be panicking lol
Bigpoppa says
12:09 pm on October 10th, 2009
Nothing to do with Ukraine TV, just an attempt to get some add clicks for online degrees…
neil down says
9:43 am on 10/10/2009
james your a life saver dont see why we shold pay when we have already qualified thanks for the link
Bigpoppa says
6:14 pm on 10/10/2009
Ha ha…It’s a marketing campaign from McCann Erickson for Subway
Chris Dawson says
6:22 pm on October 10th, 2009
Oh superb! I had absolutely no interest in watching it until you told me that
I wonder how many annoyed punters there are out there