Is it true that foxtel transmitted last year's grand final instead of the 2006 footy game?

Question

I am not sure if this is a furphy or urban legend, but it has been going the rounds in Perth this week.

Answer 1

Sounds like just the sort of trick our Rupert and his accomplices would pull!  How we loved him when he was abusing other countries!! Now it's our turn we're not so happy!!!!!

Answer 2

Yeah they were talking about that on triple j this morning. Apparently something like 50 000 people watched last years game and thought Sydney had won again! Foxtel didn't have the rights to the grand final so they played last years and advertised it as 'Grand final fever' or something. Dodgy.

Answer 3

its no legend., immoral tho

Answer 4

yes its true i just posted this question last week Foxtel showed last years game as they could not show it live as ch10 had the rights a lot of swans fans went and e-mailed the TV show Sunrise showing there support for a great win not realising they had lost by a point

Personally i think the only thing funnier than the swans losing by a point is a lot of fans watching a replay and thought they had won

a couple of weeks later i am still laughing

Answer 5

Yeah, it was on.  I was watching the 2006 grand final on Ten at my friends place.  They were using the main TV for something else.  After I came back inside the house, I noticed there was a different score on Fox than on Ten.  I checked the time on Ten, then on Fox, Fox was about 58 secs or so behind, but there was a huge difference in the score.  I also listened to the radio coverage, to see what the actual score was.

Fox showed that it was displaying the 2005 grand final at three quarter time, when they went to an ad break. The 2006 final was then shown after it, I think it start at 6pm AEST, but  not sure.  We all had a laugh, and when another friend rang us after the game, we screamed out, "The Swans won!".  Lol.  I do feel sorry for those people who actually thought it was the 2006 GF.

Answer 6

I heard so many stories of people being caught out watching the wrong match and being convinced the swans won until watching the news later on