Soccer fans suffer for Auntie’s successful motorsport bid

Football fans - who love nothing better than to moan endlessly about their chosen sport - are currently annoyed with subscription channel Setanta for stealing away all the England away games, and leaving terrestrial telebox viewers without so much as a brief highlights package.

In defence of their perfectly-reasonable decision to host England away matches, Setanta’s director of sport Trevor East has blamed the BBC for spaffing their budget on securing the rights to next year’s Formula One season, paying some £50m more than ITV laid down for their current five year deal.

So, did the Beeb make the right choice in nabbing the F1, or should they have let ITV keep the coverage and allowed footy fans to get their fix of frustration and anger through watching the national side?

Votes and comments below, please.