ifollow.

[morty]

Will be giving this a try today seeing as I am in Spain. Anyone tried it? I think I saw some folks had trouble with it?

 

[Dubai Mark]

Mixed performance Morty, one week got almost perfect coverege and the next hardly saw any of the game, but more likely down to local provider issues I think. Enjoy along with your Cerveza !

 

[morty]

Gave up in the end, just wanted a one off pass for the game, couldnt manage to do it.

 

[Canaryboy]

I tried the VPN trick today, can't see anywhere to watch the game... listening to the audio / Radio Norfolk instead.

 

[Canaryboy]

Gave up in the end, just wanted a one off pass for the game, couldnt manage to do it.

Once you've signed up and paid you click 'Matches' in the top row menu, then on the Norwich vs Birmingham listing there is a 'Watch' and 'Listen' button. Confusing as you'd think it was all under the iFollow tab.

I've got it working, although surprised at the low quality of the stream! 

 

[morty]

Yup did that and it just kept flashing a message saying I had to upgrade my subscription. 

 

[hogesar]

If you're doing it via 4G in Spain, most phone providers will still give you a UK identity so won't let you do it. Was the case for me anyway.

However it works fine via a VPN, you have to buy the standard UK subscription and then a match day pass each game. Unfortunately it's making me lazy and less likely to go to as many away games this season.

 

[Canaryboy]

I just installed opera, enabled VPN in the settings (think that just says you are in Canada) and then cleared cookies and logged back in to ifollow. Signed up prior to having VPN so address is irrelevant and it doesn't remember your sign up IP.... stream just showed when using the VPN. 

So Opera browser is the solution. 

 

[Canaryboy]

Yup did that and it just kept flashing a message saying I had to upgrade my subscription. 

Did you select the paid option (monthly) and enter your card details etc? Because there is also a 'free' option on sign up, which doesn't offer a stream? 

 

[Canaryboy]

I suspect they will introduce some measures to make things more difficult though going forward, now that every club forum in the country has some geezer telling everybody to install Opera, could probably restrict to people paying via a foreign bank account? 

But then people could just transfer £ for a years subscription to their mate in America / Australia / Canada / France, most people know one or two expats. 

 

[morty]

Yeah thats what i have done. I assumed you just registered for the free thing, then could buy one off games after. Thats what it implied to me, was wary of anything that mentioned subscription as its unlikely I will use it regularly.

 

[Canaryboy]

I think there is the 'monthly' one and the 'annual' one, and I signed up to monthly (no idea if it has one of those clauses where you have to give a months notice, so in effect are basically signing up for two months). 

Can't buy games, you are either subscribed at that membership level or you aren't. 

 

[Canaryboy]

But its pretty cheap for a guaranteed stream for every game you can't attend, although the data cost on some boat in the middle of some ocean may not be  :lol:

 

[morty]

Yesh absolutely no way I would use it on the boat, I pay 20 quid for 750 meg!

 

[morty]

I think there is the 'monthly' one and the 'annual' one, and I signed up to monthly (no idea if it has one of those clauses where you have to give a months notice, so in effect are basically signing up for two months). 

Can't buy games, you are either subscribed at that membership level or you aren't. 

I thought I read it that you could buy one off games for 5 or 6 quid. Guess not.

 

[Canaryboy]

It does say that a "match pass" is available for overseas subscribers, but if you put a UK address that may be why that option didn't show?

A monthly domestic pass is only £4.49 a month and that's all I signed up to, when using a VPN it showed that the match was available for streaming. So that's just like paying £4.49 for a match as long as you remember to cancel? 

Suspect this loophole will be closed at some stage because everybody is going to be doing it. 

 

[hogesar]

You can buy a match pass for 6 euros but it's on top of the £4.50 monthly subscription.

 

[Canaryboy]

For some reason my £4.49 monthly subscription got me the 'watch game' link without having to pay anything extra? Just using a VPN? 

Confusing, just hope it keeps working. Although I'm actually going to the next game.