CHAMPAGNE man Karl Broadhurst admitted Cherries' lunch date with Sky TV proved difficult to digest despite Sean O'Driscoll's side keeping their unbeaten home record intact against Bristol City.

With kick-off switched to 12.05pm to accommodate the television cameras, Broadhurst believes both sides were increasingly affected by the early start as the evenly contested clash petered out into a goalless stalemate.

The 23-year-old defender provided an interesting insight into how O'Driscoll's squad had to alter their pre-match preparations to cope with the early kick-off time.

But Broadhurst insisted Cherries were still disappointed not to have picked up their first Dean Court win back in Division Two against Danny Wilson's high-flying Robins. He said: "I think it was the first time either side had played a midday kick-off.

"You get into a routine of playing every Saturday at a certain time and I think it showed towards the end a lot of the lads were tired because they had not eaten much in the morning.

Physiologically it makes a big difference because you are used to eating at 11.30am every Saturday morning but the lads were eating at 8.30am.

"You are not sure what to eat. Can you eat pasta that early in the morning or will it sit on your stomach? Or should you just have some toast?

"We experimented on Thursday and Friday, Sean told us to try things out which was a useful learning experience but the kick-off still messed us up.

"But it was a learning experience for us and we are glad to get through it with a point although at home we want three points every game really."

City failed to find the target for the first time in seven outings this term as Broadhurst and the ever-dependable Carl Fletcher snuffed out the threat of £600,000 and six-goal marksman Lee Peacock and strike partner Christian Roberts.

And although in a game of few genuine opportunities, the majority of chances that were created fell to Peacock, Broad-hurst felt Cherries did enough to warrant at least their point.

He added: "I think our defence did alright and I do not remember Peacock or Roberts having too many clear cut chances. They work well off each other, Peacock is a big strong lad and Roberts feeds off him but I think we coped quite well.

"But generally we were a bit disappointed. We did okay in the first-half but City slightly shaded the second and we did not play anywhere near what we can."

Broadhurst followed in the footsteps of team-mates Brian Stock and Marcus Browning in being named Sky's man-of-the-match after their televised bubbly-winning shows against Hartlepool and Lincoln respectively last season.

But the modest centre-back admitted he was as shocked as anyone when he was handed the champers.

Broadhurst said: "To be honest it was a surprise to me I thought Marcus Browning was our top man and deserves some accolades. But if they want to give me man-of-the-match I am not going to complain about it"