[whittman]

Is one of only 3 football league matches to be played on saturday

The first one has a 1230 ko between Burton and Oldham and is being televised live on Sky

The only other 3.00 ko between Bradford and Millwall is being televised live on several tv channels in Europe

And then there is our match and the only way you can see it live is to PACK THE PROACT COYB

[dtp]

whittman, on 22 March 2016 - 07:21 PM, said:

Is one of only 3 football league matches to be played on saturday

The first one has a 1230 ko between Burton and Oldham and is being televised live on Sky

The only other 3.00 ko between Bradford and Millwall is being televised live on several tv channels in Europe

And then there is our match and the only way you can see it live is to PACK THE PROACT COYB

When is everybody else playing?

[whittman]

dtp, on 22 March 2016 - 07:31 PM, said:

When is everybody else playing?

No championship because of international break and the other league 1 and 2 matches on good friday

[Sammy Spireite]

whittman, on 22 March 2016 - 07:21 PM, said:

And then there is our match and the only way you can see it live is to PACK THE PROACT COYB

Erm, isn't that the case for all our games this season??

[dtp]

whittman, on 22 March 2016 - 07:40 PM, said:

No championship because of international break and the other league 1 and 2 matches on good friday

So we should know what our rivals have done before we play?

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

dtp, on 22 March 2016 - 08:17 PM, said:

So we should know what our rivals have done before we play?

Whilst their results are of interest our game plan should be to concentrate on our own match, as if we win that the others are somewhat of an irrelevance. Our fate is in our own hands

[Spire-Heights]

Friday...

Blackpool v Bury
Colchester v Doncaster
Sheff U v Crewe
Sherwsbury v Port Vale.

Saturday...

Burton v Oldham.

All play before us. The only teams to play at the same time as us - Bradford v Millwall.

This post has been edited by Spire-Heights: 22 March 2016 - 08:26 PM

[Humpalumpa]

Cant understand why we are not playing on the Good Friday.

The players would have had an extra days rest before Oldham away on the Monday.

Also IMO; a bank holiday home fixture with the chance of an improved home gate, although that could be said of playing on the Saturday with virtually no other 'live' games available?

Cant see Fleetwood bringing more than 200 on either day though.

Wonder if the reason is not having to pay the stadium staff an enhanced BH rate!!?

[Tha Knows...]

Humpalumpa, on 22 March 2016 - 08:28 PM, said:

Cant understand why we are not playing on the Good Friday.

The players would have had an extra days rest before Oldham away on the Monday.

Also IMO; a bank holiday home fixture with the chance of an improved home gate, although that could be said of playing on the Saturday with virtually no other 'live' games available?

Cant see Fleetwood bringing more than 200 on either day though.

Wonder if the reason is not having to pay the stadium staff an enhanced BH rate!!?

Good point. Anyone know the reason?

[dalekpete]

Spire-Power, on 22 March 2016 - 09:08 PM, said:

Good point. Anyone know the reason?

One of the reasons is that for many Good Friday is a working day; certainly it is a full retail day. Particularly around this area there seemed to be a tradition of having Easter Tuesday off rather than the Friday. I was asked to confirm a meeting for Tuesday as for this reason as there was surprise I was "working" and I know some who are working as normal on Friday.

[Mr Mercury]

dalekpete, on 22 March 2016 - 09:25 PM, said:

One of the reasons is that for many Good Friday is a working day; certainly it is a full retail day. Particularly around this area there seemed to be a tradition of having Easter Tuesday off rather than the Friday. I was asked to confirm a meeting for Tuesday as for this reason as there was surprise I was "working" and I know some who are working as normal on Friday.

TBH until a few years ago the Easter fixtures were always Saturday, Monday..it's only very recently that the Good Friday games have been revisited.

[whittman]

Mr Mercury, on 22 March 2016 - 09:27 PM, said:

TBH until a few years ago the Easter fixtures were always Saturday, Monday..it's only very recently that the Good Friday games have been revisited.

Back in the 60s and 70s we always used to play at home on Good Friday afternoon and when I started work I always had to take a days holiday

because our official Easter holidays were always Easter Monday and Tuesday

One Good Friday home match in the late 70s I think we were losing 3-1 to Grimsby and ended up winning 4-3 with Rodney Fern amongst the scorers

Can anyone else recall that match and have I got the facts right from memory?

This post has been edited by whittman: 22 March 2016 - 10:06 PM

[martatcross]

Saturday means I can go Friday meant I couldnt so its good for me

[boot]

This would have been a serious disadvantage had Oldham not been also playing Saturday instead of Friday. The sort of fine margin that might be crucial whichever end of the table a club is and not a good idea in future.

[Zeus]

boot, on 23 March 2016 - 08:10 AM, said:

This would have been a serious disadvantage had Oldham not been also playing Saturday instead of Friday. The sort of fine margin that might be crucial whichever end of the table a club is and not a good idea in future.

Yeah, we lost to Port Vale this season on a Saturday after they played on a Thursday and we had plenty of rest compared!

[lindave]

Mr Mercury, on 22 March 2016 - 09:27 PM, said:

TBH until a few years ago the Easter fixtures were always Saturday, Monday..it's only very recently that the Good Friday games have been revisited.

Early 70s I can remember Good Friday, Saturday & Monday games.

[whittman]

lindave, on 23 March 2016 - 07:55 PM, said:

Early 70s I can remember Good Friday, Saturday & Monday games.

Yes and sometimes the good friday and the easter saturday matches were both at home