Mutts Nuts
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Are you for real how many Saturday games at 15.00 have Villa had this season
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Reading (H) moved to Friday night now moved to TUESDAY 15TH MARCH
- Thread starter Postman Pat
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Are you for real how many Saturday games at 15.00 have Villa had this season
Green Cross Code Man
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Don't know, but are you seriously comparing Villa with Brighton? The other comparison with Bournemouth, Watford and Norwich was much better.
Mutts Nuts
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No not comparing at all just stating that in the P L Saturday games are a rarity Saturday games at 15.00 are once in a blue moon no matter what position you are in
What are you basing this on ? Norwich, as an example, have 15 games left, of which 11 are at 3pm on Saturday (at the moment), with a couple of evening games, one early kick off and one Sunday kick off.
GolfingGull
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Winnable 5th round tie v West Brom/Posh at home. Expecting this game to get moved to Tues night.
chimneys
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Some on here seem confident Reading will play us Friday and FA Cup Monday if they get through and if it's not City/Arsenal in 6th Round.
Reading also at home on the Tuesday prior. So can FL/FA force Reading to play Tuesday/Friday/Monday?
Westdene Wonder
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Football is high on my likes,but cutting short a holiday,Cmon!
chimneys
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So will we have a blank Friday in a few weeks' time after Reading's win today?We def will if they draw Citeh or Arsenal.
Blue Valkyrie
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Almost certainly moved to Tuesday 15th March ? 
Pogue Mahone
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Almost certainly moved to Tuesday 15th March ?
Where did you get this from?
burrish-gull
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Not BHA FC's fault but I do hope Mr Barber et al read this post......it's absolutely spot on.
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Drew
Have to agree. Supporting the Albion is important but your life shouldn't revolve around it. Something not quite right if it does. As for Cardiff, not quite sure how moving a kick off two and half hours earlier actually ruins a weekend.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Looking at the fixtures, keeping it in mind that it won't be in the international break, then it's either 15th or the Tuesday before Derby, or between Derby and Middlesbrough which I reckon is highly unlikely.
drew
Drew
Reluctantly, I disagree. Unfortunately there is a market for the Premier League football, here and overseas and whilst that continues the TV companies will pull the strings. Fans are guilty to a certain extent. Firstly, as customers of the TV companies. Sky have had Sunday and Monday football for years so premier league fans know the score and so do the fans of the big clubs. The fact that most premier league grounds are pretty full every week regardless of when the matches are played suggests that there are plenty of people that will go.
Our problem is that it is only in the last few years that BHA have started to appear on live tv, even more so this year due to our success. So it is all quite new to us. Personally, I don't mind a few games being switched, whether it be to 12:30 or 5:30 kick off on a Saturday or even to Friday nights. I'm fortunate because I can make those games but I appreciate others can't. So I don't quite feel the affinity to a 3pm kick off that others do. As it happens, I've always preferred evening kick offs as I think there is normally a much better atmosphere.
Another problem the clubs have is that they have to maximize income in order to compete and progress. You only have to look at forums in the close season and January to see what sort of players fans expect their clubs to invest in and the disappointment when they don't.
I think it is hypocritical of fans to demand investment on players on the one hand and then moan when the source of a chunk of revenue dictates when games are played.
As for Leeds, isn't it more Cellino that is making noises about the TV deal. Not because of the changes to kick off times but because he thinks that they, like in some other countries, can negotiate their own deal which would still involve moving kick offs from 3pm as the leagues don't allow live football broadcast in this country at that time.
Would I prefer to watch football on a Saturday at 3pm, probably yes. However, compared to the 70s/80s facilities are certainly much better and the game itself is probably better including the pitches that the match is played on, which helps (and which costs money). Playing on a quagmire wasn't uncommon and didn't really make for great games. How often was the Goldstone pitch the sandiest place in Sussex?
studio150
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Great news with Reading being (cant see Reading playing Friday/Monday) moved as couldnt make the Friday.
Bit crap it will have been moved twice though.
Peter Grummit
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Tuesday 15th very likely, depending on when Reading's QF is set for. This would suit us as we will have had the weekend off, Reading will be less focussed and weary after the FAC.
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Pogue Mahone
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Really crap. Symptomatic of current football.
But Kurt Vile is entertaining me and Mrs PM on the Friday evening, so I was pretty pissed off with them moving it in the first place. For someone flying in from Berlin, my annoyance is pretty insignificant though, to be fair.
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Drew
Of course, it could remain on Friday if Reading draw a team in the Europa cup, Tottenham and Man Utd, because they are due to play on 10th March (provided they get through this round). We could still play Friday and Reading could play on the Monday (the reverse Europa fixture is on the 17th so unlikely Spurs or Man Utd would agree to play on a Tuesday in the Cup.