[Albion] FA Cup Semi-Final v Man Utd - 4:30pm, Sunday 23rd April

[Bob!]

Anyone else beginning to wonder whether the game may not be on the Sunday?

Have heard that this is the issue.
We want the Saturday to avoid the rail engineering works on the Sunday.

 

[Bodian]

Have heard that this is the issue.
We want the Saturday to avoid the rail engineering works on the Sunday.

What time will it likely be on the Saturday? The only chance I have of getting there and back in a day and avoiding extortionate accommodation is 3pm!

 

[RM-Taylor]

Have heard that this is the issue.
We want the Saturday to avoid the rail engineering works on the Sunday.

This isn’t true. There is no issues with our game on the Sunday late afternoon.

The issue is the City v Sheff Utd game - they both want an earlier kick-off on Saturday but both the FA and ITV are pushing for a later kick-off.

The FA need to announce the dates (already known) and kick-off times at the same time

 

[slartibartfast]

FFS - its been 8 whole days !!

 

[HeaviestTed]

FFS - its been 8 whole days !!

An 16 half days!!

 

[Questions]

Wouldn’t expect the allocations to be equal tbh, rather some sort of formula based on number of STHs ?

Well that stacks the odds with the ‘bigger’ team. Can’t be fair.

 

[CaptainDaveUK]

Is there still no news!? My hunch is now Saturday or Monday, all a bit bizarre. UTA.

 

[A1X]

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Is there still no news!? My hunch is now Saturday or Monday, all a bit bizarre. UTA.

It'll never be on a Monday. Our tickets sold would plummet.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Is there still no news!? My hunch is now Saturday or Monday, all a bit bizarre. UTA.

It will be on the Sunday, Man Utd can't play on the Saturday as they've got a game the Thursday before in the Europa League and it won't be on the Monday as we've got a midweek game away to Forest on Wednesday 26th. (plus Monday evening would heavily reduce ticket sales)

 

[Dillis]

Fulham v Leeds is the early kick off on the Saturday in the PL, so the Man City Sheff Utd game unlikely to kick off until 5.30 I would think as can't clash with the 3pm games. Sunday there are 2pm PL games so our game won't be before 4.30pm, hopefully not too much later than that as it's a Sunday. But let's see....Official announcement is imminent today apparently

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Have heard that this is the issue.
We want the Saturday to avoid the rail engineering works on the Sunday.

No chance it will be on the Saturday with Utd. playing in Spain on the Thursday evening.

 

[PeterT]

No chance it will be on the Saturday with Utd. playing in Spain on the Thursday evening.

It will be on Monday night at Old Trafford. Mind you, if that happened there would be uproar, mainly from the United supporters having to get up there from Guildford on a school night.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Just so long as that 'in the ref's face' diving cheat Fernandes gets his comeuppance then I'd settle for midnight on Tuesday.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Fulham v Leeds is the early kick off on the Saturday in the PL, so the Man City Sheff Utd game unlikely to kick off until 5.30 I would think as can't clash with the 3pm games. Sunday there are 2pm PL games so our game won't be before 4.30pm, hopefully not too much later than that as it's a Sunday. But let's see....Official announcement is imminent today apparently

There has been overlaps between PL games and the semi finals in previous seasons. Last season City and Liverpool kicked off at 3:30pm which would have clashed with 3 of the PL games being played that day (our game against Spurs was the early KO)

 

[pb21]

It will be on the Sunday, Man Utd can't play on the Saturday as they've got a game the Thursday before in the Europa League and it won't be on the Monday as we've got a midweek game away to Forest on Wednesday 26th. (plus Monday evening would heavily reduce ticket sales)

You say this, and I do think you're probably right, but the website says "Date TBD".

Maybe they are waiting to confirm time on Sunday to fully announce, but why cant they say Sunday now, if it is going to be / has to be?

 

[origigull]

This is how rumours start - I was talking to another BHA fan earlier today at work and he said he heard it was about the kick-off time on the Sunday. He was talking about a later start wanted by one club and the other club saying an earlier start. Who wants what I don't know. Rumours rumours. We will know soon enough.

 

[twickers]

This is how rumours start - I was talking to another BHA fan earlier today at work and he said he heard it was about the kick-off time on the Sunday. He was talking about a later start wanted by one club and the other club saying an earlier start. Who wants what I don't know. Rumours rumours. We will know soon enough.

There's a Fleetwood Mac joke in there somewhere

 

[Brighton Lines]

There's a Fleetwood Mac joke in there somewhere

Tell me lies...

 

[Oh_aye]

Have heard that this is the issue.
We want the Saturday to avoid the rail engineering works on the Sunday.

Whoah whoah whoah! What rail engineering works. I looked for stuff the other day but couldn't find anything. Or is it just 'expected'?