What will you now do on Boxing Day 2012 - to be known as Black Boxing Day from now on

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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
61,847
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It was played Tuesday night not at 3pm which says to me it was a midweek fixture anyway? I shall be with the inlaws as always was the plan this year.

I'm pretty sure almost everyone else in the League played on Easter Monday, but we held ours back for the Tuesday night instead under the auspices of having more "recovery time" for the team. Which is one factor I suppose, although I suspect it was also to get some relief on the travel issues.

Whatever way you slice it, its a bit gubbins that we now appear to be the only club in the 4 divisions who are not capable of staging a game during a public holiday. I love the Amex, goes without saying, but I'm getting rather macked off with the sheer number of afternoon games we are having to reschedule for evenings. Its getting a bit beyond a joke.
 


Postman Pat

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Jul 24, 2007
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Coldean
It was played Tuesday night not at 3pm which says to me it was a midweek fixture anyway? I shall be with the inlaws as always was the plan this year.

I thought we were not allowed to have any home games on bank holidays, ever since the Bournemouth Vs Leeds mass brawl.

Our game against Charlton has already been moved from Monday 1st April, when the majority are playing, to Tuesday 2nd.
 






El Sid

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May 10, 2012
3,806
West Sussex
Having negotiated my way out of a family lunch should I now own up and go to the rellies or keep quiet and have the afternoon to myself?
 


wellquickwoody

Many More Voting Years
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Aug 10, 2007
13,641
Melbourne
Taking part in a protest march from Hove to Falmer, demonstrating against the lack of buses.

And then a well deserved pint in Dicks Bar?
 










Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
72,036
Living In a Box
Forgot Worthing United are playing at 11:00 AM
 




Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
60,078
The Fatherland
Ponder how in the 21st century one can build a stadium with rail and road on the doorstep and not be able to host a game due to lack of transport.
 




Publius Ovidius

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Jul 5, 2003
46,215
at home
I'll probably have to spend the afternoon at the in laws, I normally get out of doing that due to football commitments.

ditto
 






Publius Ovidius

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Jul 5, 2003
46,215
at home
serious question. Are we the only ground in the UK who have these issues due to a lack of public transport?

What about London teams who have no parking anywhere around their ground like the Emirates for example....due tubes and busses run on boxing day? if not are their games also rearranged?
 


Decode

New member
Jan 25, 2010
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Football on TV. Horse Racing on TV. New Video Games to play. Movie. Quality Street. Bubble & Squeak and cold meat. Can't complain.
 








The Large One

Who's Next?
Jul 7, 2003
52,343
97.2FM
serious question. Are we the only ground in the UK who have these issues due to a lack of public transport?

What about London teams who have no parking anywhere around their ground like the Emirates for example....due tubes and busses run on boxing day? if not are their games also rearranged?

Tubes and buses run on Boxing Day, albeit a lesser service.

We're probably not the only club with public transport issues, but I'd say we're the only club that has to pay for it, seeing as customers wouldn't or didn't.
 


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