On a similar but slightly different note. If I’m correct here, our last Saturday 3PM home game was the 7th of September and our next one is the 23rd of November. That is shocking really.
It’s beyond ridiculous at third tier level. Got lovely Sky and international breaks to thank for that. No way should clubs be allowed to call games off for three call ups, especially when many are often u19s and the like.
I think 3 is enough to postpone a match but I do agree that it should be just first team players. Id change it so it has to be a player who's played at least 75% of available minutes or something like that
The lack of (home) Saturday 3pm kick offs is bound to murder next season’s season ticket sales. Not, specifically, Barnsley FC’s fault, but following on from The Premier League then The Championship, the rest of the league has now sold it’s soul to the devil. So disillusioned with football right now. Armchair fans come first, actual attending fans a distant second.
We mocked one of our pals at the start of the season over the kick offs and a few weeks ago I actually said to my dad that these kick offs are starting to get to me……..Saturday 3pm’s have always been kick off time and it should stop that way too!!! A don’t think it’s enough to stop me going but it’s definitely had a big impact
I can't remember what year for us going to 3pm. But quite a lot of clubs did 3:15 ko's. Brentford apparantly right up to 73/74.
The story I heard was that it gave time for a last pint in a pub because in those days they closed at 3
