Can something be escalated regarding the timing of the Sheffield United game?
Reading through the Sheffield United forums, even their fans are complaining about the kick off time.
I am hoping the train times will change but it is a shame it has to be a Sunday 12pm when Man City and Wigan's are 4pm and Hull and Sunderland at 2pm when they are closer to each other.
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Thinks it's shameful that this is a 12 noon KO.
The FA has sold out (many years ago) and stuck two fingers up at genuine fans. Your 1st train getting into Sheffield from London after KO should have been considered. Sadly not.
Good luck to you all getting up here. If it was us, train Sat, overnight stay and train back Sunday afternoon. Appreciate this won't be for all, but 3.5 hours on the road Sunday should be easily done is the other option.
If driving, don't prat about parking in Chesterfield / Derby / meadowhall. We're bang next to the city centre and there's loads of places to park - 15 mins to ground maximum. Alternative - park near bottom of Ecclesall Road / chesterfield Road / abbeydale road - 10 mins walk to ground - plenty of places for food and maybe even a beer subject to SYP and opening hours
Alternatively can we find out exactly who, individually, is responsible for this decision so we can start a campaign of abuse to make his/her life a misery for as long as possible?
Let's get on with it and make the most of it.
No making excuses, get yourselves up there
How would it clash with those games when they kick off at 3pm, not to mention when the game finishes ours start. I doubt many fans would hit the pub at 1pm with 4 hours before kick off.
personally think a) something could be suggested to mitigate this b) we should make a stand when things are wrong in the game or they will never be changed c) we must fill our allocation south london pride demands it
lets see what happens over the next few days
The kick off time is a joke but I fear that it is too late to change that?
I'm being a little vague for two reasons....the Trust need to agree and we need to understand CAFC 2014 view on this.
Ironic that the Trust website carries a picture of everyone, two MPs and Greg Dyke celebrating Acv!
I doubt very much that the time will be changed now, the time to do it was yesterday & CAFC should have said no, we are not going to agree to it. If a kick off time has been arranged earlier than public transport can get there then its absurd & the club should have said so from the start.
Perhaps the fans can do something about it - maybe if EVEYONE turned up 20 mins late (ie, the time that we would have got there by train) then they would have to do something about it - maybe even put the kick off back as it would say something if the cameras pan round at kickoff & the whole away end is empty.
Very surprised the club agreed to this, 'fans' club and they've essentially lost a few thousand fans on the day, and ALOT more thousands in peoples awkward travelling plans. They will probably offer cheap coaches from plenty of places, but to me that's not part of the match day experience, planning your journey, having a laugh, one or two beers on the way, is.
and then us all rolling in 30mins in when we've missed all the action.
That's the whole point - they couldn't allow kick off to happen knowing that ALL the away fans were still outside & had to get in - esp with Hillsborough just up the road. For safety reasons alone they will want 95% of us in the ground before the game kicks off.
the problem with this country is that we just accept things instead of making a stand.
You never no one day the people that control our game might start listening to the actual fans again.
Maybe Wigan should have boycotted final last year as no trains going up north after final whistle.
At 12pm on a Sunday. It's a joke granted but we are charlton we always get dealt a shit hand, I think car sharing is the way forward on this one...
but... still a disgrace, overall
We can still complain about it and highlight it and try to find out who made this outrageous decision without even glancing at the Sunday morning transport network or taking the fans into account.
No-one is happy about it, us or the Blades but it`s done now so let`s all make the most of it and make it a day to remember!