West Ham kicked off at 5.45 pm at the London stadium tonight, Thursday? Seems odd - can't imagine so many could get along to that or is the world of home working changing things to that extent?
Edit- seems TV reasons, no surprise really; From bbc;
West Ham are playing at a kick-off time not often seen on English soil, 17:45 GMT.
That is because three other English teams are also at home in Europe tonight and someone needed to move to the early slot for TV reasons.
"It's a strange kick-off time for a football club in London," said boss David Moyes.
"We have got to hope that the fans can get through all the rush hour and that flexible working allows people to get to the stadium in plenty of time so we can get that backing we badly need."
Rangers kicked off at 5:45 too.
Wouldn’t it make more sense for the early kick offs to be restricted to matches taking place in time zones further east of ours? That way they’ll be starting at 6:45/7:45pm which is a bit more sensible for a working day.
I expect West Ham have been handsomely rewarded and not needed to admit they don't actually care so much abut their fans.
Do you really get more money if your match gets shifted to an earlier kick off spot? I assumed the clubs have little say in it and UEFA basically decide.
Fair play to Moyes, he gets a lot of stick from some West Ham fans but he's now got them to at least the quarter finals for a third successive season in Europe.
Before Moyes - 25 European wins in their entire history. With Moyes - 26 European wins.
Leverkusen in trouble, 2-1 down on the night 4-3 on aggregate. Was 2-0 on the night but Qarabag have gone down to 10 men, and Leverkusen have got 1 back.
Would be a big boost to the like of Villa and Tottenham if they went out.
West Ham kicked off at 5.45 pm at the London stadium tonight, Thursday? Seems odd - can't imagine so many could get along to that or is the world of home working changing things to that extent?
Edit- seems TV reasons, no surprise really; From bbc;
West Ham are playing at a kick-off time not often seen on English soil, 17:45 GMT.
That is because three other English teams are also at home in Europe tonight and someone needed to move to the early slot for TV reasons.
"It's a strange kick-off time for a football club in London," said boss David Moyes.
"We have got to hope that the fans can get through all the rush hour and that flexible working allows people to get to the stadium in plenty of time so we can get that backing we badly need."
Rangers kicked off at 5:45 too.
Wouldn’t it make more sense for the early kick offs to be restricted to matches taking place in time zones further east of ours? That way they’ll be starting at 6:45/7:45pm which is a bit more sensible for a working day.
I expect West Ham have been handsomely rewarded and not needed to admit they don't actually care so much abut their fans.
Do you really get more money if your match gets shifted to an earlier kick off spot? I assumed the clubs have little say in it and UEFA basically decide.
I would imagine there's terms and conditions covering it in advance but it's such an odd time to play, relatively speaking, that I'd also expect west ham not to miss an opportunity for some compensation/ additional payments.
Leverkusen scored twice in added time (90+3, 90+7) to win 5-4 on aggregate and keep their unbeaten season alive.
They were 2-0 down in both legs - pulled the away one back to 2-2 in the 92nd minute.
Patrick Schick - the scourge of Scotland - came on mid way through the second half and scored on 90+3 and 90+8. There was only supposed to be six minutes of added time too. Oof.
Leverkusen scored twice in added time (90+3, 90+7) to win 5-4 on aggregate and keep their unbeaten season alive.
They were 2-0 down in both legs - pulled the away one back to 2-2 in the 92nd minute.
Patrick Schick - the scourge of Scotland - came on mid way through the second half and scored on 90+3 and 90+8. There was only supposed to be six minutes of added time too. Oof.
Leverkusen scored twice in added time (90+3, 90+7) to win 5-4 on aggregate and keep their unbeaten season alive.
They were 2-0 down in both legs - pulled the away one back to 2-2 in the 92nd minute.
Patrick Schick - the scourge of Scotland - came on mid way through the second half and scored on 90+3 and 90+8. There was only supposed to be six minutes of added time too. Oof.
Winning goal came on 96:52 which was the additional time added on for the celebrations of the equaliser.
Leverkusen now 37 unbeaten this season, largely thanks to Schick who aside from last night, also scored a 92nd minute equaliser in the first leg.
West Ham kicked off at 5.45 pm at the London stadium tonight, Thursday? Seems odd - can't imagine so many could get along to that or is the world of home working changing things to that extent?
Edit- seems TV reasons, no surprise really; From bbc;
West Ham are playing at a kick-off time not often seen on English soil, 17:45 GMT.
That is because three other English teams are also at home in Europe tonight and someone needed to move to the early slot for TV reasons.
"It's a strange kick-off time for a football club in London," said boss David Moyes.
"We have got to hope that the fans can get through all the rush hour and that flexible working allows people to get to the stadium in plenty of time so we can get that backing we badly need."
Rangers kicked off at 5:45 too.
Wouldn’t it make more sense for the early kick offs to be restricted to matches taking place in time zones further east of ours? That way they’ll be starting at 6:45/7:45pm which is a bit more sensible for a working day.
I expect West Ham have been handsomely rewarded and not needed to admit they don't actually care so much abut their fans.
Do you really get more money if your match gets shifted to an earlier kick off spot? I assumed the clubs have little say in it and UEFA basically decide.
I would imagine there's terms and conditions covering it in advance but it's such an odd time to play, relatively speaking, that I'd also expect west ham not to miss an opportunity for some compensation/ additional payments.
they won't get extra for that game being played at that time those kick off times are already factored into the prize money paid out for the tournament.
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Before Moyes - 25 European wins in their entire history.
With Moyes - 26 European wins.
Would be a big boost to the like of Villa and Tottenham if they went out.
Leverkusen now 37 unbeaten this season, largely thanks to Schick who aside from last night, also scored a 92nd minute equaliser in the first leg.
those kick off times are already factored into the prize money paid out for the tournament.
AC Milan v Roma
Liverpool v Atalanta
Leverkusen v West Ham
Benfica v Marseille
Semi finals:
Benfica or Marseille v Liverpool or Atalanta
AC Milan or Roma v Bayer Leverkusen or West Ham
Nothing to fear for Liverpool there, think they now easily make the final. West ham i doubt go much further.
Club Bruges v PAOK
Olympiakos v Fenerbahce
Aston Villa v Lille
Viktoria Plzen v Fiorentina
Aston Villa or Lille v Olympiakos or Fenerbahce
Viktoria Plzen or Fiorentina v Club Bruges or PAOK
Funny feeling Liverpool might do it tonight.
Edit: No need to show the crying kids