I can safely say I’ve not watched one other league one match this season that hasn’t featured us and I don’t even want to watch us in this shithouse league these wanky kick off times are a joke
All these extra game on Sky, which inconvenience thousands upon thousands of fans, seem especially ridiculous because the viewing figures will be minuscule. Take this weekends match, how many people will actually be watching Charlton v Stevenage on Sky?
It's a ridiculous arrangement between Sky and the EFL, shifting several games a weekend, for tiny viewing numbers at 12:30, especially when there's usually a TNT PL game at the same time.
And this weekend who will watch Charlton vs Stevenage against the alternatives?
Orient vs Man City on BBC1 Sunderland vs Watford WBA vs Sheff Wed
Ours is a classic contractual obligation game, chosen when it looked like we were drifting into mid table nothingness. The other exciting L1 game is Stockport vs Barnsley.
Can anyone informed guess what the viewing figures for our match on Saturday might be? 500? 5,000? I assume this information isn’t disclosed publicly but I would be fascinated to know how many people are actually watching to justify disrupting 10,000+ people’s weekends.
All these extra game on Sky, which inconvenience thousands upon thousands of fans, seem especially ridiculous because the viewing figures will be minuscule. Take this weekends match, how many people will actually be watching Charlton v Stevenage on Sky?
saturday will be a watered down experience - early kick off and on sky - its not right - we (the fans) need to take control of this
The problem is most people complaining about this will probably have a Sky subscription so it’s a win win for them
Yes but it really is taking the piss now.
Not only is it on sky so less will attend, hence reducing the experience / atmosphere but it has also been moved earlier (hence we attending are inconvenienced and others put off going) to get around the rule of not showing 3pm games in this country. So the 3pm rule to protect attendances has actually backfired and made things worse coz they've just moved the game time.
It's gone too far although i accept there are loads that already sit at home and watch on firesticks for next to nothing. I wonder how low the actual bums on seats will have to get before something is done. The TV money goes straight through the clubs and into the players pockets but would they be happy playing in an empty stadium?
Personally, i think the govt should step in. This could be sorted out.
Football has been f***** for the past 25 years, or more it could be said.
There has never been any consideration for the away supporters, at least try and limit the distance involved for difficult kick off times and midweek football. This of course will never happen.
This is why I don't bother with trains anymore, between fixture time swaps, match cancellations and trains in general just being shit, it isn't worth the stress.
I'm so much more relaxed driving to games.
For me. This is why I don't bother with football anymore. I've done 1 game this season, would of been 3 max. Decided not to bother with huddersfield away as part of the reason was that would be a F@ck up. It was and me mates spent Saturday night in Huddersfield. Stockport was going to be a new ground for me. £70 if going direct on the train or roughly £45 if I can be bothered to mess.
Three of us are going up on the Friday, so the 12:30 isn't a real issue for us, although it's a bloody nuisance for people who need to change their train tickets to an earlier time.
We were booked on the 18:44 train back post-match - I had a look at returning a couple of hours earlier and was encouraged by a reference to a £3 additional fare, only for an additional £30 administrative charge to pop up. That £33 can be more usefully deployed, so a 4 hour drinking sojourn in Stockport it is.
All these extra game on Sky, which inconvenience thousands upon thousands of fans, seem especially ridiculous because the viewing figures will be minuscule. Take this weekends match, how many people will actually be watching Charlton v Stevenage on Sky?
It's a ridiculous arrangement between Sky and the EFL, shifting several games a weekend, for tiny viewing numbers at 12:30, especially when there's usually a TNT PL game at the same time.
And this weekend who will watch Charlton vs Stevenage against the alternatives?
Orient vs Man City on BBC1 Sunderland vs Watford WBA vs Sheff Wed
Ours is a classic contractual obligation game, chosen when it looked like we were drifting into mid table nothingness. The other exciting L1 game is Stockport vs Barnsley.
Can anyone informed guess what the viewing figures for our match on Saturday might be? 500? 5,000? I assume this information isn’t disclosed publicly but I would be fascinated to know how many people are actually watching to justify disrupting 10,000+ people’s weekends.
Is it disrupting people’s weekends? 2 hour train from Euston which means you can get on any train before half 9.
Shrewsbury away (3pm kick off) we were on the 08:02
Plenty of the early kick offs clash with the kids football matches / training /indoor cricket for me and it’s either miss Charlton or maybe miss the start of live match or watch on telly and go separately like we are today instead of the 5-6 of us all going together . Fortune spent on season tickets and the pissy times aren’t helping . At least in the Prem you’re watching mainly footballers who are decent ish
I think the rail companies should do an 'event' ticket which maybe you pay £5 more for but allows you to move the time or cancel if the previously specified event changes which isn't hard to prove. I think it means they sell more tickets in the long run.
I think the rail companies should do an 'event' ticket which maybe you pay £5 more for but allows you to move the time or cancel if the previously specified event changes which isn't hard to prove. I think it means they sell more tickets in the long run.
I think a solid business case could be made for that.
This is why I don't bother with trains anymore, between fixture time swaps, match cancellations and trains in general just being shit, it isn't worth the stress.
I'm so much more relaxed driving to games.
For me. This is why I don't bother with football anymore. I've done 1 game this season, would of been 3 max. Decided not to bother with huddersfield away as part of the reason was that would be a F@ck up. It was and me mates spent Saturday night in Huddersfield. Stockport was going to be a new ground for me. £70 if going direct on the train or roughly £45 if I can be bothered to mess.
Sorry to hear you e stepped back after all these years @clb74 thought I hadn’t seen those shorts for a while.
I'm sure SKY would prefer to show this game at 3pm - don't blame them!
It's basically ourselves that are to blame for insisting on this ridiculous rule that helps no one. Who the hell would be stopped from actually going to another game just because Charlton are being shown live on TV. How likely is it that someone tunes in to the stream and then goes out to see another game immediately afterwards? Give a realistic number to how many people will actually do that. 10? 100? 1000?
How many people will not be going to this game simply because the kick-off time has changed. Well there's me for one!
I'm sure SKY would prefer to show this game at 3pm - don't blame them!
It's basically ourselves that are to blame for insisting on this ridiculous rule that helps no one. Who the hell would be stopped from actually going to another game just because Charlton are being shown live on TV. How likely is it that someone tunes in to the stream and then goes out to see another game immediately afterwards? Give a realistic number to how many people will actually do that. 10? 100? 1000?
How many people will not be going to this game simply because the kick-off time has changed. Well there's me for one!
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justify disrupting 10,000+ people’s weekends.
Not only is it on sky so less will attend, hence reducing the experience / atmosphere but it has also been moved earlier (hence we attending are inconvenienced and others put off going) to get around the rule of not showing 3pm games in this country. So the 3pm rule to protect attendances has actually backfired and made things worse coz they've just moved the game time.
It's gone too far although i accept there are loads that already sit at home and watch on firesticks for next to nothing. I wonder how low the actual bums on seats will have to get before something is done. The TV money goes straight through the clubs and into the players pockets but would they be happy playing in an empty stadium?
Personally, i think the govt should step in. This could be sorted out.
This is why I don't bother with football anymore.
I've done 1 game this season, would of been 3 max.
Decided not to bother with huddersfield away as part of the reason was that would be a F@ck up.
It was and me mates spent Saturday night in Huddersfield.
Stockport was going to be a new ground for me.
£70 if going direct on the train or roughly £45 if I can be bothered to mess.
Or not, because it is on Sky?
We were booked on the 18:44 train back post-match - I had a look at returning a couple of hours earlier and was encouraged by a reference to a £3 additional fare, only for an additional £30 administrative charge to pop up. That £33 can be more usefully deployed, so a 4 hour drinking sojourn in Stockport it is.
Fortune spent on season tickets and the pissy times aren’t helping .
At least in the Prem you’re watching mainly footballers who are decent ish
Hope you get the big back again mate
I'm sure SKY would prefer to show this game at 3pm - don't blame them!
It's basically ourselves that are to blame for insisting on this ridiculous rule that helps no one. Who the hell would be stopped from actually going to another game just because Charlton are being shown live on TV. How likely is it that someone tunes in to the stream and then goes out to see another game immediately afterwards? Give a realistic number to how many people will actually do that. 10? 100? 1000?
How many people will not be going to this game simply because the kick-off time has changed. Well there's me for one!