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Stockport away picked for tv coverage (8th March 12:30pm)

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  • GD78 said:
    Train we're booked on, and I speak for a lot of people here, arrives in Stockport at 13.09....
    we arrive at 10.09 so still good for us
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,909
    Sorry for anyone shafted by this. 

    9.13 out and 3.44 back is currently £72 without railcard 
  • 3 of us planning to go to this...and have airbnb booked etc...but always planned to make a weekend of it and catch up with my son (at uni in manchester) so am driving up Friday, home on Sunday...for anyone up there for the weekend...see you in the Track Brewery taproom (Piccadilly Trading Estate) after the game on Saturday (25 mins in an Uber from the ground...)..
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,476
    As long as it’s the same train company you can usually get earlier ones, just without the seat res.
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,310
    edited February 6
    Sorry for anyone shafted by this. 

    9.13 out and 3.44 back is currently £72 without railcard 
    Cheapest I could see with trainsplit app and network card is 9.13 out (Euston) and 3.19 (slower 3 hr journey) back with a change at Crewe, for £51 
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,909
    The downside of any playing success it seems. 
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,923
    3 pm kick offs on a Saturday are becoming a rarity. 
    Mind you Man utd and Liverpool etc have it worse. 
    Fuck Sky
    Looking at some of the other threads on here it will be worse in two seasons time in the Premier League, and Europa League games are on a Thursday 😁
    And if you've got Europa League on Thursday your next league game is Sunday.

    Wowsers.

    So much to look forward to ...
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,413
    The way football has become. Thanks SKY.

    Dont care about the fans.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,375
    Could be doubled up with a trip to Salford City who are at home to Crewe at 3pm if anyone wants to tick off a new ground. 
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,190
    Why? Your sofa more comfortable at 12.30’ than 15.00?

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  • lucky my train gets to Stockport at 10:09.  I feel sorry for all those fans who have booked later trains.
    Bang out of order to move the kick-off time. 
     
  • MStuartPerm
    MStuartPerm Posts: 611
    been caught out in the past so deliberately not booking trains until the TV games are confirmed.

    I doubt this will be the last time we are on. 

    I hate 12:30 kick offs kills the atmosphere.


  • Rock Spectacle
    Rock Spectacle Posts: 1,447
    Been following EFL site since Saturday as that was the due date to announce, thought this would happen. On the 08:13 out and 15:44 with railcard for £45 doing a Split Save
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,922
    The way football has become. Thanks SKY.

    Dont care about the fans.
    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 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,926
    If you are a regular away traveler do you not still save money by booking way in advance, knowing you will take the odd hit if a couple of games are moved? 
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,762
    MrOneLung said:
    If you are a regular away traveler do you not still save money by booking way in advance, knowing you will take the odd hit if a couple of games are moved? 
    No because trains are never that cheap in advance. It's not like swallowing a lost fiver or tenner, the advance tickets are still £40-50 each time.
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,324
    Really shit for a lot of people that made a weekend of this in Manc and got certain trains to do so 


    But good for the 99% of  fans that will watch on tv which is what SKY want unfortunately 


  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,084
    edited February 6
    cafctom said:
    Could be doubled up with a trip to Salford City who are at home to Crewe at 3pm if anyone wants to tick off a new ground. 
    I suppose you may just make it if you had a cab ordered and was first out.
    13 miles in 30 mins after exiting a ground with a decent crowd?
    I'd say 99% chance you'd miss the start and more likely get to Salford's turnstiles for 3.30.

  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,225
    Ugh now I have to wake up at 6:15am to watch the game on my stream from bed!
    I always thought you went to the games.
  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,407
    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. 

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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,088
    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?
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,909
    Abandon the 3pm broadcast restriction?
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,860
    3 pm kick offs on a Saturday are becoming a rarity. 
    Mind you Man utd and Liverpool etc have it worse. 
    Fuck Sky
    I do agree with your sentiment, but I would also add:
    Fuck Man Utd and Liverpool
    😎
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,589
    Abandon the 3pm broadcast restriction?
    Would worry about crowds for lower league teams. I think it’s had an impact on Tuesday night games already. 
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,589
    12.30 not ideal but one positive is that will get home at a decent time rather than close to midnight. 
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,325
    Abandon the 3pm broadcast restriction?
    Would worry about crowds for lower league teams. I think it’s had an impact on Tuesday night games already. 
    That’s the whole reason we now have a ridiculous number of games on tv. It’s all set up to benefit the prem teams. 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,088
    J BLOCK said:
    Abandon the 3pm broadcast restriction?
    Would worry about crowds for lower league teams. I think it’s had an impact on Tuesday night games already. 
    That’s the whole reason we now have a ridiculous number of games on tv. It’s all set up to benefit the prem teams. 
    But it makes more sense for the Prem - they get paid an absolute fortune for having their matches broadcast and millions of people around the world tune in. Neither of that can be said for League One teams having their match moved to 12:30 on a Saturday. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,016
    se9addick said:
    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.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,729
    It's mad that the EFL get less notice than the PL. By the end of Feb PL teams will know KO times for all matches up to the end of April. Why don't EFL fans get the same level of respect?

    https://www.premierleague.com/news/4039904
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,237
    edited February 7
    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