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« Reply #285 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 14:16:47 »

But the transport links are much better north/south.

Hence HS2 plans to reunite the north via east to west, but in the future.

Plymouth to Colchester is a horrible journey.

Perceptions of east/West distances on maps are skewed anyway.
Having worked on HS2 and knowing the route that’s not really true. If you were in the ‘west’ league HS2 would be of almost no benefit to you and even then it only really benefits if you are going to big cities for games.  It’s London to Birmingham then Birmingham to Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield. The north western links into places like Liverpool will be done by NPR. You are looking at 2040 before anything goes beyond Birmingham in terms of operations so it’s irrelevant anyway. Now that GWEP is complete and Crossrail soon to open the south at least will have a fairly decent network connecting most areas so again North/South is the only ‘sensible’ option if they want to go down the regional route.
Also East/West would still have all the longest journeys like Plymouth/Exeter to Carlisle etc so doing nothing at all would make more sense than this.
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« Reply #286 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 14:19:11 »

One hell of a scoop for a local rag if it's true.

If that is true why not just delay the season until October 1st and finish say in June. I see no point in starting the season behind closed doors for the sake of a month and a half.
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« Reply #287 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 14:21:38 »


If that happens, because it's safe to do so, that will be great news for the country as a whole.  Personally I'll be amazed if mass gatherings at sporting events happen before a vaccine or effective treatment is established.
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« Reply #288 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 14:39:45 »

If that is true why not just delay the season until October 1st and finish say in June. I see no point in starting the season behind closed doors for the sake of a month and a half.

Agreed. We'll see.

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« Reply #289 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 14:44:27 »

If that is true why not just delay the season until October 1st and finish say in June. I see no point in starting the season behind closed doors for the sake of a month and a half.
Absolutely. Although the story itself seems a bit optimistic to say the least, given Chris Whitty was saying only yesterday that some form of social distancing would need to stay in place for the rest of this year, can't see several thousand people turning up at a stadium fitting in with that.
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« Reply #290 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 14:45:38 »

One hell of a scoop for a local rag if it's true.

It’s beginning to boil my piss. Why do both the PL and the EFL keep coming up with arbitrary dates when footballing ‘things’ may happen. They’ve got fuck all to base this on and just seems like a wish list of dates plucked out of thin air.

All that’s happening is clubs are kept dangling because there’s too much baggage attached to actually growing some balls and finishing this season now and saying the next will start only when the government says it can do with fans present.

All this shit about BCD is pure bollocks. No club in the nether regions of league football can operate with no Matchday income. End of.
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« Reply #291 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 15:01:48 »

agree delay start if it fans were allowed in come October.

that article though reads to me like it means that's the earliest date currently under consideration.. well I suppose it has to be given the current situation
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« Reply #292 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 16:41:59 »

Yikes! The Dutch have just binned-off their top division’s season.  Hope it's not catching:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52418048
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« Reply #293 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 16:45:26 »

Sad

totally voided. shit
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« Reply #294 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 17:07:01 »

Yikes! The Dutch have just binned-off their top division’s season.  Hope it's not catching:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52418048
Very different set up to here though with a lot less depth and money involved, 4 or 5 B teams in their second division and about half of the teams in the top 2 leagues having smaller attendances than us so much easier to void financially .
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« Reply #295 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 17:33:42 »

Dismissed the Macclesfield fixture Outlook reminder this afternoon.  Crying

Glass half full, so still hopeful that the L2 trophy can somehow make its way into the town centre on the top deck of an empty no 17 bus.
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Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
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« Reply #296 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 19:44:50 »

If season doesnt finish looks like Stevenage get a reprieve


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« Reply #297 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 19:47:35 »

That's a wishful Notts County fan with the first reply
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« Reply #298 on: Friday, April 24, 2020, 19:50:33 »

That's a wishful Notts County fan with the first reply

I'm struggling to decipher what he said.

Is he trying to say they should be promoted according to standings from last season?
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« Reply #299 on: Saturday, April 25, 2020, 06:33:57 »

Yup. Sound logic on his part... *coughs*
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