Adver News: Boxing Day time change

[News Monkey]

Boxing Day time change
           
           


  SWINDON Town's Boxing Day clash with Brentford has been moved forward to 12.30pm.

           

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/10759725.Boxing_Day_time_change/?ref=rss
           
           
           

[flammableBen]

The game was due to kick-off at 3pm, but Town will now return to the scene of last season' play-off semi-final second leg defeat at the earlier time.

[THE FLASH]

Better for me....I don't miss Boxing Day games...either that or day at mother in laws...

I even went to see Cardiff v Coventry a few years back when Exeter got iced off.

[Batch]

Chance of me going before time change : 0. Chance of me going after time change :0. Nobody likes change.

[Ardiles]

Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!


This is just 40 mins away for us, and I was going to try to arrange tickets for visiting family to come along as well.  No chance now.  Half the country will still be in their pyjamas at 12.30pm on Boxing Day.  Not impressed.

[4D]

Chance of me going before time change : 0. Chance of me going after time change :0. Nobody likes change.

I keep all my coppers in a box

[4D]

Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!    Pointless!


This is just 40 mins away for us, and I was going to try to arrange tickets for visiting family to come along as well.  No chance now.  Half the country will still be in their pyjamas at 12.30pm on Boxing Day.  Not impressed.

This is the most pointless post I've ever seen

[suttonred]

Should change it to 6 AM so I can go.

[Ardiles]

This is the most pointless post I've ever seen

Very good.  

But seriously, what is the point to this?  This is a fixture that, traditionally, our fans have travelled to in numbers.  The easiest of the London grounds to get to from Swindon, at least by road.  Why would Brentford want to jeopardise that revenue?  Surely this isn't being televised?

[Arriba]

If England have any real ambition of getting further than quarter finals in competitions we should be having a winter break. Xmas and new year football should be scrapped

[Ardiles]

If England have any real ambition of getting further than quarter finals in competitions we should be having a winter break. Xmas and new year football should be scrapped

Humbug!



Go back a few decades (Reg will be able tell you when), and we had football on Christmas Day.

I may now have to get tickets to watch Harlequins at Twickenham as a means of entertaining the in laws.  It's a sad state of affairs.

[Paolo69]

Agree Ardiles. Pointless! They spend all that time and effort sorting out the fixture computer so people don't have to travel too far. The home club then moves the game to a lunchtime and those wishing to travel still have to get up early anyway.

[Ardiles]

Go back a few decades (Reg will be able tell you when), and we had football on Christmas Day.

I've just answered my own question (using, as ever, the excellent STFC Archive at www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk).

On this Day: Dec 25th

In the 60 years between 1899 and 1958 (inclusive), we played 34 times on Christmas Day.

• The first recorded Christmas Day fixture, on Dec 25th 1899, was 2-1 away defeat to Bristol Rovers.
• The last recorded Christmas Day fixture, on Dec 25th 1958, was (coincidentally) a 2-2 draw away to Brentford

[london_red]

Very good.  

But seriously, what is the point to this?  This is a fixture that, traditionally, our fans have travelled to in numbers.  The easiest of the London grounds to get to from Swindon, at least by road.  Why would Brentford want to jeopardise that revenue?  Surely this isn't being televised?

Was it not at the Brentford playoff game that some of our younger fans got pissed up and caused a bit of trouble? Seem to remember it being cited as a reason for a few of our away games being all ticket this season.

If we're still on the local plod's shitlist they might have asked them to move it earlier so there's less drinking time.

As you say though, imagine it will prevent a number of our fans from being able to go.

[Arriba]

Humbug!



Go back a few decades (Reg will be able tell you when), and we had football on Christmas Day.

I may now have to get tickets to watch Harlequins at Twickenham as a means of entertaining the in laws.  It's a sad state of affairs.

Making players work over Christmas is more Scrooge than having football over that period.