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Title: Firday night football? Post by: Batch on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 08:27:11 OK, it's only a twinkle in the eye of the boardroom but...
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo That is all. http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/display.var.2149276.0.0.php Quote FRIDAY night football could be coming to the County Ground next season as an ambitious Town look to raise the stakes for a concerted promotion push. In a bid to increase attendances for the 2008/09 campaign and generate a hostile home atmosphere, preliminary talks have already started to discuss the option of switching some weekend games to Friday nights. Various clubs all round the country have already experimented with the idea in the past with huge success, most notably Tranmere who Town travel to tomorrow night, and Swindon chiefs believe it could have a similar revitalising effect in Wiltshire. Town chief executive Nick Watkins, pictured, exclusively told the Swindon Advertiser how the idea was still at an "embryonic stage" but admitted it was a serious consideration for the future. He said: "I can't deny the idea has been discussed. We clearly need to wait and see what the fixture list looks like and whether it would be possible to play some Friday night fixtures. "We have only had embryonic thoughts about it so far but it will continue to be discussed and we will investigate its feasibility, practicality and availability. advertisement "We are at the moment talking about ticketing pricing for next season and this latest thought is for us just another way of getting the club back to the heart of the community." The main argument for Friday night football, which has also been successfully implemented at West Country rivals Bristol City, is to attract those fans lost at weekends by other commitments like local football. Some of the more traditionalists would argue football's rightful place is at 3pm on a Saturday but Watkins assured all supporters every effort would be made to ensure they took the right decision. He said: "We will look at the things that compete with football on a Saturday and see if moving it to Friday will make the club more accessible. "We are looking to raise the stakes and raise the atmosphere at the County Ground next season. "I suppose I am going back to my mantra of trying to get this club back to being a family club. "If Friday night football happened we would make sure meticulous planning was put in to make it a real family event. "We would arrange other things around the game for all the family and it could be a way of making it a real event for everyone to come to." James Neighbour, Football Liaison Officer for Swindon Police, said: "As long as there is a dialogue between the club and the police, we should be able to come to some arrangement. "We would look at each match on an individual basis and make an informed decision. "We want the football club to do well, and we want the supporters to enjoy going to the games." Title: Firday night football? Post by: flammableBen on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 08:33:30 They should shorten each day by about 17min 8.5secs. Then play the football match in the 2 hours we'd have save up over the week. That way I could watch the game without missing any drinking time.
Title: Firday night football? Post by: ronnie21 on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 08:37:13 Not on a regular basis for me either, just when I was thinking of getting a season ticket for the first time in six seasons, Friday nights are a no no for me. :cry:
Title: Firday night football? Post by: Power to people on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 08:37:19 This has been tried in games in previous seasons and the attendances were always very poor, we have a lot of people that have to travel quite a distance for games so would not help them.
Football should traditionally be played at 3pm on a Saturday, not on a sunday or Friday - keep it traditional Title: Firday night football? Post by: stfctownenda on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 08:47:02 Saw this earlier I reckon they will lose more than they gain as people playing for local clubs on saturday or watching other sports on the box have very little interest in the club. Also there is the strong possibility of losing people who live far away, people with really young kids and those that just like to go out on the lash on Friday's. It's good there looking into this kind of thing but just restructure the pricing for games (keep them on Saturdays), get the team winning again and they will soon see numbers returning through the gates.
Title: Firday night football? Post by: Batch on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 08:48:55 Breaking tradition is fine with me as long as it is for the good of the club, and from a selfish point of view doesn't detract from my own "Swindon Experience".
In this case i can't see attendance increasing, and it would be a pain for a lot of travelling fans (home and away). In short, it's good that they are looking at everything to improve the club. I'm sure they will listen to the feedback too. It's only an idea after all, not set in stone. Title: Firday night football? Post by: STFCBird on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 08:56:11 us out of towners would be able to attend even fewer games if that happened :(
Title: Firday night football? Post by: Luci on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 08:57:17 I'd definitely have to get another hobby then if they did this as otherwise weekends would be dull!
Title: Firday night football? Post by: Ardiles on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 09:00:41 A move like this creates winners and losers, and the club obviously think that there would be more winners out there than losers.
Unfortunately for me, and the many other people I know who travel from London and elsewhere, I would be a loser. I would not be able to make a game on a Friday night for the same reason I have not been to a Tuesday night game in years...I couldn't get there after work. We would also be making ourselves very unpopular with other clubs and their fans. Unless the game is one of our few local derbies, away attendances would be minimal. Title: Firday night football? Post by: janaage on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 09:01:49 It's a family fortunes "ut-arrrrrr" from me to. Keep it real, keep it on Saturday.
I think it's like admitting your a shit club by playing your matches regularly on a Friday. Title: Firday night football? Post by: ghanimah on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 09:13:14 It's good to see the club thinking of different ideas to improve attendences, but as with all ideas there are good ones and not so good ones. I think this comes in the latter category.
I won't object particularly at a couple of Friday night games but on a regular basis it would, for me, detract from 'The Swindon Experience' that the club are trying to create. As been mentioned, those that live outside Swindon will lose out with this, even more so as traveling either by road or rail on a Friday night is generally a nightmare. I think there's better ways of improving attendances without alienating those fans that are already here. Title: Firday night football? Post by: janaage on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 09:23:24 I wouldn't have thought away fans will be arriving in their hundreds either!! (not that they do today) but Leeds/Forest fans won't turn up in the same numbers as this season!
Title: Firday night football? Post by: returnofthereds on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 09:24:24 Sack Malpas and reduce prices.
That should get more people going. Friday is a no no. :evil: :evil: Title: Firday night football? Post by: RobertT on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 09:26:44 A no for me, can't see it working at this club. There are obvious reasons at Tranmere why it would work, but for this club the very make-up of the fans as it stands would mean it could be a problem. Presumably work has been done, or is being done, comparing midweek attendances vs weekend attendances. The fact that they mention the amount of work they will do before coming to any decision though is good. It also shows a spark of creativity exists to look at things like this (in the proper manner unlike the game 39 idea from the PL) but be humble enough to know it might not be right.
Title: Firday night football? Post by: Frasier3 on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 09:49:22 Don't like the idea of Friday at all. Ironically some of the children I know who go on a Saturday wouldn't attend on a Friday as they are at scouts etc.
On the upside I appreciate this may appeal to some and at least the club have drawn our attention to the idea before it is set in stone. Title: Firday night football? Post by: Fred Elliot on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 09:57:41 Quote from: "Ardiles" A move like this creates winners and losers, and the club obviously think that there would be more winners out there than losers. Unfortunately for me, and the many other people I know who travel from London and elsewhere, I would be a loser. I would not be able to make a game on a Friday night for the same reason I have not been to a Tuesday night game in years...I couldn't get there after work. We would also be making ourselves very unpopular with other clubs and their fans. Unless the game is one of our few local derbies, away attendances would be minimal. As someone who commutes to and from London myself I totally agree Title: Firday night football? Post by: sheepshagger on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 10:26:15 I actually think it's a good idea - as long as it is limited to 2-3 home games.
Something a little different, usually a better atmosphere than an afternoon game, and maybe attract people who cannot traditionally go on a saturday.... Sorry to the out of towners and all - but I think it's something we should not dismiss until it has been tried.... Title: Firday night football? Post by: flammableBen on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 10:29:15 Maybe the out of towners should show some support for their local team instead of jumping on the stfc glory bandwagon. Fucking scum the lot of them.
Title: Firday night football? Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 10:29:46 No way. Football on Friday? WTF is that all about? It only works for Tranmere because they have Liverpool and Everton on their doorstep so most of the locals watch them on a Saturday instead.
Title: Firday night football? Post by: Sussex on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 10:34:47 So, on top of a 250 mile round trip, I'll now have to take a half days holiday off work for a Friday night game? Fuck off.
Title: Firday night football? Post by: Luci on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 10:36:54 To be fair if its only a few games I don't mind as there are so many teenagers etc. who have Saturday jobs/play footy on a Saturday afternoon that can't come. In fact many of what could be our fans of the future.
Title: Firday night football? Post by: Colin Todd on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 10:53:18 I'm all for it if it stops you "out of townies" coming to support our club
THIS IS A LOCAL FOOTBALL CLUB FOR LOCAL PEOPLE :evil: Title: Firday night football? Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 10:56:22 Quote from: "STFCLady" To be fair if its only a few games I don't mind as there are so many teenagers etc. who have Saturday jobs/play footy on a Saturday afternoon that can't come. In fact many of what could be our fans of the future. So you would actually want more chavs coming to games? :shock: Title: Firday night football? Post by: Sussex on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 11:00:35 Quote from: "Colin Todd" I'm all for it if it stops you "out of townies" coming to support our club THIS IS A LOCAL FOOTBALL CLUB FOR LOCAL PEOPLE :evil: We're all ex-local people, but got the fuck out asap to cleanse ourselves. :D Title: Firday night football? Post by: Luci on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 11:03:57 Quote from: "Iffy's Onion Bhaji" Quote from: "STFCLady" To be fair if its only a few games I don't mind as there are so many teenagers etc. who have Saturday jobs/play footy on a Saturday afternoon that can't come. In fact many of what could be our fans of the future. So you would actually want more chavs coming to games? :shock: You can't sterotype 16-18 year olds all as chavs. They are probably far better as they can actually be bothered to go out and work for some spare cash! I;ve seen grown men behave far worse than most of the kids at the CG! Title: Firday night football? Post by: Matchworn Shirts on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 11:09:14 Oh well that would make life difficult for me, but if it is just for a few (3/4) games then it would be OK
Title: Firday night football? Post by: fatbury on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 11:09:16 Not that keen as generally night matches mean less time before the game ... no match on telly before the game in pub ... colder in general ... less away fans which leads to even less atmosphere ...
on the plus side .. whole weekend after it to yourself .. Title: Firday night football? Post by: Fred Elliot on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 11:10:43 Quote from: "STFCLady" I;ve seen grown men behave far worse than most of the kids at the CG! Sorry ! Title: Firday night football? Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 11:36:09 Quote from: "STFCLady" Quote from: "Iffy's Onion Bhaji" Quote from: "STFCLady" To be fair if its only a few games I don't mind as there are so many teenagers etc. who have Saturday jobs/play footy on a Saturday afternoon that can't come. In fact many of what could be our fans of the future. So you would actually want more chavs coming to games? :shock: You can't sterotype 16-18 year olds all as chavs. They are probably far better as they can actually be bothered to go out and work for some spare cash! I;ve seen grown men behave far worse than most of the kids at the CG! I was just joking. Ha i guess a few on here may fall into the last catergory :mrgreen: Title: Firday night football? Post by: Summerof69 on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 12:19:36 It's a no from me as well, but on the plus side, at least the club are looking into things, and will more likely discuss with fans groups before giving the go ahead.
Title: Firday night football? Post by: pauld on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 12:37:38 Quote from: "Fred Elliot" Quote from: "Ardiles" A move like this creates winners and losers, and the club obviously think that there would be more winners out there than losers. Unfortunately for me, and the many other people I know who travel from London and elsewhere, I would be a loser. I would not be able to make a game on a Friday night for the same reason I have not been to a Tuesday night game in years...I couldn't get there after work. We would also be making ourselves very unpopular with other clubs and their fans. Unless the game is one of our few local derbies, away attendances would be minimal. As someone who commutes to and from London myself I totally agree As someone who commutes to and from Bristol and who usually takes his 5-year old son to Saturday games, so do I (on both grounds) Title: Firday night football? Post by: janaage on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 12:55:10 Why not go the whole hog and start playing our home matches @ 1435hrs on Mondays? (except Bank holidays, then we could play them on the next working day).
That'd be alright. Title: Firday night football? Post by: returnofthereds on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 12:58:28 How about Saturday nights ??
Title: Firday night football? Post by: glos_robin on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 13:06:25 Not thinking of ways to accomodate a football or rugby ground share is he? :soapy tit wank:
But seriously a big no from me as would mean I would have to drive to every game rather than having a drink and going on the train. At the end of the day only ticket prices and a successful team will have any significant impact on the attendances, changing days will do very little IMO Title: Firday night football? Post by: returnofthereds on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 13:08:04 ON another note.
Are we allowed to change the days we play? Surely the other teams need to agree to this. A late kick off may mean an over night stay for the northern clubs which will incur hotel costs.The matchday staff will have day jobs on a Friday too. Dont think they will want to finish at 5pm then head off to the CG for another few hours work (if they can make it in time). Title: Firday night football? Post by: Simon Pieman on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 19:32:33 Quote from: "STFCLady" To be fair if its only a few games I don't mind as there are so many teenagers etc. who have Saturday jobs/play footy on a Saturday afternoon that can't come. In fact many of what could be our fans of the future. It's hard to tell though, because for every one of them they'll be another that can't make it on a Friday. Swings and roundabouts. I'm not bothered either way as long as it's only kept to a few games. Saying that, getting to midweek games is a pain in the arse enough as it is and I only work in West Swindon when I'm in the office. I could see myself missing more games as a result and thus change my opinion then. Title: Firday night football? Post by: Ralphy on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 20:18:36 The board can fuck right off with this idea.
I won't be able to make many home matches if this comes in. Fucking gay idea. Title: Firday night football? Post by: axs on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 21:06:03 i wouldn't mind a couple, doesn't make much difference to me, but a certain (high) percentage should still be at 3pm on Saturdays.
Title: Firday night football? Post by: pauld on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 22:39:51 Quote from: "Ralphy" The board can fuck right off with this idea. I won't be able to make many home matches if this comes in. To be fair, they're only talking about doing it for a few matches a season I think Title: Firday night football? Post by: Tails on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 23:05:22 Quote from: "Ralphy" The board can fuck right off with this idea. I won't be able to make many home matches if this comes in. Fucking gay idea. Grr stop being so dramatic it won't be every game! And even then they've said its only an idea at this point. I wouldn't mind personally. Title: Firday night football? Post by: Mexicano Rojo on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 23:11:42 its a no from me. M25 on a friday evening? fuck right off.
Title: Firday night football? Post by: deltaincline on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 23:27:42 Matches should KO on a saturday at 3.00pm. Fuck Friday night KO's.
Have the board consulted any fans on this or are they using the advertiser and message boards to guage reactions? If I'd read about this six months ago when Diamandis and his gang of fucking idiots were in charge I'd have brushed it aside as just another fucking loony scheme :roll: Title: Firday night football? Post by: Simon Pieman on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 23:29:26 Quote from: "deltaincline" Matches should KO on a saturday at 3.00pm. Fuck Friday night KO's. Have the board consulted any fans on this or are they using the advertiser and message boards to guage reactions? If I'd read about this six months ago when Diamandis and his gang of fucking idiots were in charge I'd have brushed it aside as just another fucking loony scheme :roll: The Adver reached the most town fans out of all the media so it would make sense Title: Firday night football? Post by: deltaincline on Thursday, March 27, 2008, 23:38:40 Quote The Adver reached the most town fans out of all the media so it would make sense What would 'make sense'?? Title: Firday night football? Post by: Arriba on Friday, March 28, 2008, 02:46:50 what a load of bollocks this is.using tranmere as an example is laughable, as they play their games fridays because of who their near neighbours are.it makes sense for them.not for us.
Title: Firday night football? Post by: ronnie21 on Friday, March 28, 2008, 07:47:27 Quote from: "arriba" what a load of bollocks this is.using tranmere as an example is laughable, as they play their games fridays because of who their near neighbours are.it makes sense for them.not for us. It's all a cunning plan to boost the attendance for Swindon Supermarine!!!Title: Firday night football? Post by: pauld on Friday, March 28, 2008, 08:05:59 Quote from: "Si Pie" Quote from: "deltaincline" Matches should KO on a saturday at 3.00pm. Fuck Friday night KO's. Have the board consulted any fans on this or are they using the advertiser and message boards to guage reactions? If I'd read about this six months ago when Diamandis and his gang of fucking idiots were in charge I'd have brushed it aside as just another fucking loony scheme :roll: The Adver reached the most town fans out of all the media so it would make sense That's not consultation though - that's a one-way street of just telling people. Like when politicians talk about having a "national debate" on something which actually consists of a few op-ed pieces in the Sundays. Title: Firday night football? Post by: Frasier3 on Friday, March 28, 2008, 09:21:39 Quote from: deltaincline Have the board consulted any fans on this or are they using the advertiser and message boards to guage reactions? It does look like a case of putting it the public arena and then seeing what the reaction is. If they take heed of the response then fair enough but if there is going to be a series of ideas that would benefit from discussion with the fans then you would like to think they would pass the odd idea to fans groups first. Take season ticket prices for example. What is the harm in sitting down with trust and supporter club reps and taking on board feedback? Title: Firday night football? Post by: JOHNNY REEVES on Saturday, April 12, 2008, 19:04:05 friday night football is pointless .
tranmere doncaster Title: Firday night football? Post by: Spencer_White on Sunday, April 13, 2008, 16:12:42 Quote from: "JOHNNY REEVES" friday night football is pointless . tranmere doncaster It kills away support. Its just not right at all. Friday night football is the easy way out. Larwood's brother plays all the time now, only comes to a couple of midweeks and has done that for 7 or so years. Used to be there every home game. The reason lads play and dont watch their local side is because (in my opinion) they dont think their local league football is personal to them anymore. Doesnt mean anything to them. Players who come and go in no time at all. Mercenaries playing for the money. All the laddish element of the game is being squeezed out and you have to pay twice what you did 15 years ago for the privilige sitting in seats when you'd rather stand. Squeezed out, as well as all aggro (love it or loathe it) where the fan rivalries are really formed. One big meaningless, plastic, pointless, expensive mess. Down the park, with your mates, for free, playing because you love the game, for the odd bit of glory. Its more of mans sport. Having said all of that, when they talk about their games to me it is Fucking boring as fuck. Play, fine, enjoy it, but dont expect me to be interested because it aint! Im still in love with English league football myself. But I can see the real reasons so many young lads in our area play. Its only personal when the local rivals are in town or a big cup tie. Remmember those? Big side at home? I dont. Title: Firday night football? Post by: Reg Smeeton on Sunday, April 13, 2008, 17:57:08 Quote from: "Spencer_White" Quote from: "JOHNNY REEVES" friday night football is pointless . tranmere doncaster Its only personal when the local rivals are in town or a big cup tie. Remmember those? Big side at home? I dont. Last "big" cup at the CG was probably v Coventry. Full house, we were a bit shit, Sol Davis got mugged by Bellamy early doors and we never recovered...think Mustapha Hadji go the 2 nd. Title: Firday night football? Post by: Spencer_White on Sunday, April 13, 2008, 20:02:51 Quote from: "Reg Smeeton" Quote from: "Spencer_White" Quote from: "JOHNNY REEVES" friday night football is pointless . tranmere doncaster Its only personal when the local rivals are in town or a big cup tie. Remmember those? Big side at home? I dont. Last "big" cup at the CG was probably v Coventry. Full house, we were a bit shit, Sol Davis got mugged by Bellamy early doors and we never recovered...think Mustapha Hadji go the 2 nd. They oversold the Town End, it looked brilliant. All over about 5 minutes in. |