Fixture Changes

[Ian_W]

The following changes have been made to forthcoming fixtures.

 

Aveley - Away - League Cup - Wednesday 13th January @ 19:45

 

Waltham Abbey - Away - Essex Senior Cup - Tuesday 19th January @ 19:45

Billericay Town - Home - Ryman Premier - Tuesday 26th January @ 19:45

 

Horsham - Away - Ryman Premier - Tuesday 2nd February @19:30

 

Tonbridge Angels - Home - Ryman Premier - Tuesday 16th February @ 19:45

 

Canvey Island - Home - Ryman Premier - Tuesday 23rd February @ 19:45

Kingstonian - Home - Ryman Premier - Tuesday 2nd March @ 19:45

 

Still to be arranged are:-

 

Boreham Wood away.

[Eastside Urchin]

I am not going to comment on the above

[Ian_W]

eh?

[Eastside Urchin]

i rant about league games being cancelled for county cup games

[blackballed]

I'm with you on that one Rob..........

[Ian_W]

The problem here is that county matches take priority over all other games. This applies to all counties as far as I am aware.

 

A club is a member of the county before any league.

 

Also in the above in view of the current weather, the Essex FA have extended the deadline - Chelmsford have also had to cancel a league match for example.

 

If it had of been this week, then Aveley would have been off in the league cup and would probably have had to be arranged anyway.

[Eastside Urchin]

i know how it works but my gripe is always that fans watch league games,without league games there would be no clubs,county cups are a distraction,although sometimes nice for the most part they are watched by a handful of people

[Ian_W]

But without counties there might not clubs or leagues. The Essex FA is some 20 years older than the league.

 

Bit chicken and egg situation.

 

I think you will find the Essex FA do an awful lot for grass roots football.

[Eastside Urchin]

am sure they do and they probably have been around for longer but the fact of the matter is that many more fans watch league football than they do county cup.

Clubs live and die on league matches not county cup matches,if a club was to go a couple of months without playing a league home game there could bve serious financial implications,if a club goes out of the county cup then no one is too bothered.

Without fans,there are no football clubs

Take away county fa's and football would find a way of living without them

[Ian_W]

BTW - I do not disagree that more often league matches are more important than any cup competitions financially to a club.

 

 

 

 

 

[Eastside Urchin]

don't get me wrong,i like the essex senior cup,one of my all time favourite memories is of us going to roots hall but with this harsh winter and games being cancelled left right and centre,surely it wouldn't hurt if the essex senior cup was maybe moved back.

You could play the quaters in february and still play the final early march/late march

[YELLOW]

If this weather continues in the same vein for much longer, I can't see the county or league cups being completed before the end of the season.

[Ian_W]

Updated with the League Cup change

 

Moved to an announcement for the HX forum to reduce items in the sticky post area.

[Kel]

The following changes have been made to forthcoming fixtures.

 

Aveley - Away - League Cup - Wednesday 13th January @ 19:45

 

Waltham Abbey - Away - Essex Senior Cup - Tuesday 19th January @ 19:45

This means the home league match with Canvey is to be re-arranged.

 

Billericay Town - Home - Ryman Premier - Tuesday 26th January @ 19:45

 

Horsham - Away - Ryman Premier - Tuesday 2nd February @19:30

 

Still to be arranged are:-

 

Kingstonian, Tonbridge Angels & Canvey Island at home.

 

The League Cup game away at Aveley is on Wednesday 13th January @ 19:45

[Ian_W]

 

The League Cup game away at Aveley is on Wednesday 13th January @ 19:45

 

 

oops - wrong week - I am obviously going back in time LOL

 

 

[Ian_W]

more updated - see http://www.nonleague.co.uk/forum/forum-31/announcement-4-afc-hornchurch-fixture-changes/

[Ian_W]

just Boreham Wood still to be arranged.