patrick Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Just been looking at Christmas fixtures as it is a chance for teams to raise much needed funds from local derby matches , WGc got a nice home game against close rivals Hatfield should get a. Good attendance , then I look at premier division and see not quite the same level of local rivalry and chances to get much needed money into clubs 27 dec games hoddy v c/heath berko v h green. Lcolney v jets tring v sun. Or Langley can't remember which but definitely not local derby stuff ! If you didn't know different you would think some teams are getting looked after better than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Browne Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I have tried to offer different opposition where there are a number of clubs in the same area as you can see from last season's games and this season's games. Maybe next year I should send out a questionnaire asking clubs who they want to play over these periods. 2013-14 Season Xmas/Easter Fixtures PREMIER DIVISION Ampthill Town v AFC Dunstable Berkhamsted v Tring Athletic Biggleswade United v Stotfold Colney Heath v London Colney Hatfield Town v Hoddesdon Town Hillingdon Borough v Harefield United Leverstock Green v Holmer Green London Lions v Hadley London Tigers v Hanwell Town Oxhey Jets v Cockfosters St Margaretsbury v Hertford Town DIVISION ONE Amersham Town v Chesham United Reserves Arlesey Town Reserves v Baldock Town Crawley Green v Harpenden Town FC Broxbourne Borough v Wodson Park Langford v Bedford Risborough Rangers v Stony Stratford Town Southall v Kentish Town Sun Postal Sports v Kings Langley Welwyn Garden City v Codicote Winslow United v Buckingham Athletic 2014-15 Season Xmas/Easter Fixtures PREMIER DIVISION AFC Dunstable v Ampthill Town Berkhamsted v Holmer Green Cockfosters v Hadley Colney Heath v Hoddesdon Town Hillingdon Borough v Harefield United Leverstock Green v Kings Langley London Tigers v Wembley Oxhey Jets v London Colney St Margaretsbury v Hertford Town Stotfold v Biggleswade United Tring Athletic v Sun Sports DIVISION ONE Amersham Town v Risborough Rangers Arlesey Town Reserves v Langford Bedford v Crawley Green Codicote v Harpenden Town FC Broxbourne Borough v Bush Hill Rangers London Lions v Chesham United Reserves Southall v Edgware Town Welwyn Garden City v Hatfield Town Winslow United v Buckingham Athletic Wodson Park v Baldock Town DIVISION TWO Aston Clinton v Tring Corinthians Brimsdown v Ealing Town Clean Slate v Mursley United Grendon Rangers v Hale Leys United Kent Athletic v The 61FC (Luton) New Bradwell St Peter v Old Bradwell United Totternhoe v Pitstone & Ivinghoe Willen v Wolverton Town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 I'm not sure the questionnaire would be a good idea , but giving clubs the same chance as Wgc would be beneficial to those of us that are always trying to find additional income for our clubs . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 I haven't checked but I'm guessing april4must be Easter weekend as it's Hatfield v wgc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDogCol Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Not true. Hertford Town are away to St.Mags just after Xmas which is our biggest derby of the season with the exception of the home visit. Our home game against them is around Easter so again, perfectly timed for a big crowd. Hoddy is also a local derby game but doesn't have the same intensity anymore, home or away. Good crowds but no support at their place and bring few fans to The Park. I would like more vocal support from teams in our league. A lot of sides have reasonable attendances but don't sing, make flags or wear club colours and a lot of local people really care about these small clubs putting a lot of effort in to keep them going every year. I am very lucky at Hertford that we have a core fanbase that make a massive effort to support the team both home and away to make the matchday more enjoyable to new fans and keep them coming back. For my part, the fixtures have fallen perfectly for a lot of SSML sides. Well done Karen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Well that's good as long as wgc and Hertford are ok that's good . C/heath l/colney tring berko sun sports kings Langley Will have to manage as best they can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Browne Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 As you can see from last season the clubs you mentioned played each other over the holiday period and as I said I tried to offer different opposition this season as I'm sure clubs don't want the same opponents year after year. Obviously promotion and relegation will always play its part as such mouth watering games will not always be available - as with the WGC v Hatfield game you have to go back to the 1990's for the last time the clubs met at Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 As you can see from last season the clubs you mentioned played each other over the holiday period and as I said I tried to offer different opposition this season as I'm sure clubs don't want the same opponents year after year. Obviously promotion and relegation will always play its part as such mouth watering games will not always be available - as with the WGC v Hatfield game you have to go back to the 1990's for the last time the clubs met at Christmas. What makes you think clubs don't want to play their most local teams at holiday time? As long as they are in the same divison there going to play each other year after year anyway , none of the teams I mentioned ground share so they should be given the chance to make what they can when they can . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Browne Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 As I said next season I will ask clubs who they want to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tringarmy Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I thought the pairings seemed reasonable. There wouldn't be too many you'd swap in Divs 1 & 2 without putting another club in the position of a longer trip - what is to say that 27th December won't be a wash out / covered in snow etc & you could end up with your "derby" rearranged for a cold Tuesday in February? Levy Green & Berko would be our "biggest" pulls for games but Sun is much better than say Biggleswade or Hoddy for travel. When we saw we didn't have a FA Vase game on non league day we asked Karen for "derby" game so we could promote it locally for a decent crowd & she obliged & gave us Levy. The derby game question has been raised a number of times on here over the years & you just can't win. Some want local games midweek to avoid long journeys, others want them on a Saturday in Autumn / Spring others want Christmas ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamC Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 See that Stony Stratford are the 'odd team out' for the 27th fixtures in div 1 - which I suppose someone has to be. Is though a little harsh to also not have a game scheduled for the 20th Dec so meaning Stony go from 13th Dec to 3rd Jan without a game.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 See that Stony Stratford are the 'odd team out' for the 27th fixtures in div 1 - which I suppose someone has to be. Is though a little harsh to also not have a game scheduled for the 20th Dec so meaning Stony go from 13th Dec to 3rd Jan without a game.... I imagine given history of postponements during that period fixtures will be out the window, and you have as much trouble if not more because of the flooding with your pitch as we do. My guess is we will all be sat around without games then struggling to fit them in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Browne Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Stony Stratford Town will have a game on the 20th December - I haven't informed both clubs involved yet so it doesn't show until I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamC Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Thanks Karen. Winslow Boy - unfortunately, I think you will be proved pretty spot on with your comment given the long range weather forecasts I have seen for this winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehappysunfan Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 More than happy with our fixture over Xmas!. Woulfd rather have it at home but never mind. Seems irrelevant really anyway as the weather we get now in winter seems to cancel mist games December to January! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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