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2022/2023 fixtures

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Sir Rebel1965 Experienced

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Cost of following STFC

Away games:

1445 miles each way, 2890 round trip, with petrol at £1.90 per litre, and at 50mpg, that is £499.13 - this does not include the cost of the vehicle.

Or coach travel at £20 per game (although this may be more due to rising costs) - £460 - £500+

23 games at an average of £16 entry - £368

Food and drink for a game £12 - £276

So, following the rebels will cost £1100 this season based on these costs for a single person traveling.  However shared cars will reduce petrol costs.

Home games:

Early bird season ticket £195

Car park £40

Food and drink £12 – 276

Petrol cost if you live 8 miles away - £63

Home costs total- £574

 

So home and away is around £1700

 

If you buy a programme, golden goal etc this will add to the total.

And if you do overnights at the seaside more.

All of this is without any cup games included.

 

With the rise in living costs some will look at these numbers and look to reduce costs, I know I will look long and hard at which away games I do this season.

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Morning all.

As I was writing the fixtures into my diary (as you do.............well I do anyway! ), a few thoughts occurred to me which, as it seems rather quiet on here, I thought I'd share with you.

They may seem a bit nerdish, but I can't help it !

What's that you say?

I needn't bother?

Well, as Magnus Magnussen used to say, I've started so I'll finish !

I think I'm correct in saying, (but might be wrong) in the following observations.....................

First of all, we don't play any of Chelmsford,  Concord, Taunton, Chippenham, Dartford or Oxford on a Saturday.

Admittedly we play Oxford over the Xmas Bank Holiday's and have one game against Taunton and Chippenham also on a Bank Holiday, but it seems a bit unusual  that a big chunk of teams in the league we don't play on a Saturday.

Our first competitive league game is away at Havant.

I was expecting our next match to be on the following Tuesday.

It isn't.

We have to wait a week for our next match.

Why not play on that first Tuesday of the new season, when excitement of competitive matches beginning again is at its height?

The same thing happened last season, but every other "normal" season previous to this teams had their 2nd  matches  a few days after their first.

Just seems to drag it out unnecessarily so to me.

Also, in December, we have an away league game on Monday the 12th, at Chelmsford,  and then there is a pre-Xmas break of two weeks before our next league game on the 26th.

Seems a long time to me, especially if we lose our first match in the Trophy we won't have any match at all in this period.

People always say that the  Saturdays before Xmas attract the lowest attendances, well this season if we're knocked out of the Trophy in our first match we haven't got a Saturday match between

home to Havant on Dec 10th and away to Tonbridge on Jan 7th.

I was pleased but surprised that we are at home to Oxford on New Year's Day, just because it is a Sunday.

I thought we'd be playing on the Bank Holiday Monday, the 2nd.

Suits me totally though, as the 2nd is my birthday and I've got things arranged for that day so couldn't make a game that day anyway.

Be strange playing on a Sunday though.

This year we have the ludicrous situation of a World Cup being played in winter.

In that footballing hotbed of Qatar.

Definitely nothing untoward or crooked occurred to get to this situation.

I love World Cup's and Euro's, (can't stand the Premier League though), and was eager to see how our fixtures would come out in relation to matches in this winter's World Cup.

According to my calculations, they have come out quite well.

I'm pleased we don't have a match on Tuesday, November 29th, as England are playing Wales at 7pm that evening.

If England though finish 2nd in their group, they will be playing in the last 16 probably against Holland at 3pm on Saturday, December 3rd.

That day we are away to Ebbsfleet.

I'm pleased we are at home to Havant on the 10th of December, as if England win their group and their last 16 match, we will probably be playing France that day in a quarter final but that game has a 7pm kick off.

I thought it was odd that we were away to Chelmsford on a Monday, on the 12th of December to be precise, but I eventually realised that Monday seems to be Chelmsford's day to play their home midweek fixtures.

This works out well as the World Cup semi finals are at 7pm on the Tuesday and Wednesday of that week !

I'll shut up now.

Just thought I'd share my ramblings with you lot, whether you wanted to hear them or not !?  

   

 

 

 

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You completely forgot to mention the prestigious Bed & Breakfast Cup...?

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