2004 / 2005 SEASON - WHEN DOES IT START?

[bjr]

Does anybody know which Saturday in August the new ESL season will start?

[Bill Poster]

We don't even know how many games we'll be playing yet; let alone the date of the first game!!!

 

However, we have friendlies booked up to and including Tuesday 10 August so our fixture secretary appears to have his crystal ball in good working order.

[Mackie. D]

Can't be that much of a crystal ball, clubs were informed at the agm that the season will k/o on 14/8/04

[Mr Happy]

Bloody know all!

[Bill Poster]

But, ER, were you told how many games there would be?

[Southport Jr.]

"but, ER..."

 

do u know when that starts again, i enjoyed that programme!?

[Bill Poster]

ER as in Eton Rifle.

 

You've lost the thread Junior - already!

 

Or can you add to the high quality comments already posted and surprise us all?

[Southport Jr.]

but that would mean i'd actually have to read the threads..

 

i just wait for "less bright" or "special" people like happy and dad to sum up what you lot say in a few words.

 

no offence happy, but look at your shirt..

 

haha

[Jim Cunneen]

glad i'm not the only one who wants to know about 42 games....

[JordanB]

i have been told that we are only going to play each team twice and a revamp to the cup comps.

 

i would rather more league games tho.

[ETFC Neil]

The less games we play, the less opportunity for slip ups? Or the more we play, the more chances to get a fixture backlog?

[TB&G]

And the more league games played the more the final league table toppers can claim to be the genuinely best team in the ESL.

 

I don't see how a synthetic dressing up of the league cup/s structure is going to create a more interesting season for all the participants.

 

It's a shame that we have to hope to progress in outside cup competitions to give us a reasonably full season.

[Southport - TOWNER]

Ryman 2 was going to start in mid August; but then changed their minds!

 

Any way playing teams twice seems fine; as for cups, well good side shows but really not a prioity...

 

 

 

[Mackie. D]

Sorry folks been busy for once, home and away fixtures as per usual, plus league cup on a league basis home and away, maybe 3 leagues of 5 teams gives us another 8 matches at least.

[Mr Happy]

Town have got to go for a league and cup double this year. I believe if we win the league cup it will equal the record number of wins for a club.

[TB&G]

Hi ER,

 

Your mini league idea was similar to what I sugested as Twinkletoes in a previous posting somewhile ago.

 

Except that my mini leagues were based on a 4 x 4 sixteen team league bsis.

[Mackie. D]

PB, i did read your post on that subject, but it was all wait and see on the night of the agm, and the main problem was always going to be just how many teams made up the leagues constitution. Being an odd number i'm assuming we'll have 3 leagues fo five, but who knows.

[TB&G]

3 x 5 sould be logical.

 

If you remember, for my 4x4 I suggested a second 4x4 league competition after the first consisting of the top, 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams in each case from the first ones to give even more competitive games- if that makes sense.

 

But I don't know how one could arrange this from a 3 x 5 unless it was split 6, 4 and 4 or vice versa to give at least another six games on top of the original 8.

[Southport - TOWNER]

prefer a 4-4-2 to the diamond!

[Football Man]

Last time the ESL had 15 clubs (in my Ilford days), the League Cup had four groups of four clubs and one group of three clubs. Top two progressed to the quarter finals.

 

Don't forget that the Gordon Brasted (as with its Harry Fisher predecessor) is meant to be a supplementary competition for clubs knocked out in the early stages. Therefore, allowing everyone to compete from the first round stage is actually giving all clubs more games.