pulling in the punters

[brighton_rebel]

420 for a local derby! I thought it was the wrong decision to play last nights game on a Tuesday when Chelsea were live on the TV - couldn't both teams have agreed to move it to a Monday or Wednesday or even a Thursday? I think we should also look at playing the odd Sunday (although personally that would be a nightmare for me), especially when the Thurrock game drew 500.

I think we need to be a little more creative with fixture dates where possible to get in the extra punters - especially as the gate receipts is about all we can rely on.

I went to Worthing - Lewes last year around Christmas time and they picked a date with no other games, league or non league, being played. Result - nearly 1,500 there (ok, it had to be abandoned at half time cos of the rain but that's not the point.)

What to people think?

[BFR]

i agree, a Tuesday night with Chelsea v Barcelona on the box is not ideal, but we don't have a great deal of choice for when we play our matches at the moment, due to the number of games we've got to get through.

[brighton_rebel]

Yeah, but another day of the same week wouldn't make a difference to fixture congestion

[GarySTFC]

Well it's just a shame that it was this week with the Champions League stuff on the telly. Don't think we had too much choice as to when to fit it in, and as both sides have to agree to the date, I'm sure Windsor weren't too bothered about the low crowd, after all, they can still expect a 'bumper' crowd on the Bank Holiday fixture.

[brighton_rebel]

But would Windsor mind switching it to a Monday or Wednesday?

[Martin]

Mal will probably tell you the pitch was already booked

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

"Pulling in the punters" - thought you were talking about Jarvis's mum!!!!!

[Guest]

It doesn't help with fixture congestion but what about an experiment with Friday night football next season. It's been tried before with success most notably at Tranmere - avoiding clashes with other local fixtures on the Saturday.

[BFR]

It would depend really on other teams agreeing to play on Friday nights. Wealdstone have tried this in the course of this season and they haven't had too many takers - we are one of the few who agreed to it

[charlie]

very scared....by BFR's new avatar pic... this is my rifle...there are many others like it, but this one is mine....

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[mal316]

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Staines Rebel1 said:
"Pulling in the punters" - thought you were talking about Jarvis's mum!!!!!

Love to see you say that to his face!!

[BFR]

If he did, you'd probably say Staines had head-butted him. When you come up for air and stop licking Jamie's [****!!****] you might realise how stupid you look Mal

[Guest]

surley it would then be

'pulling in the munters'

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

Mal - are you brave enough to tell him he was wrong to hit a Slough player?

 

Whilst you have him playing in your side he will always cause you trouble - this is his 3rd sending off this season - look how well the team played once he was gone - are you realy that hard up for players?

[BFR]

£500pw for a player who is suspended for as many games as he plays. Good business that

[Woody SUFC]

from what i saw he got hold of the player by the neck but that is a sending off on it's own.

[Ian]

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Woody WEFC said:
from what i saw he got hold of the player by the neck but that is a sending off on it's own.

It's not so much what he did but the fact that he'd run 30 yards to do it! If a player is caught up in an incident in the heat of the moment there's almost a case of mitigating circumstances. Not that thick t**t though. He'd have run half the length of the pitch if he'd had to just to throw his weight around and look where it got him. He's a bloody liability.

[Barry Scott]

i think he's 51 cards short of a full deck old Jarvis

[Radders]

Are you sure Liam, from when I see him play he's got more cards than most of us put together. (Fair enough most of them red).

[mal316]

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Ian said:
It's not so much what he did but the fact that he'd run 30 yards to do it! If a player is caught up in an incident in the heat of the moment there's almost a case of mitigating circumstances. Not that thick t**t though. He'd have run half the length of the pitch if he'd had to just to throw his weight around and look where it got him. He's a bloody liability.

He didn't run 30 yards to grab a player. He ran up to the referee and was then pushed, grabbed and head butted. The evidence is there for all to see. Just take a look at the cut above his eye and the blood on his shirt.