Good Friday - Good or bad?

[Duke of York]

With all the recent verbal infighting within our supporter base it seems that everyone has overlooked the fact that the Easter fixture against Tilbury has been brought forward 24 hours. Prior to the recent shenanigans the fixture move to Good Friday would have caused a deluge of postings asking why, as a supporter-owned club, we the supporters were not asked for our views about the alteration.

 

IMO it's a great change as I can now see both my teams over the Easter weekend. How about everyone else?

[Mr Happy]

Don't feel totally comfortable with football matches being played on Good Friday. It is one of the most important days in our country's national religion. I realise that not everyone has any religious convictions at all but I do feel that Good Friday should be given greater respect. A good compromise would be to make it an evening game say 4pm or later. A 3pm kick off, in my mind, is not right.

[Arkwright]

Already had something planned for Good Friday, so personnally speaking it sucks.

[Duke of York]

Originally Posted By: Mr Happy

Don't feel totally comfortable with football matches being played on Good Friday. It is one of the most important days in our country's national religion. I realise that not everyone has any religious convictions at all but I do feel that Good Friday should be given greater respect.

I do know what you mean Mr. Happy – I still think football should always be played at 3pm on a Saturday or 7.30pm on a Tuesday or Wednesday night!

Do you remember how controversial it was when Sunday matches first introduced in the in the 80s? When YCFC played their first Sunday game v Scunthorpe United, entry was free but you were only allowed in if you bought a programme which was, coincidently the same price as normal entry fee for a match.

The weird thing is with the UK we’re one of the least religious countries in Europe yet places like Italy, Spain and Portugal all play their games on Sunday!

[Squadron Leader]

Was'nt too pleased at first, but at least it now means that I'll be able to spend most of the weekend with Safety Officer!!!

 

[Mr Happy]

Is kick off still at 3.00pm?

[The Horse'sMouth]

Don't give a t*ss

[Southport - TOWNER]

Originally Posted By: Squadron Leader

Was'nt too pleased at first, but at least it now means that I'll be able to spend most of the weekend with Safety Officer!!!

and how does he feel about that? bet he cud crucify the fixture sec

[Gazza]

Originally Posted By: The Horse'sMouth

Don't give a t*ss

Perfect summary THM.

I will still be there, after hopefully enjoying 9 holes before hand & spending about 3 hours at work in the early hours.
Just another Saturday to me.

Then same again Monday I hope!

[Squadron Leader]

Originally Posted By: Southport - TOWNER

Originally Posted By: Squadron Leader

Was'nt too pleased at first, but at least it now means that I'll be able to spend most of the weekend with Safety Officer!!!

and how does he feel about that? bet he cud crucify the fixture sec

[Hawkeye Pierce]

Well a good chance to attract all those new supporters!

[Colin, Germany]

Originally Posted By: Duke of York

The weird thing is with the UK we’re one of the least religious countries in Europe yet places like Italy, Spain and Portugal all play their games on Sunday!

Germany is not all that religious, but somehow the politicians still manage to stop anything happening on a Sunday. The current situation is that the Bundesliga plays one match on the Friday evening, two matches at 5 p.m. on the Sunday, and the rest at 3.30 p.m. on the Saturday. The second Bundesliga plays most of its matches on the Sunday, and one match is held over to Monday evening to be shown live on television. The lower leagues also play most of their matches on the Sunday. However, no matches at all are played on Good Friday. Even the fun fair which used to have a lot of visitors on Good Friday thirty years ago has been closed on that day for some years now. As for Xmas, the Bundesliga is in the middle of the Winter break, but in England matches are no longer played on Xmas Day, and even Boxing Day matches are not quite the crowd puller they used to be.