AthleticoSpizz
Apparently kids are playing footy on Stanley Park....whilst the Liverpool game just down the road was postponed over 36 hours ago
Have many turned out to watch them ?
by Sun Tzu » 09 Jan 2010 19:26
AthleticoSpizz
Apparently kids are playing footy on Stanley Park....whilst the Liverpool game just down the road was postponed over 36 hours ago
by AthleticoSpizz » 09 Jan 2010 19:28
by Dirk Gently » 09 Jan 2010 19:41
AthleticoSpizz It has been implicated that the number of postponements is down to the number of STH's banked money.
In the old days, clubs were dependant on gate-money-on-the-day to pay the wages.............and therefore played
by Sun Tzu » 09 Jan 2010 19:49
by Dirk Gently » 09 Jan 2010 19:57
Sun Tzu Are clubs actually allowed to claim the revenue before they have actually been played. I think I raised this a while ago because there had been issues around things like payment of VAt with clubs saying it wasn;t due until the game had been paid and the Revenue saying it was due when ST were purchased.
by AthleticoSpizz » 09 Jan 2010 20:06
and of course with all due respects to you...it was just an implication on national radio.Dirk GentlyAthleticoSpizz It has been implicated that the number of postponements is down to the number of STH's banked money.
In the old days, clubs were dependant on gate-money-on-the-day to pay the wages.............and therefore played
With respect, that's bollocks - no club would ever want to have a match postponed as they almost certainly lose money from it regardless of STs sold.
In all these cases of early postponements, the decision will have been made by the local SAG (Safety Advisory Group).
by Dirk Gently » 09 Jan 2010 20:18
AthleticoSpizzand of course with all due respects to you...it was just an implication on national radio.Dirk GentlyAthleticoSpizz It has been implicated that the number of postponements is down to the number of STH's banked money.
In the old days, clubs were dependant on gate-money-on-the-day to pay the wages.............and therefore played
With respect, that's bollocks - no club would ever want to have a match postponed as they almost certainly lose money from it regardless of STs sold.
In all these cases of early postponements, the decision will have been made by the local SAG (Safety Advisory Group).
What is bollox (and I wont bother referring you to some of my earlier posts on the matter elsewhere), is the freedom of choice taken from us.
Nobody forced the tens of thousands to stay at home today instead of going shopping............and indeed they went shopping............their choice.
You no-doubt hail from the same era as me, when some years ago, games such as todays would've gone ahead....................and given the far better transport links, access roads (in comparison to EP) and the under-soil heating, today maybe should've gone ahead.
Now we are faced with the obvious fixture cluster with rearranged games and further financial burden to the fans.
What made Leeds, Cardiff, Norwich etc so different today?
by AthleticoSpizz » 09 Jan 2010 20:34
by Dirk Gently » 09 Jan 2010 20:53
AthleticoSpizz Thanx Dirk
I could've answered that myself of course, but thought it would sound better coming from you........ if it is just down to H&S etc how did todays fixtures get fulfilled without the same risk of getting hammered by the |"blame and claim" vultures ?
and more to the point. why employ undersoil heating at all?
by AthleticoSpizz » 09 Jan 2010 21:04
by Dirk Gently » 09 Jan 2010 21:08
by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 09 Jan 2010 21:40
AthleticoSpizzDirk GentlyAthleticoSpizz It has been implicated that the number of postponements is down to the number of STH's banked money.
In the old days, clubs were dependant on gate-money-on-the-day to pay the wages.............and therefore played
With respect, that's bollocks - no club would ever want to have a match postponed as they almost certainly lose money from it regardless of STs sold.
In all these cases of early postponements, the decision will have been made by the local SAG (Safety Advisory Group).
You no-doubt hail from the same era as me, when some years ago, games such as todays would've gone ahead.
by AthleticoSpizz » 09 Jan 2010 21:51
Rev Algenon Stickleback HAthleticoSpizzDirk Gently With respect, that's bollocks - no club would ever want to have a match postponed as they almost certainly lose money from it regardless of STs sold.
In all these cases of early postponements, the decision will have been made by the local SAG (Safety Advisory Group).
You no-doubt hail from the same era as me, when some years ago, games such as todays would've gone ahead.
and when was that era?
go back 25 years or so and games weren't called off on safety grounds. They were called off for snowfall like the kind we've seen recently though.
by URZZZZZZZZ » 09 Jan 2010 21:56
by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 09 Jan 2010 22:29
AthleticoSpizz
Go back 30 years or so (the 1970's) when we had snow like what we have just had......I cannot quote the game, but I distinctly remember getting to the game on snow furrowed roads in the back of a Mk1 Ford Escort van.............to be greeted by green and white "dug-out" lines and a white pitch.
"The Big Match" as shown on Sunday afternoons and presented by Brian Moore, would concurr that this was the case in most parts of the country
by AthleticoSpizz » 09 Jan 2010 22:33
Rev Algenon Stickleback HAthleticoSpizz
Go back 30 years or so (the 1970's) when we had snow like what we have just had......I cannot quote the game, but I distinctly remember getting to the game on snow furrowed roads in the back of a Mk1 Ford Escort van.............to be greeted by green and white "dug-out" lines and a white pitch.
"The Big Match" as shown on Sunday afternoons and presented by Brian Moore, would concurr that this was the case in most parts of the country
yeah, they used to play in snow, with the orange ball and swept lines.
They didn't, however, play in 6 inches of snow. You couldn't play on snow that deep, whether you'd cleared the lines or not.
by STAR TRAVEL » 09 Jan 2010 23:44
by Dirk Gently » 10 Jan 2010 00:03
STAR TRAVEL ...... I would imagine that there also would have been a great deal of external pressure on the club from SAG and the emergency services, I am not sure the RBH would have loved an influx of walking wounded and broken bones to deal with.
by Ian Royal » 10 Jan 2010 01:12
by Harpers So Solid Crew » 10 Jan 2010 08:58
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