Anyone know if the 3pm Kick Off is set in stone or likely to be made a lunchtime game (as used to be norm with "high profile" fixtures).

I assume they've upgraded the stand we were in last time seeing as though they're charging ?35.

I'll expect a nice heated cushioned seat for that and not the wooden ones.

If your one of the lucky 150 then your seat will be plastic! (but next to the home supporters)

If not, its wooden all the way!

I see that you have been flooded with offers

 

I can if not already agreed

 

As of now, I've had no offers!

 

So, if you could, I'd be most obliged.

Just confirmed the booking on the Junior Whites coach, ?10 each for travel and ticket

 

Having suffered the morgue of The Reebok so far, our eldest is in for treat for his first ever away match!!

I understand we have sold less than 1000 for Wolves on Sat with an allocation of 1500 at ?24. I cant see us selling out Burnley before open sale at ?35 a pop. I know its on boxing day but its still a bit steep.

nah we'll sell out...

?35! robbing dingle bastards

I understand we have sold less than 1000 for Wolves on Sat with an allocation of 1500 at ?24. I cant see us selling out Burnley before open sale at ?35 a pop. I know its on boxing day but its still a bit steep.

 

Maybe not before open sale, but we'll certainly sell out - every not reet in Bowton fancies this one

The balls are weighted, a it were, at Christmas, hence it's normally a derby of some sort.

 

your right mate, they actually hand pick the boxing day fixtures so they can try and keep everyone local due to transport issues, the computer then fills the rest in.

your right mate, they actually hand pick the boxing day fixtures so they can try and keep everyone local due to transport issues, the computer then fills the rest in.

 

if so why did newcastle have to come to us on boxing day a couple of years back?

 

there has always been jiggery pokery in sorting out the league fixtures it's not some sort of conspiracy

your right mate, they actually hand pick the boxing day fixtures so they can try and keep everyone local due to transport issues, the computer then fills the rest in.

 

You know your stuff.

 

Villa v Arsenal

Brum v Chelsea (These two took some sorting!)

B/burn v Wigan

Burnley v Bolton (I'll give them their dues for these two.)

Sun'lun v Everton (Again, it took some sorting to get a team so close!)

F'lam v Spuds (Again, credit to them.)

Hull v Scum (Close but could be closer!)

Liverpool v Wolves (Not exactly local)

Ciddeh v Stoke (Credit again here but could have been a lot closer.)

West Ham v Pompey Ok, Pompey don't have much in the way of local derbies.

 

So, 4 from 10 are local derbies. Yep, they certainly tried their best with these!

 

It looks as though they decided that London, Midlands + Pompey play in one group and all the NW teams plus Sun'lun, Stoke and Hull play in the other group. One NW team (Liverpool), needed to play one Midlands team (Wolves)

 

Alternatively, to keep travel to a minimum:

 

Sunlun v Hull

Burnley Bolton*

Rovers Wigan*

United City

Liverpool Everton

Wolves Stoke

Brum Villa

Flam Spurs*

Chelsea Arse

West Ham Pompey*

 

I reckon my "hand picking" is better than theirs for every single fixture other than the four they got right* anyway.

your right mate, they actually hand pick the boxing day fixtures so they can try and keep everyone local due to transport issues, the computer then fills the rest in.

 

 

In the past I have been to Wrexham,Middlesborough,Hartlepool and if I remember rightly flippin Orient for Boxing Day games....wasn't too local for me!

if so why did newcastle have to come to us on boxing day a couple of years back?

 

there has always been jiggery pokery in sorting out the league fixtures it's not some sort of conspiracy

 

that's pretty local for them

 

doubt they'd have a derby with sunderland or boro on that day

 

better bolton than pompey or london

 

not exactly hand picked but certainly not random

I've never actually filled in a ticket aplication form? But really want to go thisa one and as we've only got about 3000 tickets, Can i risk to wait until Open sale?

Not making it up, the bbc web site did an interview with the guys who compile the fixtures this summer-

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/20...re_compute.html

 

Makes for a good read, An extract to prove my point-

 

"He also manually creates the fixtures for Boxing Day and 28 December to try to minimise the travelling distance for fans. As Thompson readily admits, the computer has no concept of the distance between grounds"

 

here are other factors to consider like every team is paired with another team i.e Liverpool and Everton so when one is at home the other is always away from home, think we are paired with Wigan and Bburn are with Burnely. The easiest solution would be to give everybody a local derby but the police who also get a say in the fixture compilation would veto this as Burnley v Bburn, Us v Wigan, City v United, Lpool v Everton, Bpool v Preston etc would cause havoc for the police.

 

Have a read anyway its very interesting.

"He also manually creates the fixtures for Boxing Day and 28 December to try to minimise the travelling distance for fans. As Thompson readily admits, the computer has no concept of the distance between grounds"

 

here are other factors to consider like every team is paired with another team i.e Liverpool and Everton so when one is at home the other is always away from home, think we are paired with Wigan and Bburn are with Burnely. The easiest solution would be to give everybody a local derby but the police who also get a say in the fixture compilation would veto this as Burnley v Bburn, Us v Wigan, City v United, Lpool v Everton, Bpool v Preston etc would cause havoc for the police.

 

Have a read anyway its very interesting.

 

The 5 NorthWest local derbies are policed by 3 different forces. What difference does it make to Merseyside cops if Bolton/Wigan is on same day as United/City?

I dont know, I doubt that they would want all local derbys to happen on Boxing day as Sky cannot show the these games live, The lpool everton derby is usually on TV as is the city united derby so these would be broken up.

 

They are trying to minimise travelling for away fans not give every team the big local derby. If you read the thread it explains in some detail the process of picking the fixtures and like i said they HAND PICK the boxing day fixtures so yes I do know my stuff!

I thought KO was 1400?

 

I will be going with my brother and afew others

It is.

?35? To go to fucking Burnley? It's the only town in Britain that doesn't recognise a ?20 note.

 

Fuck that.

Did we not once play southend on boxing day?

Did we not once play southend on boxing day?

 

Yep, I got the short straw and drove. Noon KO. Drew 1-1. Treated ourselves to the stand that day and sat.

My Escort was back firing all the way there and back - though no fecker else was sober enough to notice!

I dont know, I doubt that they would want all local derbys to happen on Boxing day as Sky cannot show the these games live, The lpool everton derby is usually on TV as is the city united derby so these would be broken up.

 

They are trying to minimise travelling for away fans not give every team the big local derby. If you read the thread it explains in some detail the process of picking the fixtures and like i said they HAND PICK the boxing day fixtures so yes I do know my stuff!

 

You are one of the many people who are slowly ruining this board.

My Escort was back firing all the way there and back

 

 

Is that one of those euphemisms? Lucky you!

As i don't have a season ticket (due to work commitments), i hope they manage to get to general sale with "I've got splinters in my ass .... i've got splinters in my ass" being sung.