Has to be sensible surely given energy price rises. The old 3pm on a Saturday match time being the norm went years ago.Just heard on the radio that (I think it said Macclesfield) have changed a kick off time to 1pm as a trial with a view to doing it regularly to save on powering the floodlights.
Wonder if it will catch on and will the authorities sanction it? Unlikely to affect the premiership
Has to be sensible surely given energy price rises. The old 3pm on a Saturday match time being the norm went years ago.
Sounds like a great idea.Just heard on the radio that (I think it said Macclesfield) have changed a kick off time to 1pm as a trial with a view to doing it regularly to save on powering the floodlights.
Wonder if it will catch on and will the authorities sanction it? Unlikely to affect the premiership
Just spent an idle five minutes on Wikipedia reading about the various factories acts.3pm Kos shark back to early victorian workers rights.....the factory act meant workers could not be made to work all of Saturday and were allowed to finish at 2pm.
If it wasnt for the act, many clubs including singers FC would never have even been formed.
Hate it.
Football is kept going by fans travelling all over the country home and away. Make it so that fans have to get up before they've gone to bed to attend games and many will give up. It'll have an effect on attendances, interest and eventually devalue the product.
Occasional games is fine but as a standard I don't like it at all.
I probably have a longer journey than most on here to home games, and am not a major fan of getting up early on Saturday mornings but i wouldn't have a problem with a 1pm start.That would have to be weighed against loss of income from reduced gates. We can all tolerate the odd early kick off, but should it become the norm away days would become far less attractive and followings would suffer. Not only that, those who work Saturday mornings and those who play Saturday morning football would find it hard to make games.
What an utter embarrassment of a country. The "dark days of the 70s" are effectively back after 40 years of neoliberalism
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What an utter embarrassment of a country. The "dark days of the 70s" are effectively back after 40 years of neoliberalism
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In what objective measure?If you think it's bad in England I suggest you don't visit or relocate to Germany, France, Denmark,Poland or any of the the Scandanavian or Benilux region.
We are in good shape compared to them.
This was around in the so called ‘winter of discontent’1974. Mainly due to power cuts but there were some early kick-offs.Just heard on the radio that (I think it said Macclesfield) have changed a kick off time to 1pm as a trial with a view to doing it regularly to save on powering the floodlights.
Wonder if it will catch on and will the authorities sanction it? Unlikely to affect the premiership
some Interesting figures in Europe. Both petrol and gas are taxed/subsidised differently. Germany is not averse to Nationalisation of failing businesses.If you think it's bad in England I suggest you don't visit or relocate to Germany, France, Denmark,Poland or any of the the Scandanavian or Benilux region.
We are in good shape compared to them.
If you think it's bad in England I suggest you don't visit or relocate to Germany, France, Denmark,Poland or any of the the Scandanavian or Benilux region.
We are in good shape compared to them.
They would just change the rules (not laws as far as I know).If it was earlier, would that get around the streaming laws that stop Saturday games at the moment as well? I’m sure it’s something like 2-6.
Would surely decimate away attendances.
Been to lots of those recently, what exactly should I have noticed that was so bad? They all seemed OK.
Read that that there was due to be discussion at the EFLs last AGM to permanently scrap the 3pm blackout rule to allow all matches to be shown on ifollow. Can't find any reports on what conclusion, if any, they came to but it will happen at some point.They would just change the rules (not laws as far as I know).
Earlier kick offs might reduce the number of pissed up/ coked up twats and make the match day experience more family friendly.
The topic being discussed is the price of energy, so his comment was specifically in relation to that. Unless you pay for the supply of domestic gas and electricity in Germany then of course you wouldn't notice anything, I'm not getting your point?
If you genuinely think the same cost of living pressures don't exist in the rest of Europe then that is proper head in the sand stuff. There have been mass protests in many European countries in response to rising energy prices, some of which have turned violent. The fact they are not covered in the media is hardly a surprise. Somebody farts in the US and it is news, thousands protest in the streets of Leipzig and nobody here knows or gives a shit.
The topic being discussed is the price of energy, so his comment was specifically in relation to that. Unless you pay for the supply of domestic gas and electricity in Germany then of course you wouldn't notice anything, I'm not getting your point?
If you genuinely think the same cost of living pressures don't exist in the rest of Europe then that is proper head in the sand stuff. There have been mass protests in many European countries in response to rising energy prices, some of which have turned violent. The fact they are not covered in the media is hardly a surprise. Somebody farts in the US and it is news, thousands protest in the streets of Leipzig and nobody here knows or gives a shit.
Both France & now Germany have nationalised energy providers, as the market for energy is damaging their domestic economy. In the UK we are borrowing £100 billion to subsidise the energy companies, which will inevitably boost their profits, to try and prevent more damage to our economy.We have the highest electricity costs in Europe but only 3rd highest in gas costs. Yay for us.
Yeah they do, my Dutch in-laws are having a tough time, but not as bad as us and they have the option to add solar and get paid the going rate so are doing that because it’s a no brainier. But their general standard of living is already higher than ours.
We have the highest electricity costs in Europe but only 3rd highest in gas costs. Yay for us.
That's just anecdotal. I lived in the EU and have friends that are scrambling to get home because they cannot afford to live and the Government does nothing for them. That's also anecdotal, the point being that people are suffering everywhere.
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