Sold out already? (18 Viewers)

[Hutch11]

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[skybluecam]

I know plenty that miss the Saturday 12.30 games because of work.if you can't finish an hour early on the 29th I'd look for another job

Saturday isn’t a working day. Monday is.

Perfectly happy with my job- I’ve literally never heard of a football match kicking of at 6pm on a working day before? It’s ridiculous.

 

[Robinshio]

Saturday isn’t a working day. Monday is.

Perfectly happy with my job- I’ve literally never heard of a football match kicking of at 6pm on a working day before? It’s ridiculous.

miners strike 1974, I think we had a 2.30 pm kick off on a weekday at Man city

 

[Hutch11]

Saturday is a normal working day for loads

 

[Gleneagles65]

Xmas Day games were commonplace back in the day (not sure until when though ? Maybe 1950s) but Cmas wouldn’t have been anywhere near as commercialised then of course. I think they were morning kick offs

We were the last professional club to host a home match on Christmas Day 1959 beating Wrexham at HR. Played them at the Racecourse ground on Boxing Day too and won again.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Saturday isn’t a working day. Monday is.

Perfectly happy with my job- I’ve literally never heard of a football match kicking of at 6pm on a working day before? It’s ridiculous.

People who work Saturdays is a working day, same as people who work sundays. This isn't 1925 lol

 

[chiefdave]

Saturday is a normal working day for loads

'loads' is still very much a minority. The majority of people work Monday to Friday and get public holidays off. Of the people who don't work Monday to Friday a big chunk are people on flexible working or compressed hours (eg Monday to Thursday).

Not sure why people are trying to make out having a game kick off at 6pm on a regular workday is normal. Doing Sky's work for them.

How long before we get, well it was fine that one time we did it so lets have midweek games at 6pm because it works for the tv schedule.

 

[SkyBluePower]

'loads' is still very much a minority. The majority of people work Monday to Friday and get public holidays off. Of the people who don't work Monday to Friday a big chunk are people on flexible working or compressed hours (eg Monday to Thursday).

Not sure why people are trying to make out having a game kick off at 6pm on a regular workday is normal. Doing Sky's work for them.

How long before we get, well it was fine that one time we did it so lets have midweek games at 6pm because it works for the tv schedule.

It’s just fucking greedy of Sky. They have a full slate of 7.45 kickoffs that day plus an 8.15. That includes Derby/Leicester and Blues/Southampton. Gets people locked in from 5.30 until 10 I suppose but even so is a weird time.

 

[Potbellypig]

'loads' is still very much a minority. The majority of people work Monday to Friday and get public holidays off. Of the people who don't work Monday to Friday a big chunk are people on flexible working or compressed hours (eg Monday to Thursday).

Not sure why people are trying to make out having a game kick off at 6pm on a regular workday is normal. Doing Sky's work for them.

How long before we get, well it was fine that one time we did it so lets have midweek games at 6pm because it works for the tv schedule.

The Internet says that around 63% of UK workers work a typical Monday to Friday work week.

 

[chiefdave]

The Internet says that around 63% of UK workers work a typical Monday to Friday work week.

Indeed, which is already a majority. It then goes on to say that the reason that figure is dropping is people working flexible or compressed hours which is still working on 'normal' working days rather than weekends.

Nobody is suggesting that working patterns aren't changing or that more people aren't working weekends. But if the majority work Monday to Friday and the game is on a non-bank holiday it might not be a bad idea to have kick off at a time that enables people to get there after work.

We are literally the only game in the country that kicks off before 7:30pm on a working day between Christmas and New Year, its not the norm despite people wanting to insist it is.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

The Internet says that around 63% of UK workers work a typical Monday to Friday work week.

How many of those will be working on the Monday, if your gaffer can't let you finish an hour early then he's a c*#t . Unless you're a member of the emergency services

 

[alexccfc99]

Doing Sky's work for them.

I genuinely believe Sky pick these kick off times and do things such as having us play Norwich on a Monday night in the hope that match going fans cave in and in the end back scrapping the 3pm Blackout