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First home league game - August 6th or 13th?
- Thread starter rauper
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Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
6th I beleive.
Hove Seagull
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How rude to get married on a Saturday in the football season.
mcshane in the 79th
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- Nov 4, 2005
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It's all but certain now that it'll be Friday 5th August, 7:45pm Kick Off
Please be true! That would be awesome.
Tricky Dicky
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Didn't they move pride specifically. Not sure if that was at our request, but I would assume, if they were asked to move it, it would be because someone knew for sure that the first game was the w/e of the 6th. Everyone would look pretty stupid, if, Pride was moved to the 13th and that turned out to be our first home game. Maybe the police agreed with the FA & the Club so both events could get adequate policing.
Return of the Rev
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Does anybody know what the date of the first home league game will likely to be at the Amex?
And if not, what date it will be announced?
I just got invited to a friend's wedding on Saturday August 13th, "kick off" 1:45pm...!
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Yes, they did move Pride specifically for this historic first game. And the club has politely nudged the FL asking them to ensure we are at home on the first day of next season.
Not an issue. Blackpool were allowed to swerve their first couple of home games while they got the final touches to their ground snorted, so the fixtures ARE quite flexible where needed.
- Jul 7, 2003
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I believe the police request has also gone in for the game to be that weekend too. It can't be the following week due to Pride, as has been said, and we're not going to get two away games in a row at the start of the season, so put it in the diaries (as if it wasn't already).
I would be quite surprised if the Albion consented to a Friday night kick off for the first game, no matter how much TV money might be on offer. I'd have thought that, logistically, while everyone is still finding their way around and working out their routine, they would want it on the Saturday, or at the very worst the Sunday, not a Friday night with people rushing around after work (and the rush hour on the roads/trains).
I would be quite surprised if the Albion consented to a Friday night kick off for the first game, no matter how much TV money might be on offer. I'd have thought that, logistically, while everyone is still finding their way around and working out their routine, they would want it on the Saturday, or at the very worst the Sunday, not a Friday night with people rushing around after work (and the rush hour on the roads/trains).