Was it fixed?

[chucky1973]

That we play Doncaster at home (last game at the Goldstone) and then Gillingham (temp home) and then Portsmouth (who we could of shared with) in our first three games?

Basically just bored this Saturday as Cricket has been cancelled........nothing what so ever to do....but drink beer and watch he horses

 

[Brighton M]

Doncaster - yes
Gillingham - no
Portsmouth - no

 

[clippedgull]

Doncaster 100%

 

[BlueSeagull]

Doncaster yes probably, the others no. But to be honest, does it matter? I think it's the best fixture for the 1st match really, and I would have asked for it if I had the choice.

 

[Fef]

Brighton & Donny asked for the fixture.
Brighton also asked for a home fixture for the first game.
Sometimes if you ask, you get!

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

Donny is a 100% fix, i even remember it being alluded to many months ago from someone (sponsors dinner but i may be wrong).

 

[GT49er]

So what if the Donny match was fixed - at least it shows somebody somewhere has a heart!

 

[Rich Suvner]

So what if the Donny match was fixed - at least it shows somebody somewhere has a heart!

funny isn't it, how when we REALLY needed the FA/FL, we got jack shit.

but now we get to pick our opening fixtures!

glad they went with this though. adds meaning to the occassion without taking it away, such as petty rivalry (and frankly all rivalry is petty compared to the significance of this occassion)

 

[Turkey]

I dunno if it was fixed but we asked for a home game and they asked for an away game on the opening day so that certainly increased the chances of it happening.

 

[Scotty Mac]

I dunno if it was fixed but we asked for a home game and they asked for an away game on the opening day so that certainly increased the chances of it happening.

this, coupled with the fact that the police wanted a fixture that would be easy to do so they could get everything working properly. this obviously ruled out any teams from the midlands downwards and those with a history of trouble, which basically left one of doncaster, barnsley, boro, blackpool or hull

 

[newhaven seagull 85]

yes just like all fixtures are fixed to suit the needs of sky/bbc/itv.

 

[Paddy B]

100% fixed but no one will ever admit it

 

[blue2]

glad it was

 

[Diar]

Must admit, when I saw the fixtures I just had to smile... how unbelievable is that?
Great weekend away for us. "We're just a pub team and we're havin' a laff!"
Doncasterlona for your first game... it just dont come any better!

 

[ants4t]

According to an article on the BBC website, the fixture computer has a lot of human interaction and intervention. It can't be "fixed" as there isn't a fixed random selection.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Clearly.

 

[Robdinho]

100% fixed but no one will ever admit it

Eh? The fixtures aren't randomly generated and I don't think anyone pretends that they are. Hence all those requests Albion made that were printed in the Argus the other day. And why the "Big 4" in the prem all play each other on the same weekend.

 

[Braders]

Doncasterlona for your first game...

first time I've heard that , Brilliant

 

[ferring seagull]

Fixed - No : Agreed - Yes

I may be wrong in this but :

Big difference between fixed and a request agreed in this case.

The Football League have 'perhaps' responded to a request from Albion, not done in years, and the FL has agreed under the exceptional circumstances.

This could, on the other hand, have been pure chance but I believe it may have been agreed under exceptional circumstances (nostalgia etc) of a new stadium. Albion were never going to request (if indeed they did) anything controversial as a first fixture, so it is not that much of a big deal for the FL to recognise the sense of a non-controversial fixture and to look kindly on such a request.

I would not find it difficult to believe that the FL would do the same for any other club in a similar situation !

Remember, no-one has 'fixed' the result !

 

[Frutos]

I suspect there's a point towards the end of a season/over the summer where all clubs are invited to make any specific fixture requests for the following season, along with the justification for said requests, and the FA/FL will try to accomodate them where possible and where it's not to anyone's advantage or disadvantage. I think we asked for this and have been given it simply because there is no logical reason for us not have been.

We have to play everyone at some point, it does no-one any harm that we're playing Donny first and it gives us the chance to complete our journey in the most appropriate manner possible - everyone's a winner (including us on the day itself, I hope).