[Albion] Which evening kick off time is BEST?

Guinness Boy

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• Yesterday at 12:13 AM

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Do you prefer a later start time for midweek home games? More beer and/or easier for work but home later with fewer connections.

Or more of a squeeze getting over but 30 mins leeway for home connections (or more time drinking in the concourse after)?

Or somewhere in the middle?

 

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• Yesterday at 12:16 AM

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Earlier the better.
Its an effing long way back to Faversham. FFS.

 

Weststander

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• Yesterday at 12:16 AM

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7:30
Didn’t feel in a rush post match to head home, more time to chill at home before sleep time.

 

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• Yesterday at 12:18 AM

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For me it's 1:30 p.m., 1:45 p.m. or 2:00 p.m Not much difference and with my schedule it's hit or miss.

 

LamieRobertson

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• Yesterday at 12:18 AM

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Weststander said:

7:30
Didn’t feel in a rush post match to head home, more time to chill at home before sleep time.

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Zeberdi

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• Yesterday at 12:33 AM

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Would rather it were 7.30pm if only for the fact the stadium was half empty by 85 minutes - even more people have to leave early when it’s a later ko which isn’t a good look.

Personally though, now I stay over in Brighton after home games to avoid travelling back to stay in London with family after the evening matches, not at all bothered what time they start - had a nice leisurely beer until well past 10pm in the 1901 before strolling down to the station after the crowds had mostly gone.

 

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• Yesterday at 12:34 AM

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Friday

 

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• Yesterday at 12:53 AM

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Might have been 815pm - which is the other KO option in this Gameweek. Cos all the games are on TV - although not sure why it’s not 545pm and 745pm as per Europe.

 

Beanstalk

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• Yesterday at 1:22 AM

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7:30 for me. Got back to West Hampstead before midnight and the trains back from Falmer weren’t even very frequent tonight.

8pm kick off normally means I’m often not back until 1:30/2am thanks to the infrequency of later trains.

 

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tomfitz12

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• Yesterday at 1:28 AM

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Early 100%. Knock off work early and a few beers. Then the game finishes and still plenty of time before last train. Can’t get any better

 

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• Yesterday at 2:49 AM

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

Earlier the better.
Its an effing long way back to Faversham. FFS.

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I’ve just got home if it makes you feel better!

 

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lasvegan

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• Yesterday at 2:51 AM

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Judging by the East Stand at the final whistle…

 

HangletonGull

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• Yesterday at 6:21 AM

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Doesn’t really effect but last night I took a mate with me you at the best of times is a bad time keeper (really annoys me as have asparagus an ocd over time) but was running late for a 7.30 but had time after so I would just pick 7.30 as I got back closing time in my local

 

Man of Harveys

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• Yesterday at 6:55 AM

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7.30…when there aren’t builders traffic lights in Hollingbury so I get there late

 

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• Yesterday at 7:08 AM

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Don’t really care, possibly slight preference for the earlier slot.

 

Norman Potting

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• Yesterday at 7:35 AM

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

Earlier the better.
Its an effing long way back to Faversham. FFS.

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Respect - pig of a journey I suspect but you do it.

 

Bozza

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• Yesterday at 7:42 AM

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I've got what I now believe to be flu so I was watching from home.

As such, I'm going for 7:30 as it meant I could be tucked up in bed (sweating like a pig) well before 10pm.

 

North of Robertsbridge

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• Yesterday at 7:53 AM

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I always found it a bit odd that most evening games in France are at 9pm and in Spain many start at 10pm. 7:30 start for me, given a choice

 

Thunder Bolt

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• Yesterday at 7:58 AM

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Bozza said:

I've got what I now believe to be flu so I was watching from home.

As such, I'm going for 7:30 as it meant I could be tucked up in bed (sweating like a pig) well before 10pm.

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Get well soon.

 

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• Yesterday at 8:09 AM

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North of Robertsbridge said:

I always found it a bit odd that most evening games in France are at 9pm and in Spain many start at 10pm. 7:30 start for me, given a choice

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In warm countries where it is difficult to be productive in the middle of the day, long evenings are deeply ingrained in culture even during colder seasons.