Newcastle wanted game moved.

[Official Old Man]

Newcastle didn't want the away BHA game to be played on the 28th Feb, complaining that their fans have to now make three away trips in a row.
But Newcastle say Brighton refused to move the game!
https://www.nufc.co.uk/matches/first-team/2016/brighton-and-hove-albion-v-newcastle-united-1
Incidentally, all 2700 tickets sold within an hour.

 

[Insel affe]

Newcastle didn't want the away BHA game to be played on the 28th Feb, complaining that their fans have to now make three away trips in a row.
But Newcastle say Brighton refused to move the game!
https://www.nufc.co.uk/matches/first-team/2016/brighton-and-hove-albion-v-newcastle-united-1
Incidentally, all 2700 tickets sold within an hour.

Old news, and anyway why should we help them out stuff em

 

[OzMike]

Newcastle didn't want the away BHA game to be played on the 28th Feb, complaining that their fans have to now make three away trips in a row.
But Newcastle say Brighton refused to move the game!
https://www.nufc.co.uk/matches/first-team/2016/brighton-and-hove-albion-v-newcastle-united-1
Incidentally, all 2700 tickets sold within an hour.

Good plan, hoping for a poor away turnout I expect.
Look's like that's not gone to plan.

 

[Springal]

Always helps having our CEO on the board of the football league too no doubt ....

 

[sparkie]

Wasn't it the football league who wanted the fixture played at the first available date to comply with their fixture rearrangement guidelines ?

 

[glasfryn]

I'll get the violin out shall I

 

[studio150]

Old News plus Sky (as well as us) wanted game tomorrow rather than later on

 

[AmexRuislip]

I'll get the violin out shall I

Playing that old toon again

 

[Bozza]

Wasn't it the football league who wanted the fixture played at the first available date to comply with their fixture rearrangement guidelines ?

Not specifically, no, but the rule book states:

"28.1 In the event of any League Match not being played owing to Football Association Cup Matches, weather or other causes over which neither Club has any control or being ordered to be replayed it shall be played on a date to be mutually arranged, but at the earliest reasonable opportunity..."

By all accounts the League rule book also says that a club will not play three consecutive away fixtures, other than in exceptional circumstances, but I can't find that currently.

Anyway, they can try and blame us all they want, but ultimately the EFL make the decision:

"26.2 Any dispute between two or more Clubs as to the arrangement of League Matches shall be referred to and decided by The League, and The League shall have absolute discretion in that respect. All re-arrangements of League Matches must be submitted to and approved by The League."

 

[Official Old Man]

May be old news, but I've 30 hours to waste and read all the new posts.
New finger nails please.

 

[Notters]

I'll get the violin out shall I

 

[BensGrandad]

Not specifically, no, but the rule book states:

"28.1 In the event of any League Match not being played owing to Football Association Cup Matches, weather or other causes over which neither Club has any control or being ordered to be replayed it shall be played on a date to be mutually arranged, but at the earliest reasonable opportunity

By all accounts the League rule book also says that a club will not play three consecutive away fixtures, other than in exceptional circumstances, but I can't find that currently.

Anyway, they can try and blame us all they want, the EFL decide:

"26.2 Any dispute between two or more Clubs as to the arrangement of League Matches shall be referred to and decided by The League, and The League shall have absolute discretion in that respect. All re-arrangements of League Matches must be submitted to and approved by The League."

Couldnt they have argued that this wasnt the earliest reasonable opportunity or perhaps they did the FL over ruled thep

 

[Giraffe]

Couldnt they have argued that this wasnt the earliest reasonable[Bopportunity or perhaps they did the FL over ruled them

They were arguing for a later match I understand saying it could be the title decider. Typical arrogance.

 

[sparkie]

Couldnt they have argued that this wasnt the earliest reasonable[Bopportunity or perhaps they did the FL over ruled them

'Reasonable' is surely more about playing twice in a midweek ie Tuesday then Thursday. I can't see it as being about not fancying a particular week to play.

 

[Bozza]

Couldnt they have argued that this wasnt the earliest reasonable opportunity or perhaps they did the FL over ruled thep

They certainly didn't want to play any earlier.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Not specifically, no, but the rule book states:

"28.1 In the event of any League Match not being played owing to Football Association Cup Matches, weather or other causes over which neither Club has any control or being ordered to be replayed it shall be played on a date to be mutually arranged, but at the earliest reasonable opportunity..."

By all accounts the League rule book also says that a club will not play three consecutive away fixtures, other than in exceptional circumstances, but I can't find that currently.

Anyway, they can try and blame us all they want, but ultimately the EFL make the decision:

"26.2 Any dispute between two or more Clubs as to the arrangement of League Matches shall be referred to and decided by The League, and The League shall have absolute discretion in that respect. All re-arrangements of League Matches must be submitted to and approved by The League."

If football boot was on other foot, as so to speak, and Albion complained, wouldn't all insundrie complain that we were having preferential treatment?
I'm damn sure the massive would complain, given that's all they do these days.

 

[Box of Frogs]

Newcastle didn't want the away BHA game to be played on the 28th Feb, complaining that their fans have to now make three away trips in a row.
But Newcastle say Brighton refused to move the game!
https://www.nufc.co.uk/matches/first-team/2016/brighton-and-hove-albion-v-newcastle-united-1
Incidentally, all 2700 tickets sold within an hour.

I don't think it was anything to do with their fans, it was that they didn't want to play us, Huddersfield and Reading away in consecutive matches in the space of a week.

 

[Albumen]

**** em, if they wanted fewer games they should have stayed in the premier league.

 

[1892]

I'm glad it's tomorrow tbh, get the next three away games out of the way and then we will have a better chance of knowing where we are at even if we do poor in these games. Couldn't think of anything more nerve wracking than having to visit the Amex in late March or April knowing that it's win or bust. It's a huge game but could have been even bigger for us.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

They only have to travel from London don't they?