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Time For The Fans To Fight Back
- Thread starter el punal
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studio150
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Forward thinking would remove most if not all of those lost costs.
Book a hotel where you are able to cancel up to 24 hours before booked date with no deposit.
Travel by car or coach so no need to rebook if moved.
Cancel work holiday ans rearrange for new date.
If you must travel by train purchase out ticket to arrive in time fot 1230 ko so no lost money and then open return.
Its not difficult to avoid lising money. But hey in todays society we are all victims and myst habe compensation for the smallest inconvenience
My train ticket to Preston cost £21. An open return costs three times as much.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
This calls for an ERNEST ARS protest
- Aug 8, 2005
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I think it's a very valid argument but I like many others on this thread happily subscribe to Sky because frankly their coverage is excellent. However I do think they could achieve what they achieve but with better planning for fans.
Too many games are moved to stupid times and days that are completely unfair to away fans in particular. There needs to be a charter drawn up which lays down the rules in a more fan friendly way recognising that some big games have to be shown but for example Leeds fans don't have to travel to Brighton on a Monday night.
More games on a Sunday perhaps? Could you not have 12, 2, 4 and 6? Same on Saturday? Then you wouldn't need a Monday night?
Too many games are moved to stupid times and days that are completely unfair to away fans in particular. There needs to be a charter drawn up which lays down the rules in a more fan friendly way recognising that some big games have to be shown but for example Leeds fans don't have to travel to Brighton on a Monday night.
More games on a Sunday perhaps? Could you not have 12, 2, 4 and 6? Same on Saturday? Then you wouldn't need a Monday night?
portslade seagull
Well-known member
And to think we used to moan about never being on tv
Baaaald
3rd time lucky
Dark ages?
What is wrong with wanting to watch a match on Saturday at 3PM ?
Nothing but people need to get over the fact that we will also have games at other times rather than bleating on about Saturday 3pm. It's boring....
Has preston been changed too?
No not yet, just pointing out how clueless the Paul Barber-licker studio15 is.
el punal
Well-known member
- Thread starter
- #31
Of course we have games at other times, that's not the point. It's when match days/times are changed at relatively short notice after a fan's arrangements have been made - if that applied to you I'm sure that you wouldn't describe it as boring - would you?
So, just bend over to accommodate Sky yeah?
GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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People aren't complaining about it not being 3.00pm Saturday, they're complaining they lose money because Sky does whatever it wants. I agree clubs should re-emburse fans and give the bill to sky.
studio150
Well-known member
If you had read my comments on the train ticket, it was not to buy an open return so your comments in that respect are invalid. If you buy an advance set train single for the outward journey to arrive in time for a 12.30ko you would not lose money if the game was brought forward. Then open return to enable you to either catch an earlier or later train if the kick off time was moved.
Or even better travel by car or coach where the leaving times would be geared to the game time with no lose of money.
With all cheaper set time tickets that is the chance you take, you save money if the time of the game doesn't move but you must be prepared to lose money if it moves. its your decision.
studio150
Well-known member
No just be more intelligent when considering travel arrangements.
If you buy the journey as two singles, outwards advance and returning open that would cost more than an open return
supaseagull
Well-known member
£100k per game oh and I remember people complaining when we were never on telly when we were in L1/l2 and we desperately needed the money aswell
Armchair fan alert
There has always been games at different times, but this is about the inconvenience it causes to proper TICKET BUYING FANS, especially fans that travel, when a game gets moved to Sky at short notice.
Keep up.
It's boring to you? Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry then. Mods, please close this thread down now, and in future only allow discussion which isn't apparently boring to some people.
Especially those who perhaps find any thoughts other than their own boring..............
Baaaald
3rd time lucky
It does happen to me. Has twice this year. Not going to get my knickers in a twist about it as it is just the way it goes. I don't consider six weeks short notice anyway.