Community Shield - Arsenal (N) | Sun 6th Aug - 16:00

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blueparrot said:
Nobody is letting anyone down. Everyone is free to go to whatever games they choose to or to choose not to. As far as I’m concerned nobody has explained why this community shield is different to the last one, or different to going to Athens on a Wednesday night for the UEFA version of the Community shield, why no statement or boycott for that or does that sound like a good trip we don’t want to miss out on.
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You’re spot on that everyone is free to do what they want but I think you’re comparing apples and oranges a bit there. We know that the Community Shield has traditionally been played on a Sunday for nigh on 30 years but to my knowledge we’ve never had to put up with as late as a 5.30pm kick-off in all the times we’ve played in it since 2011 (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong anyone). The kick-off time is the piss-take that has got people’s backs up more than the venue. If it was 3pm or even 4pm then I very much doubt that there would be much talk of a boycott.

As for the Super Cup, well that’s always midweek and always an 8pm kick-off UK time as far as I know. And good trip or not, far more would’ve been planning on going to the CS than the Super Cup so the stupidly unnecessary kick-off time of the CS affects far more fans.

Personally, I wasn’t planning on going to either anyway. I’m balls deep in costs following Wembley and Istanbul and with a busy summer of Ashes cricket and a couple of gigs to pay for rather than a summer of downtime, coupled with 2 away games at Burnley and Sheff Utd in the first few weeks of the season that I’m intending to go to, it’s not a boycott on my part. However, I’ll happily donate the cost of my match ticket to the MCFC Foodbanks.
 
franksinatra said:
But then we probably should have boycotted the Champs lge final then based on our relationship with UEFA, the fully expected debacle surrounding travel and choice of venue. Lets face it a lot, including me, cannot be bothered going to this. Its a comvenient boycott for a game many cannot be bothered with. If others want to go and enjoy the experience, good on them.
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This, or if you want to boycott a game at least boycott the the game UEFA are organising which means another long expensive trip for a game as meaningless as the community shield, but this time late on a Wednesday night.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
We took a huge following to Barca for that and it remains one of my top three European away trips. Who could forget Richard Dunne collecting his only trophy in front of a gutted Zlatan and Messi! Actually their fans were genuinely upset because they hold this fixture in high respect. The attendance was more than 96,000!
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It was a one off to a magnificent Mediterranean city not a piss take to a norff laaandaaan shit hole

No comparison !!
 
M18CTID said:
You’re spot on that everyone is free to do what they want but I think you’re comparing apples and oranges a bit there. We know that the Community Shield has traditionally been played on a Sunday for nigh on 30 years but to my knowledge we’ve never had to put up with as late as a 5.30pm kick-off in all the times we’ve played in it since 2011 (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong anyone). The kick-off time is the piss-take that has got people’s backs up more than the venue. If it was 3pm or even 4pm then I very much doubt that there would be much talk of a boycott.

As for the Super Cup, well that’s always midweek and always an 8pm kick-off UK time as far as I know. And good trip or not, far more would’ve been planning on going to the CS than the Super Cup so the stupidly unnecessary kick-off time of the CS affects far more fans.

Personally, I wasn’t planning on going to either anyway. I’m balls deep in costs following Wembley and Istanbul and with a busy summer of Ashes cricket and a couple of gigs to pay for rather than a summer of downtime, coupled with 2 away games at Burnley and Sheff Utd in the first few weeks of the season that I’m intending to go to, it’s not a boycott on my part. However, I’ll happily donate the cost of my match ticket to the MCFC Foodbanks.
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I agree the kick off time is an issue, and we should try and get it moved, if a threat of boycott achieves that ,great. Are you saying though if the kick off is moved then there should be no boycott?
 
blueparrot said:
This, or if you want to boycott a game at least boycott the the game UEFA are organising which means another long expensive trip for a game as meaningless as the community shield, but this time late on a Wednesday night.
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Yes we were totally shafted by UEFA only a week ago. If any match should be boycotted it should be the Super Cup final, but Athens, in the sun is a cracker.
 
This should be a rallying call for all City fans and fans of other clubs, particularly those based in the North,to come together to rebell against the FA and TV companies on their complete disregard for fans on a number of recurring issues, not just the CS.

Unless there is a national,concerted pushback and boycott of all the authorities by all clubs fans, their arrogance and complete disregard for ALL fans will continue unabated.

Let's list all the FA dismeanours against ALL clubs as a rallying point for all to get behind.

This is a hill worth battling for !!
 
blueparrot said:
I agree the kick off time is an issue, and we should try and get it moved, if a threat of boycott achieves that ,great. Are you saying though if the kick off is moved then there should be no boycott?
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I doubt the time will be changed. It’s the MotoGP British Grand Prix that day which is an event that ITV also has the rights to. I know the FA Cup final was moved which led to The Derby also getting a new time but that was down to police directives more than anything else. I doubt the Community Shield has the international pull to take preference over a motorsport event that’s broadcast to multiple countries.
If I’m right, I can’t think of a logical reason why the Community Shield isn’t being played on the Saturday. The MotoGP qualifying is usually on ITV4 rather than the main channel so there wouldn’t have been any issues with TV schedules that I can think of.
 
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