FA Cup R3 - Port Vale (H) - Sat 04/01 - 5:31pm

[JGL07]

I am getting seriously pissed off at the number of Saturday teatime kick-offs. United and Leicester at 17:30. Sheffield United at 18:00, Everton and Port Vale at 17:30 .

We travel from Edinburgh and a teatime kick-off entails an overnight hotel stay. We already decided to give Sheffield United a miss and put the seats on the Ticket Exchange.

As it happens, the Port Vale match will not make any difference as we were staying overnight in Manchester anyway. This is only because we are flying out to Cairo from Heathrow on Sunday.

I just don’t understand the logic of this move. It may improve things for overseas TV users in North America but makes things worse for those in the Middle East and next to impossible for those in India and the Far East.

 

[cleavers]

I just don’t understand the logic of this move. It may improve things for overseas TV users in North America but makes things worse for those in the Middle East and next to impossible for those in India and the Far East.

Its also probably of little interest to most of the world anyway, if City can't beat Port Vale then it would be a serious fuck up (no offence to Port Vale).

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Will be for them lazy twats in america I bet who cannot be arsed getting up as early as 4am ;-)

As it should be ;)

 

[chaddblue]

Appreciate it will be shit for a lot of people but I do like a 5:30 ko on a saturday

 

[mikemcfc]

They just dont care about the fans .kick of time will put people of from going but the powers to be dont care

'The powers to be' read on here that everyone was happy and that the ground was probably going to be full so they moved the match to fowl things up hoping less folks will go to lessen the revenue so we have less to offset FFP.

 

[mikemcfc]

I know.

Fancy putting the cup holders on tv in their first match of their fa cup campaign.

Scandalous.

Never thought of that, but dead on indeed. An absolute disgrace to not have us on TV.

 

[dickie davies]

I'd invited a work colleague from Glasgow and his 7 year old lad who is City mad, but the late KO has put an end to that

 

[City_Sean]

I am getting seriously pissed off at the number of Saturday teatime kick-offs. United and Leicester at 17:30. Sheffield United at 18:00, Everton and Port Vale at 17:30 .

We travel from Edinburgh and a teatime kick-off entails an overnight hotel stay. We already decided to give Sheffield United a miss and put the seats on the Ticket Exchange.

As it happens, the Port Vale match will not make any difference as we were staying overnight in Manchester anyway. This is only because we are flying out to Cairo from Heathrow on Sunday.

I just don’t understand the logic of this move. It may improve things for overseas TV users in North America but makes things worse for those in the Middle East and next to impossible for those in India and the Far East.

I absolutely love the late kickoffs because you get more time in the pub. Each to their own I guess.

 

[dickie davies]

I absolutely love the late kickoffs because you get more time in the pub. Each to their own I guess.

Maybe you do, however this kick off time will probably take 10,000 or more off the attendance
It's a stupid decision

 

[Whoppa722002]

Its also probably of little interest to most of the world anyway, if City can't beat Port Vale then it would be a serious fuck up (no offence to Port Vale).

None taken.