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Stoke on a Sunday

Can anyone explain why we have to play Stoke on a Sunday when it's not on TV? Police say it's for operational reasons ? like more ovies?

We know have hardly any games at 3pm on a Saturday, call me old fashioned but isn't that when games are supposed to take place? Jumpers for goal posts.....

Still we should spank them whatever time we have to kick off.
Ian Stewart, Wakefield Posted 10/02/2009 at 22:38:12

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Dave Pilkington
1 Posted 11/02/2009 at 14:58:41

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I can assure you Ian, Police very rarely get overtime to cover Football matches.
fucked around with rosters but certainly no overtime!
COYB

David Smith
2 Posted 11/02/2009 at 15:45:34

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Fucking bunch of fuckwits ? I had my flights and hotel booked, not sure what to do now. Fuckers!

Alan McGuffog
3 Posted 11/02/2009 at 16:05:44

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Talking of Stoke, during the early sixties, I seem to remember that when Stoke visited Goodison and, indeed Anfield, the kick off was always 3.15 p.m. This was in the days when a Saturday, 3 p.m, kick off was sacrosanct. Can any other aul ?arse confirm and / or indeed explain this or should I just be taking more water with it?

Gareth Lewis
4 Posted 11/02/2009 at 17:23:32

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Apparently there’s a BNP demonstration in town on the Saturday.

Why they don’t have to switch to Sunday is beyond me?

Chris Jones
5 Posted 11/02/2009 at 17:48:47

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BNP?? What a joke...

Can anyone confirm that we are on the box against:

Newcastle
West Brom
Blackburn
Portsmouth
Wigan

Justin Widdop
6 Posted 11/02/2009 at 19:23:46

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It’s a joke!

I have a season ticket and was all set for the Saturday but cannot make it on the Sunday.

ONE BIG JOKEQ!!!

Mike Kennedy
7 Posted 11/02/2009 at 20:41:42

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Stoke have a big reputation for trouble and supposedly like to go toe to toe with anyone. When we played them in the Cup a few years ago, there was massive trouble. May be the police feel they can better resource and manage the game on a Sunday. Only a theory...

Karl Masters
8 Posted 11/02/2009 at 21:24:45

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The Wigan game is not on TV, but like the Derby County game last season has been switched to a Sunday because of the Grand National.

It seems any old reason is now acceptable. Outrageous when, as people on here have said, you paid for a season ticket expecting more than 3 games a season to be played at 3pm on a Saturday. It?s not as if the Brainless Numpty Party have to pay to demonstrate is it?

Would have to go a long way though to beat our game at Nottingham Forest in Octner 1990 that was moved to a Sunday to accommodate Nottingham?s Goose Fair!