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Fixture Changes

Strummer

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
Omar Devone Little said:
I went and watched Unterhaching a few years ago in the 3rd tier and they probably had a similar gate to a League One side.
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SpVgg Unterhaching, currently in the 3. Liga, have a capacity of just over 15k, and while they often suffer as their suburban München status means they potentially lose fans to Bayern, they are well supported.

Over half the the capacity of the Sportpark Unterhaching is „standing“ terraces, and these are generally very well populated (a colleague of mine is a fan of Die Haching, she is from Unterhaching originally).

A proper decent old club, one who has graced the Bundesliga in seasons past.
 
Eddie Yates

Eddie Yates

Steve Chettle
Strummer said:
Mate.

Schalke 04, in the second-tier, have 160.000 members. And consistently sell out the 62.000-seater Veltins Arena. In the second-tier. Hamburger SV (remember them?) who’ve rotted in the Second tier for five seasons now, are similar.

FC St. Pauli, the hipsters‘ favourite, sell out the 29,5k Millerntor-Stadion every other week (and could sell considerably more).

Many 2. BuLi clubs get the sort of crowds English teams could only dream of (go also look up 1. FC Nürnberg or 1. FC Kaiserslautern, for two examples)

Crowds in the 3. Liga are also decent.

Hell, my local „lower-tier“ club, SC Stammheim, who compete in the Bezirksliga (which is the eighth-tier of German football) get decent crowds on a Sunday.
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Yeah Strum ya can nit pick a couple of historically big clubs that have fallen on hard times such as Hamburg & Schalke that have maintained decent support but let's be right you Germans can't support 92 professional league clubs like we do here in the great nation of England

& you lot only play about 12 games a season
 
C

Cloughie1975

John Robertson
Strummer said:
SpVgg Unterhaching, currently in the 3. Liga, have a capacity of just over 15k, and while they often suffer as their suburban München status means they potentially lose fans to Bayern, they are well supported.

Over half the the capacity of the Sportpark Unterhaching is „standing“ terraces, and these are generally very well populated (a colleague of mine is a fan of Die Haching, she is from Unterhaching originally).

A proper decent old club, one who has graced the Bundesliga in seasons past.
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Setting aside the Germany v England debate,I’m sure of 2 things-
The depth,tradition and competitive nature in the English game (way down the leagues) far exceeds that in Germany (Indeed-I believe attendances in the Championship are generally way
higher than those in the German 2nd tier-the well supported clubs you mentioned are probably
having to play at an inferior standard because the German 1st Division only has 18 teams).
Secondly,and more importantly (a point Eddie was making)-the culture of the English football
supporter means that the majority of fans look forward to the festive programme.
It’s generally accepted that the depth in the English club game far outweighs anything Europe
can offer.
When in Rome….
 
R

Red Dog in a Forest

Viv Anderson
Flaggers said:
More fixture bollocksing-about-of.
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That’s a lot of watching the games live (on Optus) out the window:

* Everton - 4:30am KO (too early - I’m old)
* Fulham - 6:30am KO (off to see Souls of Mischief that night - falling asleep at a gig)
* Spurs - 7am KO (even the missus will watch this…well…maybe 2nd half)
* Newcastle - 11:30pm (same time as the Inoue v Tapales fight)
* Man U - 4:30am KO (guess I’m staying in for NYE - I’m old)
* Brentford - 4:30am KO (too early - I’m old)

Not the best in Australia then either!!
 
Statto

Statto

Free Kick Specialist
Bazzacoops said:
Moving the spurs game to Friday night means we have to move our night at the Boat Club.......AGAIN.
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Do you need to remember the matches and fire lighters
 
Y

YellowBelly Red

Viv Anderson
I want football at 3pm on Saturdays. That means that I can use public transport to get there and back. (RMT/ASLEF permitting).

Night games means a drive, away games on a Sunday probably mean a drive. It takes the shine off the matchday experience.

I get the appetite for PL football, I get the huge sums that the broadcasters put in but there ought to be a cap on how many games that they are allowed to change per team per season.
 
T

T Francis

Youth Team
Was already resigned to missing the Everton game now I’ll have to add the Spurs game to that ☹️. Just got a ticket for Brighton, will be that last one before Xmas 🤶
 
Captain Sinister

Captain Sinister

Senior doom Monger
Barry said:
Why would you step foot in the place?

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In the days of my youth, the boat club brought the best bands of the day to Trentside every week.
And every week me and my mates would go and have a belting good time.
afterwards many of the musicians would mingle with the punters in the bar.
In its hey-say it was much better than Rock City...
 
trent end loyal

trent end loyal

Viv Anderson
Brit Boat and Union were cracking venues back in the day,Thursday to Sunday nights at one or the other were always packed out…Brit for the teeny boppers,Boat for the headbangers and the Union for us “smoothies”…fun times!
 
Barry

Barry

Where's me hammer?
Captain Sinister said:
In the days of my youth, the boat club brought the best bands of the day to Trentside every week.
And every week me and my mates would go and have a belting good time.
afterwards many of the musicians would mingle with the punters in the bar.
In its hey-say it was much better than Rock City...
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That's great to hear, wonder what point it was they turned into a bunch of cnuts

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Flaggers

Flaggers

May not be the best moderator on LTLF, but he's...
LTLF Minion
FA Cup 3rd Round (you know - 3rd round day, 1st Saturday in January)

Forest v Blackpoo, FGR or Scarborough

Sunday bastard lunchtime, 2pm Jan 7th.

"The match has been selected for live overseas broadcast coverage."

www.nottinghamforest.co.uk

Date confirmed for FA Cup clash

The Official Website of Nottingham Forest Football Club: get the latest news, highlights, fixtures and results, tickets and more.
www.nottinghamforest.co.uk www.nottinghamforest.co.uk
 
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YellowBelly Red

Viv Anderson
Bournemouth away now a 2pm Sunday KO...........weather permitting. Not on TV

Newcastle home is now a 5.30pm KO....and is on TV.
 
A

ARedChester

First Team Squad
YellowBelly Red said:
Bournemouth away now a 2pm Sunday KO...........weather permitting. Not on TV

Newcastle home is now a 5.30pm KO....and is on TV.
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I normally hate date and time changes, but this could work in my favour. I feel a "working weekend" is needed to justify not travelling home for the weekend and then see what ticket I can conjure up ....
 
G

glosterred

First Team Squad
Looks like Sky have left the Liverpool game alone!

Is there still a chance TNT might get this or are we safe to assume 3pm Sat KO as scheduled?
 
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