Most liked posts in thread: 1 pm kick off times, November to March

I do wonder how many extra games would be postponed during this period compared to previous years.

Given we are in the colder months, a lot of games will be subject to pitch inspections due to the frost etc. For a 1pm kick off any inspection would have to take place at 10am when all the frost will still be in the ground. A 3pn kick off gives you an extra 2 or 3 hours of potentially warmer weather to get the game playable

 

Well I feel sorry for the fans if it does.

What are Bradford City going to do next change everyone’s working hours from 9-5 to 7-3?

It’s things like this that lets football down. 14k plus brought season tickets with 3pm kick off times, some people live more than 20 miles away, some people work on a Saturday morning etc. They is no consideration to them people.

The reason I would vote NO is because like the rest of the country and most industries football should be sucking up the bills. Blame the government, blame Russia, blame whoever but we should be all in it together.

Next season if the EFL and PL want to move kick off times then fine but now should be a no.

If Bradford City do it then they don’t appreciate then 17k that go in my opinion.

 

No thanks, season tickets were sold for 3 a clock kick off, in winter the flood lights will be on any way at that time.

 

Definitely not for me, for various reasons. Stick to 3pm KO's

Also seems ridiculous that they are considering this for Saturdays (17k fans in ground) yet are fine with playing the mickey mouse pub trophy on a midweek evening in front of a vastly reduced audience. Something doesn't add up (literally)

 

That ones put to bed then.

 

I’m all for it but is it really fair on the poor sods who signed up to buy season tickets who thought every game would be a 3pm start ?????

If this is the way forward then I think that it shouldn’t come into play until next season just to be fair to everyone

 

Personally I don’t care re kick off time on Saturday, but I can see how it can severely affect others. I was in the same boat years ago. In solidarity, I voted NO!

 

Common sense prevails thankfully. Earlier KO’s alienate much more of the fan base than the clowns in charge of the EFL initially thought. Hopefully the subject doesn’t resurface anytime soon

 

When Adams was in charge would have been happy with no lights at all. Oh and 7pm kick offs

 

Some people just dont get that to buy the ground back we would need a loan at commercial rates, which will soon be over 10%. It's not realistic or right to expect Stephan to buy it back with his own money, we are a Ltd Company and shareholders of such arent expected to buy assets for the company.

The more interest rates go up, the more cost effective renting becomes.

 

Obviously I don’t go to games, so me voting no is for purely selfish reasons. We’ve got a +2 time difference over here. That means on Saturday I can commit to any of my wife or kids wishes during the day, and still get to watch the match in the evening. My family are conditioned to the fact that we’re all home (or at least I am) by 5pm. Kicking off at 1pm, 3pm my time, is going to deny my family from spending time with me!

On a serious note, I agree with a lot of the others. Surely the floodlights will need to be on at some stage anyway? Also think plenty of pubs and cafes will miss out. People will be brunching before the game at home. Maybe go out afterwards, but 3pm boozing is that weird limbo time when it’s too early to stay out all night. Feel sorry for those travelling distances to get to the game too.

Personally I don’t think it’ll happen. Lots of stuff behind the scenes too - staff and police will all have to agree to the changes.

 

We could always turnoff the hand dryers. That should help

 

I think I would also be questioning why clubs are being vague.

If clubs came out to fans and said "we want to do this because it saves X amount of pounds" then fine but not one club has put any actual guesstimate figures into the equation, never mind anything closer to the real figure. This is despite clubs carrying out surveys to decide if fans would accommodate the changes?

If the clubs seriously want fans to help then at least do the studies properly, release the appropriate information and make the surveys worthwhile.

It really has been poor from EFL clubs imo.

 

The wording on the questionnaire kind of tells me that they are planning on doing it if both teams agree. Sure, if there was a majority against it they might not bother but I can imagine this decision is probably already made, or near enough.