I believe the game is re-scheduled for Wednesday 12th March, and there is some suggestion the Leek game on Saturday 19th January has an earlier kick off time.
Gateshead is Wednesday 12th March.
Leek is now a 12.45pm ko on 19.01.07 to accommodate the NPL TV.
GE
I’ve heard it all now!
Its bad enough Sky messing around with schedules but NPLTV? come on.
Apparently the FC united vs Curzon on the 29th Dec has been re sheduled for NPLTV and the FC united fans are talking of boycotting the game as this si one of the reasons they broke away from Man u because of sky moving fixtures.
What a joke. This is Unibond Prem, Saturday 3pm kick-offs.
Yeah but think of the £75,000 match fee and Andy Gray sat on top of the scaffold gantry over the stand!!!
Leek on the 19th Jan. Not too bad if it IS only a one-off - sraight to the pub afterwards to watch Utd or Lpool or maybe Spurs ?
A little fustrating given I had invited (al be it not agreed to attend yet) 2 junior teams who due to their age groups will be playing on Saturday mornings and at this kick off time will make them unable to attend and come on a tour etc.
given our current high levbel of junior support at league games I hope that doesn’t put any off.
However why does NPLTV hve to kick off at that time I can’t exactly see it being on police advice, for travelling fans or to fill the pubs??? I trust we are getting paid something extra for this?
FIFA state that no televised football can take place with a 3pm ko so we’ve been instructed to ko at 12.45pm. Not ideal for anyone but we have to go with it. The payment is £400.
GE
Fifa my a***, what do you expect from an organisation with a bloke like Sepp Blatter in charge. Reality is he will have never heard of Witton Albion and it is a classic case of one rule trying to fit all!!!
That said an extra £400 is like having an extra 40 odd people on the gate, it all helps!!!
Penny Black for 9am then!!!
What’s wrong with kicking off at 2.45 then?!
I think you can probably answer this one yourself - the game will have to be over by 3pm!
Well let’s kickoff at 5pm then!!! More time in the pub!!
Should you not be decorating/packing?!
I wonder if they would have made the same statement if they had been playing at home!
That’s what i was thinking!! But i presume that they would of. Like they say, moving games from Saturday 3pm kickoffs was one of the reasons for the breakaway, so i guess that they should be appluaded for their morals.
That gives me about 20 minutes to shoot down the M6 to watch West Brom play Cardiff City
now if they move that one to 5:15 I will be a happy chappy
The £400 is at least some "compensation" for the change in kick off and fair enough. I just like to see us benefitting if we are moving etc.
At least we’ve not got anywhere to travel to!