j b lyons Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Our next home game v Slovenia has a 1945 kick off on a Sunday! I know FIFA have set the kick off times but surely the home association should have an input as to this. Different countries have different football cultures and surely FIFA should take account of this. For some this is not unusual but Saturday and Sunday nights have never been kick off times in Scotland and I dread to think of the crowd for this one. It will be a hard game against a very good team but I think we will struggle to get more than 25,000 in for that particularly if we don't get a result against England. FIFA don't give a s**t about fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86glebestreet Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 51 minutes ago, j b lyons said: Our next home game v Slovenia has a 1945 kick off on a Sunday! I know FIFA have set the kick off times but surely the home association should have an input as to this. Different countries have different football cultures and surely FIFA should take account of this. For some this is not unusual but Saturday and Sunday nights have never been kick off times in Scotland and I dread to think of the crowd for this one. It will be a hard game against a very good team but I think we will struggle to get more than 25,000 in for that particularly if we don't get a result against England. FIFA don't give a s**t about fans Fcukin ridiculous time, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMan Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 It's a disgrace. I for one will be out of this one. This will be the first weekend Scotland match i've missed at Hampden since 1999. Something needs to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ANDYP Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 take Monday off. we only have a handful of games every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 20 minutes ago, 1ANDYP said: take Monday off. we only have a handful of games every year. Only have a handful of holidays too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMan Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 6 hours ago, 1ANDYP said: take Monday off. we only have a handful of games every year. No thanks. Got enough commitments without having to take days off from my work due to Sunday night games. The thought of travelling back up to Aberdeen at 2am on a Monday morning really doesn't do it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham of Montrose Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Totally agree that the timings are pish but I'm in the same camp as Andy. We only have 2 or 3 home games a year and I make sure I can get to them all. Sunday is actually better option because I don't have to take a holiday that day. But for us in the North East (I'm from Aberdeen South, Portlethen) a midweek game is 1 1/2 or 2 days off. It's sometimes easier to get to an away game than home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doric Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) An embarrassing performance at Wembley could be the straw that breaks the camels back for me.. Well for this campaign anyway. Edited October 23, 2016 by Doric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Sunday is better than midweek surely? Excuses coming out early for this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 34 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Sunday is better than midweek surely? Excuses coming out early for this game. During the day certainly is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 5 minutes ago, deecie said: During the day certainly is. Evening is still better too. No time needed off work for most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YORKIE PAM Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 On 10/21/2016 at 11:00 PM, Graham of Montrose said: Totally agree that the timings are pish but I'm in the same camp as Andy. We only have 2 or 3 home games a year and I make sure I can get to them all. Sunday is actually better option because I don't have to take a holiday that day. But for us in the North East (I'm from Aberdeen South, Portlethen) a midweek game is 1 1/2 or 2 days off. It's sometimes easier to get to an away game than home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMan Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Sunday 3pm I have no issues with but Sunday at 8pm is madness. Not getting home until 2am on a Monday morning. No thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandydunn Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 On 21/10/2016 at 7:51 PM, BMan said: No thanks. Got enough commitments without having to take days off from my work due to Sunday night games. The thought of travelling back up to Aberdeen at 2am on a Monday morning really doesn't do it for me. You obviously don't go to evening games anyway,so what's the point in the moan? You're not going because it's 7:45 ko,allmidweek games ko at that time at home. You're taking less time off work (if any at all) if you go. Seems like a moan for the sake of it imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKEM ROVER Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 As far as i'm aware its 5pm on sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j b lyons Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 Nope, 100% 1945 Kick off, confirmed on every site I have seen (including SKY). Return match in Slovenia is also on a Sunday and that is 1700 kick off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 It's not FIFA who organise this it is UEFA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsno1 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 why would you need a day off work for a 7.45pm kick off??? Also why does it take you so long to get back to Aberdeen? I'm back in my bed in Peterhead before 2am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 This could be lowest attended competitive game ever at Hampden Does anyone know what the record lowest attendance is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 DTS... I think it's 7,483 v N.Ireland 1969. Think this came up in a thread before; at which point I realised I was probably there for my first ever Scotland game http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/scot-intres1970.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 1:17 PM, 1ANDYP said: take Monday off. we only have a handful of games every year. Not everyone can take days off work when they want. I originally would have driven to this game and got home at 3-4am and just got on with it the next day. Now though I imagine I'll just watch it on tv. Can't see the enthusiasm for going coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 23 minutes ago, iainmac1 said: Not everyone can take days off work when they want. I originally would have driven to this game and got home at 3-4am and just got on with it the next day. Now though I imagine I'll just watch it on tv. Can't see the enthusiasm for going coming back. I'd rather watch Heartbeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 1 hour ago, DoonTheSlope said: I'd rather watch Heartbeat There's nae reason you can't watch both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j b lyons Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 I started this topic because I was really annoyed at the kick off time for a Sunday as travelling up from Kent for games is always a 'pain' without added aggravation of a late Sunday night kick off. Following the last few games that problem has now gone as I will not now be making the journey due to a total lack of enthusiasm and have cancelled my time off from work for the Monday which would have been my travelling time home. Due to the combination of results / performances & Kick off time I can see this being the smallest Hampden crowd since the 70's. I will still be attending the England game in June but only because I am already going to be up in Scotland for a holiday but it is not a game I can look forward to at the moment although I am sure my enthusiasm will eventually return. I am still going to Lithuania and Slovenia but only because I have friends there and had already booked. I have not felt this despondent about a Scotland team since I first started going back in 1967 and can't see any real light at the end of the tunnel . . . especially as we don't seem to have any 'up and coming' central defenders anywhere in sight which is the heart of our problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy North Croy Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 FFS.....like a bunch of old women moaning and bickering. If yer going, go. If yer not going, don't go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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