Thought I had cracked it when the CCFC website put the fixtures up this afternoon and the Arsenal game was 3.00 p.m. Saturday. So I booked a few tickets cheap on the train. What a balls up friends and family text and phone that it's now on Friday night. Bull chips. Now I have to rebook or sort a minibus out . But half the crew who were going now cannot get time off or have other plans . I will be there but at a cost . PUSB
Not in my house it isn't.That's right, BT sport not paying sisu a penny more than 144 grand to show it.... NOPM is dead. Just say NOPE to Sixfields (not one penny ever) and everyone stay calm....
Thought I had cracked it when the CCFC website put the fixtures up this afternoon and the Arsenal game was 3.00 p.m. Saturday. So I booked a few tickets cheap on the train. What a balls up friends and family text and phone that it's now on Friday night. Bull chips. Now I have to rebook or sort a minibus out . But half the crew who were going now cannot get time off or have other plans . I will be there but at a cost . PUSB
Gutted, a bloody Friday night. What a stupid night for football Would have been 8 or 9 thousand Sat or Sun but lucky to be 4 thousand on a Friday
Based on the fact we took 11,000 to Manchester on a Wednesday night. This logic is unfounded.
Sue CCFC for the loss.
It's what Joy would want.
Wanna bet?Be 2000 City now and less than 45000 at the game.
It's on BT Sport not ITV so unless you're one of the handful of BT Sport subscribers it's the Emirates or the pub to see the game.
talking bollocks as per usual.Be 2000 City now and less than 45000 at the game.
Not sure why anyone would book trains etc. before knowing which games are going to be moved for TV.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/08/coventry-city-arsenal-fa-cup
The Guardian, Wednesday 8 January 2014
Coventry City supporters frustrated by timing of Arsenal FA Cup match
• Sky Blue Trust says it could dramatically affect ticket sales
• 'It's money first, money second, money third' says group
Coventry supporters have reacted with frustration to their fourth-round FA Cup tie at Arsenal being designated a Friday night match. The televised tie at the Emirates Stadium on 24 January will be the opening match of the fourth round, the first of five matches to be screened live across the weekend.
While the £144,000 broadcast fee will be welcomed by Coventry, especially following the club's relegation to League One and their bitter move away from the Ricoh Arena in the summer, concerns have been raised over how many Sky Blues fans will make the trip to London.
Jan Mokrzycki, spokesperson for supporters' group Sky Blue Trust, said: "The general reaction seems to be that it is not a very good idea because people are going to have to take time off work and some people might not be able to go.
"If it had been a Saturday we could have sold about seven or eight thousand [tickets] – on a Friday night we will probably take four or five [thousand]."
Mokrzycki believes many school-age supporters may be unable to attend the attractive fixture, which will be shown on BT Sport.
"It's almost going to be straight from school, straight on to a coach, straight down there," he said. "It could have been a nice day out – to get down is going to be a rush. There will be those who just can't make it because Dad doesn't finish work until five or whatever.
"Basically supporters are the least of the minor considerations – it's money first, money second, money third and oh yeah there's the supporters."
The other matches to be screened are Saturday's lunchtime ITV1 clash which will see Liverpool travel to either Bournemouth or Burton Albion before Everton head to Stevenage at 5.30pm in a game to be shown on BT Sport.
On Sunday, Sheffield United – who knocked out Aston Villa – will host the winners of the replay between Fulham and Norwich on BT Sport, while the live ITV1 tie is the all Premier League affair between Chelsea and Stoke at Stamford Bridge, which kicks of at 3.30pm.
Only city fans can get their knickers in a knot over a game being moved for TV coverage. Just think, many more City fans will now be able to watch the game. As an aside I have emailed BT sports asking them to bring the kick off forward by 30 mins as this will allow me to get a decent bag of chips on the way home.
Only city fans can get their knickers in a knot over a game being moved for TV coverage. Just think, many more City fans will now be able to watch the game. As an aside I have emailed BT sports asking them to bring the kick off forward by 30 mins as this will allow me to get a decent bag of chips on the way home.
understand travbelling fans frustrations but i am very happy to see sky blues on tv, get a takeaway in and lie on sofa #realfootballfan
Like most Coventry fans then Armchair supporters.
Interesting - I'm reading this as 'it suits me better, so please stop complaining'.
If football is about sitting on your fat arse in front of the telly, eating chips and listening to Andy Townsend, then I guess there's really no issue.
If it's about meeting your mates, supporting your team in person, and enjoying (and creating) the atmosphere in the ground, then shifting fixtures around like this doesn't show much consideration for the game.
I've got BT Sport by the way - but only because it came free with my internet package. It might suit me personally that the game is shifted, but I'd be much happier if the fixture was on a day and time that let everyone who wants to go (and could get a ticket) get there and back. Even if I then couldn't watch it on TV.
It's a 7:45 kick off isn't it? The same as any league / cup games on a Tuesday / Wednesday and people don't get upset about that. Could understand the problem if it was moved to 8 and caused problems with getting back but there's no chance of extra time so won't be a problem to get back in time for the last train and people can always go by coach.
That's right, BT sport not paying sisu a penny more than 144 grand to show it.... NOPM is dead.
Interesting - I'm reading this as 'it suits me better, so please stop complaining'.
If football is about sitting on your fat arse in front of the telly, eating chips and listening to Andy Townsend, then I guess there's really no issue.
If it's about meeting your mates, supporting your team in person, and enjoying (and creating) the atmosphere in the ground, then shifting fixtures around like this doesn't show much consideration for the game.
I've got BT Sport by the way - but only because it came free with my internet package. It might suit me personally that the game is shifted, but I'd be much happier if the fixture was on a day and time that let everyone who wants to go (and could get a ticket) get there and back. Even if I then couldn't watch it on TV.
Be 2000 City now and less than 45000 at the game.
Absolute rubbish. We'll still sell our allocation.
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