4th of January

[BalticLatic]

Discounting bank holidays, we have 4 midweek games scheduled for the remainder of the season (Eastleigh, Fylde, Maidenhead, Boston) and 1 more to arrange (Rochdale).

 

Boston won yesterday, but Fylde and Maidenhead both lost. To try to bring one of those forward to Saturday the 4th of Jan would surely be in the interests of both clubs wouldn’t it?

 

Rochdale and Eastleigh are yet to play in the FA Trophy, so if one or both of them lose, the list of options could grow.

 

In the interests of full disclosure, my eagerness to see this happen might have something to do with me being in England at the time so i’ll be gutted if it’s the one Saturday of the year that we have no god damn game!

 

If you’re reading this Darren, get on the blower to one of these clubs and make it happen

[daniel]

We play on the 1st and the 7th, both away, so for me makes no sense for us to agree to a 3rd away day in 6 days, even if it was Rochdale. 

[BalticLatic]

36 minutes ago, daniel said:

We play on the 1st and the 7th, both away, so for me makes no sense for us to agree to a 3rd away day in 6 days, even if it was Rochdale. 

If we play Rochdale, or any of these other midweek (as it stands) opponents, on a Tuesday, the recovery time from the previous game will be the same as it will be if we play them on the 4th of Jan, except it will be more convenient for most fans on the 4th as it’s a Saturday.

 

I could see where you’re coming from if it was a long journey, but Rochdale and Fylde are not problematic in that sense, and if it was Eastleigh, then we’d just be bringing forward the game that’s currenty scheduled for the Tuesday, so we’d no longer have to play on the 7th.

 

I don’t really see what difference it makes that we’re away on the 1st and 7th, we’ll have to play everyone away at some point. But if 3 away games on the bounce is considered a problem, then go for the Maidenhead option, as that would be a home game. It would surely draw a better crowd on a Saturday than a Tuesday night in February (as currently scheduled) and I’m sure they’d rather come up to us on a Saturday afternoon than a Tuesday night. They’re away on the 1st, but only at Woking which is a 28 mile drive, and then they don’t play again till the 11th, when they are at home, so it would only be 2 aways in a row for them, and not consecutive long journeys, so there’s every chance they’d prefer the 4th too

 

 

Edited December 8, 2024 by BalticLatic
Corrected typo

[BradKnowles1]

Police are not allowing us to play on the 4th Jan against Rochdale. Looking late Jan early feb 

[daniel]

53 minutes ago, BradKnowles1 said:

Police are not allowing us to play on the 4th Jan against Rochdale. Looking late Jan early feb 

Any indication as to why? Honestly, it seems the police are just being twats because they can. They have 2 of the biggest clubs in the world around the corner, and I guarantee they don’t say no to them! 

[BradKnowles1]

35 minutes ago, daniel said:

Any indication as to why? Honestly, it seems the police are just being twats because they can. They have 2 of the biggest clubs in the world around the corner, and I guarantee they don’t say no to them! 

Didn’t have enough time to plan 

[oafc1955]

Game rearranged for Tuesday Feb 4th

[BalticLatic]

10 hours ago, oafc1955 said:

Game rearranged for Tuesday Feb 4th

So Dale is Feb 4th And Eastleigh won in the Trophy.

 

But we could enquire about bringing forward either Flyde away or Maidenhead at home. Surely better to play one of those on a Saturday at 3pm than a Tuesday night

[yarddog73]

9 hours ago, BalticLatic said:

So Dale is Feb 4th And Eastleigh won in the Trophy.

 

But we could enquire about bringing forward either Flyde away or Maidenhead at home. Surely better to play one of those on a Saturday at 3pm than a Tuesday night

Surely the police will have a say in the Fylde game being moved to a Saturday?, Maidenhead seems feasible. 

[Worcester Owl]

22 hours ago, BradKnowles1 said:

Didn’t have enough time to plan 

Seriously? So whatever plans they had ahead of the postponed game couldn't be dusted down and tweaked for a date that even now is more than 3 weeks away. Even FA Cup replays managed with 10 days' notice, but it seems to be beyond GMP's finest.

[daniel]

21 minutes ago, Worcester Owl said:

Seriously? So whatever plans they had ahead of the postponed game couldn't be dusted down and tweaked for a date that even now is more than 3 weeks away. Even FA Cup replays managed with 10 days' notice, but it seems to be beyond GMP's finest.

Police just being dickheads, simple. They can push the smaller clubs like us around and insist on certain things. No way they behave like that with the likes of City and United who will dictate to them whats required. 
We clearly have an element of dickheads following us, especially away at Rochdale but honestly it's the police who start the majority of trouble I see at football through treating football fans like crap, and people getting pissed off with it. 

[Dave_Og]

3 hours ago, yarddog73 said:

Surely the police will have a say in the Fylde game being moved to a Saturday?, Maidenhead seems feasible. 

 

Are the Fylde massive a big problem??

[yarddog73]

11 minutes ago, Dave_Og said:

 

Are the Fylde massive a big problem??

Not particularly, they are probably more concerned about the Oldham balloons.....

[oafc1955]

18 minutes ago, yarddog73 said:

Not particularly, they are probably more concerned about the Oldham balloons.....

Absolutely…more supporters = more balloons. However, I think there was more of us than them last time I went there and that was a Tuesday night!

[Boroblue]

Does anyone actually know if Latics and/or Fylde have suggested moving the game to 3pm on 4/1/25?

If the answer to that is yes, the follow up question is:

Does anyone actually know if GMP have blocked the rearrangement?

[JumpingJoshLundstram]

 

2 minutes ago, Boroblue said:

Does anyone actually know if Latics and/or Fylde have suggested moving the game to 3pm on 4/1/25?

If the answer to that is yes, the follow up question is:

Does anyone actually know if GMP have blocked the rearrangement?

 

We cannot move the Flyde or Maidenhead games to a Saturday. Both were scheduled for a Tuesday at the start of the season as part of a full programme of league games that day/week.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

10 minutes ago, JumpingJoshLundstram said:

 

 

We cannot move the Flyde or Maidenhead games to a Saturday. Both were scheduled for a Tuesday at the start of the season as part of a full programme of league games that day/week.

 

Yeah I thought this. If clubs arbitrarily decide to shift games between themselves around as they want, it'd be carnage. Different scenario if it's Rochdale as that was scheduled for a Saturday in November.

[Boroblue]

1 hour ago, JumpingJoshLundstram said:

 

 

We cannot move the Flyde or Maidenhead games to a Saturday. Both were scheduled for a Tuesday at the start of the season as part of a full programme of league games that day/week.

Thought as much, so @daniel seems to be a bit wide of the mark with his assertion that GMP were “just being dickheads”

[JumpingJoshLundstram]

1 hour ago, Boroblue said:

Thought as much, so @daniel seems to be a bit wide of the mark with his assertion that GMP were “just being dickheads”

 

I think their comment was in relation to the Rochdale game not being allowed on the 4th January due to a lack of notice, not the moving of the Flyde or Maidenhead games. 

[BalticLatic]

5 hours ago, JumpingJoshLundstram said:

 

 

We cannot move the Flyde or Maidenhead games to a Saturday. Both were scheduled for a Tuesday at the start of the season as part of a full programme of league games that day/week.

I noticed that too, but I can remember a couple of instances of this being allowed in the past, but we were in the EFL at the time, no idea if the National League have different rules or not.

 

If they don’t it’s surely worth looking in to. Even if the police have an issue with Fylde, I don’t think they’d scupper Maidenhead at home. And the timing/location of Maidenhead’s games before and after don’t throw up anything that makes you think they’d be against it.

 

Got be worth the club at least checking the rules and enquiring with Maidenhead

[daniel]

4 hours ago, Boroblue said:

Thought as much, so @daniel seems to be a bit wide of the mark with his assertion that GMP were “just being dickheads”

Well actually if you read the thread properly I was talking about the Rochdale game and Bradley’s response that they wouldn’t entertain that game being on the 4th Jan due to lack of planning time. Nowhere did I mention the already planned games and rearranging of those  

Looks like you’re a bit wide of the mark with the assumption that I was talking about Fylde or Maidenhead. 
Are you a copper? Sorry if i’ve hurt your feelings.