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Post by ojiveojive on Jul 8, 2006 13:00:29 GMT
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samd
Steaming Bovril
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Post by samd on Jul 9, 2006 0:24:38 GMT
Nature of semi-national football, not every contingency can be catered for. All we can ask for is that the league try to suit as many ideals as possible and they have done this.
We get one of our longest away trips out of the way early on but then we face a trip to Ellesmere to play Vauxhall on a Tuesday night in August. But we have Scarborough home and away boxing and new years day and home to Harrogate inbetween.
Swings and roundabouts.
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Post by Sultan of Cannock- SRFC on Jul 9, 2006 2:42:42 GMT
We had a midweek away game at Workington last season. What it boils down is the madness of having national/semi national leagues at this level of footy.
Much better the German system where 1. and 2. Bundesliga are national, then they go semi-national at Regionellaliga (equivalent to our current league 1).
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samd
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Post by samd on Jul 9, 2006 8:02:59 GMT
Best way to do things probably would be:
Premiership
Championship
Football league North - Football League South (basically league one and league two merged and split)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference North - Conference Midland - Conference South (taking all 68 conference clubs and splitting them into three divisions)
Northern PD - Midland PD - Southern PD - Ismithian PD
Northern D1 East - Northern D1 West - Midland D1 East - Midland D1 West - Southern D1 East - Southern D1 West - Ryman D1 East - Ryman D1 West
16 regional leagues below that
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Post by ojiveojive on Jul 10, 2006 8:14:24 GMT
Nature of semi-national football, not every contingency can be catered for. All we can ask for is that the league try to suit as many ideals as possible and they have done this. Swings and roundabouts. My point is that when they are working out the fixtures they know when the various rounds of the FA Cup and Trophy will be. It therefore makes no sense at all to arrange long distance games on these dates due to the difficulties involved if the games have to be rearranged to midweek dates. The two Saturdays in question could have had any number of combinations of opponents that would not have inconvenienced the clubs or their supporters.
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Jul 11, 2006 0:17:21 GMT
Well the fixtures are out and if Moor Green put anything like a decent FA cup run together we shall have our two furthest away fixtures (Blyth Spartans and Workington) moved to midweek in order to accommodate the FA cup run. Why, oh why, do the idiots that put the fixtures together not consider these potential clashes and work it out accordingly. Not only will it be difficult for supporters to get to long distance away games in midweek, it's also bloody difficult for the players who need to get time off work! We have been scheduled to play Workington on a Friday night as it is, at the end of the day, any game can be postponed due to the weather for example, every game cannot be accomodated for. Fancy a pint 2nd satdee of the season?
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Post by ambersalamander on Jul 11, 2006 1:45:39 GMT
DAZA!!! I thought you'd disappearded. Nice to see you
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Post by ojiveojive on Jul 11, 2006 9:17:51 GMT
at the end of the day, any game can be postponed due to the weather for example, every game cannot be accomodated for. Fancy a pint 2nd satdee of the season? I agree, Daza, but it is possible to try to avoid clashes, after all we could be playing one of them on the second Saturday instead of you, then if we were still in the cup our game against you would be easier to move to a Monday night without the problems of long distance travel. I just find it bizarre. I used to organise tours for pop groups which depended on what halls were available when, but as near as dammit we tried to do it so that venues were relatively accessible to each other e.g. we would usually follow Newcastle on Tyne with Edinburgh rather than Cardiff! I'll come and have a mineral water with you, as I don't drink and drive
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Jul 13, 2006 1:28:21 GMT
Its nice to be back Amber!!! As the football season draws close how could I not miss my fave non-league forum!! I know what you mean ojive, maybe me and you should do the fixtures next year?!! The problem is, moving our game from the Saturday would probably cause problems in other areas of the country. Also, when we play Redditchin a midweek, you get moaners like me saying Id rather play them on a Saturday!! ;D Anyway, I'm the good looking one , my round!
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Post by bonehead on Jul 13, 2006 18:37:45 GMT
I can't understand how our Christmas/New Year's 'derbies' are against Daza's lot! Moor Green, Hinckley, Alfreton, Hucknall (and prolly more) are much closer.
And ojive? Your team could do the simple thing and get knocked out of the cup to save midweek games in faraway places :-)
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Post by ambersalamander on Jul 13, 2006 21:12:13 GMT
Yeah? We've got bloody lousy farnborough for our "derbies"!
Huh.
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Jul 14, 2006 1:12:42 GMT
Yeh wierd one, Redditch, Moors, Nuneaton, Hinckley all closer! Oh well!
I hope we have a proper derby match this season, and play at Pride Park!
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Post by bonehead on Jul 17, 2006 20:08:50 GMT
You expect to get the lions' share of the game? ;-)
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Post by ojiveojive on Jul 18, 2006 8:55:40 GMT
Over Christmas and New Year we've got Redditch away, Hinckley away, Redditch at home. No probs there, then ;D
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Jul 18, 2006 12:06:00 GMT
Boxing Day & New Years day we've got Hednesford at home & away respectively, 30th of December we do have the long journey up to Kendal but on a whole nothing too bad.
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