How will this affect the Barnet gate?

Wynonie Harris · 31-01-2005, 12:50

A couple of teams in small towns near Accy have just been drawn together in the FA Cup on the very day that we could have one of our biggest attendances of the season. I wonder if there's any chance of moving it?

KIPAX · 31-01-2005, 12:52

You can try but I don't think burnley and blackburn will rearrange there game for us

Wynonie Harris · 31-01-2005, 13:03

Nice one!

I would imagine their match will have a 12.00 kick-off so maybe we promote the ficture on the theme - "Watch 2 games in one afternoon."

slater_scott · 31-01-2005, 13:40

yeah, blackburn/burnley will be on tv. Probably saturday dinner time.

JEFF · 31-01-2005, 13:41

Possibly Burnley v Blackburn could be on television, then it would be 12.30pm or 5.30pm on a Saturday or on Sunday afternoon.

accystankev · 31-01-2005, 14:51

burnley could be on tv and so could be changed for s different day

KIPAX · 31-01-2005, 14:55

I knew this thread would bring out the Burnley fans.........

JEFF · 31-01-2005, 15:50

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I knew this thread would bring out the Burnley fans.........

I hope that you are not classing me as a dingle Kipax. I, and a lot more Stanley fans, have hated Burnley for over forty years.

KIPAX · 31-01-2005, 16:08

I thought it was obvious who I meant JEFF.......and even more obviously not your good self..

Accystankev books his first away trip to halifax on the coach.. 2 seats for 20 quid. Then he doesnt turn up and the coach has two free seats after turning people away... he then tells everyone he is poorly and couldn't go... we then find out he went to the burnley home game instead.... So that makes him a dingle in my little black book

JEFF · 31-01-2005, 16:10

He is not just a dingle but a pest as well.

Outback Ozzy · 31-01-2005, 18:13

Just a point of order here chaps, I think you are all missing the point. Who on earth in this neck of the woods would want to watch Burnley v Blackburn Rovers. I would have thought either the BBC or Sky will plump for the Manchester United v Everton clash as THE game of the round, with a certain Wayne Rooney returning to his old haunts. Burnley v Blackburn - don't make me laugh. Like watching Wigan Athletic or worse.

Sparkologist · 31-01-2005, 18:48

Don't be under any illusions that the FA run football; they don't, the bizzies do. I will bet you that this little encounter wil be re-arranged to Sunday lunchtime, on police orders. So the biggest game in the area, on that particular Saturday afternoon will be Stanley versus Barnet.

KIPAX · 31-01-2005, 19:02

Barnet don't bring that many fans.. how is this supposed to be the biggest attendance of the season anyway?

Wynonie Harris · 01-02-2005, 07:21

I didn't say it was going to be the biggest attendance of the season...just one of the biggest. With a couple of wins against Scarborough and Exeter (fingers crossed!) and the extra interest provided by playing the team who will probably be conference champs, I would've expected the game to attract around 1,800 - our third biggest attendance, but perhaps I was being wildly over-optimistic as usual!

KIPAX · 01-02-2005, 09:38

I would love to see it mate. We all would..... But somehow I can't .....

You know my view... getting bigger crowds is a long term thing.. you wont boost them this season or next to any great extent... its a long term thing that needs adressing now! But no one listens