Sunderland game

[AccyMad]

Rearranged for Friday, 15th February & will be shown live on Sky!! Kerching ££!!

Whoops!! Scratch that - it's the away fixture that's on Sky, silly me read it all wrong

[Chimer]

Hopefully it might still send some ££££ our way?

Just for a minute I thought we were playing them home and away over 2 days - now that would be fun

[Exile on Spencer St]

Bumholes, that’s probably scuppered going to the Stadium of Light for us.

[Lord Didsbury]

Wot a bummer!
Will probably still go - some hopeful dash up the A1, arriving with minutes to spare.
I’m not one for making away matches into some full day ****up, and I like evening games, so in some respects it shouldn’t make that much difference but Fridays are a bit weird for footy aren’t they?
There will be a lot of people who will not be able to make it, or it will be a huge faff, or have been looking forward to the big day out all season. Probably kill the atmosphere.

Apparently we get a paltry £10k from Sky for it.

[sherry]

Apparently we don't get anything. Changed arrangement re the distribution of SKY money amongst League 1 teams.

[AccyMad]

Originally Posted by sherry

Apparently we don't get anything. Changed arrangement re the distribution of SKY money amongst League 1 teams.

Seriously? So they change a fixture to suit Sky & in doing so make it difficult for some fans to attend, mad as some of us are about it I think most probably thought at least it's money in the bank for the club but we get diddly squat?!? Ohhhh, i feel a rant coming on

[sherry]

quote from Darragh MacAnthony to Andy on twitter

"None per game for L1 anymore. We all agreed it went into pot as opposed to old way where home team got I think 35k & away team 10k. Usual teams always on and others never on hence a divy up amongst all teams through year as opposed to that way. Sorry pal no dough bonus."

[Dav1d]

Supposedly we have written to the EFL asking game to be changed back to Saturday due to fans losing money on Travel/accomfation

[VALAIRIAN]

Originally Posted by sherry

quote from Darragh MacAnthony to Andy on twitter

"None per game for L1 anymore. We all agreed it went into pot as opposed to old way where home team got I think 35k & away team 10k. Usual teams always on and others never on hence a divy up amongst all teams through year as opposed to that way. Sorry pal no dough bonus."

So that means we get more then????

Or have I read it wrongly??

[cashman]

Originally Posted by VALAIRIAN

So that means we get more then????

Or have I read it wrongly??

Are yeh still boiled joe? dont read that way to me,

[VALAIRIAN]

Originally Posted by cashman

Are yeh still boiled joe? dont read that way to me,

Must be how I am reading it Cashy

[monkey hanger]

[QUOTE=Lord Didsbury;1221588]Wot a bummer!

There will be a lot of people who will not be able to make it, or it will be a huge faff, or have been looking forward to the big day out all season.

being retired it should not bother me. its not going up thats the trouble its coming back with all the pop up nightime road works wether you go up the a1 or a19. and getting home in the early hours of the morning and being knackered all next day.

[AccyMad]

Originally Posted by Dav1d

Supposedly we have written to the EFL asking game to be changed back to Saturday due to fans losing money on Travel/accomfation

Sod be good if that happened but unfortunately can't see it - at least we'd have tried though

[Lord Stiffupperlip]

That Sky can dictate when any particular game can be held to suit their own ends & b****r any inconvenience for real fans only confirms who is really controlling our game.
The EFL are but custodians of football & it's time that clubs had a veto over decisions that adversely affect their own fans.
They say 'money talks', but without real fans there would be no game.

[Crown Grounder]

I'm still going, staying Friday and Saturday night at that Hotel next to the Stadium. Make a weekend of it, unless the 5th round intervenes ....which I doubt for some reason?