Dave Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 The place that will hold up best is the Beeb i'd imagine. wrong to merge...totally different subject How? 'When/where are the fixtures THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO POST ON HERE available?' Same stuff mate. Helps to bump the topic too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 The place that will hold up best is the Beeb i'd imagine. wrong to merge...totally different subject How? 'When/where are the fixtures THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO POST ON HERE available?' Same stuff mate. Helps to bump the topic too. where is totally different to when,ie someone may know where they are published first ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 The place that will hold up best is the Beeb i'd imagine. wrong to merge...totally different subject How? 'When/where are the fixtures THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO POST ON HERE available?' Same stuff mate. Helps to bump the topic too. I think he was joking. I would check Al jazeera first before the BBC though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 The place that will hold up best is the Beeb i'd imagine. wrong to merge...totally different subject How? 'When/where are the fixtures THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO POST ON HERE available?' Same stuff mate. Helps to bump the topic too. where is totally different to when,ie someone may know where they are published first ? Could try ohmelads.com? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Someting to read before the fixtures come out tomorrow if anyone is interested, it's a few weeks old mind. The 2006/07 football season may have just come to an end with three exciting play-off finals - but already the fixtures for the 2007/08 campaign are being compiled. The process of building a season's fixture list is a complicated one, with fans eagerly waiting for their release on June 14th. Football League fixture secretary David Cookson says: "I know that an awful lot of people wait for the day when the fixtures are released. "Most of the hard work gets done during late May and June, right after the play-offs, but really it's an all-year thing." The League begin by contacting FIFA and UEFA for their worldwide match calendar, which includes competitive and friendly international games. After that the Champions League, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup dates are pumped into the computer. Then the League can concentrate on its own games, working backwards from the May Bank Holiday for the play-offs. All other Saturday and Bank Holiday dates are then processed, before finally midweek dates are scheduled. Cookson adds: "You can't have two neighbours (such as Bristol City and Bristol Rovers) playing at home on the same day, regardless of which divisions they are in." That's an added complication. Worse follows when the League receives details of annual events such as Reading's V Festival, Shrewsbury's Flower Show, Brighton's Gay Pride and even Bristol's Ashton Court Balloon Fiesta. These events use valuable police sources in their respective local areas and also cause traffic problems, so this has an impact on when home games can be scheduled. For example, City are almost certain to be away on the opening day of the new Football League season as the Balloon Fiesta will be held in Ashton on the same day. Cookson continued: "There are so many requests from clubs. We always try to accommodate any requests from the Police or clubs, but you can't please everybody. "The requests are increasing each season and the demands are harder than ever to meet." Fans often complain about having to travel long distances on Boxing Day or midweeks. But it's not always the fixture computer's fault. "Derby games at Christmas are very much a thing of the past," Cookson admitted. "Often the local Police forces don't want them and the clubs don't want them either. "While clubs don't want to travel too far, they also don't want to play their neighbours because at Christmas you're always going to get a good crowd, so why have your best fixture on the best day? "More and more clubs are sending us a list of 13 or 14 clubs they don't want to play at Christmas, which makes our life almost impossible." The same applies for Bank Holidays where Police forces charge double time. A high profile opponent on a Bank Holiday can send the club's bill through the roof. Atos Origin are the company that supplies the fixture computer software, while Glenn Thompson is the man who devised the home and away match sequence. A draft fixture list is produced before release day, which is ratified by The Football League, Premier League, six clubs and - on behalf of supporters everywhere - a representative from the Football Supporters Federation. However, with 92 clubs and several millions supporters waiting for the fixtures - you're never going to please everybody. "It works as well as it possibly can, bearing in mind all the external pressures," Cookson concluded. "You'll always miss something but I think we do a pretty good job of it, all things considered." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 The place that will hold up best is the Beeb i'd imagine. wrong to merge...totally different subject How? 'When/where are the fixtures THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO POST ON HERE available?' Same stuff mate. Helps to bump the topic too. where is totally different to when,ie someone may know where they are published first ? Could try ohmelads.com? aye,and i'll use your e-mail to log on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 You're not gonna get any world exclusives anywhere mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Someting to read before the fixtures come out tomorrow if anyone is interested, it's a few weeks old mind. The 2006/07 football season may have just come to an end with three exciting play-off finals - but already the fixtures for the 2007/08 campaign are being compiled. The process of building a season's fixture list is a complicated one, with fans eagerly waiting for their release on June 14th. Football League fixture secretary David Cookson says: "I know that an awful lot of people wait for the day when the fixtures are released. "Most of the hard work gets done during late May and June, right after the play-offs, but really it's an all-year thing." The League begin by contacting FIFA and UEFA for their worldwide match calendar, which includes competitive and friendly international games. After that the Champions League, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup dates are pumped into the computer. Then the League can concentrate on its own games, working backwards from the May Bank Holiday for the play-offs. All other Saturday and Bank Holiday dates are then processed, before finally midweek dates are scheduled. Cookson adds: "You can't have two neighbours (such as Bristol City and Bristol Rovers) playing at home on the same day, regardless of which divisions they are in." That's an added complication. Worse follows when the League receives details of annual events such as Reading's V Festival, Shrewsbury's Flower Show, Brighton's Gay Pride and even Bristol's Ashton Court Balloon Fiesta. These events use valuable police sources in their respective local areas and also cause traffic problems, so this has an impact on when home games can be scheduled. For example, City are almost certain to be away on the opening day of the new Football League season as the Balloon Fiesta will be held in Ashton on the same day. Cookson continued: "There are so many requests from clubs. We always try to accommodate any requests from the Police or clubs, but you can't please everybody. "The requests are increasing each season and the demands are harder than ever to meet." Fans often complain about having to travel long distances on Boxing Day or midweeks. But it's not always the fixture computer's fault. "Derby games at Christmas are very much a thing of the past," Cookson admitted. "Often the local Police forces don't want them and the clubs don't want them either. "While clubs don't want to travel too far, they also don't want to play their neighbours because at Christmas you're always going to get a good crowd, so why have your best fixture on the best day? "More and more clubs are sending us a list of 13 or 14 clubs they don't want to play at Christmas, which makes our life almost impossible." The same applies for Bank Holidays where Police forces charge double time. A high profile opponent on a Bank Holiday can send the club's bill through the roof. Atos Origin are the company that supplies the fixture computer software, while Glenn Thompson is the man who devised the home and away match sequence. A draft fixture list is produced before release day, which is ratified by The Football League, Premier League, six clubs and - on behalf of supporters everywhere - a representative from the Football Supporters Federation. However, with 92 clubs and several millions supporters waiting for the fixtures - you're never going to please everybody. "It works as well as it possibly can, bearing in mind all the external pressures," Cookson concluded. "You'll always miss something but I think we do a pretty good job of it, all things considered." can you think of a better day for us to play the mackems,the towns practically empty,loads of people are having to drive as theres no public transport so they wont drink.or could it be the coppers want the day off ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 sign the petition to end the fixtures list madness www.freethefixtures.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 can you think of a better day for us to play the mackems,the towns practically empty,loads of people are having to drive as theres no public transport so they wont drink.or could it be the coppers want the day off ? As he says it's the clubs that don't want them, Boxing day is already a sell out so they can move the derby and get another sell out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Role on 10:00 am on SSN, I bet its Man ure away 1st and Chelski home last.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geordiesned Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I know who we're playing first game ...but I'm not telling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Sunderland v Arsenal first game - nailed on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Bolton away! Thats gonna be a great start Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Bolton away first game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guinness Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Then Arsenal at home, tough start! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Bolton away first game ban him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Fixtures: Allardyce: It's Quite Incredible By Craig Hope SAM Allardyce said that it was "quite incredible" after hearing that Newcastle United would face his former club Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium on the opening day of the season. The Magpies travel to Lancashire on August 11 in what will be Big Sam's first game in charge of the Geordies. And the new Toon gaffer told nufc.co.uk: "It's amazing really, it's just unbelievable, you really couldn't make it up. "I guess there would always be a lot of interest in the first time I played Bolton since leaving, but's it's quite incredible it will be the first day of the season." The return fixture against the Trotters will be played at St.James' on January 19. http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1052664,00.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Hold on, that's ok, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Mackems at home April 19th is a cracking prospect. We could just send them down that game... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 away first game,last game and boxing day. thanx a bunch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Funny how they always throw fixtures up like this, going to be very interesting. Followed up by the Arse and Villa at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/index.php?topic=41571.0 I want to keep an eye on everyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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