Cov kick off changed

[Jeff]

Our match at the Ricoh on the first day of the season will kick off at 12:30

 

[city-faithful]

Is this due to it being shown on Sky?

 

[Jeff]

http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~2377990,00.html?

City will open the 2011/12 npower Championship season with a lunchtime kick-off, with the opening-day game at Coventry City set to get underway at 12.30pm.

The Foxes were handed a short journey along the M69 for starters when the new campaign's fixture list was released on Friday morning, giving the Blue Army further cause for excitement ahead of a hotly-anticipated campaign.

While television schedules are still to be confirmed, meaning fixtures could yet be subject to change, City's trip to the Ricoh Arena on Saturday August 6 now looks set to raise the curtain on the new Championship season.

 

[Nottingham Fox]

I'd reckon this is more on the say so of the old bill than Sky .... but could be wrong.

 

[Jeff]

I'd reckon this is more on the say so of the old bill than Sky .... but could be wrong.

It's definitely nothing to do with Sky. As it says in my previous post, they haven't selected their matches yet.
If Sky decide they want to show it the kick off time could change again.

 

[Mawsley]

If Sky decide they want to show it the crew will double the average home attendance

 

[bocadillo]

While television schedules are still to be confirmed, meaning fixtures could yet be subject to change, City's trip to the Ricoh Arena on Saturday August 6 now looks set to raise the curtain on the new Championship season.

Don't Sky normally move one game forward to the Friday evening?

 

[4-4-2]

It's definitely nothing to do with Sky. As it says in my previous post, they haven't selected their matches yet.
If Sky decide they want to show it the kick off time could change again.

Aye, they usually take a couple of weeks to choose their matches.

I guess is Sky did want to show it, it'd perhaps move to 12:45 to move it in line with their regular lunchtime kick-off times.

 

[Hazzman]

Don't Sky normally move one game forward to the Friday evening?

Opening weekend is normally (past two seasons) Sky Friday night, BBC late Saturday afternoon and Sky early Sunday afternoon.

 

[drummindefender]

I thought it was meant that to be that you couldn't get a local rival on the opening dat

 

[Blue Maniac]

I thought it was meant that to be that you couldn't get a local rival on the opening dat

Most clubs prefer not to host a local rival on opening day, because opening day games and local derbies are usually well attended fixtures. If they were one and the same they'd miss out on a big attendance, and therefore money. That's what makes me think Coventry requested this because of their piss poor attendances.

 

[bocadillo]

Most clubs prefer not to host a local rival on opening day, because opening day games and local derbies are usually well attended fixtures. If they were one and the same they'd miss out on a big attendance, and therefore money. That's what makes me think Coventry requested this because of their piss poor attendances.

Another thought might be that it was originally planned to be elsewhen in the season but that the WM Police objected because they had some other big job that day, the first game of the season then being the only practical alternative. It is certainly unusual to have a local derby on the first day.

 

[bocadillo]

Just thinking back on this, we've had West Brom, Brum, Villa (more than once), Peterborough and Notts for first games during the time that I have been following City. At least the Notts game would have to be regarded as a local derby.

 

[bocadillo]

Just looked back and find that in 1953 we had the shaggers at Filbert Street on the first day of the season. Just shows that we can never say, "Never".

 

[Blue Maniac]

Just looked back and find that in 1953 we had the shaggers at Filbert Street on the first day of the season. Just shows that we can never say, "Never".

I think it's fair to say the fixtures are arranged in an entirely different way these days.