Premier Review

[Schumi]

It's always rainng in Longford!

[mypost]

Mypost what is the point of this anyway?

:rolleyes:

Answer here (http://www.foot.ie/showpost.php?p=323602&postcount=50)

:o

[DmanDmythDledge]

I personally don't think this is rubbish. It helps to know what happened in games if you missed Eircom League weekly (like myself!) or didn't read any reports from newpapers etc.

[pineapple stu]

I think it's more the remarkably biased "reporting" which is causing the problem. Mypost seems to be labouring under the impression that stuff as opinionated as this can somehow be useful to people who are seeking accurate historical data.

[Roverstillidie]

I think it's more the remarkably biased "reporting" which is causing the problem. Mypost seems to be labouring under the impression that stuff as opinionated as this can somehow be useful to people who are seeking accurate historical data.

what harm? if you dont like it, ignore it.

why arent you doing a Rovers review as an addendum, seeing as youre at the games anyway

[CollegeTillIDie]

It's always raining in Longford!
Well done Gerry Fleming :D

[sligoman]

Yes and no one noticed you edited 2 minutes after pól posted:rolleyes:Classic!:D :D.

[mypost]

Premier Division Results:

WEEK 4/33:
BOHEMIANS 4-2 WATERFORD UTD.
DROGHEDA UTD. 1-0 BRAY WDS.
LONGFORD TOWN 1-1 HOME FARM
SHELBOURNE - DERRY CITY
SLIGO ROVERS 1-1 ST. PATS. ATH.
UCD 0-0 CORK CITY

Week 4 saw a game postponed due to Youth International commitments, and one game at Dalymount featuring half of the week's goals. The rest came in the other 4 matches, of which 11 were scored overall, from 2 home wins, and 3 draws, including dramatic late action in Sligo.

Waterford are getting more and more familiar with Dublin this season, as this was their second trip already, for the bottom-of the table clash with Bohs. Bohs had still not recovered from three defeats on the spin, when the visitors scored through Polewczak after a minute. Tony Grant scored Bohs' first goal of the season soon afterwards, before Waterford went back in front through the other Grant, Stephen on 38'. Bohs equalised before the break however, from Farrelly's penalty, and in the second half, Bohs upped the tempo. Kevin Hunt put them in front 5 minutes in, while Grant notched his second goal of the game in injury time, and put Waterford bottom of the table.

Drogheda faced Bray in a repeat of last year's cup semi-final at United Park, where the home side dominated. Bray held out until eventually Paul Keegan settled the issue with a winner with 15 minutes to go. The victory sends Drogheda top of the table with 10 points from 4 games.

If you fancy a draw, head off to watch Longford play anywhere. If we had stayed up last season, Longford would have had a big away support this week at Flancare, but as Home Farm came to town instead, Longford lost several thousand €'s as a result of having the entire ground full of their own fans. The drab atmosphere contributed to the usual dull fare when watching Longford. After two 0-0 draws, and another 68 minutes of boredom, someone scored a goal :eek: ; Ger McCarthy for Home Farm. Longford, offended by being awoken from their slumber, promptly moved into second gear. It brought a penalty 8 minutes later, from which Des Baker scored for the home side's first goal of the season. Longford have a goal difference of 0 from their 3 draws, while Home Farm lie temporarily, fourth from bottom.

The other game on Saturday evening at the Showgrounds, wasn't very much more entertaining for a long time, as Pats were determined to atone for last year's cup defeat at the same venue. 90 scoreless minutes later, Sligo won themselves a penalty, which Pats' old boy Keith Foy scored. The Showgrounds erupted, licking their lips at having turned over the Inchicore outfit once again. While injury time continued, Sean Connor decided to waste time, and make a sub. Trouble was his team were defending a corner at the time, and it broke the home side's concentration. Vinny Perth took advantage and fired Pats level. It finished 1-1, preserving Sligo's unbeaten home record, and Pats' unbeaten record this season.

UCD met Cork at Belfield. Last season Cork ran rings round the Students in a 5-1 win there, but found the going tougher in the home matches against them. Two more points were dropped to them this time, as a tight contest finished 0-0. Cork lose top spot, but for how long?

[Réiteoir]

March 10th arrived to mark the beginning of a tainted 2006 league season.

Home Farm stole Rovers place in this year's league
Dear God - this is priceless - as well as deluded - plus it's Dublin City, not Home Farm :D



Can someone put this rubbish in Rovers' section. Seriously it is muck. EVERYTHING is related to Rovers or slagging Bohs. Its pathetic
whs - this is the Fox News equivalent of match reporting - so much for "Fair and Balanced"

[NY Hoop]

Why dont the moderators delete this? Still dont see the point of it to be honest..........

KOH

[mypost]

this is the Fox News equivalent of match reporting - so much for "Fair and Balanced"

Call it what you like, but if you want to read a boring, ten-a-penny, PC review, watch the telly, buy a paper, or look elsewhere. If you're looking for something a bit different, this is it. It's not my job to be "balanced" or "objective", but to be correct.

This thread is one of the top threads in this section of the website with, (at the time of writing) 4,000+ views. So much for it being rubbish!! :rolleyes:

[pineapple stu]

It's...my job...to be correct.
:D...

[micls]

It's not my job to be "balanced" or "objective", but to be correct.


:confused:

Am i the only one who this ine makes no sense to

[bohsmug]

:confused:

Am i the only one who this line makes no sense to

First off if it's his "job" then he's most definitely self employed. Secondly unbalanced and prejudiced pieces cannot be correct, It's a rediculous statement.

[sfc red]

Home Farm??? Who were Cork Celtic and Drumcondra playing this week?

[DmanDmythDledge]

Premier Division Results:

WEEK 4/33:
BOHEMIANS 4-2 WATERFORD UTD.
DROGHEDA UTD. 1-0 BRAY WDS.
LONGFORD TOWN 1-1 HOME FARM
SHELBOURNE - DERRY CITY
SLIGO ROVERS 1-1 ST. PATS. ATH.
UCD 0-0 CORK CITY

...one game at Dalymount featuring half of the week's goals. The rest came in the other 4 matches...
Where else would they have come from?:rolleyes:

[DmanDmythDledge]

I personally don't think this is rubbish
I spoke too soon.

[Poor Student]

I spoke too soon.

You're learning well.:D

[Breifne]

Home Farm??? Who were Cork Celtic and Drumcondra playing this week?

For the record, Home Farm's senior side were playing St. Josephs Boys and won 2-0 in the Leinster Senior League Senior 1B. They play Drumcondra Athletic on Sunday also in the LSL Senior 1B.

Drumcondra has a good 4-0 win over Edenderry Town, with a trip to Loughshinney on Wednesday and Dalkey next Sunday.

Its pretty obvious to anyone, that regardless of where the various clubs evolved from Drumcondra, Home Farm and Dublin City are AT THIS MOMENT three seperate entities.

[mypost]

Its pretty obvious to anyone, that regardless of where the various clubs evolved from Drumcondra, Home Farm and Dublin City are AT THIS MOMENT three seperate entities.

Has anyone read dcfcsteve's sig? (http://foot.ie/showpost.php?p=460281&postcount=7)

The fan concerned, obviously sees the Seery spin for what it is. Mypost does not recognise fictitious club names on the Premier Review.

[A face]

Just want to say here lads, mypost is totally entitled to post this .... its not breaking any rules for a start, also it is a discussion forum .... discussion is always going to be welcome to be fair. And to reply, you are totally entitled to disagree with his opinion, but stay within the rules.

[pineapple stu]

mypost is totally entitled to post this .... it's not breaking any rules for a start
Would comments such as mypost's above not be tantamount to trolling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll), which is banned?

[A face]

Would comments such as mypost's above not be tantamount to trolling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll), which is banned?

Well technically no it isn't, he is a member of the forum, discussing league issues in the general forum (as opposed to each club section) and he started the thread and his post count average is well up there as he regularly post in it.

But aside from technically, i dont think he is either .... its a review. People might think he is wearing rose-tinted glasses (or whatever the opposite to that is) but that isn't aganist the rules either.

If people were 'upset' by what they are reading then in my opinion they should either criticise his opinion (as some people have tried) or compile their own review and post it in this thread to give contrast and address the balance as it were.

[mypost]

Premier Division Results:

WEEK 5/33:
CORK CITY 2-1 LONGFORD TOWN
DERRY CITY 1-0 BOHEMIANS
HOME FARM 0-0 SLIGO ROVERS
ST. PATS. ATH. 0-1 DROGHEDA UTD.
UCD 4-1 BRAY WDS.
WATERFORD UTD. 0-1 SHELBOURNE

Week 5 of the league saw normal service resumed, with all games played as planned. It saw Shels finally click into gear, Drogheda open up daylight at the top, and the beginning of a Saturday afternoon kick off experiment at UCD. 11 goals were scored, from 3 home wins, 2 away wins, and a scoreless draw.

Cork may be second, but have only had a modest start to the league season, despite wiping the floor with their opponents in the Setanta Cup. Longford got a 0-0 draw at Cork last season, and with another 3 draws under their belt this season so far, were confident of taking another one. However, Cork doubled their goal tally this season, by the hour mark this time, with 2 goals from John O' Flynn. But instead of the floodgates opening at 2-0, Longford didn't give up without a fight. They scored with a quarter of an hour to go through Kevin Doherty, and had chances to equalise. It wasn't enough though as Cork made heavy weather of maintaining their 100% record at home, and stay second in the table.

2 weeks ago, Bohs dominated at Cork, and they did so again at the other end of the country at Derry. The home side may have exited the Setanta Cup in midweek, but against the run of play, took the lead through Stephen O' Flynn on the hour, and held on to it to the end. Bohs still struggle, and go home to face their first Dublin derby of the season on Good Friday, against Pats.

The derby of last year's promoted clubs was in deserted Dalymount. As is generally the case in NL football, Home Farm games are not easy on the eye, and this game never promised to be a classic either. It duly lived up to it's billing, and finished 0-0.

The battle of the unbeaten clubs took place at Richmond, with Pats looking for revenge for their home defeat to Drogheda in the rain last June. This time, hail showers descended on Inchicore, and the travelling support hailed the winner from Paul Keegan with 3 minutes to go, getting Drogheda's 4th 1-0 win this season. They remain top of the league, and play Cork in the Setanta Cup Final, after winning their semi-final,
1-0 of course!!

UCD's Saturday afternoon kick-offs were introduced, for their "Dort Derby" with Bray. Like most Derbies, the game started slowly, until Bray fell asleep and conceded 3 goals in 5 minutes before the break, as Paul Byrne and Conor Sammon were allowed to help themselves. The pair of them put UCD 4-0 up, before Conor Tresson pulled back a consolation. 5 goals in the meeting at Belfield again, but UCD win comprehensively this time.

Shels finally realised that, even with a game in hand, they needed to start winning to catch up with their rivals, as only one point separated these two before the game. Shels won through Jason Byrne's free-kick on 40', to move them to within 7 points of Drogheda. They may have stayed up last season, but Waterford, whose last win was last November under Pat Dolan's watchful eye, remain where they were pre-Dolan; winless, rudderless, and cast adrift at the bottom.

[mypost]

Premier Division Results:

WEEK 6/33:
BOHEMIANS 0-0 ST. PATS. ATH.
BRAY WDS. 0-0 CORK CITY
DROGHEDA UTD. 1-0 UCD
LONGFORD TOWN 0-1 DERRY CITY
SHELBOURNE 1-0 HOME FARM
SLIGO ROVERS 3-1 WATERFORD UTD.

Week 6 was not one for strikers. Cagey defences joined most of the country in shutting up shop on Good Friday as the whopping total of 2 goals were scored from 4 games. 5 more went in, in the games played on the rest of the weekend, with 4 of them in Sligo, but then again, you must remember that they were up against hapless Waterford. The stats show 2 wins each way this week, and Drogheda extending their lead at the top, with yet another 1-0 win.

Bohs and Pats took the glamour billing this week, in the Dublin derby. That's where the glamour ended though, as the holiday crowd were sent to sleep in a dour 0-0 draw, briefly awoken in the 80th minute by Jason McGuinness's contender for Foul of the Season, a wild lunge on Paul Keegan bringing a straight red card. Bohs collect another point, while Pats collect their third successive draw at Dalymount.

After celebrating their passage through to the Setanta Cup final, Cork made the long journey to their second nearest team, Bray. While Cork's strikers had a night off, their stand-in keeper McNulty kept them in the game, and his saves ensured a somewhat fortunate point for the visitors, who continue to splutter in second gear in the league so far.

Home of the 1-0 win, league leaders Drogheda continue to go about their league business quietly and effectively. They extended their lead at the top with their routine 1-0 win, got, as UCD were sleeping off the effects of their half time break, Stephen Bradley scoring on 46'. Drogheda's lead over Cork and Derry stands at 4 points, and will be protected as all 3 clubs have had their matches next week needlessly postponed, for the benefit of tv. :mad:

Home of the long-ball show, Longford faced Derry at the Flansiro. The ground may be named after the San Siro in Milan, but that's where the comparison ends, as unlike in Longford, the San Siro itself doesn't have vast sections of the ground sealed off to the fans!! Those that did come must have wondered why they bothered until the 71st minute, when Ciarán Martyn found the net from a McCourt free-kick. Derry move into second with a game in hand, while the second defeat for Longford this season sees them keeping tabs with Waterford at the bottom.

After losing the Setanta Cup semi at a packed Turners Cross, Shels drew the short straw this week, with a home tie in front of several thousand less people, against former tenants Home Farm. Gary O'Neill scored the winner in an uneventful encounter, as Shels finally begin to motor up the league. Franchise FC meanwhile, haven't won for 4 games. :)

Finn Harps' replacements in the division this season, Sligo, faced Waterford at the Showgrounds, where goals flowed:eek:...for at least 12 minutes, as the sides cancelled out each other's strikes through Paul Mc Tiernan, and Brendan Hughes, when the game settled down, and tedium returned. It wasn't until Matthew Judge scored on 65, before Sligo restored order. Respectability was put on the scoreline, when second-half sub Seán Flannery scored 10 minutes from time. Waterford may be on a 4-game losing streak, but in fairness, unlike in the rest of the league, there have been a fair few goals in their games this season. The bad news for their fans is, most of them have been going in at the wrong end!!

[Celdrog]

Drogheda's lead over Cork and Derry stands at 4 points, and will be protected as all 3 clubs have had their matches next week needlessly postponed, for the benefit of tv. :mad:


Good analysis but has our game not been postponed to allow us to once again win a cup final against the langers (assuming of course that Georgie and his band of merry men fail to turn up as we could not possibly win the Setanta cup on our own merit)

[mypost]

Premier Division Results:

WEEK 7/33:
CORK CITY - SLIGO ROVERS
DERRY CITY - DROGHEDA UTD.
HOME FARM 1-2 BOHEMIANS
ST. PATS. ATH. 3-0 BRAY WDS.
UCD 1-2 SHELBOURNE
WATERFORD UTD. 0-0 LONGFORD TOWN

With 2 games blatantly postponed for tv :mad: , Week 7 saw the top 3 clubs' games wiped out, and no change at the top of the table. The 2 Dublin derbies saw 2-1 away wins, a sleeping pill in Waterford, and Pats claiming the only home win of the weekend, against the bottom side. 9 goals went in.

It was Bohs' turn to run into Home Farm this week, and Gerry Cuffe's turn to count his losses on the gate that playing them and not Rovers this week, cost him. Effectively a Bohs home game, they raced into a 2-goal lead in half an hour through Ward and Ferguson, against a starstruck defence. They meanwhile, raced into 2 red cards instead, one each awarded to Crowley and McDonnell. Despite pulling a goal back through Freeman, Bohs did enough to claim their second win of the season. Home Farm however, have shown their value in this year's league by winning just one match from 7, courtesy of their opponents charity, and lie 2 points from the bottom.

Pats took on Bray in the first game of the weekend, and the first to be played on a Wednesday this season. Not much happened until Paul Keegan opened the scoring on 46'. Bray fell further behind 5 minutes later through Trevor Molloy. If Bray do anything, it's usually through Zayed. Along came his chance to make his mark on the hour and he did so...by missing his side's penalty, and hitting the bar later. Pats wrapped up the points through Keegan again with 7 minutes remaining. Bray may have a game in hand, but last season's form is something they can't sustain. Having shipped 7 goals in successive away games, they slump to the bottom.

UCD played Shels in the Saturday afternoon Dublin derby at Belfield, where Gary O'Neill scored for the visitors on 70'. With the pressure off, Shels relaxed and were punished as a minute later, UCD equalised from Derek Doyle's header. Liam Kearney scored for Shels with 5 minutes to go to secure Shels' third win on the spin. UCD have claimed 4 points from 4 home games.

Two sides stuck in the bottom 4; one that can't play football, and the other who can't find form, looked like a 0-0 banker, and so it proved at Waterford. Neither side can buy a win, and those who didn't go to the game missed nothing. Waterford creep away from the bottom, and Longford creep up to 10th. For the rest of the series, nobody (bar this year's promoted clubs) needs a fixture list, as all games are simply the direct reverse of who played who in the corresponding weeks of last season. :(

[DmanDmythDledge]

Pats took on Bray in the first game of the weekend, and the first to be played on a Wednesday
Wednesday isn't the weekend. This is has to be the worst written stuff I've ever read.

[NY Hoop]

I blame the mods here. Everyone knows its drivel yet they allow it every week..........

Stop the madness:D

KOH

[pineapple stu]

Good man mypost - continuing with the erroneous view that the Cork and Drogs games were called off for silly reasons rather than, as pointed out above, a Cup Final. :rolleyes:

[Réiteoir]

mypost = Mark O'Neill-Cummins in disguise?

[mypost]

Wednesday isn't the weekend. This is has to be the worst written stuff I've ever read.

Don't shoot the messenger. Instead, whinge to whoever brought the match forward to Wednesday. :mad:


Good man mypost - continuing with the erroneous view that the Cork and Drogs games were called off for silly reasons rather than, as pointed out above, a Cup Final.

So, you tell me why the Cup final couldn't be played on Easter Monday then, the logical time to play it??

No, much easier to f-up 3 scheduled games on the following weekend to cater for it instead. :rolleyes: :mad:

[DmanDmythDledge]

Don't shoot the messenger. Instead, whinge to whoever brought the match forward to Wednesday. :mad:
I didn't complain about the match being moved, I was pointing out that Wednesday isn't the weekend, proving this to be sh!t.

[mypost]

I was pointing out that Wednesday isn't the weekend.

:rolleyes:

[pineapple stu]

So, you tell me why the Cup final couldn't be played on Easter Monday then, the logical time to play it??

No, much easier to f-up 3 scheduled games on the following weekend to cater for it instead.
Yep, superb planning for a Cup Final to have a game three days beforehand. I don't actually see the problem in calling the two games off anyway. (Obviously, Rovers' game with Limerick doesn't count as - and I'm sure proper Rovers fans will accept my apologies for having to recourse to this - it's your own problem you don't have a ground.)

[mypost]

Yep, superb planning for a Cup Final to have a game three days beforehand. I don't actually see the problem in calling the two games off anyway. (Obviously, Rovers' game with Limerick doesn't count as - and I'm sure proper Rovers fans will accept my apologies for having to recourse to this - it's your own problem you don't have a ground.)

There were actually 3 games postponed last week, I may add. Try explaining to Sligo or Limerick fans who had booked halfdays from work, or booked overnight accommodation to Cork and Dublin several weeks beforehand, that their games scheduled on that weekend were called off for commercial reasons at short notice, and their efforts were a waste of time and money, and see the answers you get.

There was nothing to stop that final being played on Easter Monday, on a public holiday, like all the other games in the competition, or at a ground that wasn't due to have a game played that weekend. This is summer football, games should NOT be postponed except for very bad weather, and 6 clubs' games should not be cancelled purely for the sake of tv. What next? The League Cup final is put on a weekend, for tv??

What chance have we got of promoting a league when games are postponed for the hell of it? It's an utter disgrace! :mad:

[Dazzy]

that their games scheduled on that weekend were called off for commercial reasons at short notice, and their efforts were a waste of time and money, and see the answers you get.

Everyone knew games would be postponed, the Rovers game was depending on who made the finaland this was known wel in advance if Linfield didnt make the final it would be Tolka.

[desaintsno.12]

why does it bother you all so much ????? if ya dont like his post stop looking it up and reading it.its the same people ****in and moaning every week. i don't think it's quality stuff myself and it's biased too but so what. why don't the moaners get the thumb out and write a perfect report on every game themselves since they clearly know how it should be done..

[pineapple stu]

There were actually 3 games postponed last week, I may add. Try explaining to Sligo or Limerick fans who had booked halfdays from work, or booked overnight accommodation to Cork and Dublin several weeks beforehand, that their games scheduled on that weekend were called off for commercial reasons at short notice, and their efforts were a waste of time and money, and see the answers you get.

There was nothing to stop that final being played on Easter Monday, on a public holiday, like all the other games in the competition, or at a ground that wasn't due to have a game played that weekend. This is summer football, games should NOT be postponed except for very bad weather, and 6 clubs' games should not be cancelled purely for the sake of tv. What next? The League Cup final is put on a weekend, for tv??

What chance have we got of promoting a league when games are postponed for the hell of it? It's an utter disgrace!
Stupidest post ever!

I am aware there were three games postponed last week - I dealt with the Rovers game separately.

I very much doubt that people book accommodation for eL trips "several weeks in advance". In any event, they were given plenty of notice, and most employers don't have a problem with people cancelling holidays. The League Cup Final should be played on a weekend. No final should be played midweek, and no team should have to play a league match the same weekend as a Cup Final. The games were quite simply not postponed for the utter hell of it.

[mypost]

I am aware there were three games postponed last week - I dealt with the Rovers game separately. I very much doubt that people book accommodation for eL trips "several weeks in advance".

Fans of clubs who wish to attend long-distance games on Friday nights, need to arrange work holidays well in advance, re-arrange shifts, make travel plans, and in some cases, book overnight accommodation. This takes time, and costs money. To postpone games for the sake of it, in this case for tv, when there are other perfectly acceptable alternatives available, shows a total disregard for the league, and it's fans. That game should have taken place on Easter Monday, which (to most people) is part of the weekend, there's no logical reason why it couldn't.


they were given plenty of notice. The games were quite simply not postponed for the utter hell of it.

10 days notice for postponing games is not plenty of notice in my book, especially not to those who have gone to such lengths to make them. This is the kind of nonsense that creates fixture pile-ups, like what happened in the league only a couple of years ago.

This is a league, league games should be played on weekends, and other competitions should be played in midweek. That's how most countries do it, and it works perfectly well for them. But that of course is too easy to do for the FAI. We have to do it the wrong way here, don't we?? :rolleyes:

[bigmac]

This is a league, league games should be played on weekends, and other competitions should be played in midweek. That's how most countries do it, and it works perfectly well for them.


Just out of interest, what country plays cup finals on weekdays?

[Réiteoir]

Just out of interest, what country plays cup finals on weekdays?

I can't think of a single example tbh

Even the LDV Vans Trophy is played on a weekend in England - and that's a pretty tinpot competition

[mypost]

Just out of interest, what country plays cup finals on weekdays?

Spain have just played their cup final in midweek, as they do every second year. Italy have also been known to play theirs in midweek.

Most countries do play their national cup final on weekends. However, this is done at the end of the season, and not at the expense of the league programme. The vast majority of them play all other cup games in midweek, and never on league weekends, unlike here. :rolleyes:

[Bald Student]

This is a league, league games should be played on weekends, and other competitions should be played in midweek. That's how most countries do it, and it works perfectly well for them.


Most countries do play their national cup final on weekends.

I'm confused. Do most countries play cup finals on weekdays or weekends?

[Breifne]

Most countries do play their national cup final on weekends. However, this is done at the end of the season, and not at the expense of the league programme. The vast majority of them play all other cup games in midweek, and never on league weekends, unlike here. :rolleyes:

Correct me if i'm wrong but the majority of FA and SFA Cup games are played on weekends (with the exception of replays) as these are the only two domestic foreign cup competitions I'm familiar with, that means out of the two i'm aware of two take place at weekends through out the season.

Whats the problem

[pineapple stu]

Mypost prefers to ignore questions which prove that he's talking complete rubbish.

[mypost]

Mypost prefers to ignore questions which prove that he's talking rubbish.

More rubbish. :rolleyes:

I've addressed the issue 4 times. I won't be doing it again.

[pineapple stu]

You've pointed out two incidences of mid-week Cup finals and claimed that that constitutes a majority of Europe. You've subsequently contradicted yourself quite clearly on the issue. You've failed to provide any reason why eL fans would be booking their trips down the country weeks in advance. In short, you've failed quite clearly to "address the issue".

[Réiteoir]

You've pointed out two incidences of mid-week Cup finals and claimed that that constitutes a majority of Europe. You've subsequently contradicted yourself quite clearly on the issue. You've failed to provide any reason why eL fans would be booking their trips down the country weeks in advance. In short, you've failed quite clearly to "address the issue".

When I travel over to games from England - Which involve crossing International Borders - I never book up more than a week in advance - normally a couple of days before the game takes place.

I have never had to change my arrangements because games get moved - it's just sensible forward planning tbh.

[Réiteoir]

2005 Cup Final Days:
Albania - Sunday
Andorra - (both Finals) - Sunday
Azerbaijan - Saturday
Belarus - Sunday
Belgium - Saturday
Bulgaria - Sunday
Cyprus - Sunday
England - All FA Finals played on a Saturday
Estonia - Sunday
Finland - Saturday
France - Saturday
Germany - Saturday
Greece - Saturday
Iceland - Saturday
Ireland - Sunday
Italy - First Leg played on a Sunday
Latvia - Sunday
Lithuania - Saturday
Luxembourg - Saturday
Moldova - Saturday
Netherlands - Sunday
Northern Ireland - Saturday
Norway - Sunday
Orkney Islands - Saturday
Poland - First Leg played on a Saturday
Portugal - Sunday
Romania - Super Cup played on a Sunday
Russia - Sunday
Scotland - Saturday
Slovakia - Sunday
Spain - FA Cup: Saturday, Super Cup - Both Legs on a Saturday
Sweden - Saturday
Ukraine - Sunday
Wales - Sunday