Friday or Saturday nights?

I have to get days off work for the first few away matches so i have to request them in advance....and its first come first served if ye know what i mean, so i want to hand in my requests as soon a i can incase someone else wants the same days off...so do any of ye know if ye will be playing ye're home games on a saturday night...more so cobh and finn harps....the rest will more than likely be friday!? i was going to just ask for every friday in march off because its only upto March i can request off as holidays at the minute, but was thinking the odd team might have saturday games like ourselves :o

Its a bit of a dose alright. I would love to see a situation where all clubs played on one night and one televised game was played on the other night.

Galway United tried Saturday nights for a few seasons but an experiment with Friday nights brought bigger crowds. The big problem with Fridays [let's not mention Thursdays!] is that they restrict the amount of visiting fans who can travel.

I'm surprised no club has tried Sunday nights because there is never anything to do on a Sunday night.

Finn Harps played Friday nights last season. I think yourselves and Cobh are the only teams playing on a Saturday night next season.

I also think Sunday nights or Sunday 3pm should be tried by someone

I see in the First Division Kildare have changed to Fridays

Longford sticking to Saturdays

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Originally Posted by A face

Its a bit of a dose alright. I would love to see a situation where all clubs played on one night and one televised game was played on the other night.

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I think this is exactly the way it should be for effective promotion of the league. too many nights used to play 1 round of games.

all games should kick off on a friday night at 6.30 and one live game should be showing on the same night with an 8.30 kick off.
just enough time to watch your team and then scatter to the pub to watch the live game.

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Originally Posted by The Man Himself

all games should kick off on a friday night at 6.30 and one live game should be showing on the same night with an 8.30 kick off.

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6.30pm Friday!! :D Do you want to obliterate the attendance by 80-90%?? :confused:

8.25pm: "This is a Public Safety announcement: Will the (few) visiting supporters in Section X, please stay behind for 15 minutes after the game, as we want you to miss the start of the crucial mid-table six-pointer between Galway and Cobh"

8.30ko's on Saturdays will drag people off their armchairs, with fall else on. Any earlier, and they'll more probably stay at home.

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Originally Posted by mypost

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6.30pm Friday!! :D Do you want to obliterate the attendance by 80-90%??

8.25pm: "This is a Public Safety announcement: Will the (few) visiting supporters in Section X, please stay behind for 15 minutes after the game, as we want you to miss the start of the crucial mid-table six-pointer between Galway and Cobh"

8.30ko's on Saturdays will drag people off their armchairs, with fall else on. Any earlier, and they'll more probably stay at home.

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in all fairness you been a bit OTT.... Cobh dont have a hope of been involved in a mid-table clash...:D

did cobh play a few games in the afternoon on saturdays last year too? was there a problem with lights or something

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Originally Posted by DRDoc

I also think Sunday nights or Sunday 3pm should be tried by someone

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We used to play our home games on a Sunday afternoon at 3pm for a few seasons but crowds were shocking.

I think friday/saturday nights are fine but don't think the RTE should be allowed show the premirtship until after 9.30 as it competes directly with the live game , surprised the FAI didn't pick up on this when negotiating the recent contract.Its ironic that Sky paid for floodlights so clubs could move away from sunday afternoons and then RTE re-arrange the premiership highligts to clash , could start a riot here but why do RTE bother wasting money covering the premiership when it done anyway on match of the day.

We are staying with saturday nights unless we are asked to haave a tellly game. Also this will be handy for away fans travel etc.

Harps will be sticking with Friday nights this season. I was really hoping we'd go back to Saturdays.

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Originally Posted by feo123

did cobh play a few games in the afternoon on saturdays last year too? was there a problem with lights or something

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Yes, but that was due to an arrangement with both Dundalk and Monaghan. The majority were played Saturday night.

Far as I know Cobh home games are Saturday nights

Thursday. :)

Friday nights mean a half day off work for me, if I can attend at all. Saturday means bye bye non-football social life though...

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Originally Posted by feo123

did cobh play a few games in the afternoon on saturdays last year too? was there a problem with lights or something

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That was Sligo. They pulled down their old lights a few months before the new ones were delivered.