Kick off for tonights FAI Ford cup game is now 7.15pm at Terryland Park.
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Kick off for tonights FAI Ford cup game is now 7.15pm at Terryland Park.
FFS, how was it that this decision took until hours before the game to be made?
This will hurt the crowd which in turn hurts both clubs, never mind the inconvenience for people traveling long distances- some of whom may not even find out at this stage.
Very disappointed by this.
I think we scored a major O.G on this by not getting the news out earlier in the week.
Who knows, maybe there was a problem contacting the ref. or getting his / Harps / FAI agreement?
The righteous indignation from Donegal is hard to swallow given the number of fixtures lost up there and the fact that it is only a half an hour, but, yes, I agree we got it wrong on this one amd apologies should go to those planning a long journey this afternoon.
Its only a change of 30 mins. It would be worse if kick off had been changed to 5.00 or something. Im sure the majority of fans from Donegal would be leaving early to avoid traffic and would be arriving in plenty of time anyway.
In all fairness there's a big difference between the ref calling off a game due to the weather (which has happened to all of us- I remember games in Kildare and Cork being called off within the last hour before KO, but that's life) and a club deciding to move a kick off on the day of a game when the circumstances causing this were known weeks in advance.
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Originally Posted by bazza1
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In all fairness..... the circumstances only came to light (no pun intended) at the start of this week. (The cup draw was on May 31st.).Quote:
Originally Posted by Galway Harps
As I noted above I'm sorry for travelling Harps fans & that we didn't have clarity on it by yesterday morning at least.
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Originally Posted by MyTown
What a load of cobblers. If a game is called off for unforseen problems , e.g. weather then not much the club can do about it. If Harps have doubts about the pitch they always try to have early inspections to avoid clubs / fans travelling in vain but at the end of the day it is entirely down to the referee.
Its been comon knowledge all week they would have no lights, GUFC must have known for longer. They contacted Harps this morning at 10.00am, then the FAI send out a press release confirming its off. Harps had no say in it.
Our teams travel and pre match plans have now been thrown in a heap, never mind the inconvenience for supporters, which could all have been avoided.
Aren't we talking about kick off coming forward by a half hour?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_T
If everyone's plans are thrown in a heap by that amount of inconveninece then you really do have a problem.
For the third time, sorry for the inconvenience. And I bow to your greater knowledge of how the FAI & Harps came to hear of it.
I have an idea on how it can all be avoided, this might seem crazy but you could try........ Leaving half an hour earlier :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_T
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Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
Yes, that would be the idea. However, a 20 man squad plus all the backroom staff need to be informed of this - most of which are at work this morning. The bus company now needs to provide the coach 30 minutes earlier. The hotel where the team are meeting for their pre-match get together needs to have pre-matches meals / room available 30 minutes earlier. It's all okay leaving half-an-hour earlier when you know a day or two in advance. But been told just nine hours before heading off on a four hour journey is a bit much.
Some people questioned the kick-off time earlier this week when they heard their were no lights. I know a Harps official had a conversation about this with a Galway United official three days okay. The Galway official said "sure it'll be okay, it's clear most nights to 11 O'Clock.
Just one question - how many matches have Galway played this season without the floodlights switched on for at least the second half? Why did it take the FAI to make the decision for Galway this morning?
YES. And the time given on all sports bullintins this morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocketfingers
In fairness, the team don't just hop in a bus and arrive ten minutes before kick off like fans do. They'd have a plan for the day involving stopping in a hotel along the way, getting something to eat at a particular time, arriving at the ground at a certain time for warm ups, etc. It's not trivial to move all that forward, even by 30 minutes. I'd imagine several Harps players may be working in the morning too.Quote:
Originally Posted by GuisaSaigon
Monaghan did that for a game in Galway years ago, and lost 8-0!! :D Both sides were relegated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
More Friday night football madness. :oQuote:
I'd imagine several Harps players may be working in the morning too.
Btw, is the ko time of our game there next week, now provisional? :confused:
I have to agree with Harps & Rocket on this , something should have been said sooner but fair play to the club at least they have got their heads together and with the extra 30 minutes we should be fine . Bye the way the floodlights are turned on around half time .
I still say a few flares would be handy .
ONLY JOKING .........
Fair cop. None that I can recall.Quote:
Originally Posted by harps1954
Actually, that's a second question - but to be honest, I don't know.Quote:
Originally Posted by harps1954
Another reasonable question given today's developments, but I would have thought with Live TV, the original time is set in stone:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost
Fair enough, it's not exactly ideal, and United messed up by not changing KO earlier :( , but it's not the end of the world. a few phone calls should sort it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by harps1954
And a shligo fan giving out about floodlights is a bit of a joke
No,the floodlights will be back in place by next Friday AFAIKQuote:
Originally Posted by mypost
I never thought any club in this country would resort to these tactics!
Who made the decision to bring forward the KO time on the day of the game. Did the FAI make it? Thought we were past all this amateurism at this stage.
lads talk about whinging and moaning, for a crappy competition of which the Fai take a big scalp of the gate for nothing, the referees up their expenses big time and the 2 clubs divvy out the leftovers. The magic of the cup I never understood any kind of half arsed team on a roll can win that cup. I much prefer the league, a team that wins a league , any league are a good team.
Look at it this way geezer (and I don't think the FAI take a significant share of the gate until the latter stages)- should the late change mean that 200 people paying on average €10 now do not attend the game, then that's €2000 that the clubs lose out on for no good reason. That's a lot of lotto tickets or whatever to sell and hard work for people to do to make that up.
We were on our way to Kilkenny last season for the last game of the season when Harps called off your game against Dundalk. All games were to be played at the same time but Dundalk had the advantage of knowing the result of our game because ye had to postpone the game at the last minute. I haven't seen this much moaning since Maxi attacked John Delaney's Christmas tree. Get over it. its a half an hour change in kick off time ffs
Yes but it was only after ye took down the old one's ye realised they'd have to be replaced.Idiots.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocketfingers
Go away from our forum-you're too much like the old days.
Don't see the huge fuss myself but i can acknowledge Harps frustration.
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Originally Posted by MyTown
Apologise for the inconvenience as often as you like, but its kinda pointless when you qualify it by repeatedly trying to imply that its not really any big deal at all and call aways fans annoyance "righteous indignation". Tell you what, keep you apology. :rolleyes:
Team travel arrangements are on a tight itinerary as already stated. Add in contacting everyone (some of whom are working) to make sure everyone is there in time for the new departure time and Paul Hegarty has a major headache he did not need in advance of the cup game.
Then add in the fact that local and national press this morning list the game as 7.45pm, with National Radio bulletins I've heard not highlighting the change, and the fact that many supporters are not online, and you can garauntee that a number of Harps fans will not find out in time to change travel plans or to "simply" leave half an hour earlier. It would have been easy to leave half an hour earlier if we'd been told a few days ago.
This was called off by the ref, not by FHFC. Totally different circumstance in any case.Quote:
Harps called off your game against Dundalk
I reckon that all ye'll be missing out on is a couple of beers before the game lads. As for the team they will have left Ballybofey with loads of time to spare. Having said that it is a **** up but hey these things happen. I just hope that its brighter in Galway than it is in Cork at the mo cos you wouldn't be able to see jack sh1t if its this dark in Galway!
The FAI insisted that the game KO at 7.15pm due to poor weather conditions.
Five floodlights are still working. On any normal day in June, it would be bright until 10.30pm. GUFC/GUST have sent out over 500 texts to supporters this morning, as well as contacting Galway Bay FM and posting on two fora and the club website.
Any inconvenience to the team and supporters of Finn Harps is regrettable. In retrospect, this decision should have been made yesterday.
Aertel still reporting the match as a 7.45pm kick-off.
2FM had no metion of the change in kick-off time on their sports news at 2.00pm.
Apart from the few Harps supporters who are on this and other forums (and the Harps website) where are the Harps supporters going to get their advice to set off on their journey's half-an-hour earlier. By the time the next sports news is on the radio, it will already be too late to set off half-an-hour early if you know what I mean.
If the game hadn't been changed I doubt they would have had it right. I wouldn't depend on Errortel if I were you.Quote:
Originally Posted by harps1954
Right. Brilliant. Thanks for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_T
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Originally Posted by baileban
why dont ya ask him thats his reply to this right above yours...bet ya didnt realise that...:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by bazza1
i just RE-read the message there frm RC and too sure thats what it said.... i taught it was just saying about the match and breezed through it fast....oooopppsss !!:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne
i can see logistically it will be a bit of a pain in the arse for the finn harps team etc. - but for most of the fans - its one less beer beforehand
if your comminting to the 3-4 hour journey - youll have some leeway im sure - and only miss a few minuets at the most
obvoiusly it would have been better announced yesterday etc.
but as is lets get the word out
Just a heads up on the traffic situation in the city, in short it's mental because of the Tuam Road works....
Anyone traveling from the East of the city or the Tuam direction would want to adjust their journey time accordingly....
The match has been put back to 7.35 or 7.45 if there is a big crowd. This is not a joke- got a message from ***** *******. The Harps bus was delayed in Sligo.
Whoops!- Got badly caught there!
Clever. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Galway Harps
Friday night football..... :oQuote:
Originally Posted by KoemansCC
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Originally Posted by Galway Harps
THIS IS NOT TRUE FOLKS!!!
Disgraceful from Galway, to be honest.
But then, it's hard to get too high and mighty about slagging Galway - remember, they are the most professional club in the country, and that's official. Whenever they **** up, we can only sit back and wonder how much worse a job our own club would have done.
Disgraceful, shocking, horrific, barbaric.
Not since the days of Pol Pots regime have we seen such wanton evil.
Khmer Maroon :mad: