Should clubs move their games to accomodate Premiership?

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Originally posted by Colm
Ah come on now SLK, that's never going to happen! :D

I see what you're saying alright but that doesn't change the fact that we shouldn't have moved the KO time. If we are to ever compete with the bigger leagues in Europe then we have to believe in ourselves. Sure, we're not in the same league as a lot of foreign teams but that shouldn't stop every football fan in Cork being in the Cross to support the Rebel Army on Sunday.
In my eyes, it is very sad that we still have to move a game so as not to clash with TV. I thought we'd gone beyond that stage.

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Believe it or not Colm I see your point too! :) I agree that it's very sad and disheartening to see teams changing games because of foreign fixtures. But the fact it that not every football fan in Cork will go to the X if there's a game on telly (not a dig at Cork by the way, this applies across the board). Someday hopefully we'll be in a position to ignore the likes of Chelsea and Man Yoo but until then I honestly feel that our clubs should swallow their pride.

There's nothing on the FAI site about the games being at 2pm, I think some clubs wanted that option (to get more bums on seats) but the FAI refused.

All games are still at 3.15pm on Sunday.

Jaysus this is confusing!

In fairness to the FAI, did they actually announce the games had changed? or was it clubs chancing that it would be changed?

The only fixture change that was announced by the FAI was the Shels v Rovers match that's being played tomorrow night instead of Sunday afternoon.

They never said anything about a change in kick off times for the rest of the matches being played on Sunday.

Just wanted to clarify, so basically any confusion caused is (some of) the clubs faults.....

That's my understanding. Some Clubs, not all, wanted the fixture change in order to get a better gate.