2007 League Fixtures

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Originally Posted by mypost

Knew the first reply with be from Galway, defending their Friday football. Couldn't resist having a go at us either.

Because of this country's obsession with playing on Friday nights, last season was the first time I could watch us play most of the season, home and away, since 2001/02. :eek: During the period, I could only get to weekend games, roughly 10 games a season at most.

In any case, 2 wrongs don't make a right. This is a nationwide issue. If Fridays are so wonderful, why do we all whinge every year about falling attendances? Only the ultras travel up and down the highways and byways of Ireland every Friday, every week. Friday night is a weeknight, and people can't travel around the country on a weeknight. Yeah, it's great for home fans, but there's no atmosphere with no away fans, and the clubs need to work together to improve the league's image. We had no away fans at 12 of our 18 home games last year, because those that wanted to go, simply couldn't go. So it was like playing in a library, with large parts of the ground sealed off. Nobody else plays top-flight football on Fridays in Europe, primarily because they know it's a sht time to play. Sadly, we do. :(

Call me old fashioned mypost but I prefered the Sunday afternoon kickoffs. :ball:

Then again Saturday nights would be the second best option.

I started a discussion about kick off times last year and a poll ended up that most people preferred friday nights despite the difficulties faced by away fans. I'd like saturday afternoons myslef but I was slammed by a Rovers fan for being typically british for that opinion.

I'd prefer saturday home games as I need to get off work early on a friday to make it back home, but thank god we're now in the Premier and most of the away games will be down the road from me!

If anyone gets word on the fixtures list please let me know! Post up here where we can find a copy.