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[stotty160]

with the club already having three firday evening fixtures with two more tobe confirmed.i just wondered what the fans prefered.i,m a regular supporter but i work shifts. as it works out they fall ok this year but if this is tobe the norm it could mean i would miss matches that i normally attend.i know we are trying to increase attendance this year but we can,t afford to lose any of the two hundred regulars we have left.

[PhillH]

There's pros and cons either way.

Fridays are preferable for full-time Super League players as it means they can enjoy Saturdays without the prospect of a match hanging over them on the Sunday.

Friday night is no doubt better for the corporate hospitality side of things too; easier for sponsors to entertain clients etc at the end of a normal workday than on a Sunday.

On the other hand, for players who have normal day jobs alongside playing RL part-time I'd imagine Friday night matches are not likely to allow them to give of their absolute best on the pitch. The choice being to either get regular Fridays off work from a sympathetic boss, or turn up feeling a tad fatigued before the match has even kicked off - particularly when your job has a manual element to it.

For the 2011 season presumably it's Salford's choice as to when Swinton play.

[wayne_r]

with the club already having three firday evening fixtures with two more tobe confirmed.i just wondered what the fans prefered.i,m a regular supporter but i work shifts. as it works out they fall ok this year but if this is tobe the norm it could mean i would miss matches that i normally attend.i know we are trying to increase attendance this year but we can,t afford to lose any of the two hundred regulars we have left.

Fridays are a problem for me - Saiford have for many years played on a Friday night - I do hope we stick to Sundays.............the result today at Barrow seems encouraging......:)

[THE PIMPERNEL]

Fridays are a problem for me - Saiford have for many years played on a Friday night - I do hope we stick to Sundays.............the result today at Barrow seems encouraging......

Wayne
Have you ever thought about changing your religion?????????????????????????????

[wayne_r]

Wayne
Have you ever thought about changing your religion?????????????????????????????

Dear Pimpernel,

We Jews rarely change religion................and even though I am not as observant as some and more than others, Friday nights are a special family time................having said that in the summer the sabbath starts very late so there would be a chance..........too much detail I guess for the average reader..........:)

In my youth I used to do lots of things on a Saturday - playing open age rugby league being one of them, but Friday nights have always been special.

[Blue Monkey]

I'd vote for Sunday afternoons everytime. I'm not at all keen on Friday nights especially under floodlights.

[wberry]

sundays for me, cos fridays have a game on sky, saturdays i go and play poker and sundays are for rugby. weekend sorted or it was. whats the reason for fridays anyway ?

wayne

Edited by wberry, 10 January 2011 - 02:46 PM.

[steve wild]

Personally I'd prefer Fridays. Finish work, have a couple of pints, then bus straight to ground. Then full weekend to do whatever else.

Also a lot of people have got into the habit of watching football on Sundays, and maybe there being no clash on a Friday might tempt them out? But of course it's all down to personal circumstances.

I suppose the proof of the pudding will be in the eating as far as comparing crowds on a Friday & Sunday are concerned.

[Paul Davidson]

Friday night's are best for me at the moment as I'll have a few beers and bring along some of my drinking mates to a few of the matches and then go to the pub afterwards as well!!!!
This then leaves the rest of the weekend free for attacking that ever increasing list of "things that need sorting out"!!!!
In a few years time though when my kids are a bit older Sunday's will be better as I can bring them along without them being as bored.
I suppose we'll have a mixture of both Fridays and Sundays and to be honest that will probably be the best for me.

[who cares?]

irrespective of the day, at least being at the willows there is a good chance of getting some sky money for showing championship 1 games

christ we shouls be on every week given what we are owed for not being on due to them not putting the cameras up at sedgley

btw friday nights for me, always seems better to me watching a game under the lights

[duffymoon]

irrespective of the day, at least being at the willows there is a good chance of getting some sky money for showing championship 1 games

christ we shouls be on every week given what we are owed for not being on due to them not putting the cameras up at sedgley

btw friday nights for me, always seems better to me watching a game under the lights

Sundays for me! the size of my post round at the minute would be lucky to be finished for kick off time on a friday

[ROONEY]

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Sundays for me! the size of my post round at the minute would be lucky to be finished for kick off time on a friday
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im out of work get me a job i will promise to keep my phone switched off