Cup Match : Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:37 pm  

Sat 14th at 5.30. So we have the FA Cup Semi, the Grand National and then Saints. http://www.superleaguefans.com/rugby-le ... unced.html

Sat 14th at 5.30. So we have the FA Cup Semi, the Grand National and then Saints. http://www.superleaguefans.com/rugby-le ... unced.html

Re: Cup Match : Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:17 pm  

Is that not exactly the same time as Everton v Liverpool in the FA Cup?

Re: Cup Match : Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:21 pm  

No, that's on at 3.00.

Re: Cup Match : Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:59 pm  

I heard the FA cup was kicking off at 12.15ish. Maybe wrong though

Re: Cup Match : Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:24 pm  

Stupid. Should be on the Sunday. Won't be going to this. The sport needs to get a grip of itself and actually think about what it's doing.

Re: Cup Match : Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:36 pm  

the attendance will take a big hit over tis, why not sunday?

Re: Cup Match : Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:53 pm  

I doubt the football league plan fixtures around RL games and I don't see why we should either.

Re: Cup Match : Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:02 pm  

Div wrote:

I doubt the football league plan fixtures around RL games and I don't see why we should either.

It's just common sense and it will cost both clubs money. I think it's on the BBC isn't it, so perhaps they are the ones to blame. It's a Saturday, it's a massive day for sports with a Merseyside derby at Wembley Stadium and the Grand National. The RL is, for most people, not going to be on the radar. I'll be watching the Everton game in the pub and spending the rest of the day drunk in someone's garden if it's a nice day like most will.

Re: Cup Match : Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:24 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

It's just common sense and it will cost both clubs money. I think it's on the BBC isn't it, so perhaps they are the ones to blame. It's a Saturday, it's a massive day for sports with a Merseyside derby at Wembley Stadium and the Grand National. The RL is, for most people, not going to be on the radar. I'll be watching the Everton game in the pub and spending the rest of the day drunk in someone's garden if it's a nice day like most will.

I'm a rugby league fan and that is where I will be going. The other events wont be on my radar to be honest.

Re: Cup Match : Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:20 pm  

Look if it's on TV then they make the call. So why we may not want it on a Saturday, thats the day the Beeb have scheduled.
This gives them probably some sporting continuity.

I fail to see why this will take a big hit on the crowds. Crowds for CC games in the early rounds are always smaller than the following weeks SL game.

If anything the fact that the CC game is first may impact on the SL game. If and it's a big if, but if we give Widnes a big stuffing in the CC, that may reduce the appetite for Widnes fans to come to Saints. It will be the 3rd time playing them this year. So in a way we have already tapped that well for widnes fans.

However if it is a close game, then it may really stoke the fires for the following week.

As for Liverpool Everton. I'm sure there will be some cross over fans who cannot make it to both. Some will prioritize the Footy others the Rugby. But in the end this portion of fans is alot smaller than most assume. I would assume the CC game will get 8k whether it was on TV or not.

If Saints really get a run of form going into that match same for Widnes then it could be closer to a sell out.