Re: Tolouse (H) : Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:38 am  

griff1998 wrote:

Wales v England is a big game ?

How far have we fallen ?

Not because we're playing Wales on the basis of their footballing ability, it's the context of the game. As far as internationals go, it's a local Derby. If Wednesday played Rotherham I wouldn't see it as a bigger game than us playing Gillingham for example, but there would be a much bigger crowd for obvious reasons, the local aspect. Add that to the fact it's a qualifier for a major tournament, a qualifying campaign we're so far unbeaten in and one in which Wales desparately need a win...it's a big game, and people will want to watch it. Let's hope this isn't refelcted in the attendance too much.

Re: Tolouse (H) : Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:44 am  

It's a funny one really,Theres so much varied sport on the weekend now,Theres always somthing to watch,agree with Eso that its not just an ordianry game,My 1st love is football but will be going to the Eagles game as not bothered enough to watch the England game over the Eagles game,Years gone by i would have chosen the England game without thinking but times move on,I would have liked to watch the England v Scotland game sunday when the Eagles game was on But i made my choice,Taped it and watched it when i got in,I'll be doing the same that day.

Re: Tolouse (H) : Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:48 am  

E.S.O wrote:

It's not just "something else" though is it Griff? As I explained in my previous post it's a pretty big game and anyone who takes an interest in football will probably want to watch it, I understand you probably don't and that's fair enough.

As for "being done" with England, I'll never give up on my country, no matter how bad we get! I'm proud to be English and will support my country in one of my favourite sports whether we're beating the Brazilians or fighting for a draw against Montenegro. They're crap but they're my crap. Bit like Wednesday, and Eagles sometimes!!

at least you're consistent ! - supporting crap teams !

Re: Tolouse (H) : Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:49 am  

Dont like to leave ESO on his own,I also support crap teams

Re: Tolouse (H) : Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:00 am  

what's the capacity of Hillsborough nowadays ? in the good old days when I used to go up to follow the mighty Spurs or Canaries it was quite substantial,holding it's fair share of Cup semi finals etc along with Villa Park etc
Holding the FA cup semis at Wembley is a joke IMO

Re: Tolouse (H) : Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:31 am  

sanjunien wrote:

what's the capacity of Hillsborough nowadays ? in the good old days when I used to go up to follow the mighty Spurs or Canaries it was quite substantial,holding it's fair share of Cup semi finals etc along with Villa Park etc
Holding the FA cup semis at Wembley is a joke IMO

Easy - Wembley cost 495 billion pounds to build so they have to play them there. Plus where else could you hold City v United and get all the fans who want to see the game into the stadium?

Stoke v Bolton could be held at Old Trafford if it wasn't for the money issue. The fans will still cough up I suspect. At some point the cost of tickets and travel will break even the most dedicated fan's bank balance and they'll stop going. But for now, football will keep milking the willing cow.

If only rugby league had this problem. We have problems getting anybody to turn up to any Challenge Cup game, except the final.

Re: Tolouse (H) : Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:34 am  

We need a bit of confidence in our product.

If we keep trying to avoid other events, we'll end up kicking off at 12 pm on a Thursday night.

Re: Tolouse (H) : Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:36 pm  

It will be at 3pm...

Re: Tolouse (H) : Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:25 pm  

Hillsborough holds 39,000, though hasn't been anywhere near full this season, we had 37,000 in for the last game of last season, the police and the "safety advisory group" wouldn't allow us to use the North West Corner (segregation issues).

FA Cup semi finals being played at Wembley stems back to '93 when we ANNIHLATED Sheff Utd at Wembley (2-1, after extra time ). The FA had said Arsenal vs Spurs (I think?) would be played at Wembley but we'd have to play our semi final at E**and Ro*d, as you can imagine the Sheffield folk kicked up a fuss and it got moved, and I think they have pretty much been at Wembley ever since, obviously not when the old one was being knocked down and the new one built.

As for it being the only ground to get all of City/Man Ure fans in, maybe if the FA gave them a fair proportion of tickets!! They've been allocated around 34,000 seats each which means almost a third of Wembley's capacity will be taken up by the corporate prawn sandwich brigade, which I think is a joke, punishing the proper fans (I'm informed Man U do have some!) certainly in City's case.

Re: Tolouse (H) : Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:24 pm  

Due to the game still taking place at 3pm on the saturday I now have a groupon voucher for 2 adults and 2 children for the game. It was £6 but i'll give it away for nothing 7 post it if anyone knows someone who will take full advantage of it!

just send me a PM.