Christmas Eve football
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Christmas Eve football
Seems they Premier League have announced the first Xmas Eve fixture for 27 years.
Not going down well with fans. The Chelsea Fans Trust released this:
Not going down well with fans. The Chelsea Fans Trust released this:
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The powers that be really don’t give a toss. Who on earth thought Christmas Eve was a good idea?
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whats the issue with Xmas Eve?
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is that worse than a sunday afternoon? a saturday 8pm? boxing day? new years day?
it just seems like something else to moan about
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I wouldn’t be going to a match on Xmas Eve even if it was Burnley.
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Just a ballache to get back from, plus its all the staff of the clubs, coach drivers, not to mention anyone brave enough to try and use trains, etc that have to be there xmas eve etc.
Honestly its a p**s take.
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Train services, probably, stop running early.
Some football supporters will have family and friends to visit over Christmas or promised the time with their children (and grandchildren). It's even possible that some will be heading to midnight mass - which these days seems to be just as often early evening on Christmas eve.
I'm missing the Fulham game on Saturday 23rd. I've got tickets to take granddaughters to Kew Christmas lights -"It's not Christmas without Kew Christmas lights" the older one has told me. Even though Fulham and Kew Gardens are near each other, Christmas with family and granddaughters comes first for me.
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I'm a friend of one of the CST Board. I guess moving the game will have put a big spanner in his plans for Christmas eve.burnleymik wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:42 pmSeems they Premier League have announced the first Xmas Eve fixture for 27 years.
Not going down well with fans. The Chelsea Fans Trust released this:
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Not sure I agree that Wolves stadium staff having to work Christmas eve should be included in their list of issues. Some staff may be very pleased to have work on Christmas eve. Bar staff will be working in every pub in the land. More importantly, hospitals will still be open - even if it's only "christmas cover levels."
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Got to be honest - if we were playing on Christmas Eve, unless it was against ******* Rovers, I wouldn’t be going.
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My mother used to like Christmas Day football.
Apart from anything else, while all the other women in the family had to do the washing up, she got out of the house with her father, uncles, male cousins, and went to the match!
(Though it must have been an early lunch, with kickoff no later than 2 pm and possibly even earlier than that.)
Apart from anything else, while all the other women in the family had to do the washing up, she got out of the house with her father, uncles, male cousins, and went to the match!
(Though it must have been an early lunch, with kickoff no later than 2 pm and possibly even earlier than that.)
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I’m with you. I don’t think the missus would appreciate me swanning off to the footy and leaving her to sort everything out. Plus we have a tradition on Christmas Eve that we all watch The Polar Express as a family. No way I’d miss that.
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Are you devils advocate in disguise?
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Christmas Eve & Christmas Day are the two days of the year that’s dedicated to family life, Boxing Day is lads day
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Don't really see the problem tbh. Christmas Eve isn't a bank holiday with many people still working that day. Lot's of people go out that night (used to be a huge night out back in my day). Potential travel congestions, and there's usually a rail/air strike mooted around then, but that isn't Premier League's fault. It would free up the participating clubs Boxing day, so their fans don't have to travel on that day instead. I suspect some players might also prefer it, as they can relax and enjoy their Xmas day a bit more.
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could.not.agree.moreBurnley1989 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:17 pmChristmas Eve & Christmas Day are the two days of the year that’s dedicated to family life, Boxing Day is lads day
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I am working Christmas Eve and My missus is working nights on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day night…what’s wrong with staff working on Christmas Eve?
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Depends if you’ve young uns mateClaretDiver wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:24 pmI am working Christmas Eve and My missus is working nights on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day night…what’s wrong with staff working on Christmas Eve?
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Hey you could just not go if you don’t fancy it
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I didn't know so many people got Christmas Eve off work every year.
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That's the thing, the Chelsea fans have the chance to vote with their feet but they'll still sell out. Feel a bit sorry for the staff at Wolves who don't really have a choice but to work.
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Might be nice for the club employees including the players to have Christmas eve with their families. I certainly wouldn't travel to watch us Christmas eve and although old fashioned my family all attend Christmas eve Mass and if it meant missing that or Burnley I'd opt for mass, each to their own though.
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Would they have moved the the game if Christmas Eve wasn’t a Sunday?
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It's total madness.
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Not keen myself.
However, on the plus side, presumably it'll be televised, so it'll be a change from watching whichever version of A Christmas Carol is on this year, or some other ancient crappy film.
However, on the plus side, presumably it'll be televised, so it'll be a change from watching whichever version of A Christmas Carol is on this year, or some other ancient crappy film.
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I know nba play on Xmas day we will go that way eventually more than likely.
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I don't care overmuch (or at all) about the players. Anyone who gets a job paying millions a year must expect to go the extra mile to earn it once in a while. As for the rest of staff, perhaps they could be paid overtime rates.bfcjg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:20 pmMight be nice for the club employees including the players to have Christmas eve with their families. I certainly wouldn't travel to watch us Christmas eve and although old fashioned my family all attend Christmas eve Mass and if it meant missing that or Burnley I'd opt for mass, each to their own though.
Christmas Eve is not a holiday. As a rule, the majority of people are at work until at least dinnertime. (Many get the afternoon off.) Working Christmas Eve afternoon isn't an unprecedented burden that has never been faced.
The only ones deserving of some sympathy are the fans, especially the travelling ones, the ones who always go by public transport. A fairly low number, I would have thought. Perhaps the club could run some buses to get them there.
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Obviously some people work on xmas eve and that is normal but for casual football workers it isn’t normal and for Wolves staff like stewards this will have been at very short notice and as such is unfair. As it is for fans.
People who have paid for season tickets with kids have to get organised, they can’t be getting back home as 12am. They may crash into Santa on the driveway. So really it is inexcusable despite 50% of fans not having a problem.
People who have paid for season tickets with kids have to get organised, they can’t be getting back home as 12am. They may crash into Santa on the driveway. So really it is inexcusable despite 50% of fans not having a problem.
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As a young single lad it wouldnt have phased me too much and I’d have gone, though I’d have had to adapt the usual pub crawl we did. Now with my own family there is no way on earth I’d go to a Burnley game on Christmas Eve as spending time with my girls and seeing their excitement far out ways watching a game of football.
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I agree it's a blow for season ticket holders with small children who live north of Inverness. (Not sure there are huge numbers of them.)CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:02 pmObviously some people work on xmas eve and that is normal but for casual football workers it isn’t normal and for Wolves staff like stewards this will have been at very short notice and as such is unfair. As it is for fans.
People who have paid for season tickets with kids have to get organised, they can’t be getting back home as 12am. They may crash into Santa on the driveway. So really it is inexcusable despite 50% of fans not having a problem.
you do know the kickoff is 1 pm?
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no way on this earth I would go to a game on Christmas Eve if I was with my family
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I had to work Christmas eve when I had young uns
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The wife had to regularly work Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day when the 3 kids were growing up! Gotta suck it up and get on with it if you work on certain industries….
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I couldn’t care less Nori, just because you did, doesn’t make it right. There’s good reason the majority of fans disagree and good reason they’ve avoided playing games on Xmas eve for so many years.
I can’t for the life of me understand why folk are defending it just because some other walks of life work xmas Eve.
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The majority of the women in my family are critical care nurses, so I get that, but we are talking about a decision made purely for money, nobody really wants the game played on that day but the TV company.ClaretDiver wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 6:43 amThe wife had to regularly work Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day when the 3 kids were growing up! Gotta suck it up and get on with it if you work on certain industries….
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Find it hard to believe anyone who goes to matches thinks this is anything but poor
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People could say that about any fixture over Christmas, some families have a gathering on boxing day, or new years day, yet we accept football on those days without any outrage, Christmas eve should be no different, the only day that should be football free is Christmas day.claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:44 amFind it hard to believe anyone who goes to matches thinks this is anything but poor
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Scandalous decision to play a game on Christmas Eve
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I'd have thought for some people Christmas Eve would be better than the day before. You can run around making final preparations on Saturday and then relax on Sunday with the football. For some, that will be better than the alternative of watching football on Saturday and having to run round making final arrangements on Sunday morning, because the shops will surely be closing at lunchtime.
I can see it has disadvantages and perhaps it would be better not happening, but I don't see it as earth-shakingly awful. Christmas Eve morning at least, for me and I believe for many, is a normal working day.
I can see it has disadvantages and perhaps it would be better not happening, but I don't see it as earth-shakingly awful. Christmas Eve morning at least, for me and I believe for many, is a normal working day.
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Are you serious? There is a reason why Turf Moor hasn't hosted a game on this date since World War II, it's a non-football date. What about considering supporters who have long distances to travel for a game, how does it affect them?dsr wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:15 amI'd have thought for some people Christmas Eve would be better than the day before. You can run around making final preparations on Saturday and then relax on Sunday with the football. For some, that will be better than the alternative of watching football on Saturday and having to run round making final arrangements on Sunday morning, because the shops will surely be closing at lunchtime.
I can see it has disadvantages and perhaps it would be better not happening, but I don't see it as earth-shakingly awful. Christmas Eve morning at least, for me and I believe for many, is a normal working day.
To schedule a game on Christmas Eve is an appalling decision.
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Whilst I appreciate many still have to work on Christmas Eve (I myself have when I was younger). If not at work, it’s a family day for me. Had it been the Burnley game that was moved I wouldn’t have gone for that reason alone.
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Appalling way to treat fans. It just confirms what little consideration
we are afforded and the contempt in which we are held.
Is nothing sacred anymore in their murky little world of avarice ?
Football, for me, is losing it's appeal at a great rate of knots.
we are afforded and the contempt in which we are held.
Is nothing sacred anymore in their murky little world of avarice ?
Football, for me, is losing it's appeal at a great rate of knots.
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1pm on Christmas Eve or 3pm on Boxing day, I don't see the difference.
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You must struggle to keep appointments.Sleeping Cat wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:07 am1pm on Christmas Eve or 3pm on Boxing day, I don't see the difference.
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That’s fair enough, everyone has their own feelings on the subject. Surely you can acknowledge though that many feel differently, and that’s why it’s a poor decision.Sleeping Cat wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:07 am1pm on Christmas Eve or 3pm on Boxing day, I don't see the difference.
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It's a decision that some don't like but that doesn't meant it's poor. Let's see how many turn up for the game.
It sounds great to me. With a 1pm kick off, even the Chelsea fans will be home in good time for anything that's planned for the evening.
It sounds great to me. With a 1pm kick off, even the Chelsea fans will be home in good time for anything that's planned for the evening.
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What about boxing day?ClaretTony wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:37 amAre you serious? There is a reason why Turf Moor hasn't hosted a game on this date since World War II, it's a non-football date. What about considering supporters who have long distances to travel for a game, how does it affect them?
To schedule a game on Christmas Eve is an appalling decision.
No transport....more of a family day than Christmas eve...
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Of course, some clearly feel different and it is interesting how those who do feel different don't mind going to football the day after Xmas, but not the day before.PremierLeagueClass wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:16 amThat’s fair enough, everyone has their own feelings on the subject. Surely you can acknowledge though that many feel differently, and that’s why it’s a poor decision.