Crawley

[moDtheGod]

Aww bless, professional footballers may have to play 2 games in a week for a while, how will they manage

Poor little sweethearts, I hope they wrap up nice and warm in the meantime, I'd hate for the delicate little souls to catch a chill between matches

I'll never understand this attitude. Nobody is saying that they CAN'T do it, but it's common fucking sense that if a team of players has one match a week for a month, and another team has two matches a week for a month, the latter are going to be less effective than the former at the end of it, because they won't have had as much rest.

 

[Selly]

If Crawley think they have it bad, they should spare a thought for the teams in the conference.

21 games left for Braintree, and a week less left in the season:

http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1174...e-not-helping-clubs-enough-with-postponements

 

[Chris Wood]

Off again tonight

 

[UnitedBlade]

Off again tonight

That's Ronnie Moore's bet null and void then

 

[Chezzy Blades]

Second time this week they've let fans from the North west travel the length of the country before calling the game off as well.

 

[gavtheblade]

throw them out!

 

[gavtheblade]

Didnt we once play two games in two days over christmas once,sometime in the early -mid 90`s,our second game was swindon away.i remember aidy littlejohn playing.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

throw them out!

Bit harsh. They're having to cope with very high quantities of rainfall.
I would imagine they lie within a flood plain of the Thames, perhaps.

 

[Kenilworth]

Bit harsh. They're having to cope with very high quantities of rainfall.
I would imagine they lie within a flood plain of the Thames, perhaps.

Crawley? It's next door to Gatwick and that's on a hill

 

[broomhillblade]

There was a time which some of us can remember when teams routinely played back to back games on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

And how about this for the Blades in 1912/13:
Dec 25th, 26th, 28th, 30th & Jan 1st. That's five games in 8 days. Quite typical of the period.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Their fixtures at the minute, with todays postponed game to be added.

Tue 18th Feb - Tranmere (H)
Sat 22nd Feb - Walsall (A)
Tue 25th Feb - Swindon (A)
Sat 1st Mar - Peterborough (H)
Tue 4th Mar - Stevenage (H)
Sat 8th Mar - Gillingham (A)
Tue 11th Mar - Shrewsbury (A)
Sat 15th Mar - Colchester (H)
Tue 18th Mar - Wolves (H)
Sat 22nd Mar - Oldham (A)
Tue 25th Mar - Sheff Utd (H)
Sat 29th Mar - Preston (A)
Tue 1st Apr - Port Vale (A)
Sat 5th Apr - Crewe (H)
Tue 8th Apr - Brentford (A)
Sat 12th Apr - MK Dons (A)
Fri 18th Apr - Leyton Orient (H)
Mon 21st Apr - Notts County (A)
Sat 26th Apr - Bradford (A)
Sat 3rd May - Bristol City (H)


The only space they've got is between the Bradford & Bristol games.

In years gone by, didn't teams use to play on Christmas Day and Boxing Day?

I think they were reverse fixtures as well!

 

[Selly]

Didnt we once play two games in two days over christmas once,sometime in the early -mid 90`s,our second game was swindon away.i remember aidy littlejohn playing.

Yes. I guess the difference is that that's how the fixtures were scheduled from the start of the season.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Crawley? It's next door to Gatwick and that's on a hill

Try Googling www.crawleynews.co.uk. I was guessing initially so thought I'd check - worth a look - it's the Environment Agency flood alert story.
Struggling to post the direct link as I am learning my new phone
.

 

[Silent Blade]

There was a time which some of us can remember when teams routinely played back to back games on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

And how about this for the Blades in 1912/13:
Dec 25th, 26th, 28th, 30th & Jan 1st. That's five games in 8 days. Quite typical of the period.

In the early 1970s it was quite common for a club to play in three matches during the Easter weekend (Good Friday or Easter Saturday and then Easter Monday and Tuesday

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

In years gone by, didn't teams use to play on Christmas Day and Boxing Day?

I think they were reverse fixtures as well!

Yep.

Can't remember who it was from memory but there was once a couple of back to back matches that went something like:

Dec 25 - Charlton 13-2 Bristol City
Dec 26 - Bristol City 7-1 Charlton

 

[Silent Blade]

Yep.

Can't remember who it was from memory but there was once a couple of back to back matches that went something like:

Dec 25 - Charlton 13-2 Bristol City
Dec 26 - Bristol City 7-1 Charlton

and Boxing Day 1963 West Ham 2 Blackburn 8
two days later Blackburn 1 West Ham 3

 

[Chris Wood]

Yes. I guess the difference is that that's how the fixtures were scheduled from the start of the season.

Also, for GTB's original question see higher up page 2.

 

[2ndtenorblade]

Do we have to collect terrace tickets in person? I ordered one for a mate.

 

[TAMUS]

I know the coaches set off at 9 am , going to take some commitment this one .