See that Sky is wrecking everybodies bank holiday weekend again with moving our Friday night game to a 12:30pm snday afternoon kick off.
I for one will now not be attending along with my 3 kids.


Why do we not go back to a normal Sunday fixture and be done with it.
I will be surprised if we get 10,000 for this fixture as it is the start of the Half term for kids.
Well done Sky and why Change us why not mov the Leeds game as that is televised too.

So What are your expected crowds then.

It's annoying for me also as i work Sundays, that's now 3 consecutive Sundays i have to get holidays for!!


I would have thought Sunday lunchtime is better on your behalf than taking 3 kids to a late night Friday game.


Because Sky would then move fixtures from Sunday to Friday/Saturday and that would be alot more regular than they currently do!!


I can't think why. If anything it will attract a bigger away following and the weather should be good. 13k plus for me but that will depend on result at Salford IMO.


Somebody had to be moved. It would have annoyed Leeds fans aswell so i won't make a big deal of it as long as i'm there.


I'll go with a guess at 14,168

Same old Friday v Sunday debate which will never be resolved, same old bitching about Sky, without them we'd be still in the dark days, they more or less own our sport, no point complaining, we'd all be fooked without em.

Have booked holidays from Sat morning to accomodate the Friday fixture, so double screwed there.

Agree with you on the moving them more issue if we went to a Sunday home fixture (getting used to the sunshine on match days)

Can not really see the Giants bringing a bumper crowd, as I said start of half term.

When do you usually see Leeds matches moved from thier prefered Friday, not very..

Reckon they figures will be bumped up to 10,500 for good measure or will the board notice that it is half term and put out an offer for tickets.

Time will tell...

going by our crowds this year id expect about 12k depending on the salford result

That's unlucky, but happens i'm afraid. It's going to happen to almost everyone though i'm afraid. It's not really possible to book a holiday without missing one game. On a positive note you will still be able to watch the game when on holiday thanks to Sky!!

It would be a nightmare. It's never going to suit everyone but at least on a Friday night people can plan for thing pretty much 90% of the time. On a Sunday you can never really plan anything until a couple of weeks before the game. This would have been a worse situation on your part as;
1. If we played Sundays, you'd have missed the game anyway due to your holiday.
2. You wouldn't have been able to really book your holiday until now, potentially missing out on a deal you may have got.


Don't think this really matters. If anything, that may improve the crowd as kids aren't at school. Most holidays tend to be booked in the 'six week holiday' period IMO. As i say, more Hudds fans will travel on a Sunday then a Friday night due to work etc.....


Never, but that's another issue. Well once this season IIRC.


They have no reason to 'bump up' or lie about the figures, that's never in the interest of the club as it simply costs us more. I think they'll know full well that it's half term and i'm sure there will be offers as always but surely, on your theory, if people are on holiday then they can't go anyway.


It will...
I know you are clearly annoyed at the fixture change, and everyone feels the same at some point in every season but i do think that claiming that it will be our lowest league crowd of the season is ridiculous.. IMO
We have approximately 10/11k Passholders/Walk up 'Home' supporters at every game and as i say, Hudds will travel in bigger numbers due to Sunday and current performances/league position.
It really can be 15k plus but that is maybe a little optimistic. Over 13k defo but 14k plus for me!!

11.5k for me,as Hudds have a poor following at any time.

Requested the Friday off but now Im on a night shift on the Saturday so will have to fall into and out of bed very sharpish but I'll be there. If you see anyone sleeping in the South stand at halftime it will be me.

Think it depends entirely on the Salford game, another win and that would be 4 good performances in a row (a rarity during Agar's tenure!) and people will start to dream of better things.

The pressure has been reduced on Agar since the easter weekend, but you feel that it will only take a defeat or 2 to bring the doom back.

lucky to be over 12,000 i reckon, people still see hudds as an unatractive fixture

Not everybodies


Point to not after this friday we havent got another friday game till July

Sadly have to agree but it dont half make it a sod to be a season ticket holder.

Moving all games to a Sunday would result in far more disruption over a full season. For every game televised (some of which are at short notice, like this Hudds game), any Sunday game would be moved to a Friday / Saturday. At least when you know the the vast majority of the games are on a Friday, if Sky want to screen it, its a rarity for it to be moved.

As a matter of interest, why is the Quins game at some scheduled for Sunday 12th June?

Exiles Game on the Friday.

JLS concert at KC on the Friday evening..... Wonder what state the pitch will be in on Sunday...

like the rovers, saints and hudds ones being moved to a Friday night for TV you mean?

The rovers game on Good Friday was always down as a mid day kick off.

The Saints game was down to be on th Bank Holiday Monday from the start of the season.

Only the Hudds game has been changed at relatively short notice.

Indeed, however I'm pointing out that not all televised games are Friday night and our Friday games are also potentially going to be moved