The undersigned of this petition request that the Football Conference review its fixtures policy for the 2013/2014 season and all subsequent seasons.
This seasons extreme weather has caused havoc for clubs and in many cases an extreme loss of revenue mainly caused due to cancelled fixtures meaning catering scrapped, programme's to be reprinted loss of sponsorship revenue etc. The main loss is obviously caused when Saturday games are placed in midweek slots, affecting attendance figures of both home and away supporters.
There are some clubs now facing having to play a quarter of their seasons fixtures in the final month of the season.
It is time for the football conference to look at the amount of games that are scheduled midweek at the start of the season when the weather is milder and the risk of cancellations are significantly less.
Each team at non league level will inevitably lose a minimum of three fixtures between August and February due to weather and cup runs. As such the undersigned request that the number of midweek new year fixtures are reduced and moved to August - September, two or three Saturday slots are left blank in March/April or the season is extended by up to two weeks allowing for rearranged games to be more spaced out and not crammed in to one final, frantic month.
Non league football needs all the help it can get at the moment and does not need to be asking its fans to be paying for three matches a week
Please add your signature to your this petition.
The momentum we have built makes it clear that the Football Conference cannot ignore this incompetence any longer. These suits are burying clubs under a mountain of frantic midweek games while the fans pay the price. Keep the pressure on them until they fix this broken schedule.
Reached 100 supporters
March 27, 2013
6 Comments
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Tony Adeyemi
13 years ago
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Keep the games on saturdays. football is for the weekend leave the midweek nights for the champions league.
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Gary Murphy
13 years ago
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About time. mid-week travel for fans is impossible. sort it out.
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Dave Simmons
13 years ago
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Ridiculous to have teams playing 3 games a week in april. nobody can afford that or even take that much time off work.
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Sarah Ramos
13 years ago
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My husband is constantly trying to rearrange his shifts to catch games. it ruins the whole season for the families.
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Mike Choi
13 years ago
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Extend the season by two weeks. solves everything. why is that so hard to understand???
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Chris Rodriguez
13 years ago
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The local clubs are dying out here because nobody can get to the games. listen to the fans for once.
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The undersigned of this petition request that the Football Conference review its fixtures policy for the 2013/2014 season and all subsequent seasons.
This seasons extreme weather has caused havoc for clubs and in many cases an extreme loss of revenue mainly caused due to cancelled fixtures meaning catering scrapped, programme's to be reprinted loss of sponsorship revenue etc. The main loss is obviously caused when Saturday games are placed in midweek slots, affecting attendance figures of both home and away supporters.
There are some clubs now facing having to play a quarter of their seasons fixtures in the final month of the season.
It is time for the football conference to look at the amount of games that are scheduled midweek at the start of the season when the weather is milder and the risk of cancellations are significantly less.
Each team at non league level will inevitably lose a minimum of three fixtures between August and February due to weather and cup runs. As such the undersigned request that the number of midweek new year fixtures are reduced and moved to August - September, two or three Saturday slots are left blank in March/April or the season is extended by up to two weeks allowing for rearranged games to be more spaced out and not crammed in to one final, frantic month.
Non league football needs all the help it can get at the moment and does not need to be asking its fans to be paying for three matches a week
Please add your signature to your this petition.
The momentum we have built makes it clear that the Football Conference cannot ignore this incompetence any longer. These suits are burying clubs under a mountain of frantic midweek games while the fans pay the price. Keep the pressure on them until they fix this broken schedule.
Reached 100 supporters
March 27, 2013
6 Comments
T
Tony Adeyemi
13 years ago
Featured
Keep the games on saturdays. football is for the weekend leave the midweek nights for the champions league.
G
Gary Murphy
13 years ago
Featured
About time. mid-week travel for fans is impossible. sort it out.
D
Dave Simmons
13 years ago
Featured
Ridiculous to have teams playing 3 games a week in april. nobody can afford that or even take that much time off work.
S
Sarah Ramos
13 years ago
Featured
My husband is constantly trying to rearrange his shifts to catch games. it ruins the whole season for the families.
M
Mike Choi
13 years ago
Featured
Extend the season by two weeks. solves everything. why is that so hard to understand???
C
Chris Rodriguez
13 years ago
Featured
The local clubs are dying out here because nobody can get to the games. listen to the fans for once.
Keep the games on saturdays. football is for the weekend leave the midweek nights for the champions league.