Winter vs Summer football season?

[MikeSB]

Mike I know you are having a laugh and not true attending a match last Winter. Didn't you turn up recently or so you said when we tried to get all the troops out to support?

So, that's two for summer football and one or two more for winter...I bet any money wives will be saying to their spouses, "You must be mad paying good money to have your brussel sprouts frozen up, just open the fridge door with and sit opposite"....

Glad you said that it has reminded me that tomorrow I must start to boil my sprouts for Xmas

Hi mate, yes I did turn up for the match against Colchester recently when we had the rally call on here...and we won of course.. . Luckour did offer to try and get a free ST for me being I'm the good luck charm etc..

No seriously, I do try and get to two or three games a season and one was in the winter last winter or the one before as maybe we were playing a top of the league team, I can't remember now but I don't think I have ever been so cold I almost left at HT even though I was well wrapped up and suppose we feel that the older we get...Although my age 73 is not that old is it, as Dario and Bowler are older I think and I wish Dario would go and sit with him at matches to show he has nothing to hide and it must be hell for him missing all these games being its the love of his life...I will never forget that last game of the season when we played Coventry last game of the season and won 2-1 to stay in the Championship...seems like a century ago now though!

[out0lunch]

You mention Dario, well I have heard he is a broken man. I am wondering of there is anything the supporters can do to show him we are behind him.
Any suggestions anybody?

[gazan]

Football is a winter game. It is also an international game - this means to play in summer would put us out of sync with everybody else. However, to me the main point is when you buy a season ticket, how many give ANY serious thought to the idea that oooh no! some of the season is played in winter so I won't buy one? I'm not saying that it's always been this way so it shouldn't change. What I am saying is that to change it completely would be totally disruptive to most supporters lives. I know that it involves winter and occasionally games will be postponed (which is only annoying when the club don't give you enough notice!). Also, who says August is the main time for holidays. I can't remember the last time I had a holiday in that month.

[Timmy58]

Football is a winter game. It is also an international game - this means to play in summer would put us out of sync with everybody else. However, to me the main point is when you buy a season ticket, how many give ANY serious thought to the idea that oooh no! some of the season is played in winter so I won't buy one? I'm not saying that it's always been this way so it shouldn't change. What I am saying is that to change it completely would be totally disruptive to most supporters lives. I know that it involves winter and occasionally games will be postponed (which is only annoying when the club don't give you enough notice!). Also, who says August is the main time for holidays. I can't remember the last time I had a holiday in that month.

To be fair, August is widely regarded as the holiday time as prices are hiked because of this, and also because it is when the kids are off school. That said, I have no desire to see a change in the times the season covers. Traditionally, football is a winter game and that is how it should stay. And as for having matches on a Saturday evening, well that is just plain ridiculous. Saturday evenings are times when people go out socialising for meals, or drinks or trips to the theatre. Who the hell wants to sit watching football on a Saturday night? Certainly not me!!

[itwasin]

To be fair, August is widely regarded as the holiday time as prices are hiked because of this, and also because it is when the kids are off school. That said, I have no desire to see a change in the times the season covers. Traditionally, football is a winter game and that is how it should stay. And as for having matches on a Saturday evening, well that is just plain ridiculous. Saturday evenings are times when people go out socialising for meals, or drinks or trips to the theatre. Who the hell wants to sit watching football on a Saturday night? Certainly not me!!

Football Season starts to early and ends to late it wants shortening it goes on now far to L O N G especially when Crewe season is over by November every year !

[Timmy58]

Football Season starts to early and ends to late it wants shortening it goes on now far to L O N G especially when Crewe season is over by November every year !

Worryingly, I agree that the season is too long. It seems to start earlier now than it ever used to and the FA Cup Final always used to be the showcase event of the season probably, if memory serves, the first Saturday in May. Strangely enough, with a 3pm kick off. Who would have thought it? However, I take issue with the statement that Crewe's season is over by November. Our season is very much on in case you hadn't noticed!

[MikeSB]

Thanks everyone for their comments, very interesting and as usual puts the ones always thinking ahead in the minority which is fine. But y'know the ONLY time we won the World Cup was in England and all the matches were played in JULY (1966)

http://www.worldfootball.net/all_mat...66-in-england/

So let me get this right then. Most of you think we should play in the winter and in that case, why not have the WC finals in Jan or Feb?

Indeed we could use our ground for ice hockey on alternate weeks!

ATB for tonight and think we will win 2-0.

[Timmy58]

Thanks everyone for their comments, very interesting and as usual puts the ones always thinking ahead in the minority which is fine. But y'know the ONLY time we won the World Cup was in England and all the matches were played in JULY (1966)

http://www.worldfootball.net/all_mat...66-in-england/

So let me get this right then. Most of you think we should play in the winter and in that case, why not have the WC finals in Jan or Feb?

Indeed we could use our ground for ice hockey on alternate weeks!

ATB for tonight and think we will win 2-0.

Your point about the World Cup being held in the summer months does not really help your argument as International tournaments have, as far as I know, always been held in the summer when the domestic seasons are finished.
I would respectfully suggest that rather than forward thinking, those with your view are just in the minority

[MikeSB]

Your point about the World Cup being held in the summer months does not really help your argument as International tournaments have, as far as I know, always been held in the summer when the domestic seasons are finished.
I would respectfully suggest that rather than forward thinking, those with your view are just in the minority

Of course some of us are in the minority and it is thinking differently that facilitates progress and I put just the example of last Saturday as just one example of NOT thinking it out....snow, cold, blustery and we lost and you all paid good money to do that and some travelled great distances too and so would anyone really consider that man on the moon mentality when you could have been sitting there in short sleeves and warmth and better pitches, better football probably. I cannot remember ever enjoying playing in winter but come summer, I couldn't wait...

I would probably be the first man on the planet Mars while you are all huddled together at Reaseheath waiting for the paramedics to come and give you a massage from frostbite!

[whosbrianwilson]

If we had the World Cup in Jan/Feb we would be the only country taking part.