shandypants Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Around 2005, we moved our home midweek matches from (our traditional day of) Wednesday to Tuesday. The decision to switch was made by Paul Sturrock who stated that playing on a Tuesday allowed us to better prepare for Saturday. I remember that when this was announced, Sturrock presented some contrived argument about the number of hours between midweek and weekend games which he believed justified the switch. A cynical person would argue that the change to Tuesday was actually put in place to allow Sturrock to spend Wednesday and Thursday with his family in Plymouth. Given that we haven't actually transformed into world beaters by employing this tactic, should we switch our home midweek games back to Wednesday? We are Sheffield Wednesday after all and playing on a Wednesday played a significant part in the creation of our beloved football club. Anyway, what do you think? Would it be good for us to go back to playing our home midweek matches on a Wednesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 We were losing too many fans to Orange Wednesdays. Now they are finishing, we should move back. I move a lot of concrete on the QVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanzaroteowl Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I like the Wednesday date as it shortens the amount of time needed for me to get 2 games in when I book to come over, like next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fedor Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Makes no odds to me, most midweek Championship games played on a Tuesday now anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaminowl Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I like the Wednesday date as it shortens the amount of time needed for me to get 2 games in when I book to come over, like next week. Come over on Saturday – Saturday game Tuesday game – Leave on Tuesday = 4 days Come over on Wednesday – Wednesday game Saturday game – Leave on Saturday = 4 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowOwl Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 WAWOWAW (We're all Wednesday on Wednesday aren't We?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 WAWOWAW (We're all Wednesday on Wednesday aren't We?) I love that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanzaroteowl Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Come over on Saturday – Saturday game Tuesday game – Leave on Tuesday = 4 days Come over on Wednesday – Wednesday game Saturday game – Leave on Saturday = 4 days It's all down to the flight timings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 WEDNESDAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxine Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I work Wednesday evenings so keep it Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisewoodowl Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Should go back to Wednesdays, I never understood the Sturrock logic of switching to Tuesdays in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanowl Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Glad someone has brought this up, i've thought for a while that its ridiculous for a team named after a particular day that we stuck two fingers up at tradition and moved to Tuesdays. Bring back Wednesday on Wednesdays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickersleyowl Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Is it even our choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Is it even our choice? Yes, if by "we" you mean the club. I believe that we can state which night of the week the we want to play our midweek home games. I think Blackburn traditionally play on a Wednesday. It just seems wrong to me that Sheffield Wednesday play on home on a Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Toni Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Tuesday seems about right now though. Take this week for example, everyone played on Tuesday night in the Championship apart from Forest vs Bournemouth on Wednesday. I suppose if we did move back to Wednesday we would get more media coverage due to there being less games. Only thing then is we'd want that to be positive coverage with wins rather than vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 We should do it, just to wee wee off our opponents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest George Smith Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 We're playing Blackburn at home on a Wednesday Maybe it's a trial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 We're playing Blackburn at home on a Wednesday Maybe it's a trial Might have more to do with SUFC playing a home game that Tuesday. I move a lot of concrete on the QVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Might have more to do with SUFC playing a home game that Tuesday.Why would Scunthorpe United affect what day we play on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/10/1983 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think we should play Wednesday, simply for tradition's sake. We played on Tuesday nights when Wilkinson was manager as well. God, we were good then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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