Guest PointlessOwl Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Just sent this e-mail off to them Dear Sir/Madam I am a Sheffield Wednesday fan. Your regard, Adam Allcroft. You go girl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcclesallOwl Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Simple - go next season (or whenever we play Brighton again). As for Brighton Uni, it's actually a good uni - has a medical school. Just sick of the constant rant because a game has been brought back a day. If you don't like it, then fine - but complaning about how you can't get it off work is just boring. As I've said - you can go next season. Stupid comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killaowl Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 flipping students have a week and sometimes 2 during freshers to go and get pissed up! And they won't go out until 9-10 anyway after drinking cheap cider at home! This makes no sense at all!!! this is exactly my thoughts FFS its not like the Grand National or St Ledger where 80,000 extra people turn up with all the travel congestion so they kick off early not a day early, also isn't there new ground out of town so why move it FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshfish Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I think the info from SWFC is a little misleading. It isn't about Freshers Week, it's actually the first two days, Saturday and Sunday of the induction week which means all the new students for Sussex and Brighton Uni coming down on the Saturday and Sunday in thousands of cars. I was there last year and it is a traffic nightmare and the ground is on the same junction...seriously, seriously poor urban transport planning for what is now a very busy out of town location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PointlessOwl Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Is the Amex near the train station? Also has the Oldham game been chnged? Can't see on iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamK2292 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Its a disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirodo Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Is the Amex near the train station? Also has the Oldham game been chnged? Can't see on iPhone Mon 13th August @ 19:45 It should be showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirodo Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Oh, and the Amex is right next to Falmer train station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Stupid comment But why is stupid? Yeah I can imagine people being upset, but I don't see the point. Brighton have a valid reason for moving the game a day back. If people really want to go, they can.. 1) try and get time off work through other avenues (pull a sickie, ask someone else to work for them) - it might not work, but as old saying goes "if you don't ask, you don't get" 2) Go to SWFC v Brighton next season - AMEX has only just been built, so it'll be here for the next 40 years. 3) Pray to god its on Sky At the end of the day, Sussex is a big uni - nearly 10k students heading into a rural(ish) area. The traffic would be mental (along with the football fans). I just don't see the point of complaining about it - it's happened, nothing anybody here can do about it apart from getting themselves into a huff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowl Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Apologies for the delay - stuck in a chuffing meeting all day so wasn't able to do it on my employer's time! All updated now, and the Donny pre-season friendly which I had somehow overlooked is on there now as well. http://swfc.me/fixtures for anyone who wants to add it to their iPhone/Android/BlackBerry/computer/whatever tut. Better late than never (you should have said you've been stuck shagging Freshers all day!!) Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryPlopper Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 You lot moan for the sake of moaning you set of moaning bstardos.... Moaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark$ide Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 What a absolute tin-pot club and city brighton are. Moving a footy game because its freshers week ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark$ide Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) But why is stupid? Yeah I can imagine people being upset, but I don't see the point. Brighton have a valid reason for moving the game a day back. If people really want to go, they can.. 1) try and get time off work through other avenues (pull a sickie, ask someone else to work for them) - it might not work, but as old saying goes "if you don't ask, you don't get" 2) Go to SWFC v Brighton next season - AMEX has only just been built, so it'll be here for the next 40 years. 3) Pray to god its on Sky At the end of the day, Sussex is a big uni - nearly 10k students heading into a rural(ish) area. The traffic would be mental (along with the football fans). I just don't see the point of complaining about it - it's happened, nothing anybody here can do about it apart from getting themselves into a huff. 1) Its not a valid reason. 2) Both Hallam and Sheffield University have more than 20,000 each. We have never moved a match due to freshers week. 3) Its only freshers week which is 1/3 of the intake. About 3000 students. 4) 2nd and 3rd years will have houses etc. 5) It makes no account of us the por sods who will have to negotiate the M1 on a friday and evening. Which is a nightmare. Edited June 29, 2012 by Dark$ide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igm1 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 flip you fixture changes- now I've gotta re-arrange annual leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 1) Its not a valid reason. 2) Both Hallam and Sheffield University have more than 20,000 each. We have never moved a match due to freshers week. 3) Its only freshers week which is 1/3 of the intake. About 3000 students. 4) 2nd and 3rd years will have houses etc. 5) It makes no account of us the por sods who will have to negotiate the M1 on a friday and evening. Which is a nightmare. That's an utterly false comparison though. Sheffield is a much bigger city, with much better infrastructure (though I'm sure we all think it could still be better), and neither university is anywhere near Hillsborough. Brighton SHOULD have requested an away game that weekend, (who knows perhaps they did and didn't get it), but once they were given a home game, switching it to a Friday was always going to happen. If they hadn't switched it, Sussex police probably would have anyway. I move a lot of concrete on the QVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest @DSapeyOwl Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) Just go down on ICO/W-ite or some other fan travel as they'll probably set off early. This is why I waited a bit to book time off for away fixtures ie Brighton, Cardiff, Blackpool, Easter Monday etc. Them setting off earlier means more drinking time. Problem solved Edited June 29, 2012 by @DSapeyOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 If the area can't cope with the influx of 20k football supporters plus 3k students at the same time, it begs the question of how they'd cope with the 30k fans that the stadium expansion will take it to. Will they play every home game on a Friday night?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark$ide Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 That's an utterly false comparison though. Sheffield is a much bigger city, with much better infrastructure (though I'm sure we all think it could still be better), and neither university is anywhere near Hillsborough. Brighton SHOULD have requested an away game that weekend, (who knows perhaps they did and didn't get it), but once they were given a home game, switching it to a Friday was always going to happen. If they hadn't switched it, Sussex police probably would have anyway. The stadium should never have been built if it can't cope with approx 20-23k people in the area on a Saturday. Its not even 10,000 extra students, its just the 1st years. The rest will arrive staggered before and after that weekend. Its a disgrace to be honest to expect us as fans to travel miles on sodding friday night, because they can't cope with a match and freshers week ? If you wanted to get back home you would be looking at 2-3am in the morning on the ICO. Its a Massive disruption for no sensible reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geohay Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 They should offer us half price tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chapeltom Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 May consider Brighton away now and ditch Wolves away as I'm likely to be away that week. Got a mate whose Uni flat in London, now trying to get him to head down to the Brighton game so I can kip at his flat and get a cheap advance train ticket back the next morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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