Forest Game 29th November 2013

[biscuitman]

Someone explain this to me. Friday night game but not on Sky?

[Royals and Racers]

Someone explain this to me. Friday night game but not on Sky?

It was brought forward from the Saturday because the wonderful football fixture computer scheduled both Nottingham teams home on the same day-so it was decided Forest would move to the Friday.

[Huntley & Palmer]

I only wish we could have more Friday night games

[Reading4eva]

Who are County playing? If it was Swindon that could of been interesting!

[Big Foot]

I only wish we could have more Friday night games

Mutafookin +1

Southampton at home on Friday night the year we got 106 was totally skills.

[Winchester Royal]

I only wish we could have more Friday night games

Mutafookin +1

Southampton at home on Friday night the year we got 106 was totally skills.

'Greed. Finish work early, hit the pub, go to the game, hit the pub, and you've still got your weekend left. I can only remember a few of those Friday nights, QPR the year they won the league, Forest when Andy Hughes headed home late on, Bristol City around 2002-03 when they did us 3-1. Any I've forgotten?

[Nameless]

Someone explain this to me. Friday night game but not on Sky?

It was brought forward from the Saturday because the wonderful football fixture computer scheduled both Nottingham teams home on the same day-so it was decided Forest would move to the Friday.

It must be a little more complex than that as those sort of clashes are excluded right at the start of the fixture process. I think Dirk has previously explained the 'pairing' system where clubs are linked so they can never get home games at the same time. Most have been something exceptional to allow the two Nottingham clubs to be given home games on the same day

[Royals and Racers]

Someone explain this to me. Friday night game but not on Sky?

It was brought forward from the Saturday because the wonderful football fixture computer scheduled both Nottingham teams home on the same day-so it was decided Forest would move to the Friday.

It must be a little more complex than that as those sort of clashes are excluded right at the start of the fixture process. I think Dirk has previously explained the 'pairing' system where clubs are linked so they can never get home games at the same time. Most have been something exceptional to allow the two Nottingham clubs to be given home games on the same day

Think you are giving to much credit to the football league computer-just a cock-up in my opinion

[Nameless]

Think you are giving to much credit to the football league computer-just a cock-up in my opinion

If it were then you'd think it would happen more often ! Can't be too hard to have a program that ensures team A is never at home at the same time as team B, it's a big element of the fixturing schedule to make sure the two Bristol clubs never play at home together, that Everton and Liverpool never clash etc etc. There is also a massive checking exercise so a simple cock up would have been spotted way before the fixtures were released. We'll probably never know !

[bobby1413]

In:

Friday 29th: finish work at 1pm, drive up to Nottingham and get down t'pub, game and then out afterwards - staying in hotel
Saturday 30th: staying in Nottingham for another night, shopping, chillaxing, pub again in the evening
Sunday 1st: Home

[gazzer, loyal royal]

Think you are giving to much credit to the football league computer-just a cock-up in my opinion

If it were then you'd think it would happen more often ! Can't be too hard to have a program that ensures team A is never at home at the same time as team B, it's a big element of the fixturing schedule to make sure the two Bristol clubs never play at home together, that Everton and Liverpool never clash etc etc. There is also a massive checking exercise so a simple cock up would have been spotted way before the fixtures were released. We'll probably never know !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher ... mpute.html

read this and you may understand why

[loyalroyal4life]

In:

Friday 29th: finish work at 1pm, drive up to Nottingham and get down t'pub, game and then out afterwards - staying in hotel
Saturday 30th: drive down to birmingham to shop and go out for round 2
Sunday 1st: Home

Anyone know if it is 2 tickets allocated per season ticket? Or 1 per person?

[specialjon]

Anyone checked the trains back yet?!?!? Oh that's right there aren't any after 9.30. Rubbish!

[Will95]

Was looking at trains and it's a ballache!

[UpThePrem]

In:

Friday 29th: finish work at 1pm, drive up to Nottingham and get down t'pub, game and then out afterwards - staying in hotel
Saturday 30th: drive down to birmingham to shop and go out for round 2
Sunday 1st: Home

Anyone know if it is 2 tickets allocated per season ticket? Or 1 per person?

It'll probably go staight to general sale. Same as Shef Weds. Can't believe demand will be high for a Friday night game.

[SPARTA]

Anyone checked the trains back yet?!?!? Oh that's right there aren't any after 9.30. Rubbish!

Well that's going to knock a lot off the travelling attendance. We're driving, but I can't imagine many will leave work early and hit the road just for an inconvenient night game.

[Nameless]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher ... mpute.html

read this and you may understand why

So I'm guessing they got themselves in an impossible loop where on that particular day whatever permutation they came up with something wouldn't work. It must be impossible to get it 100%, surprising we don't get more 'errors' really.

Any idea who we are paired with ? I know we have at various points shared our Safety Officer with Swindon and QPR so presumably that would be an issue. Other than that I can;t really see why we'd need to coordinate with another club.

[joeroyal]

Anyone checked the trains back yet?!?!? Oh that's right there aren't any after 9.30. Rubbish!

Well that's going to knock a lot off the travelling attendance. We're driving, but I can't imagine many will leave work early and hit the road just for an inconvenient night game.

All rest's on if it is Giro day if it is there will be 300 if not 200

[Barry the bird boggler]

So here's the bit I don't follow... Due to a fixture foul up of some kind both Nottingham clubs are at home on the same weekend, yet somehow it's agreed to switch the Forest home game to a Friday night and inconvenience 20000+ rather than switch the County game and inconvenience about 3000

[Nameless]

So here's the bit I don't follow... Due to a fixture foul up of some kind both Nottingham clubs are at home on the same weekend, yet somehow it's agreed to switch the Forest home game to a Friday night and inconvenience 20000+ rather than switch the County game and inconvenience about 3000

Clearly County playing the Primogeniture card