On what basis?
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I can't even get back to York now it is on a Monday. Fuck sake.
Last train to London that night leaves Burnley mid-way through the first half.
What an absolute joke.
What an absolute joke.
Because TV selections were made a couple of days ago, along with the scheduling of every other match in the 3rd round being confirmed. Official FA Cup website listed (and still lists) our KO time as 3 pm Saturday. So it was a completely reasonable assumption to make that we would be playing on the Saturday.
Last train back to London leaves Burnley at... wait for it... 8:12 pm! Would like to see the club lay on a small army of coaches for this one - fat chance of that happening though
"We are fully aware that the date for this match may present problems to some members of our fan base intending to travel to Turf Moor and we are currently in the process of confirming details to assist with transport arrangements"
Give them a chance at least, lets see what the "assistance" is first
Give them a chance at least, lets see what the "assistance" is first
I don't think its Tottenham's fault tbh, but playing it on a Monday night is ridiculous. If anything, sounds like Burnley have trouble organising the game (lack of stewards on the Sunday, only opening 3 stands for the match on the Monday).
Anyway. why have the Premier League scheduled a game for New Years Day, knowing that the 1st Saturday of January is always FA Cup 3rd round weekend. This situation was always going to arise. We play Chelsea Thursday night at 5.30, no chance we should be playing 3pm Saturday after that.
Anyway. why have the Premier League scheduled a game for New Years Day, knowing that the 1st Saturday of January is always FA Cup 3rd round weekend. This situation was always going to arise. We play Chelsea Thursday night at 5.30, no chance we should be playing 3pm Saturday after that.
They don't give a monkey's about the FA Cup that's the problem, no money to be made there
Aren't you all Related in those parts !!! Or is that just a rumour
I feel sorry for the fans who are inconvenienced by this, and if they feel that strongly about it they should boycott the game.
However, for me it's far more important that the game suits our players, not the fans, as they are the ones who are facing a ridiculously tough schedule currently. We play Chelsea on the Thursday night before Burnley away. No way can we perform to our maximum by playing on the Saturday straight after, and not really on the Sunday either.
Just as I would prefer wherever possible our Lge games to be played on a Monday night instead of a Sunday after Europa games, so I'm fully behind this being on a Monday.
It gives us time to recover from Chelsea, yet also time to recover before the weekend game following the Burnley match.
So I congratulate the club (and Burnley) on this bit of scheduling, and look forward to us still being in the FA Cup for the following round.
However, for me it's far more important that the game suits our players, not the fans, as they are the ones who are facing a ridiculously tough schedule currently. We play Chelsea on the Thursday night before Burnley away. No way can we perform to our maximum by playing on the Saturday straight after, and not really on the Sunday either.
Just as I would prefer wherever possible our Lge games to be played on a Monday night instead of a Sunday after Europa games, so I'm fully behind this being on a Monday.
It gives us time to recover from Chelsea, yet also time to recover before the weekend game following the Burnley match.
So I congratulate the club (and Burnley) on this bit of scheduling, and look forward to us still being in the FA Cup for the following round.
yeah but when we get knocked out...SCENES
Well if we get knocked out by Burnley, I won't be too happy, but I think we have a better chance by playing on Monday rather than Saturday.
Tottenham Hotspur @SpursOfficial 3 mins3 minutes ago
We are pleased to be able to offer Season Ticket Holders & Members free coach travel to our FA Cup game at Burnley - http://spurs.to/FreeCoachBurnley…
We are pleased to be able to offer Season Ticket Holders & Members free coach travel to our FA Cup game at Burnley - http://spurs.to/FreeCoachBurnley…
Well I hope this helps some of our travelling fans at least to make the game.
Didn't we used to play Christmas Day and Boxing Day? And Good Friday, Easter Weekend & Easter Monday?
We're playing Leicester 3pm Boxing Day, and Man United Midday on the 28th? That's not a problem though is it? Oh, because we get TV money for that one.
Football without fans is nothing.