RabidAl Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 What do folk think about playing their local rivals on weekday evenings? Would midweek evening derbies be better attended, with a better atmosphere under the lights? What are the issues? Crowds could be bigger without the usual weekend distractions of seeing the family and taking the missus shopping for lingerie. Policing could be easier if folk can't get so bevvied, due to them working on the day of the match and the next day. If they're popular, you could schedule in a couple of midweek league derbies each season, whilst keeping one derby fixture back for New Year. It would also give a couple of spare weekends for use in the early rounds of the League Cup. More folk could get about the country to attend weekend cup games than the current mid-week early rounds. You'd have better attendances in the cup and give it more attention, and could have more intense local derbies too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 What do folk think about playing their local rivals on weekday evenings? Would midweek evening derbies be better attended, with a better atmosphere under the lights? What are the issues? Crowds could be bigger without the usual weekend distractions of seeing the family and taking the missus shopping for lingerie. Policing could be easier if folk can't get so bevvied, due to them working on the day of the match and the next day. If they're popular, you could schedule in a couple of midweek league derbies each season, whilst keeping one derby fixture back for New Year. It would also give a couple of spare weekends for use in the early rounds of the League Cup. More folk could get about the country to attend weekend cup games than the current mid-week early rounds. You'd have better attendances in the cup and give it more attention, and could have more intense local derbies too... So folk who can't make it at the weekend for a league game can make it at the weekend for a cup game? I don't think it would make much of a difference in all honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 What do folk think about playing their local rivals on weekday evenings? Would midweek evening derbies be better attended, with a better atmosphere under the lights? What are the issues? Crowds could be bigger without the usual weekend distractions of seeing the family and taking the missus shopping for lingerie. Policing could be easier if folk can't get so bevvied, due to them working on the day of the match and the next day. If they're popular, you could schedule in a couple of midweek league derbies each season, whilst keeping one derby fixture back for New Year. It would also give a couple of spare weekends for use in the early rounds of the League Cup. More folk could get about the country to attend weekend cup games than the current mid-week early rounds. You'd have better attendances in the cup and give it more attention, and could have more intense local derbies too... What shite is this?! Evening derbies have been happening for years. Do you follow football at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawfieldAggro Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 What shite is this?! Evening derbies have been happening for years. Do you follow football at all? Glad someone said it. Next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 One disadvantage, and this applies to me, is that a lot of fans who live further afield and can usually easily make the trip at a weekend can't make the midweek evening matches. Additionally, I can't even get home from midweek games in Brechin unless I leave the match early or fork out for a taxi to Montrose seeing as public transport just seems to halt after a certain time. I appreciate that we're probably in the minority, but there's one issue if you're after one. I'm also pretty sure that our postponed replay Angus derbies have poorer attendances than the weekend games too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 What do folk think about playing their local rivals on weekday evenings? Would midweek evening derbies be better attended, with a better atmosphere under the lights? What are the issues? Crowds could be bigger without the usual weekend distractions of seeing the family and taking the missus shopping for lingerie. Policing could be easier if folk can't get so bevvied, due to them working on the day of the match and the next day. If they're popular, you could schedule in a couple of midweek league derbies each season, whilst keeping one derby fixture back for New Year. It would also give a couple of spare weekends for use in the early rounds of the League Cup. More folk could get about the country to attend weekend cup games than the current mid-week early rounds. You'd have better attendances in the cup and give it more attention, and could have more intense local derbies too... Where's the evidence crowds would be bigger? Only the odd Friday had a bit of novelty value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Midweek games are a total pain in the ring. Saturday 3pm with the occasional Friday night game is where it's at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 So folk who can't make it at the weekend for a league game can make it at the weekend for a cup game? I don't think it would make much of a difference in all honesty. I think what he's saying is that it's easier to attend a derby in midweek and then trek up to Peterhead or Dingwall for a league cup fixture on Saturday, than vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 united sell out all their derbies home and away so dont give a f**k about increased crowds. also this already happens and has done for decades. are you a bit mental? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Friday night games are shite get them to f**k. I work to 10pm weekdays, I should add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 BIGGUR LEAGUES, IN DA SUMMER, MIDWEEK, UNDER DA FLOODLITES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Get new year games kicking off at midnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Just to let the OP know, we played a derby in the evening the other night. We played the exact same tie in the same stage of the same cup in the evening last season as well. We also played another derby in another cup last season in the evening. Oh and we've played loads of derbies in the evening since about the 1970s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gandosaur Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 united sell out all their derbies home and away so dont give a f**k about increased crowds. also this already happens and has done for decades. are you a bit mental? Where do United get this myth they sell out every Derby home and away? United have only once sold out their home end for a derby in around 20 years - that was the first one 2 years ago. The second one had plenty empty seats in the home end (and in the away end too). Going back 10-15 years they sometimes even struggled to fill their allocation at Dens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Friday nights way to Ross County are the boi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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