Mr.Albert Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 This Friday Royal Albert are playing Belshill Atheletic at the John Cummings Stadium with a 7-45pm kick off Should be a cracking game with both teams pushing for promotion. Could this be the way ahead to try to avoid fixture pile ups especially when the lighter nights come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanner Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Love the floodlit games and can't understand why there aren't far more of them. Friday night fitba is the bestest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db11 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Easthouses played Bonnyrigg earlier in the season on a Friday. Drew a big crowd for a minor cup game. Was good to watch under the lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsPhil Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Royal Albert's park at Stonehouse is unusable through no fault of their own. As first choice, they have been playing their home games at Lesmahagow. When both Lesmahagow and Royal Albert have had simultaneous home fixtures, Royal Albert have gone to their second choice - Carluke's plastic. But it's a 'perfect storm' of all three being given home fixtures for this Saturday. So neither Lesmahagow nor Carluke were available for Royal Albert to use. So Royal Albert would have either had to have found a third choice venue to use on Saturday afternoon, or indeed the pragmatic solution of moving to the Friday night on the Carluke plastic, ahead of Carluke themselves using it the following afternoon. So this is 'needs must' rather than any innovative shift to Friday night fitba. However, if it sets a trend of subsequently doing so by choice, then great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 10 hours ago, Shanner said: Love the floodlit games and can't understand why there aren't far more of them. Think the £50,000 for a half decent set might have something to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintonfan Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Think shanner meant for the clubs that have lights and there is quite a few now. In Ayrshire cumnock, whitletts and winton have them and in central; benburb, petershill, rutherglen, renfrew, greenock, porr Glasgow, maryhill, rossvale. There is probably more so plenty of potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanner Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 29 minutes ago, wintonfan said: Think shanner meant for the clubs that have lights and there is quite a few now. indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintonfan Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Whitletts and greenock play on natural grass too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCamelonfan Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Friday night football is good. Been to a couple of Shire games on a friday night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuklaWandy Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Planning on heading to this tomorrow. Is there anywhere I'm likely to get team names and numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNauld Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I’m looking forward to the game, football fri and sat you can’t beat it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babfc Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Only Friday night game I've been to was at Renfrew against Rob Roy. Decent turn out and a good game. Throw in a howling storm to make it interesting for the players and for me it was a success. I might be wrong but I think it was the night before an Old Firm game a season or so back. Whatever, it was enjoyable before visiting the pub to dry out! I would like to see more of them. However I recall somebody saying that the cost to replace one of the bulbs at Renfrew was about £200. None of your long life bulbs for these things. But that's something the clubs have to budget for anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanner Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 The Maryhill v Meadow Scottish Cup game earlier in the season was a great success as well. Not a great game, granted, but it was nice to finish work, head up there and have beer at an evening game knowing there was no work the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ned Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Royal Albert 1 bellshill 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ned Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Royal Albert 1 bellshill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilsyth ranger Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Only Friday night game I've been to was at Renfrew against Rob Roy. Decent turn out and a good game. Throw in a howling storm to make it interesting for the players and for me it was a success. I might be wrong but I think it was the night before an Old Firm game a season or so back. Whatever, it was enjoyable before visiting the pub to dry out! I would like to see more of them. However I recall somebody saying that the cost to replace one of the bulbs at Renfrew was about £200. None of your long life bulbs for these things. But that's something the clubs have to budget for anyway. Was it not us playing Renfrew that night ? Was a night b4 old firm game an we won 2-1 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village elder Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Went with my mate...he says it's better than sitting in the house watching telly....only just .Goodly crowd by all accounts...no linespeople with no other competing fixtures - strange .IMO Bellshill better team by a distance..numbers 8 and 11 stuck out like sore thumbs , good display by the Albert keeper though .Friday nights will do for me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 1 hour ago, 5ned said: Royal Albert 1 bellshill 1 Two Polar Bears were seen leaving early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNauld Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 The Albert we’re the better team in the first half but Belshill dominated the second half, but for two excellent saves from the Albert keeper Belshill would have had the 3 points. It was Baltic, mind you it’s like that every time I’ve been up there at a game, plus it’s always been windy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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