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Apparently there's only one fixture at Easter this season.

i see all of our home fixtures are to be played friday night , thats me not getting a season ticket and i think that this is a big mistake but us the supporters dont matter i was told last season that friday nights are better for the sponsers thats all well and good but if the stadium is empty why bother thats my rant[size=150:2mawmets[size=150[/size over with what does every one else think ?

We've played Friday nights before, I don't think there was a great difference between crowd sizes tbh, so if we can get more from sponsers then why not? And in the final few league games last season we had a shocking turn out, and they were sunday games.

The club makes more money on a Friday night - fact. The difference in crowd side is no different - negligible at best, and as you rightly point out, we make more money from the sponsors.



I actually prefer Friday nights, allows me to have a few beers and head out if I want to and not have to worry about being up on Monday morning.

Will it be half 7 kick offs?

I concur with Hawk 1 - in my case 3 season tickets

My wife works 'til 8pm on Fridays, I'm often gigging on Fridays and me Mam dosen't drive.

At least youve solved your xmas present for your mum,Get her driving lessons



On a serious note,You cant please everybody,Whatever day it is,Some people wouldnt be able to go,So if it is the case,which it looks like,We get similar crowds on a sunday and a friday,But obviously get more corporate on a friday,So the biggest income for a game is friday,Hence the decision.For myself im not bothered either way,Nice to finish the working week off and go friday and have a pint (Deuchars of course),Also on a sunday when your at a loose end what to do,Nice to take the family to the game,Obviosuly the Kids ellement on a friday maybe down.Ideally a mixture of friday and sundays would be better.

As above - some people prefer Fridays, others Sundays and from a crowd point of view not much difference.

Unfortunately you can't please everyone.



Corporate may be more lucrative on a Friday but on the otherhand don't forget the ordinary fans who turned out in force at Darnall club is those dark days who in my perception seemed to be much more important to the club than they are now.



To be honest for me each day has it's pros and cons. Friday evening when the weather is warm is great because you can have a drink after. I don't have a preference myself only that choose a day and time and stick to it unless there are circumstances that prevent it like TV or SUFC saying no.



However for me personally, I'd probably not stay in the Millennium bar on a Frday evening because there are better and cheaper places to be in Sheffield on a Friday evening.

Good point re: the millennium bar, although you could just have one in there, listen to the speeches then go out. In fact I like the sound of that

Going for Fridays, imho, means we're setting our cap at Championship mediocrity. I can't see us ever building up the crowds we need to enter Superleague on a Friday night.



And, bearing in mind how many weeks overlap with the soccer/grass-growing season, we've a 50/50 chance that United won't let us play on Friday nights anyway. What we'll be left with is a hotch-potch of Friday and Sunday matches at DVS and t'Lane with even less structure and pattern than we had before.

Because the crowd building plan on a Sunday afternoon was going brilliantly wasn't it...



The crowds won't be any different this year to last. In fact I bet there's a slight improvement due to the season ticket initiative and the cheap student tickets.