Friday Night Football at Roots Hall

[J]

bearing in mind we have had several friday night games this season at home and away, i was just wondering how many it has been this season? obviously with scunny round the corner, i thought it may give a chance to all you stattos out there to come up with some stats and figs??

 

[Javea Shrimper]

Fri 27 Aug : Bristol Rovers 2 Southend United 1
Fri 08 Oct : Southend United 2 Boston United 1
Fri 26 Nov : Southend United 1 Grimsby Town 1

Coming Up ...

Fri 04 Feb : Swansea City v Southend United
Fri 11 Feb : Southend United v Sc**thorpe United
Fri 25 Mar : Southend United v Rochdale
Fri 01 Apr : Southend United v Bristol Rovers

WS

 

[Andy_S]

If it's not just League games you're talking about, we also played Luton in the cup on a Friday.

 

[J]

when was the last time we played 8 friday night games in the season? although we have had very few tuesday night games
thanks J S

 

[Javea Shrimper]

We had quite a few Friday night games back in the 80s ...

WS

 

[CSWICKFORDSHRIMPER]

Quote[/b] (Javea Shrimper @ Feb. 03 2005,20:52)]We had quite a few Friday night games back in the 80s ...

WS

yes and we won promotion !!

 

[BoyWonder2]

Friday night football is a good thing, once in a while, but the novelty is wearing off a bit, especially with 8 in one season. Keep it to saturday afternoons. Thats what my weekends are built.

 

[southend_utd_fan]

I dont mind a few Friday night games, as I know a few more of my mates will come to Hall as they play football on a Saturday. Also people who work on Saturdays or do other stuff and come down to the Hall on Friday night.

 

[Richard Hearn]

I was weaned on Friday night football in the 60's, 70's and early 80's. In those days you could count the number of Saturday games on one hand. And bloody awkward they were too if you worked on a Saturday.
Southend Utd and Friday night games were synonymous for decades. Saturday afternoons at home are a relatively recent phenomenon re-imposed on us, it should be noted, by good old Uncle Vic in his usual Stalinist style.
Bring back Friday nights, I say. The home of Southend football.

 

[J]

well i would say that on a saturday i feel "lost" if southend aren't playing. My weekends are built around football, well southend anyway laughing out loud but you have the morning and evening on a saturday for football. you can start in the morning in the pubs, and if we win, usually carry on til early hours of sunday

 

[Shrimp in a Kilt]

Quote[/b] (seenyeva kryevyetka @ Feb. 03 2005,21:53)]I was weaned on Friday night football in the 60's, 70's and early 80's. In those days you could count the number of Saturday games on one hand. And bloody awkward they were too if you worked on a Saturday.
Southend Utd and Friday night games were synonymous for decades. Saturday afternoons at home are a relatively recent phenomenon re-imposed on us, it  should be noted, by good old Uncle Vic in his usual Stalinist style.
Bring back Friday nights, I say. The home of Southend football.

Ah, those were the days! I loved the atmosphere of it, we were playing under floodlights for longer than other teams. But I imagine that the majority of the fans who go now are too young to remember it, and I can't see the club going back (or being allowed to go back) to Friday nights on anything but an occasional basis.

 

[Richard Hearn]

Quote[/b] (Shrimp in a Kilt @ Feb. 03 2005,23:02)]

Quote[/b] (seenyeva kryevyetka @ Feb. 03 2005,21:53)]I was weaned on Friday night football in the 60's, 70's and early 80's. In those days you could count the number of Saturday games on one hand. And bloody awkward they were too if you worked on a Saturday.
Southend Utd and Friday night games were synonymous for decades. Saturday afternoons at home are a relatively recent phenomenon re-imposed on us, it  should be noted, by good old Uncle Vic in his usual Stalinist style.
Bring back Friday nights, I say. The home of Southend football.

Ah, those were the days! I loved the atmosphere of it, we were playing under floodlights for longer than other teams. But I imagine that the majority of the fans who go now are too young to remember it, and I can't see the club going back (or being allowed to go back) to Friday nights on anything but an occasional basis.

Sadly, I concur.

 

[fbm]

Quote[/b] ]Saturday afternoons at home are a relatively recent phenomenon re-imposed on us, it should be noted, by good old Uncle Vic in his usual Stalinist style.

Incorrect.

The club were at the mercy of the Pools companies. The club got fined if they switched their fixture from the Saturday and so did not appear on the Pools coupon.

Also, as we moved up the leagues, travelling support was greater and clubs less willing to switch. Tranmere were the only ones and that's because they tried to play on Friday nights too.

 

[Technician]

FBM's right. Both clubs need to be in agreement to a Friday night fixture for it to happen and more clubs in the lower leagues are willing to avoid losing support to the richer clubs, but playing their fixtures early.