07-05-2023, 01:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-05-2023, 01:26 PM by Ain’t got a Danny.)
(07-05-2023, 10:27 AM)SouthseaBubble Wrote:(06-05-2023, 11:18 AM)TBP Wrote:(06-05-2023, 08:21 AM)stayinupforever Wrote:(05-05-2023, 09:54 PM)exgaffer Wrote:(05-05-2023, 09:25 PM)Pompeyg100 Wrote: I can’t imagine 3pm was ever selected because it was the optimal time for fans, you’re just used to it.
Personally earlier the better on a Saturday for me these days.
I find it hard to believe Sky, the EFL and all the clubs are negotiating with the players and agents pockets as the priority.
A lot has changed since Alan Sugar left Spurs.
3pm is perfect for meeting up in the pub before the match, long may it continue. You need time to have a few unhurried pints before watching Pompey ffs.
Didn't pubs shut after lunch and reopen at 6pm years ago? Therefore 3pm made sense.
People generally worked Saturday mornings and clubs in mining areas kicked off at 3.15pm to allow the clean up after work to happen.
But presumably in pre-floodlight days Saturday games must have started at 2 or 2.15 so as not to finish in darkness. Or was there a spring/autumn kick-off time and a winter one? Another change, which I don't much like, is that evening kick-offs are now always at 7.45 or 8. I assume this happened at the request/demand of TV companies or has something to do with European competitions (which makes it an hour later in most of Europe). But when I started watching Pompey, it was usually 7.15, or 7.30 latest. Does anyone have any idea why this changed? Or does anyone know how they fitted in all the fixtures without evening kick-offs?
Not totally sure but From about 1940 to 1950 U.K. operated on GMT +1 in the winter (equivalent of modern British summer time) and GMT +2 in the summer (double summer time). Matches kicked off at 3 or 3.15 with ten minutes for half time. Evening games if played at all were played in August and up to mid September.