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davealbon wrote:I think the UCL should be congratulated and applauded for this decision. No one thought it was possible for them to reach such a level of baffling incompetence, but they've proved their doubters wrong, and done so with style! :roll:

I don't think any of us doubted they had this level of ability in the slightest ;)

They could prove all of us wrong though by insisting Holbeach play all their games by the 6th as well, that would take them on to a whole new level of incompetence !!

Seriously, we have got to appeal this stupidity surely??

It's clear that they've thought this is as much as they could get away with, otherwise they'd have us finishing in March, with a few midweek games stuck in there! I can't see how they can justify this if asked why.

From a personal perspective I'm away on holiday from the 3rd April for a week, so as it stands I'll miss our last game of the season v Welly, so I'll be hoping common sense prevails and our season extends into the latter part of April too. What a damp squib the end of the season will be if this is allowed to stand - even if we ultimately win the title, it won't be at a game!! Still, we had a party when we won the conference without kicking a ball, I'd be up for doing the same if history repeated itself

Finishing the season early is probably a reward for all the work Darren and Mark have done on the pitch to get games on !! ;)

It's an absolute nonsense. What is the Fixture Secretary playing at? It surely can't be hard to have all teams finishing on the same date, it should be an absolute fundamental basic when issuing fixtures.

As somebody has mentioned previously, why are they so insistant on making us play against Kempston in midweek? Also, and nobody has mentioned this yet, why are we playing on Easter Saturday? Just do the logical thing and have everyone play Friday/Monday like the Football League are doing rather than Saturday/Monday. Pointless.

davealbon wrote:I think the UCL should be congratulated and applauded for this decision. No one thought it was possible for them to reach such a level of baffling incompetence, but they've proved their doubters wrong, and done so with style! :roll:

Is it actually 'incompetence'? I rather think they know what they're doing & what it will be worth to them if certain teams can finish the season a month apart.

Just had another thought. If we were to progress to the final of the KO Cup, which is hardly unthinkable, we could have a month between our final game of the season and the KO Cup Final.

Barton Raz are you assuming KO Cup final in May? Surely it could be played any date between 6th April and 1st May. We would then be able to have a double celebration party!!.

You would of thought that any half competent person could have decided to sort out April's Saturday fixtures first, then go back to the start and fill in the gaps. Leave a few Tuesdays open near the end for any additional postponements.

They should have anticipated some of the cracking games that would draw in the crowds and make the end of the season something worth celebrating. The fans would have some games to look forward to, instead of this mess we're in at the moment.

There is absolutely no reason why we should be playing Tuesday night fixtures.

UCL Fixture Secretary is clueless and I hope that the Club makes a strong representation to the UCL about this situation.

As much as we don't like them, I think we're all hoping for a few postponements. We've been lucky not to have any so far