Sussex Cricket Message Board - Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

Re: Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-08T22:20:59Z

knowledge very necessary to survive when planning days off, holidays, management meetings etc this summer ... easy to get it wrong as i have proved on many an occasion

luckily the Two Hopes have avoided all such fixture congestion in South Devon this July:-)
(the Two Hopes organisation cant be blamed for an unfortunate clash with ICC Europes Division Two Under 17 competition on The Isle of Man this summer as this was a late and regrettable change on the part of administrators.)

Re: Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-07T22:53:58Z

Blimey Loco - that sounds like good knowledge. Shame the ecb didnt call up Germany for fixture advice.

Re: Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-06T11:10:38Z

"I imagine that when that football game on the 18th is going on I will be on the M23/M25 on my way home from the cricket and that my journey should be eased by the lack of traffic on the roads"

yes it should be and i hope you will have enjoyed a great game of cricket from the terrace aew ....

however it makes little commercial sense to ignore the many people in Sussex (plus a few from Pants) who enjoy both football and cricket and to ignore the fact that the biggest sporting event of this year is the football World Cup and that England will still be in it on the 18th June!

am not sure of the exact timings of a 20 20 game but it must (have been) be possible to accommodate both on the 18th June, as appears to be the case on the 23rd (Slovenia) and something Glamorgan will surely try to do at Cardiff on the 12th (USA)

incidentally if England win their group and then go on to reach the quarter final at Johannesburg, the Middlesex game at Hove on 2 Juli at 19.10 could be similarly affected - i for one dont want to be wishing England an early exit in the world cup so that SCCC get full benefit from a full house at Hove

and if England fail to win their group but finish second, the Kent game at Hove on the 27th June clashes with the last 16 game at Bloemfontein (against Germany if they win their group) on the Sunday afternoon

(we have however managed to avoid arranging a game on the world cup semi finals evenings, and the Arundel game on Sunday 11th (starting at 2.40pm) will be over before the Final starts at 7.30pm ! )

lots of "ifs and buts" here but there could be a lot of sussex money resting on the results of a few minor footie matches

ps come on The Albion" (today at orient!) :-)

Re: Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-06T08:56:41Z

SPSL11 wrote:

Last summer the ECB stated the 2020 dates and it was clear they would be the same time as the soccer WC .
The ECB are useless and will end up destroying the county game.

They arent deep thinkers, are they?

Re: Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-06T08:38:05Z

thats also what i would do, and a lot of us who are generally more interested in the cricket (and i dont really support England anyway)but to get a good gate we need to get the casual fan in, and appeasing their need for their fix of football is critical to a big crowd - i suspect a few tv's around the ground wont be enough, though

Re: Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-05T22:58:17Z

tiptoes wrote:

asdf64 wrote:
Would rather watch cricket to football anyday.
It is however a major concern if too many of the 2020 matches clash with England games.
I think the club have said that they are unable to have a large screen showing the football.
I agree with that sentiment entirely. I hate it when our Summer game is overshadowed by football, rugby world cup or Olympics. Was so pleased in 1994 when England and all the other home nations failed to qualify for the football World cup (so we had to cheer Ireland instead, lead by big Jack - snigger).
Realise that this view is not widely held amongst the cricket fraternity. Even many of the diehard cricket supporters who follow England on tour are decked out in their team's football shirts.

I agree absolutely with this Tiptoes. I imagine that when that football game on the 18th is going on I will be on the M23/M25 on my way home from the cricket and that my journey should be eased by the lack of traffic on the roads.

Re: Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-05T21:42:23Z

asdf64 wrote:

Would rather watch cricket to football anyday.
It is however a major concern if too many of the 2020 matches clash with England games.
I think the club have said that they are unable to have a large screen showing the football.

I agree with that sentiment entirely. I hate it when our Summer game is overshadowed by football, rugby world cup or Olympics. Was so pleased in 1994 when England and all the other home nations failed to qualify for the football World cup (so we had to cheer Ireland instead, lead by big Jack - snigger).

Realise that this view is not widely held amongst the cricket fraternity. Even many of the diehard cricket supporters who follow England on tour are decked out in their team's football shirts.

Re: Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-05T18:22:23Z

Last summer the ECB stated the 2020 dates and it was clear they would be the same time as the soccer WC .

The ECB are useless and will end up destroying the county game.

Re: Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-05T14:13:19Z

asdf64 wrote:

I think the club have said that they are unable to have a large screen showing the football.

I think I read somewhere that they plan on bringing in more TV's to encourage fans to stay after the cricket and make up for the lack of big screen.

Re: Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-05T12:09:36Z

i agree i think the world cup will really hit attendances at the twenty20s.

i wondered about the large screen. i'm not sure if sky are televising the hants game so it could cause conflict between terrestrial and satellite anyway.

Re: Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-05T12:03:14Z

Would rather watch cricket to football anyday.

It is however a major concern if too many of the 2020 matches clash with England games.

I think the club have said that they are unable to have a large screen showing the football.

Sussex v Hants - Twenty20 Fri Jun 18

2010-02-05T11:39:05Z

I see the club have brought the start forward for this game as England are playing Algeria that evening.

Do we have any plans to show the footy on a big screen at Hove?

although we begin at 5.30, it won't leave much time for people to get home/or to the pub to see the match.

It might be good for revenue if we can keep them in the ground. Any thoughts?