Sunderland (H)

[Bailey Vickerage]

Been moved to the 27th December 12:30 kick off for sky sports.

Cambridge away now on Thursday 30th December 7:45pm

Morecambe away now on Sunday January 2nd 3pm kick off

[roversdude]

For once these suit me can now make the Sunderland and Morecambe games

[Filo]

So yet again we’ve been denied a home game on Boxing day

[mushRTID]

SHITE!

Was really looking forward to boxing day football. Gutted.

[Filo]

Another thrashing and on national TV FFS!

[CJK]

Why on earth has that fixture attracted the attention of Sky? Other than the obvious, that it involves Sunderland and they'll get a reasonable television audience for it. Sky ruin football.

[Donnywolf]

How many people will have been impacted by those moves?

I have not booked trains hotels etc but there will be some including Mackems who will have

At least Morecambe will be better on jan2 for me personally

[Chris Black come back]

Why on earth has that fixture attracted the attention of Sky? Other than the obvious, that it involves Sunderland and they'll get a reasonable television audience for it. Sky ruin football.

There is only one Premier League game and two Championship games on 27 December, while huge numbers of people will be sat on their backsides at home. They need a filler and Sunderland biggest name in League One so they shoved this into the schedule.

[DMnumber4]

Cancel Christmas

[roversdude]

Extra income for Rovers

[DD]

Bleedin' disgrace AGAIN
Rovers should tell them to bugger off - when was our last Boxing Day home game? Decades ago.
It is (should be / used to be) highlight of the football season.
Gutted - but get used to it being a Rovers fan - tiny little Donny

[donnievic]

How many people will have been impacted by those moves?

I have not booked trains hotels etc but there will be some including Mackems who will have

At least Morecambe will be better on jan2 for me personally

doubt it as there be no trains on Boxing Day

[glosterred]

Bleedin' disgrace AGAIN
Rovers should tell them to bugger off - when was our last Boxing Day home game? Decades ago.
It is (should be / used to be) highlight of the football season.
Gutted - but get used to it being a Rovers fan - tiny little Donny

Rovers cannot tell Sky to do one as they have no say over this rearrangement, this is all down to Sky. But, let’s face it, Sky do not give a shit about fans do they, they are only in it for the advertising fees and the ratings.


COYR

[donnievic]

Why on earth has that fixture attracted the attention of Sky? Other than the obvious, that it involves Sunderland and they'll get a reasonable television audience for it. Sky ruin football.

answered your own question there really although I would of given then even more tickets then the usual 4,000 anyway

[Donnywolf]

How many people will have been impacted by those moves?

I have not booked trains hotels etc but there will be some including Mackems who will have

At least Morecambe will be better on jan2 for me personally

doubt it as there be no trains on Boxing Day

... agreed but I was thinking of all 3 games and both sets of fans in each of the 3 games

[sedwardsdrfc]

Good for the extra money we'll need it in jan by all accounts. Potentially not a great advertisement for the club when the inevitable battering happens 

[Padge_DRFC]

How much money do we get? Knock about 2k off the usual crowd we'd have got due to it being on TV

[donnievic]

How much money do we get? Knock about 2k off the usual crowd we'd have got due to it being on TV

I don’t think we would get many more turning up way we are playing even if was ment to be Boxing Day game and sunderland will still sell their full allocation

[DRCraig]

Be watching it on the telly now tbh.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Think with heads not heart. Any extra revenue from TV is most welcome at a key time. I'm sure the TV revenue will more than make up for those who will take the option to watch on TV or not bother at all.

[ColinDouglasHandshake]

Don't get the logic of fans who would ordinarily be going to the game but now it is on tv won't go and will watch it on tv.

It is better to be at the actual game IMO.

[drfchound]

But those are the floating fans than I have spoken about elsewhere.
Once they begin to drift away it is difficult to get them back.

[Colemans Left Hook]

Some of you will know Kier Starmer's favourite phrase to attack the government is " "i see a pattern developing here""

My friend ( it wasn't Selby) just tweeted him on his views about Rovers chances at home against Sunderland

and as usual Starmer produced his evidence as to the result :-

Rotherham 5 Sunderland 1
Sheffield Wednesday 3 Sunderland 0

he pointed out it's all about "location location" and it's South Yorkshire

and the pattern shows Rovers obviously will win  1-0

 he added he still hadn't received his invite to come to the keepmoat from "silent majority"

 shame he forgot about the fact Rovers have never ever beaten them and didn't look at the bigger picture

actually CLH agrees with him & sees a 1-0 home win as well in the stars