Question Evening games - would you back a move to 8pm KO?

[Maldon Shrimper]

Just posting to see the Zones views if the evening kick offs were moved to 8pm to allow more time for all supporters to get to Roots Hall in time.

I am having to leave much earlier than i used to from my home in the Maldon area which usually takes around 40 minutes but recently is taking double the time involved to allow time to park.

Yes some will rightly say leave earlier which in my position i can but those who work thats not always that simple.

Not sure how to do a poll if someone can on my behalf,thanks

 

[Target man]

Just posting to see the Zones views if the evening kick offs were moved to 8pm to allow more time for all supporters to get to Roots Hall in time.

I am having to leave much earlier than i used to from my home in the Maldon area which usually takes around 40 minutes but recently is taking double the time involved to allow time to park.

Yes some will rightly say leave earlier which in my position i can but those who work thats not always that simple.

Not sure how to do a poll if someone can on my behalf,thanks

It's a double edged sword. Start later finish later, and people get back late and are up for work early next day. No real answer to whatever you do ... personally more in favour of an earlier finish to get home.

 

[Shrimp and two veg]

No thanks to 8pm. I'm up at 3.45am in mornings, quicker i get home after the match the better.

 

[EnglandShrimper]

Yes please, Im up at 8am for work so I would get a bit more time in bed

 

[OldBlueLady]

No thank you, takes long enough to wind down after them as it is!

 

[Hawkwell Blue]

I’ve just got used to 7.45 from 7.30 (change occurred about 40 years ago) so no thanks.

 

[Holy Joe]

Nah, train from prittlewell at 22:02, doable for a 1945 ko, would be very tricky for a 2000 ko. Next train after is 22:32

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I’d struggle getting there in time after work if it was any earlier and if it was any later I’d be getting home after midnight. That makes me think they’ve got it just right - at least for Tuesday nights.

 

[Shrimper83]

Other country's play games around 5pm this would allow family's to go to midweek games. My kids go bed at 7-8 so can't do midweek. I wonder how many more family's would attend midweek if it didn't finish at 10.

 

[RHB]

Just posting to see the Zones views if the evening kick offs were moved to 8pm to allow more time for all supporters to get to Roots Hall in time.

I am having to leave much earlier than i used to from my home in the Maldon area which usually takes around 40 minutes but recently is taking double the time involved to allow time to park.

Yes some will rightly say leave earlier which in my position i can but those who work thats not always that simple.

Not sure how to do a poll if someone can on my behalf,thanks

Done

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Other country's play games around 5pm this would allow family's to go to midweek games. My kids go bed at 7-8 so can't do midweek. I wonder how many more family's would attend midweek if it didn't finish at 10.

I would have gone to zero 5pm midweek games as a kid because my dad would still have been at work then.

 

[Suffolk Blue]

8pm wouldn't make much difference to me. I finish work at 5:30 and get to the ground in plenty of time even with a 90minute+ drive. I don't get home after a match until about 11:45 anyway, midnight wouldn't be much different.

 

[Tommy2holes]

8pm wouldn't affect me at all..

I only live about a 10 min walk from the hall and usually have a couple of pints in the railway.

 

[Shrimper83]

I would have gone to zero 5pm midweek games as a kid because my dad would still have been at work then.

Mum's go to football now though aswell lol

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Not for me, especially on midweek games, even on a 19.45 , it’s a race to get around the M25 and late evening road closures ( especially on A3and M3 junctions)

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Not for me either. I still remember the 7.30pm KO days.

But 8pm in cup games where extra time came into play would be a nightmare for travellers with any distance to cover to get home.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

No thank you, takes long enough to wind down after them as it is!

Must admit that after any Tues night game, i have a shocking night's sleep!. Irrelevant whether we win or lose!.
Waste of time me going to bed if a later ko!.

 

[ms brush]

7.45 is a rush for my husband, particularly with the roads from Basildon being extremely slow. If I am in the office, I need to come straight from work on the train into prittlewell, so 7.45 ko if viable offers for food are in place.

Without that option, there is not really time to get home, eat and get down to the ground in time for kick off.

That is where a good quality fan zone, with some decent food choices will help.

Demand is there - did anyone see the he queue for the fish house was round the corner onto Victoria Avenue on Tuesday!!

 

[Ladybeard]

Must admit that after any Tues night game, i have a shocking night's sleep!. Irrelevant whether we win or lose!.
Waste of time me going to bed if a later ko!.

So do I Kaye last time I looked at the clock after Tuesdays game was 4am and I had hospital at half 7 not good. Must be the adrenaline pumping through our bodies x

 

[Supershrimper]

7.45 is a rush for my husband, particularly with the roads from Basildon being extremely slow. If I am in the office, I need to come straight from work on the train into prittlewell, so 7.45 ko if viable offers for food are in place.

Without that option, there is not really time to get home, eat and get down to the ground in time for kick off.

That is where a good quality fan zone, with some decent food choices will help.

Demand is there - did anyone see the he queue for the fish house was round the corner onto Victoria Avenue on Tuesday!!

Yep, was gutted and decided against the queue