Question Floodlights

[Ayrshire Blue]

Why the hell were they on in the 2nd half ?

 

[Big Albert]

Good point and must have cost a few bob as well

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Uncle Ron cant be feeling the effects of the Credit crunch then :D

 

[stevie_G_G_G]

Haven't they heard about the credit crunch? Its time to save some money lol

 

[RobM]

Maybe they're on a time switch!

 

[Andy_S]

We noticed them come on just before half time as well. Surely the auto switch thing could be flicked off! A bit of a pointless waste of cash for the club.

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Shocking, the biggest waste of money since Billy Paynter.

 

[Ailsa Road Shrimper]

Yeah it was very strange - perhaps there is a league ruling that from this stage of the season the floodlights must be on for the 2nd half?

 

[ESG]

Must have a fixed price deal with Eon .

 

[Csboy]

What a waste of money! We must be rolling in it if we can afford to waste money like that.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Why the hell were they on in the 2nd half ?

To try and wake up Francis.

 

[bertiebigbanana]

the cynic in me would suggest it was a bit of gamesmanship to partially equal up the glare from the sun in our keepers eyes. The pragmatist in me would say they forgot to overide the time clock

 

[OldBlueLady]

Very strange decision! Clear blue sky, sun shining brightly, darkness not due for several hours and there were the lights twinkling away! Maybe the clock's been changed ready for the end of BST except they got the date wrong.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Maybe the they were left on to shred some light on tillys subbing of the best player on the park?

 

[dashman]

It's an anti glare thang! The sun is powerful light so to distract from that they turned on the floodlights - of course! LOL!

Probably on a timer for Autumn & no one checked lol!

 

[TBV_Dan]

Perhaps there is a league ruling that from this stage of the season the floodlights must be on for the 2nd half?

I think your right actually, it may be something to do with the fact that it gets darker earlier now, but imo, they didn't need to be on yesterday.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

I think your right actually, it may be something to do with the fact that it gets darker earlier now, but imo, they didn't need to be on yesterday.

Could have been a rule but surely common sense would tell us that we didn't need them.

I still think it's stupid when we have to play with a yellow ball during the winter, you can still see a white ball in the dark.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Thought the yellow ball was more to do with the prospect of snow than the light condition?

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Thought the yellow ball was more to do with the prospect of snow than the light condition?

So did i until a few years ago, i think its from the start of November or something that we have to use yellow balls, Although i'm not sure we will now as all the clubs have personalised balls.

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

The yellow ball is a Football League thang, and will always appear the next game after the last Sunday of October and disappear the game after the last Sunday of March. Due this being the time when the clocks change. However the Premier League stick with the white ball and only change with snow.

When there is snow on the pitch an Orange Ball is used not Yellow.