Wycombe Wanderers Supporters Trust
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Wycombe Wanderers Founders Trust
Comment on the rescheduling of the match vs Morecambe
Wycombe Wanderers have announced the rescheduling of the home League 2 fixture against Morecambe. The game, originally scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on Saturday 15th December, will now be played on Friday December 14th with a KO time of 7:45 p.m.
This change is due to a fixture clash with the Club's tenants London Wasps, who have a televised Heineken Cup match on Saturday 15th December. This match has been scheduled for some time and officials from both clubs appear to have overlooked the resulting clash of fixtures until recently.
The Club consulted both Trusts regarding the rescheduling via our respective PLC Directors, Ian Mather and Keith Blagbrough. The Trusts responded in unison by stating our objections to the rescheduling of this match, or any other non-televised WWFC fixture.
The main reasons for the Trusts’
objections are stated below:
1. There is an ever increasing trend for football clubs to re-arrange
fixtures away from their traditional kick-off of 3:00 p.m. on
a Saturday. This causes major inconvenience to supporters. Saturday
football, with 3pm kick off times, should remain sacred and the
Trusts believe this to be a fundamental part of the football culture
in this country.
The Supporters Trust wrote to the Club on this matter in July
2006 - See link Keep Saturday Sacred
2. The first consideration should be the Club’s supporters,
some of whom travel considerable distances to watch home matches
or will have arranged shift work, holidays or travel arrangements
around the previously published fixtures.
3. Equally, consideration must be shown to visiting supporters,
regardless of geography or travelling numbers. Both Trusts make
strong representations to the Club when our away fixtures are
rescheduled and will maintain a consistent position when defending
the position of visiting supporters to Adams Park.
4. The Club has explained to the Trusts the commercial reasoning
for their decision and have highlighted the difficulty of rescheduling
the rugby match because it is to be televised. Nevertheless the
Trusts are concerned by the precedent of a London Wasps' fixture
being given higher priority than a WWFC fixture.
Both Trusts will continue to resist inappropriate fixture rescheduling, both home and away.
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Keep Saturday Sacred Letter written to the Club in July 2006 supporting traditional kick-off times |
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Announcement from the Club's website confirming the change of fixture time |
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