Should you be deducted a point and fined for not being able to start a Sunday league season on a Wednesday???

Thoughts?

Yep, everyone knows well before the fixtures are announced that the season will start with midweek games! no excuses.

even if you have a weekend side, everyone is in the same position

So if we couldn't play a Wednesday and the other team couldn't play the Thursday how come we get done and they don't not arguing it just making sure its fair

Id assumed that because the original fixture was listed for a wednesday , its you that couldnt play so have caused the postponement,

nothing to do with the opposition not being able to play thursday as that wasnt the listed fixture?

Fair enough just hope we don't lose out by one point lol

You're still unbeaten though so its in your own hands! how have you faired against AFC Sporting?

You do have the choice at the start of the season whether u start in a Wednesday night or a Friday night.
But yeah, it's harsh!

Glad someone agrees lol beat them 5-3 will be tough to do the double

If you can't play a specific date and your already used your free date, try moving the fixture forward (need to agree with opposition & pitch & inform the league) you can't push it back tho

Can play Sunday's, Wednesday's or Friday's

Other days are a no go unless you seek league approval (I believe)

Cool ideas opening day so can't see we would of used any other excuse we had about 4 players that could make it due to work and so on

You could've played it on an earlier Sunday/Wednesday/Friday with no problems from the league, if you'd sorted it earlier.

We tried to but other team were having a drinking sesh and said no

Seems harsh, you have the title in the bag though anyway.

I think other days are not allowed as other leagues have matches on them days e.g senior league

Maybe so we ain't win anything yet dan we r due a no show at some point

Jenko wrote:

I think other days are not allowed as other leagues have matches on them days e.g senior league

sod senior league, sunday football comes first! if your team has senior leaguers in it then you deserve everything you get!

That's very true half r team never even played 11 a side till this year

We only have 2 players that play saturdays, myself being one of them! But I am just saying I am sure thats why the Alliance is only allowed to play on them days

Senior teams play Tuesdays....the crap players play on Thursdays....

Hellboy wrote:

Senior teams play Tuesdays....the crap players play on Thursdays....

So des this mean my county cup semi final tomorrow night is full of crap players hellboy? cuz its on a thursday?

Yes

I think its a joke! Its Sunday league, games should just be on a sunday unless both teams decide to have a change, i think its unfair that the league can tell you your playing on a wednesday or friday when you joined a sunday football league, mid-week games should be decided by the teams and not the league

That's my view well said

I can see its frustrating to teams who might have to cause a postonement, but everyone is is the same boat, everyone has plenty of warning the date the season starts and that there will be midweek games,

another solution , less teams ........ then everyone will complain about a lack of games?

I know which I'd prefer

Kylinhio wrote:

I think its a joke! Its Sunday league, games should just be on a sunday unless both teams decide to have a change, i think its unfair that the league can tell you your playing on a wednesday or friday when you joined a sunday football league, mid-week games should be decided by the teams and not the league

And Saturday football only on a Saturday?

Smaller divisions, no bad weather, no cup runs, no free dates, no pitch shares or pitch unavailability, and we could restrict play to Sundays

Unfortunately it is not as simplistic as that.

Within this County there is an agreement that for evening games played at the beginning and end of the season when nights are light, Sunday Leagues (all of them, not just the Alliance) shall use a Wednesday or a Friday evening.

We ask teams for their preference and try to satisfy the request although this cannot always be possible.

Experience proves that it is necessary to have evening fixtures during the first two weeks of the season and again during April and early May to clear any fixture backlog.

This thread started with a question about being deducted a point for a Wednesday postponement. The fixture in question was scheduled and printed in the booklet for Friday 2 September. A number of the defaulting club's players then decided a stag party was a better option.

On this occasion the opponents were unable to accept an earlier date - so the standard postponement procedure in accordance with League rules was applied.

The problem you have gents, is that we have had a lot of bad winters, and whilst you cant control how many games will be abandoned in the latter half of the season, you can control how many are played at the beginning.
Getting ahead also helps with free dates later in the season...have you used one this year? Plus it stops teams that are successful from being punished for doing well and having to play three games in five days at the end of the season.

Kylinhio wrote:

I think its a joke! Its Sunday league, games should just be on a sunday unless both teams decide to have a change, i think its unfair that the league can tell you your playing on a wednesday or friday when you joined a sunday football league, mid-week games should be decided by the teams and not the league

You could always find another league.

It was the other team that had a stag party not us that's what annoys me we were on for the friday

So the other team say they can't do
The Friday so no questions asked moves it to Wednesday we can't do Wednesday we lose a point and get fined and they get nothing very very harsh

That is harsh, its got to be the same for rules everyone.

Gifford wrote:

So the other team say they can't do
The Friday so no questions asked moves it to Wednesday we can't do Wednesday we lose a point and get fined and they get nothing very very harsh

Sounds like it should of been the other way round then and them docked the point, bit of chinese whispers going on with the facts have stitched you up!

I know it's only a point and we r doing a lot better than we thought we would of but it's the principal of the whole thing

Kylinhio wrote:

I think its a joke! Its Sunday league, games should just be on a sunday unless both teams decide to have a change, i think its unfair that the league can tell you your playing on a wednesday or friday when you joined a sunday football league, mid-week games should be decided by the teams and not the league

So you want to start doing away with the very basic rules of the league? Might as well throw out that one about only playing for a single club at a time. There'd be no postponements then and no need for midweek matches.

You're given a fixture, you play it. If not then you are breaking the rules and you should be punished.

Everyone knows the rules.

Sparta3 wrote:

Kylinhio wrote:

I think its a joke! Its Sunday league, games should just be on a sunday unless both teams decide to have a change, i think its unfair that the league can tell you your playing on a wednesday or friday when you joined a sunday football league, mid-week games should be decided by the teams and not the league

So you want to start doing away with the very basic rules of the league? Might as well throw out that one about only playing for a single club at a time. There'd be no postponements then and no need for midweek matches.

You're given a fixture, you play it. If not then you are breaking the rules and you should be punished.

Everyone knows the rules.

I agree with that but in this instance (from comments on here which is in defence only one side of the story) it seems the balme may have been associated to the wrong club?

Should of been to both teams or none basic parenting skills haha

Gifford wrote:

Should of been to both teams or none basic parenting skills haha

HAHA THIS MADE ME CHUCKLE....CHEERS

If it was a Wednesday fixture, and you couldn't play Wednesday, that's your teams fault, not the oppositions for being unable to swap to another date!!

If it was originally a Friday fixture, then that's different

They said it was originally a Friday fixture bore off

Then unless your club agreed to a switch to Wednesday its very harsh,

Hopefully that 1 point wont make a difference come the end of the season!!

That's my fear I don't think it will but you never know depends how are next two games go