Interesting to see the Edinburgh - Castres rugby game was played behind closed doors on Monday, the weather having caused the surrounding area to be unsafe for spectators on Sunday and with no chance of an improvement overnight.
The cynic in me suggests that Edinburgh's expected gate receipts (they average about 3,000 - 4,000 fans per game and thus a Monday afternoon would have seen that diminish substantially) weren't sufficient to justify the outlay incurred in clearing the streets and stadium. I also wonder how much the fact that the opponents had travelled from France had to play in the decision.
But it did leave me thinking - if the weather doesn't improve until into the spring and if there is little appetite for extending the season, could we start to see teams having to play minus their fans?
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Thread: Matches behind closed doors?
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21-12-2010 05:40 PM #1
Matches behind closed doors?
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21-12-2010 06:03 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I think it was the Wasps game at adams park in wycombe where the game was going ahead but fans were advised to stay away. I think about 4,000 still turned up.Never one to laugh at others misfortune but today could only have been improved by rangers getting horsed and God pissing down a meteor shower of fifty pound notes on Edinburgh
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I'm fed up with games being called off due to surrounding areas having problems, if the stadium, pitch, and area around turnstiles are ok then it should go ahead, let fans take the risk themselves. Some would say nanny state.
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21-12-2010 08:03 PM #10
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Say we have 6,000 adult season ticket holders, that would cost the club well over £600,000.
No way Hibs would go for that.
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