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[Diclonius]

Oh **** off. Probably can't make it now. Thanks TV.

[CB_NO3]

Was always getting moved for TV. Another 80 grand into the coffers.

[Tynie01011973]

Sky were always going to take the Bigot Brothers games. So we were always going to be Sunday later ko.

[Since90+2]

Happy enough with that. Should be a decent crowd even though its on telly.

[Onceinawhile]

Hardly a disaster. Nearly 3pm and at the weekend.

Being on the BBC the week before a cup final will probably cause the crowd to drop (especially on mothers day.

[Big_Franck]

Not ideal but could be worse. At least it's not a midday kick-off.

[.Sean.]

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Was always getting moved for TV. Another 80 grand into the coffers.

80000 is only 4000 tickets at 20 quid, the crowd could conceivably be 4000 less than what it would be had it not been on TV. I know what I'd rather.

Sunday football is crap.

[Billychaotic182]

Doubt I'll make it now as I work 10 till 22:30 on a Sunday and already booked the final off 😩

[DavieRoy]

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Sky were always going to take the Bigot Brothers games. So we were always going to be Sunday later ko.

Sky had first and third pick in this round, BBC had second pick.

[ben johnson]

My wife and kids can look forward to Mothers Day in the Hibs Club. A lot of families already booked up for lunch that day.

[iwasthere1972]

Won't make everybody happy but 2pm kick off instead of silly time kick off leaves enough time for a wee drink or two without having to find a pub at breakfast time.

[smithy_hibees]

Not the worse but would have loved a 5pm ko on a Sat night..
lets get a good crowd again and push the team onto another semi final

[HibsNutter]

Thought we had a midweek game before the final, glad to see we've got a week off. Could go into the final on a real high if we knock out Inverness.

Hopefully get a big crowd for this one, saw how much a bumper crowd can spur the team on in the derby.

[JimBHibees]

Hopefully the ticket prices will be reasonable and to be honest happy enough with the kick off time not being midday.

[Hermit Crab]

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Not the worse but would have loved a 5pm ko on a Sat night..
lets get a good crowd again and push the team onto another semi final

That at would be unfair on the Inverness fans. They couldn't get home by public transport if it was saturday 5pm. At least a 2pm Sunday match they can get down and back by train.

[0762]

No major complaints from me and timing could have been worse.
Sunday not ideal for me but happy to switch my Saturday/Sunday plans around to accommodate.
At least TV are not asking ICT fans to get to Easter Road for 12.00/12.15 or 12.30.

TV revenue makes a bigger impact than some might think. It’s £80,000 each, and the gate money is split so that’s £160,000 revenue into the pot for the game and that figure is excluding Vat.
They’ll probably tinker with the pricing because it’s on BBC so let’s say it’s £20/£10.
For simplicity a 50/50 split Adult v Seniors/Students and Kids, that’s an approx. of £15 per head which after VAT (we pay this unlike other clubs!) is only £12 per head so to make up £160,000 worth of TV income that equates to an attendance of 13,333 before a ticket is sold – we’re not going to lose that many fans because of TV. Attendance might be slightly down because games on BBC so money more than makes up for any drop in attendance.

If the pricing is cheaper than £20/£10 then it equivalents to even more people.
As long as the Clubs agree a pricing less than the normal match ticket price because the game is on free to view TV can’t see anything wrong with the Club making a few quid out the game from TV.

Bonus for me – Another Cup Top Up match.

[smithy_hibees]

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That at would be unfair on the Inverness fans. They couldn't get home by public transport if it was saturday 5pm. At least a 2pm Sunday match they can get down and back by train.

More for a personal point of view for the 5pm ko time :).. lets be honest hope theres less ICT fans as possible.. Easter Road for years has been an easy place to come for away fans and players. glad since stubbs stepped in looking alot harder for teams come

[Billy Whizz]

A lot better than 12.30

[lord bunberry]

Another game I'll probably miss.

[andrew70]

£20 and £10 according to ICT twitter

[HibsNutter]

According to their twitter: £20 adults, £10 over 65's and students, £5 under 18's

[Hibby70]

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According to their twitter: £20 adults, £10 over 65's and students, £5 under 18's

That's very good pricing. Let's get as many kids along as possible.

[Hibernian Verse]

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Doubt I'll make it now as I work 10 till 22:30 on a Sunday and already booked the final off 😩

That's only half an hour of your day what are you complaining about?

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[Ken]

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80000 is only 4000 tickets at 20 quid, the crowd could conceivably be 4000 less than what it would be had it not been on TV. I know what I'd rather.

Sunday football is crap.

Sean, I think Hibs get around £80,000 for it being on TV, but we would only get 50% of the gate, so it would take around 8,000 more fans to turn up. I also don't think the fact it is on a Sunday will have a huge effect on the crowd, maybe 1,000 less maximum. It is a quarter final after all.

Although saying that I wish it had of been on the Saturday.

[lucky]

I doubt there will be 1000 ICT fans and we will have around 8500. So I'll be surprised if there is more than 10000 there due to it being on the BBC.

[jgl07]

I am annoyed about that.

I am working in Oman that week and Sunday is a normal workday there. I work from 16:00 till 20:00 local time (12:00 - 16:00 here).

That means I will be finished just after the match has ended. Why not a 4:00 PM kick off or leave it on Saturday when I am free all day?

[JimBHibees]

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According to their twitter: £20 adults, £10 over 65's and students, £5 under 18's

Good pricing especially the kids price.

[Geo_1875]

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Good pricing especially the kids price.

It's £20 and £10. ICT are discounting the u18s until next Friday.

[scoopyboy]

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80000 is only 4000 tickets at 20 quid, the crowd could conceivably be 4000 less than what it would be had it not been on TV. I know what I'd rather.

Sunday football is crap.

£80000 is only 4000 tickets at £20 but with half the ticket money going to ICT it is really the difference of 8000 onto the gate.

I take it you won't be going to the final if Sunday football is crap.