Libertine Posted 20 March 2006 Share Posted 20 March 2006 Walkers To Host Nationwide Conference Final The Walkers Stadium has been chosen to host the prestigious Nationwide Conference Play-Off Final on Saturday, May 20 (5.30pm). The clash will be screened live on Sky Television with a place in the Football League awaiting the winners of the showpiece event. City chief executive Tim Davies said: "We are delighted that the Walkers Stadium has been chosen to host such a prestigious event. "We are already looking forward to the game and hope that there will be an electric atmosphere worthy of the occasion." Joanna Adams, Commercial Director of the Football Conference, added: " We are very much looking forward to playing at the Walkers Stadium and we know that this year will continue to build on the success of the previous three years." The semi-final legs will be played on Saturday, May 6 or Sunday, May 7 with the return legs scheduled for Thursday, May 11. Ticket prices for the match are yet to be finalised but are likely to be £20 for adults and £10 for concessions. Further details will be made available when they are known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phube Posted 20 March 2006 Share Posted 20 March 2006 That'll be quite good for the club, more revenue. I wonder who are the likely teams for the play-off final. Might be worth a go if any-one is local!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anish Posted 20 March 2006 Share Posted 20 March 2006 Good stuff, a little more money for the club does no-one any harm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKA Castroneves Posted 20 March 2006 Share Posted 20 March 2006 Brillant news, nice to see our Stadium getting its uses apart from us using it, financially that's brillant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemmish Posted 20 March 2006 Share Posted 20 March 2006 Good news for the club. The 4 current teams that are in the play off positions are Hereford on 67 points, Halifax on 61, York on 57 and Stevenage also on 57. I believe that also Morecambe (54 points), Grays Athletic (53) and Exeter (50) have a chance to make it, although, I think it will be too hard for Burton Albion to make it on 47 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 20 March 2006 Share Posted 20 March 2006 1 Accrington Stanley 34 24 6 4 65 34 31 78 2 Hereford United 34 19 10 5 49 26 23 67 3 Halifax Town 34 17 10 7 45 33 12 61 4 York City 34 16 9 9 54 34 20 57 5 Stevenage Borough 35 16 9 10 54 42 12 57 6 Morecambe 34 16 6 12 50 35 15 54 7 Grays Athletic 32 14 11 7 64 45 19 53 8 Exeter City 33 15 5 13 51 38 13 50 9 Burton Albion 34 13 8 13 43 45 -2 47 Presumably 2 of those teams then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unit Posted 20 March 2006 Share Posted 20 March 2006 Still, should be exciting enough, anybody else plan on going? Love a bit of conference me. Walkers will stage play-off finalLeicester City's Walkers Stadium will stage the Conference play-off final on Saturday 20 May. City's chief executive Tim Davies said: "We are delighted that the Walkers Stadium has been chosen to host such a prestigious event. "We are already looking forward to the game and hope there will be an electric atmosphere worthy of the occasion." Joanna Adams, Commercial Director of the Football Conference added: "We're looking forward to playing there." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 20 March 2006 Share Posted 20 March 2006 How much will it be worth to the club?. Accrington had a crowd of 2,119 for their last home game and I cannot imagine either Hereford or Halifax bringing tens of thousands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted 20 March 2006 Share Posted 20 March 2006 How much will it be worth to the club?. Accrington had a crowd of 2,119 for their last home game and I cannot imagine either Hereford or Halifax bringing tens of thousands. They will for a day out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milky Posted 20 March 2006 Share Posted 20 March 2006 the game was at the britannia stadium stoke last year, or was that two years ago, anyway that was a good little atmosphere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman of the Bored Posted 20 March 2006 Share Posted 20 March 2006 I went to the Conf PO Final at Stoke 2 years ago between Aldershot and Shrewsbury and there was a great atmosphere. I think Shrewsbury took about 10,000 and The Shots 6,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hullfox Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 How much will it be worth to the club?. Accrington had a crowd of 2,119 for their last home game and I cannot imagine either Hereford or Halifax bringing tens of thousands. They'll still have more people making a noise than we do even if that's all that come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle_Fox Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 Good burger and drinks revenue aswell for the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexikokopops Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 If York or Stevenage get there I'll probably end up going. My housemate's a York fan and my best mate's lives near Stevenage so will probably end up going if they get involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Chandler-Walker Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 England, Brazil and er...Hereford - isn't that what they call bathos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 If Stevenage get to the final i'll definately go. Need to check whether George Boyd is good enough to make the step up to the championship, I think we should try and make a move for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairy Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 A friend supports Halifax so I'll probably go if they get through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 How much will it be worth to the club?. Accrington had a crowd of 2,119 for their last home game and I cannot imagine either Hereford or Halifax bringing tens of thousands. certainly more than we would earn for having nothing happening at the stadium on that day!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magictv Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 go york if they make it i want to go, or accrington stanley, i like them too. wahoo. significantly less time than i thuoght it would take before conference football was played at the walkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 Is it one automatic, and 2-5 for the playoff positions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboywillmott Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 1 Accrington Stanley 34 24 6 4 65 34 31 78 2 Hereford United 34 19 10 5 49 26 23 67 3 Halifax Town 34 17 10 7 45 33 12 61 4 York City 34 16 9 9 54 34 20 57 5 Stevenage Borough 35 16 9 10 54 42 12 57 6 Morecambe 34 16 6 12 50 35 15 54 7 Grays Athletic 32 14 11 7 64 45 19 53 8 Exeter City 33 15 5 13 51 38 13 50 9 Burton Albion 34 13 8 13 43 45 -2 47 Presumably 2 of those teams then. Who are they? (soz cudn't resist!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 Is it one automatic, and 2-5 for the playoff positions? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Hero Posted 21 March 2006 Share Posted 21 March 2006 Forget Statto.... we've got Hatto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 22 March 2006 Share Posted 22 March 2006 How much will we actually get from the game? Surely the two clubs will get most of the money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 22 March 2006 Share Posted 22 March 2006 How much will we actually get from the game?Surely the two clubs will get most of the money? I would imagine we'll get a fixed fee, that will depend on what services/provisions we supply - e.g ticketing, stewarding and entry. Not sure about how the refreshment situation will work whether that will provide increased revenues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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