Durnerz Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 Would love it if we beat Warnocks lot, will be a preview to see if we can hack it in the top 6.
Leicester_Mad Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 not an easy start or finish but as someone said we have to play everyone twice anywys
Jonbluefox9 Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 It'll be interesting to see how much the list has been chopped and changed at the end of the season. Announcing the fixture list has become pointless as they work on changing it as soon as it's printed. If you're doing well in the league the times get changed or the dates and if you're doing well in the cups the fixtures have to be re-arranged anyway.
Muz Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 does anyone remember last boxing day 126568[/snapback] Yes , we lost to Rotherham Whats that got to do with Sheffield Utd away?
Stuliasz Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 I had a sneaky feeling we'd get the blunts away on the first day, simply because we always seem to get them when I'm not there! Tough opener though..
Nationwider Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 As a surrogate northerner, I'm really looking forward to the short trips to Sheff Utd and Hull in August. Hull's on Bank Holiday Monday (I think), and I'm off work on the Tuesday! Beer-o-rama. Woo, and indeed, hoo.
Anish Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 I'm looking forward to this game - it is a massive game for both teams and it will enable us to gauge how well we will do/how much we have improved since last season. Both teams will know it's a tough match and will be even more determined to get a good result, so it should be an interesting game to say the least.
Nationwider Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 It'll be a new ground for me too, which is always good.
Craig Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 It'll be a new ground for me too, which is always good. 126661[/snapback] It's certainly an eyeopener, well it was for me anyway. Wooden seats
Sam Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 How come we don't have a home game on the first or last games of the season anyone???
Anish Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 How come we don't have a home game on the first or last games of the season anyone??? 126713[/snapback] Because the fixtures are drawn at random We've had home games on the first day of the season for a good few years - West Ham last season, Southampton the season before, Watford before that, Bolton etc.
Sam Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 Ok I misunderstood I thought that every team was entitled to a home game for either the first or last game of the season I guess I'm wrong.
Katy Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 Ok I misunderstood I thought that every team was entitled to a home game for either the first or last game of the season I guess I'm wrong. 126734[/snapback] Its the luck of the draw!
Dave_7 Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 does anyone remember last boxing day 126568[/snapback] Yes , we lost to Rotherham Whats that got to do with Sheffield Utd away? 126570[/snapback] earlier on people were talking about millwall on boxing day, so thats wat im on about
Scow Posted 23 June 2005 Posted 23 June 2005 Football League Own GoalBy Roy Sheppard Date: 10/11/2004 D@RLO UNCOVERED has always had a battle to publish the fixture list. The threat of legal action has been repeatedly dished out through e-mails unless we coughed up cash to get the publishing rights. Now a legal battle has come out against this practice. AS some of you maybe aware I have had run in's with the football league over recent years with regards to publishing the fixture lists on this site. After putting them onsite I received an e-mail threatening legal action if I did not take the fixture list off site. If I wanted to publish it then I would have to cough up £250. I have always state that I thought this was an amazing state of play, copyrighting a fixture list. I even published a list of Uncovered FC matches where we will play the supporters of each club that Darlington are playing, I still received a legal mail.. Now Roy Sheppard from the BBC has kindly e-mailed me the following as he was aware of my predicament. Many thanks to Roy for sending me the story he has wrote. 'Football and horse racing scored a spectacular and expensive own-goal yesterday with the European Court of Justice ruling that they cannot make money from lists of fixtures or runners and riders. The surprise judgment will stop the sports from trying to profit from such information and will deprive them of millions of pounds. The case started four years ago with a new directive from the European Commission seeking to protect the copyright of databases. Football and horse racing argued that the information contained in their fixture lists and race cards formed a database for which they could charge. They launched court actions alleging companies were using this information without paying. Fixtures Marketing Ltd, who compile the fixtures of all the leagues in England and Scotland, took action against companies in Finland, Sweden and Greece who were using these fixtures to organise pools betting. The British Horseracing Board brought an action against William Hill for listing the runners and riders of the day's race meetings on their internet betting site. In the early stages of these cases, the sports had reason to be confident. They won at the High Court and even the Court of Appeal were inclined to rule in their favour. However, the Court of Appeal referred certain points on the exact meaning of the directive to the European Court of Justice, the highest court in Europe. Yesterday those judges ruled that if the sporting bodies had made an investment in their databases then they could charge for it. But just because a football fixture list contains information about who is playing where and when they could not charge for its use. Nor could the BHB charge William Hill for merely listing the runners and riders, information which would have to be generated if the race meeting was to be held. David Harding, the chief executive of William Hill, said: "This means that the betting industry cannot be held to ransom by the sporting bodies, whether they be racing or football or any other." British racing gets £100 million a year from the betting industry through the statutory levy. It was hoping to discard this and make much more by charging for use of the database, but now it has no chance - and the £100 million figure is certain to plummet. Nobody from the Premier League or the Football league was willing to comment This was an email sent to me some time ago - Makes interesting reading. 126537[/snapback] So does that mean we can publish the fixtures or am I missing a trick? 126538[/snapback] I put the fixtures and results for last season on my Foxes Online site after I read this article - I never received any warning against me. However, that could be because no one actually saw it...
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