That WYP have failed in their primary objective of saving money and in their secondary objective of preventing people from Hull travelling to Huddersfield, having a beer and watching football by what ever means they see fit. Huddersfield Town will not lose income due to the increased price WYP put on. The losers are those that wanted to go to the ground. My guess is that there would have been about 1500 making the trip. But the actions thus far limit the chances of these measures being tried again in a hurry. So 1,000 may miss out one game, not every.
The way things are now, the actions taken by the club and the supporters has raised the profile of this from local to national and possibly beyond. The club has had to find a compromise with all sides involved. The message from them is clear, "we have done all that we can". The supporters groups have also had to find a compromise, in effect the changing of the route and the acceptance that "most" supporters who want to go will be able to get there via Heartshead Moor. WYP have had to compromise and have also come under scrutiny at a very difficult time for them. Have there been any actual winners or losers in this? The clubs are still selling the tickets and getting the tv money. The supporters who would have gone anyway probably still can if they want. WYP, erm, IMO they have lost out. They could not have expected such a negative responce, in fact if they had simply done nothing, I doubt that as many City fans would have made the trip. WYP now has a bigger problem with the protest, unless it is banned, this will stretch resources at a critical time. The methods used to declare a match as "High Risk" will possibly need to be reviewed and their do not want to be under more scrutiny.
The football league getting a grip with Sky? What? And nearly put most of its clubs out of business like when ITV Sport collapsed and was threatened. Yes Sky does have alot (probably too much) control over the Football League but without Sky, most clubs wouldn't survive financially. It's unfortunate that's the way it is, but at least it's not as bad as Super League. Football League are in no position to tel Sky what to do, they can't afford to. They could try a compromise though to have a similar selection method to the Premier League, I.e all fixtures up to December are picked to be televised before the season even starts, then remaining fixtures are picked at least a month in advance (except those postponed by the FA cup). Sky do seem to be able to select FL games at a shorter notice. Unless it just seems that way.
1500, But Burnley is 25 or less miles away from udders and there were only a couple of hundred of us there because the game was on TV !!! And with this been shown on TV too wouldn't expect a big number to show! And of course people not turning up for fear of the Burnley curse , which has now gone away
On tv in Burnley and on a Monday night, this is a Saturday, although I wouldn't bother arguing the numbers. I suspect the WYP **** up has meant there'll be more in Huddersfield now than would have bothered with the game. I'm glad i don't pay them my rates.
Had none of this happened, I'd have been confident of at least 2,000 turning up, despite it being on Sky.
Cut and Paste taken from CI and posted by Exiled. The point about group action is a very good one and perhaps the preferred strategy for any fans finding themselves in this position in the future. We should be clear in NO way have the club been speaking with forked tongue or acting disengenously BUT they have perhaps not completely understood the bigger picture nor Louis's own personal motives for his action. He would hate to think anyone except people from WYP should lose their jobs over this. The person who made the offer is someone Louis considers vital to the future of the club and in particular for changes that need to be made for HCAFC to become more fan focussed especially for young fans that want to support the team with real passion.
Louis can't do it when he's been excluded from the provisions as it isn't his rights being breached. You need an affected victim to act as complainant to bring the case. It makes Ged's email to me saying the club be able to make arrangements for my group to ensure we got tickets make a lot more sense. The bribe rules out the entire group being able to take legal action as they're not being restricted. This game however is just a battle in a much bigger war, it's more of a political issue than a policy issue now. Their concessions to individuals when threatened with legal action create a huge argument in favour of removing the power from the police. By granting concessions to anybody who threatens legal action or sounds a touch too vocal in the complaint they are effectively admitting that their actions if brought before a judicial review would be blocked by the court, or to put it another way they're admitting they're abusing their power and that they know they are but they're going to do it anyway.
Don't know about the timing on other games, but this game was selected some time in January* and is being played at the very end of March. They've had at last 2 months notice. *Huddersfield's first statement said they were told in January, and that is when WYP tried blocking it altogether, which was the 3rd time this season they'd blocked Huddersfield moving a game for Sky. It is only the contract with Sky saying they can be penalised if they are unable to fulfill the requirement to have a home game televised if requested that's resulted in us all seeing just how corrupt WYP are. We knew about the bubble wrapping and requesting alternative kick off times from past experience, but the outright blocking of games being played is a new one.
If you feel strongly about it cancel your contract with sky , I did a long time ago Actions speak louder than words and all that
Sky making games 5:20 kickoffs is one thing, but they don't stop people going to games. This is WYP at fault not Sky.
