No Subway On Sunday

Valley Bluenose said:
We offered alternatives. They were all rejected. Its not a decision solely for Rangers to make. Do you want us to refuse to play?
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I would have refused to play at 8pm on a Sunday yes. Other teams would have also. Has an spl game ever been played at that time? Don't think so.
 
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rossgers said:
I would have refused to play at 8pm on a Sunday yes. Other teams would have also. Has an split game ever been played at that time? Don't think so.
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The timing is ridiculous, I agree. Given an earlier kick-off was refused, playing on the Monday was refused and switching the fixture was refused we ran out of alternatives.

Refuse to play and the Club get sanctioned.
 
rangeral said:
It is shut at 6pm on Sunday for long enough - the extra time allow longer maintenance works on 1 day they also take place on the other days for shorter periods

When the 6.05pm kick-off happens in the late 1990s/early 2000s it was the same it shut at 6pm

At worst shut at 8pm/8.30pm on Sunday

I am not older enough to remember but there will those that remember when it shut for 3 years in the late 1970s for a complete modernisation
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If the likes of the NYC Subway, London Underground, and Barcelona Metro can run 24/7 then our wee Subway should at least be able to stay open until 2300 on a Sunday.
 
Coisty09 said:
This is Trolling by a Natsi Tim at the Subway.
What sort of industry/business turns away potentially the revenue from 20,000+ journeys to allow scheduled maintenance to go ahead.
Shut the subway on Monday night after 6 PM instead of Sunday when there is a match on.
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That’s common sense or I’m sure the maintenance can survive one day meaning it takes a week longer to complete gucking simpletons
 
Valley Bluenose said:
This is from early September:

"Rangers’ Scottish Premiership match with St Johnstone on Sunday, 6 October, has been moved to an 8pm kick-off.

"With the Great Scottish Run taking place in Glasgow that day, many roads around the Southside of the city will be closed until late in the afternoon, making safe and efficient access to the match impossible for a traditional afternoon kick-off.

"Rangers put forward a number of alternative options including an earlier kick-off and a fixture reversal, but all were rebuffed by the other stakeholders involved. Playing on the Saturday is not feasible given our match with Lyon takes place on the Thursday evening, while the Monday evening is also not possible with that falling in the international window.

"The club is fully cognisant of the inconvenience this will cause to many of our supporters, and we share in your frustration at this situation.

"We will continue to engage with stakeholders including public transport providers and Glasgow City Council, and update supporters on access plans and routes closer to the match taking place.

"Following the switch to the Sunday at 8pm, this match has subsequently also been selected for live TV coverage by Premier Sports.

"Our match the previous weekend with Hibernian has moved to Sunday, 29 September at 12noon and will be screened by Sky Sports.
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The stakeholders that are to blame are 100% Police Scotland who absolutetly refused to budge on the race being re,routed,as there plans were in place before the fixture was announced.
 
Valley Bluenose said:
Yes, but it normally closes at 1800hrs on a Sunday. That's not unusual. The late kick-off, and source of all the issues, is the run in Glasgow.
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We all know that it closes at this time and we all know that they have extended the hours previously.
Their explanation, which you denied, "What work?" despite it being clearly stated on the thread isn't about manpower or overtime etc etc.its about "works"
Which brings me back to #52.
 
Blue bells are blue1872 said:
We all know that it closes at this time and we all know that they have extended the hours previously.
Their explanation, which you denied, "What work?" despite it being clearly stated on the thread isn't about manpower or overtime etc etc.its about "works"
Which brings me back to #52.
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Just realised from earlier posts that they've opened later on previous occasions (not sure if it was for footie though). Didn't realise they had done that. So take your point.
 
club175 said:
Absolute nonsense. I take my two kids and with the traffic after the match I’ll likely not be home much before midnight on a school night. I can see a crowd of sub 30k
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Aye but think of the emissions you will save by not going. :rolleyes:

Joined up thinking is not the best by the sphell, sfa, spt, in fact any body that starts with an S it seems. Scottish Greens tick. SNP tick. It seems my theory works.
 
Valley Bluenose said:
This is from early September:

"Rangers’ Scottish Premiership match with St Johnstone on Sunday, 6 October, has been moved to an 8pm kick-off.

"With the Great Scottish Run taking place in Glasgow that day, many roads around the Southside of the city will be closed until late in the afternoon, making safe and efficient access to the match impossible for a traditional afternoon kick-off.

"Rangers put forward a number of alternative options including an earlier kick-off and a fixture reversal, but all were rebuffed by the other stakeholders involved. Playing on the Saturday is not feasible given our match with Lyon takes place on the Thursday evening, while the Monday evening is also not possible with that falling in the international window.

"The club is fully cognisant of the inconvenience this will cause to many of our supporters, and we share in your frustration at this situation.

"We will continue to engage with stakeholders including public transport providers and Glasgow City Council, and update supporters on access plans and routes closer to the match taking place.

"Following the switch to the Sunday at 8pm, this match has subsequently also been selected for live TV coverage by Premier Sports.

"Our match the previous weekend with Hibernian has moved to Sunday, 29 September at 12noon and will be screened by Sky Sports."
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Yeah, I read that statement as well & would have liked to know who the other " stakeholders involved" were & why they "rebuffed" other options, specifically any other earlier k.o. time than 8.00pm if we assume that Premier Sports were telling the truth at the time when they said they only decided to broadcast the game after the k.o.time has been decided.
My mate ran the last Great Scottish Run when even stragglers were finishing about 3.30 - 4.00.....its hard to believe there was simply no earlier k.o. time available......in fact am sure I read on another thread when the k.o. time was announced that we played a Home game ( v Ross Co?) on the same day as the race a few years ago, which kicked off at 4.00pm but I may be mistaken.
 
What’s even worse is the last train back to Edinburgh is at 2200 :))

And, given the state of the public transport, it’ll be difficult to park the car anywhere near the stadium.

Think it’ll be RTV loyal for me, which is annoying. Edit, it’s on Premier Sports.
 
brs1960 said:
Yeah, I read that statement as well & would have liked to know who the other " stakeholders involved" were & why they "rebuffed" other options, specifically any other earlier k.o. time than 8.00pm if we assume that Premier Sports were telling the truth at the time when they said they only decided to broadcast the game after the k.o.time has been decided.
My mate ran the last Great Scottish Run when even stragglers were finishing about 3.30 - 4.00.....its hard to believe there was simply no earlier k.o. time available......in fact am sure I read on another thread when the k.o. time was announced that we played a Home game ( v Ross Co?) on the same day as the race a few years ago, which kicked off at 4.00pm but I may be mistaken.
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I've run the GSR and gone to the Rangers game after it.

There's no reason why we couldn't kick off at 4 or 5.
 
brs1960 said:
Yeah, I read that statement as well & would have liked to know who the other " stakeholders involved" were & why they "rebuffed" other options, specifically any other earlier k.o. time than 8.00pm if we assume that Premier Sports were telling the truth at the time when they said they only decided to broadcast the game after the k.o.time has been decided.
My mate ran the last Great Scottish Run when even stragglers were finishing about 3.30 - 4.00.....its hard to believe there was simply no earlier k.o. time available......in fact am sure I read on another thread when the k.o. time was announced that we played a Home game ( v Ross Co?) on the same day as the race a few years ago, which kicked off at 4.00pm but I may be mistaken.
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I'd assume the 'stakeholders' would be TV companies, SPFL, St Johnstone, Police and Emergency Services, GCC and the Subway folk.
 
Bluenose_MK said:
My last train home on Sunday is 21.48 so would have to leave about 65/70 minutes in

There's another station maybe 20 minute walk so thought I'd check that as another option. Last train on Sunday? Before the game kicks off :))
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The last train from Partick going west leaves at 8:53. It'll just be half time!
 
Cucumbear said:
What’s even worse is the last train back to Edinburgh is at 2200 :))

And, given the state of the public transport, it’ll be difficult to park the car anywhere near the stadium.

Think it’ll be RTV loyal for me, which is annoying. Edit, it’s on Premier Sports.
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You stick with RangersTV mate, much better.;)
 
Coisty09 said:
This is Trolling by a Natsi Tim at the Subway.
What sort of industry/business turns away potentially the revenue from 20,000+ journeys to allow scheduled maintenance to go ahead.
Shut the subway on Monday night after 6 PM instead of Sunday when there is a match on.
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Yeah they’re really going to shut the subway during the rush hours on a Monday to accommodate us, dearie me.
 
Valley Bluenose said:
The timing is ridiculous, I agree. Given an earlier kick-off was refused, playing on the Monday was refused and switching the fixture was refused we ran out of alternatives.

Refuse to play and the Club get sanctioned.
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Well the Board should’ve stood their ground and forced them into a resolution. It’s totally unacceptable that the Rangers support are yet again put out due to a situation totally outwith our control. This is a common theme that the Rangers support are constantly shafted.
I love how the ‘uch we offered alternatives’ excuse has been rolled out. This isn’t good enough!
 
Stone Cold said:
This! Can you imagine this situation happening to the scum on a Sunday night with limited public transport? Nope me neither. Nothing will change unless the club start sticking up for the support because as per it’s the fans getting shafted here.They
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They get buses or trains and don't rely on subway.

Our whole country being half open on a sunday is ridiculous
 
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Valley Bluenose said:
The timing is ridiculous, I agree. Given an earlier kick-off was refused, playing on the Monday was refused and switching the fixture was refused we ran out of alternatives.

Refuse to play and the Club get sanctioned.
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Absolutely......although some may be a bit more understanding if the Club had explained exactly why their other proposals, specifically the earlier k.o. time had been "rebuffed" & by whom.....am presuming they were given reasons.
 
DeBear said:
Don’t forget scotrails part in this - Last train to Edinburgh is 10pm so impossible to get back East after the game . Roads will be carnage with no public transport .
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Roads will be chaos anyway.

GCC - have an utter cheek trying to introduce these parking restrictions around Stadia now when the public trainsport aint up to scratch.
ScotRail - Less said the better.
SPT Subway - Stopping trains early on a Sunday in this day and age is a scandal for a 'public transport system'.
 
rangeral said:
As I posted before for me the issue the fact the Great Scottish Run weekend wasn't flagged by the SPFL when the fixtures are to be done, this event was planned well in advance on those fixtures been done, so we should have an away fixture to prevent any issues

Other events are taken into account when the fixtures are produced
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Would it be up to the club to flag that though? I’d assume all clubs put in a list of dates where they can’t play a home game due to events e,g concerts/conferences etc.

I’d be interested why the earlier KO was knocked back as we played Elgin at 4:30 when there was a clash with the great Scottish run before.
 
Smkz23 said:
Would it be up to the club to flag that though? I’d assume all clubs put in a list of dates where they can’t play a home game due to events e,g concerts/conferences etc.

I’d be interested why the earlier KO was knocked back as we played Elgin at 4:30 when there was a clash with the great Scottish run before.
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Yeah quite possible the clubs also have to put forward any dates for events that can affect matches

At end of the day the events hasn't been flagged up somewhere
 
rossgers said:
Tell the spfl that 8pm on a Sunday with limited public transport is not acceptable to any club. Not negotiable. Put some pressure on the fuckers.
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So you'd shout and bawl, but still get the same outcome?

Not sure a job in negotiation would suit you.... :D
 
I really don’t no what to do for the hearts game as I’ve already booked and paid for my flight up thinking at worst it might be 4pm and I’d just make my flight home which is 7-35 but now it’s 5oclock how am I supposed to get to the airport now ? Am I supposed to just say ah well it’s only money I can afford to lose it as long as tv company are happy bu5 what about the fans who are being fucked over
 
club175 said:
Absolute nonsense. I take my two kids and with the traffic after the match I’ll likely not be home much before midnight on a school night. I can see a crowd of sub 30k
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Kids will love being up late,wee adventure. Dry your eyes :))
 
Why are they wanting to stop us parking in streets? I don't drive but I know that surely you can park anywhere you like unless parking infront of driveways etc. The permits are a joke at Hampdump. This is why we should tell SNP to gtf and follow Labour laws
 
Have we not played at Ibrox on the same day as this shitty run before.
Modernisation? One of their brand new state of the art trains broke down on Sunday conveniently just in time for Ibrox emptying.
Surely to host major events a city should have an adequate transport system.
 
I only got half a journey on Sunday before one of their new trains ground to halt and we had to get off...
Surely the City has to to cater for these type of events, its bizarre tbh
 
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