Once again this season there are no August Bank Holiday Monday fixtures in the Football League. Yet Hereford United have a Paint Trophy tie on Tuesday evening.
When the Bulls were in the Conference August Bank Holiday fixtures were eagarly awaited and often the gate was one of the highest of the season.
For example 4,985 watched the match against Aldershot on Monday August 25th 2003.
On Tuesday evening Bristol Rovers are the visitors in the Trophy. A sub 1,000 crowd is likely.
From an ecomonic point of view surely it makes sense to play a League game on this Bank Holiday. Bringing forward the Shrewsbury game from a Tuesday evening in late November might have been one possibility. Or, should the police felt unable to cope, the home game against Bournemouth on a Tuesday evening at the end of September.
The Trophy game could have then been played a week or so later.
In the present economic climate an extra 500 or so on the gate should be a consideration.
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
No Bank Holiday Game for Bulls
