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Barwell Fixture moved to Sunday 17th August

Barwell Fixture moved to Sunday 17th AugustBarwell applied to the league to move our first league game of this season from Sat 16 Aug to Sun 17th, because of a carnival in the town on the Saturday for which their car park is used. They have stated that they didn’t anticipate a problem with booking this event, as they would have been able to host a game against any club until the first game was against FC United.

Like all clubs, Barwell had the fixtures 24 hours in advance of publication, so they could identify problems like this.

When asked if we would agree to the move FC United opposed the proposal citing the following four objections:

1. Because it’s in the summer holidays and this hasn’t been raised until several days after the fixtures were made public many of our co-owners and fans may well have already booked non-refundable travel and accommodation for the game.

2. Barwell is hard to get to on public transport and on a Sunday that’s even more difficult.

3. We have our first home game in our new ground share venue on the following Tuesday (2 days later).

4. As the league have insisted the game is moved, FC United will fulfill the fixture and send a team as required.

Our fans have stated their opposition to games being moved from traditional dates and times and many fans who could attend on Saturday will not be there on Sunday.

The League have decided that the game will be moved and cited that they have often let us move games in the past when there were clashes with Bury or Stalybridge.

It is entirely up to individual fans whether they choose to attend this fixture on the Sunday.

We will be contacting Barwell to request that they reimburse FC United fans who may be out of pocket due to this change. Further clarification on this will be provided in due course.


First Posted ~ 11:16 Tue 22 Jul 2014
News ID ~ 5597
Last Updated ~ 16:00 Fri 19 Feb 2021