I will be up there early, signing/selling copies of Wiganosophy in the bar before the Brisbane game!

Any football fans who read this might be forgiven for thinking what a bunch of moaners we are. We play one game a week, usually on a Thursday or Friday. They play twice a week for a start and at twice or three times the cost of a ticket plus the travel is a lot further than the M62 usually.

If say you support Liverpool FC you could expect games to take place quite literally any day of the week and at any time (5.30 kick off tomorrow for example) and Man Utd have played league games on Sat/Sun & Mon, European Champ League games on Tues/Wed, Europa Cup on Thurs and FA Cup on Friday!!! Think of the cost and travel involved in that lot!!!

But then I suppose being a fan does involve a degree of effort on your part.

And, yet again, you want to decide how much of that effort we should all put in. Change the record please.

But then (generalisation alert) the "average" soccer supporter is a single-minded fanatic (in the original sense of the word) who will happily remortgage their granny in the hope of vicarious glory. I'd like to imagine us egg-chasers have a modicum of common sense and can articulate a grievance when necessary.

Yes but they always have a weekend match. If they had no games at weekend but matches every Thursday or Friday they would moan just the same.

Thursday night is absolute shoite for myself and other many fans for several reasons.
I want to go to a game have a few beers and not worry about work in the morning. The game is an important part of an evening or afternoon out enjoying myself.
Most people per se are complaining about the lack of transparency and honesty in this. IL who I usually respect appears to have been totally downright disingenuous in this matter and the Salford game.
Personally I have already decided that I will not be renewing my season ticket next season.