Hi Fax fans,
just been on our forum that our game against you on the 21st Aug is now being played on thurs 18th and its on sky, 7.30 ko.
Hope we give you a better game this time.
The Knights

I hope that is wrong, was looking forward to a good day out, and possibly even going up the saturday

Typical, at this rate we will be on TV for nearly all our remaining games this season, Plays-offs included. Marvellous Sky / RFL, whoever it is who decides these days (I really couldnt give a t**s), make Halifax play every Thursday night

Oh come on York on a Thursday night? Surely not, sod off Sky leave our game to the Sunday date when we can have a leisurely trip to York. Not struggle round Leeds on a Thursday teatime!

Flaming hate Thursday games, clash with my sons cricket, so I can't go and he can't ball boy.
Please leave us alone to play on Sunday's, obviously the RFL don't like us but I reckon someone at Sky must think we are worth watching. Or just want pee us off even more.

Very surprised at that as I'd been told that the Championship game was to be screened on the Saturday that week?

Guess we'll wait and see then.

It is on York website but nothing on ours. Am very surprised since that's the night they're supposed to be launching James Haley's testimonial.

Just out of interest, can we actually tell them to f*** off and refuse to play on the Thurday? or was this stated under condition 4093 of the RFL's guidebook that you have to play when they choose

If you refuse the fixture switch then it's up to the RFL to decide....so you've no choice, basically.

Viewing figures probably. Fax play entertaining Rugby + York & Halifax have large populations if you include Sowerby Bridge, Greetland, Elland etc.

Leigh is a small town in Wigan MBC same size as Dewsbury & Batley.
Featherstone is a street in Normanton with a similar population as Elland (wiki'd it)
Barrow has dodgy floodlights & is a logistical problem for Sky.
Toulouse is a no-go for Sky.
Batley & Dewsbury made up of swathes of council estates & slum terrace housing (ie. No Sky Sports TV in most homes!)
Hunslet a suburb of Leeds
Sheffield a football city.
Widnes SL next year.

So it would make sense Fax v Widnes & York v Fax will attract the most viewing figures & higher viewing figures are more favorable to TV advertisers.

Bit harsh, but this proves two things and makes a mockery of the RFL yet again treating us like lepers.
Toulouse are never on SKY so why have them in our league then RFL???
We are on Sky more than most outside SL so why is that RFL?
Maybe because people actually want to watch Halifax?
Yet the RFL insist we are not worthy and are a wart on their nose.
The facts are yet again ignored by Fat Controller and his entourage of minnions.

Also, there will be loads of closet fans & former fans that support Bulls & Giants & Rhinos but adopt us as their 2nd team when they're on the TV. Again viewing figures.

They're sticking their token NL1 game on this week. Swinton v Keighley.

if this is true then it has wrecked a potentially cracking trip
brilliant absoluuuuuutely fandaby dosy

Just looked on sky sports web site and it appears that they are going to play a super league game on thursday 18th but a championship game on saturday 20th..........looks like sky don't even know what the RFL are doing.

have a trip round those estates. MOST have sky and big flat screen tv,s, the benefit scheme in this country stinks.

I hope this is a wind-up.At such short notice i am not impressed. We are going to York races on Saturday and staying over for the game. It has been extremely difficult finding accomodation, please can this fixture change be confirmed.

Well that's completely knackered the planned Saturday night stay over in York. Thanks Sky.

Not surprised, they've been in hiding the past week..

Where abouts does it saying anything on YCK website?

They still have it listed as a Sunday game, as do we.

Quote ="Rochdale - Fax Fan"Where abouts does it saying anything on YCK website? They still have it listed as a Sunday game, as do we.'" Forget that. I couldn't see the woods for the trees...as they say www.yorkcityknights.co.uk/14978- ... ky-cameras

Quote ="Rochdale - Fax Fan"Where abouts does it saying anything on YCK website? They still have it listed as a Sunday game, as do we.'" Forget that. I couldn't see the woods for the trees...as they say www.yorkcityknights.co.uk/14978- ... ky-cameras

Unfortunately sounds like its correct, in the York Press this morning,
The Ebor race meeting is also on that day, so could be traffic problems.

From a Knights point of view, not at all happy, gives our lads 4 days to
recover from Leigh away, at least your lads will still get the 7 day break
between games.

Quote ="Knight till I drop"Unfortunately sounds like its correct, in the York Press this morning, The Ebor race meeting is also on that day, so could be traffic problems. From a Knights point of view, not at all happy, gives our lads 4 days to recover from Leigh away, at least your lads will still get the 7 day break between games.'" My tickets for the Ebor on Saturday have just come through the letterbox, gutted isn't the word. A nice weekend in York ruined by the RFL, who'd have thought it? And now its official...www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article.php?id=5538

Quote ="Knight till I drop"Unfortunately sounds like its correct, in the York Press this morning, The Ebor race meeting is also on that day, so could be traffic problems. From a Knights point of view, not at all happy, gives our lads 4 days to recover from Leigh away, at least your lads will still get the 7 day break between games.'" My tickets for the Ebor on Saturday have just come through the letterbox, gutted isn't the word. A nice weekend in York ruined by the RFL, who'd have thought it? And now its official...www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article.php?id=5538

Looks like York will remain one of the few grounds I havn't been to, unlikely i'll be able to make it, bit of a farcial situation, are the Trust going to rally against this too?

It's York races on the Thursday as well so the roads around York will be packed if your coming better set off early.