General Football trivia

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I haven't got a clue why I thought of this today but....

At what time did Saturday games usually kick off before the coming of floodlights? And did kick off times change as it got darker earlier/lighter longer?

 

[MJB]

I haven't got a clue why I thought of this today but....

At what time did Saturday games usually kick off before the coming of floodlights? And did kick off times change as it got darker earlier/lighter longer?

The excellent When Saturday Comes Forum had something related to this before.

Pre-war kick-off times - One Touch Football

I reading a book that's set in 1939 — Zoo Station — it's set mainly in Berlin, but also London. Football matches are recurring events. At one the the protagonist asks if First Divison kick-off times "are still 3:00pm" on Saturday? Surely that's not right. Until floodlights became common, in the...

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[Oslernorth]

It might have also varied around the country. It would be dark in Carlisle before it was dark in Portsmouth

 

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It might have also varied around the country. It would be dark in Carlisle before it was dark in Portsmouth

East West would be a greater difference. Plymouth Ipswich 27 minutes difference today.