Save 6pointers campaign leads to surge in audience numbers

THE latest crowd figures from the FA show a big increase in the number of fans attending Premier and Football League six pointers during April, after a campaign to save threatened matches.

The FA announced in March that six pointers might be removed from its official list of game categories in time for next season, or merged with another type of high stakes game, such as those in the Premier League’s fight for seventh.

“We’re absolutely delighted with the British public’s response to our campaign,” said Jaime Harding of Save 6pointers. “This is a real two fingers up to the FA, who arrogantly thought they could deny us a type of game that enjoys widespread support but simply isn’t viable as a commercial prospect in its own right.”

When news first broke of the FA’s announcement, Harding used social networking sites to mobilise thousands of fans of six pointers. His internet campaign soon came to the attention of football magazines and radio shows and football’s biggest names, including Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Les Reed.

Angry fans wrote to the FA board of trustees to vent their anger, with many comparing the plight of 6 pointers to other ‘niche’ games, such as the Scottish league play-offs, which are not under threat even though very few people care about them.

The FA said today that they’ll make a final decision on 6 pointers after the World Cup, raising fears that if England win they’ll push through unpopular legislation regarding league games while the whole country drinks itself senseless during the week beginning 11 July.

Published May 28, 2010

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