Here's an esoteric one for the fellow anoraks who lurk on this forum...
Would 12:30pm represent the earliest ever kick-off time for an Alty home fixture on a Saturday?
What time did winter Saturday games kick off in the pre-floodlights era?
2:30pm generally, although I have also seen home programmes that denote a 2:15pm kick-off.
I'm surprised at that. That would mean matches ending about 4pm when it would be dark in December.
I have seen elsewhere that, before the use of floodlights, games did kick off surprisingly late in winter.
The archive section of John Laidlar's website mentions (look under Kick-offs in the link) that morning kick-offs were not unusual, when two games were played in a day, but, unfortunately, does not give match details or times. I do remember reading about a day at the end of a season when we did play two games in a day, and I think some players played in both; this would have been in the Manchester League days.
http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/altyhtol.htm