- May 15, 2007
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2013/14
What is it with our ridiculous amount of Sunday fixtures? It is so blatantly disproportional to every other club, it really is quite ridiculous. I understand when we play on Sundays due to Europa, but when we ARE AVAILABLE play on Saturdays, most times we do not. So far this season we have had 3 Saturday games and we only have a further 2 before the end of February. By the end of February we will have played 22 weekend Premier League matches and played them on a Sunday a whopping 17 times! Out of those 17, we were available to play 8 on a Saturday, with no Europa involvement on the preceding Thursday.
Now I realise that our matches are also moved to a Sunday when we are selected for TV, however I do question why we cannot be selected for the either of the 2 Saturday slots and while BT doesn't have the rights to many of our games, I do believe our matches should be more evenly split between them and Sky to allow for more of a chance for us to play on Saturday.
It is just not fair to our fans who cannot make it to Sunday games.
2014/15
Well it's not looking good AT ALL for any of you hoping for some Saturday 3pm matches at home. (I know there's some of you out there.) Thankfully and much less annoyingly, it's not so much due to Sky's scheduling, certainly not as much as last season. Its just that every week that we are confirmed for a Saturday kick-off, having not participated in Europa, we are playing away damn it! It has alot to do with the way we are 'home/away ordered.'
On a positive note, somehow, both our Arsenal (September) and City (October) fixtures are on Sky's Saturday football, (Even though we're unfortunately away to both) which is somewhat of a miracle considering Sunday ratings are higher. Although, speaking of Sunday's rating higher, it doesn't make alot of sense that Sky have us against Hull on a Sunday, while they have Arsenal v United on the Saturday. I sometimes seriously wonder if Sky know what they're doing.
As it stands, the 6th of December will be our first Saturday home match (v Palace) and as nice bonus, it is 3pm! We should then have Burnley at home on the 20th of Dec, also at 3pm. That is, unless Sky do the unthinkable when they release their December schedule. Surely these won't get picked for TV, will they? Saturday if anything? A Sunday selection would just be a double whammy and I'll probably give up on life altogether.
What is it with our ridiculous amount of Sunday fixtures? It is so blatantly disproportional to every other club, it really is quite ridiculous. I understand when we play on Sundays due to Europa, but when we ARE AVAILABLE play on Saturdays, most times we do not. So far this season we have had 3 Saturday games and we only have a further 2 before the end of February. By the end of February we will have played 22 weekend Premier League matches and played them on a Sunday a whopping 17 times! Out of those 17, we were available to play 8 on a Saturday, with no Europa involvement on the preceding Thursday.
Now I realise that our matches are also moved to a Sunday when we are selected for TV, however I do question why we cannot be selected for the either of the 2 Saturday slots and while BT doesn't have the rights to many of our games, I do believe our matches should be more evenly split between them and Sky to allow for more of a chance for us to play on Saturday.
It is just not fair to our fans who cannot make it to Sunday games.
2014/15
Well it's not looking good AT ALL for any of you hoping for some Saturday 3pm matches at home. (I know there's some of you out there.) Thankfully and much less annoyingly, it's not so much due to Sky's scheduling, certainly not as much as last season. Its just that every week that we are confirmed for a Saturday kick-off, having not participated in Europa, we are playing away damn it! It has alot to do with the way we are 'home/away ordered.'
On a positive note, somehow, both our Arsenal (September) and City (October) fixtures are on Sky's Saturday football, (Even though we're unfortunately away to both) which is somewhat of a miracle considering Sunday ratings are higher. Although, speaking of Sunday's rating higher, it doesn't make alot of sense that Sky have us against Hull on a Sunday, while they have Arsenal v United on the Saturday. I sometimes seriously wonder if Sky know what they're doing.
As it stands, the 6th of December will be our first Saturday home match (v Palace) and as nice bonus, it is 3pm! We should then have Burnley at home on the 20th of Dec, also at 3pm. That is, unless Sky do the unthinkable when they release their December schedule. Surely these won't get picked for TV, will they? Saturday if anything? A Sunday selection would just be a double whammy and I'll probably give up on life altogether.
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