NickHSpurs
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Chelsea will give fans free tickets to the rescheduled Premier League match against Everton at Goodison Park.
Chelsea are unhappy at being asked to play two League games in the space of 72 hours after their trip to Everton was rescheduled for television.
They say the change, from Saturday 19 to Thursday 17 April, "undermines the sporting integrity of the competition", as they also host Wigan on 14 April.
Chelsea will use the TV money gained from the game to pay for the tickets.
"We've continued to make very strong representations for the date of the Everton away game to be changed," Chelsea said in a statement. "This now seems unlikely.
"Under these circumstances Chelsea believes it would be inappropriate to profit from the television fee for this match as per normal."
Chelsea, who have been given a 2,900 seat allocation for the Everton match, also plan to pay for train or bus tickets to get supporters to and from the game, with fans who had already bought tickets getting refunds.
Everton have previously described the fixture change as an "uncomfortable precedent".
At the time of the switch the Premier League defended the move, saying: "The compilation of the fixture list is a complex procedure.
"It faces enormous pressure from international match and European competition dates, as well as the need to balance the important requirements of the police and our broadcasters.
"We are also required by the European Commission to televise 138 matches per season, which brings its own inevitable pressures."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7319619.stm
I don't see how this is different from us playing a UEFA game on a Thursday and league game on a Sunday :shrug: Whinging chavs, we did it the week we beat them in the Cup Final.
Chelsea are unhappy at being asked to play two League games in the space of 72 hours after their trip to Everton was rescheduled for television.
They say the change, from Saturday 19 to Thursday 17 April, "undermines the sporting integrity of the competition", as they also host Wigan on 14 April.
Chelsea will use the TV money gained from the game to pay for the tickets.
"We've continued to make very strong representations for the date of the Everton away game to be changed," Chelsea said in a statement. "This now seems unlikely.
"Under these circumstances Chelsea believes it would be inappropriate to profit from the television fee for this match as per normal."
Chelsea, who have been given a 2,900 seat allocation for the Everton match, also plan to pay for train or bus tickets to get supporters to and from the game, with fans who had already bought tickets getting refunds.
Everton have previously described the fixture change as an "uncomfortable precedent".
At the time of the switch the Premier League defended the move, saying: "The compilation of the fixture list is a complex procedure.
"It faces enormous pressure from international match and European competition dates, as well as the need to balance the important requirements of the police and our broadcasters.
"We are also required by the European Commission to televise 138 matches per season, which brings its own inevitable pressures."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7319619.stm
I don't see how this is different from us playing a UEFA game on a Thursday and league game on a Sunday :shrug: Whinging chavs, we did it the week we beat them in the Cup Final.
