KICK-OFF CHANGE FOR CHERRIES CLASH Fixture News The Reds entertain Bournemouth at Oakwell live on Sky Sports next month. Continue reading on the official site...
Guessing thats in anticipation of us being still in Tier 3 so Bournemouth can get back at a sensible hour. Makes a lot more sense than moving games back to just 7pm
There was also talk of the Birmingham game being moved back to the Wednesday to allow fans in if Birmingham wasn’t in tier 3. Would be a bit much to play Wednesday night and early evening Friday
So to help Bournemouth get home from a long trip at an earlier hour we will now have a number of fans who will now have to miss the game as they won't be home by half five.
Can't play Wednesday and Friday evenings anyway whatever time the Bournemouth game kicks off - utter madness to expect us to play that
As long as doms hasn't kicked in the adrenalin would still be pumping. I think it's only a big issue if you lose the first match to be honest.
We are playing one of the toughest teams in the league and making their preparation easier as now they will get home earlier and avoid having to have a overnight stay as I suspect with the original kick off time they may have come up Thursday.
No you have lost me there - why would they come up on Thursday for a 7:45pm game but wait until the day of the game to come up for a game that kicks of 2 hours earlier. Only difference I can see is it means they dont stay overnight on the Friday with the earlier KO