Southampton Away date change

[dave.woodhall]

Southampton Away in the week, what a piss take

This.
No way I can get to this anyway, but still a ridiculous day/time.

There always has to be some midweeks games and Southampton is hardly a long journey now.

It's 140 miles which in rush hour will take hours. Its also further away than all but 2 of the rest of the teams in the division with the majority of the journey on A and B roads.

Is it really beyond the wit of man to arrange local games for the midweek fixtures?

I'd rather try to get there than any of the London grounds, and yet again it comes down to the number of factors that go into compiling the fixtures. Somebody has to go to Southampton midweek and we're closer than most.

[Ad@m]

Southampton Away in the week, what a piss take

This.
No way I can get to this anyway, but still a ridiculous day/time.

There always has to be some midweeks games and Southampton is hardly a long journey now.

It's 140 miles which in rush hour will take hours. Its also further away than all but 2 of the rest of the teams in the division with the majority of the journey on A and B roads.

Is it really beyond the wit of man to arrange local games for the midweek fixtures?

I'd rather try to get there than any of the London grounds, and yet again it comes down to the number of factors that go into compiling the fixtures. Somebody has to go to Southampton midweek and we're closer than most.

By my reckoning there are 9 clubs closer than us and 9 further away. Why cant one of the closer 9 play there midweek?

[dave.woodhall]

Southampton Away in the week, what a piss take

This.
No way I can get to this anyway, but still a ridiculous day/time.

There always has to be some midweeks games and Southampton is hardly a long journey now.

It's 140 miles which in rush hour will take hours. Its also further away than all but 2 of the rest of the teams in the division with the majority of the journey on A and B roads.

Is it really beyond the wit of man to arrange local games for the midweek fixtures?

I'd rather try to get there than any of the London grounds, and yet again it comes down to the number of factors that go into compiling the fixtures. Somebody has to go to Southampton midweek and we're closer than most.

By my reckoning there are 9 clubs closer than us and 9 further away. Why cant one of the closer 9 play there midweek?

Maybe they're playing somewhere else? Much as we'd like them to, the Premier League don't arrange their entire fixture list for our benefit.

[nordenvillain]

Tuesday 3rd December 2013 : Swansea City v Newcastle United - 353 miles each way, i.e 706 mile round trip and you think we've got it bad ! The beauty of being a Villa fan, no away journey more than 400 mjike round trip.

[Ad@m]

Nor would I expect the Premier League to arrange the fixtures for our benefit but it seems that when they arrange the fixtures the fans are bottom of the list of people to consider, again.

As proven by the ridiculous Swansea v Newcastle game on a weekday all clubs get shafted. I'm sure there are plenty more examples.

Once again, I'm sure the human race is bright enough to work out how not to have massive away journeys on the few weekday fixtures there are each season.

[dave.woodhall]

Nor would I expect the Premier League to arrange the fixtures for our benefit but it seems that when they arrange the fixtures the fans are bottom of the list of people to consider, again.

As proven by the ridiculous Swansea v Newcastle game on a weekday all clubs get shafted. I'm sure there are plenty more examples.

Once again, I'm sure the human race is bright enough to work out how not to have massive away journeys on the few weekday fixtures there are each season.

Except they haven't. They don't do it deliberately.

[Ad@m]

Nor would I expect the Premier League to arrange the fixtures for our benefit but it seems that when they arrange the fixtures the fans are bottom of the list of people to consider, again.

As proven by the ridiculous Swansea v Newcastle game on a weekday all clubs get shafted. I'm sure there are plenty more examples.

Once again, I'm sure the human race is bright enough to work out how not to have massive away journeys on the few weekday fixtures there are each season.

Except they haven't. They don't do it deliberately.

Ignoring fixtures screwed up by TV companies and the Christmas period there are 3 midweek fixtures this season. Do you genuinely believe its impossible for them to arrange closer fixtures for everyone across those three games?

I think the reality is that while they don't necessarily deliberately put in long distance games they make absolutely no effort to consider the fans. It's random and as far as the Premier League is concerned if fans have to take a day off work to get to the game then so be it.

[Dave]

Do you genuinely believe its impossible for them to arrange closer fixtures for everyone across those three games?

The other issue of course is that they're not going to want fixtures too 'close' (Swansea - Cardiff, Newcastle - Sunderland, Villa - West Brom) happening on a weekday evening.

[dave.woodhall]

Nor would I expect the Premier League to arrange the fixtures for our benefit but it seems that when they arrange the fixtures the fans are bottom of the list of people to consider, again.

As proven by the ridiculous Swansea v Newcastle game on a weekday all clubs get shafted. I'm sure there are plenty more examples.

Once again, I'm sure the human race is bright enough to work out how not to have massive away journeys on the few weekday fixtures there are each season.

Except they haven't. They don't do it deliberately.

Ignoring fixtures screwed up by TV companies and the Christmas period there are 3 midweek fixtures this season. Do you genuinely believe its impossible for them to arrange closer fixtures for everyone across those three games?

I think the reality is that while they don't necessarily deliberately put in long distance games they make absolutely no effort to consider the fans. It's random and as far as the Premier League is concerned if fans have to take a day off work to get to the game then so be it.

It's perfectly possible for them to arrange more fan-friendly fixtures on three dates. The problem is arranging them around the other 35. 

They do consider the fans - they spend all year putting the fixtures together and supporters have an input. But the trouble is fitting games into increasingly fewer available dates.

[PeterWithesShin]

I blame the rest of the local teams for being so shit that there is hardly anyone to play in this division who are close.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Driving wise, Southampton is an easy mid week trip.
I would say preferable to any London game battling through rush hour traffic.

[Nev]

The way fans are treated these days, particularly when it comes to TV games, arguing about long distance midweek fixtures is like arguing which side of the Titanic to jump off.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

In the Conference this season Gateshead have to play at Aldershot on a Tuesday night.

[andyh]

Doesn't matter when we play them, I just want us to slaughter  the cheating bastards !! 

[Surrey Villain]

The way fans are treated these days, particularly when it comes to TV games, arguing about long distance midweek fixtures is like arguing which side of the Titanic to jump off.

LOL