I see they are playing their FA Cup replay tonite - but there is also Champions league matches on as well. I though the 2 couldn't be played on the same week, or so we were told the other year when we played Sheff U ......or is it different rules for Man U ???
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Welcome to modern football. This is why they're talking about scrapping FA Cup replays. Strangely, no one seems to have noticed that the root of the problem is the vast amount of non-event Champions League Group games in the first half of the season.
With the talk of amending the Champions League to two groups of eight teams, it makes you wonder where those fourteen matches will be squeezed into, especially as Cup games arent allowed to clash etc.
Funny how BT came along to make the landscape more competitive, yet made football twice as expensive to watch in the process.
We'll see...
Our household will be watching W Ham v Man U.
What's wrong with a 7pm KO, is that many fans don't leave work until 6pm these days, so they will struggle to get there in time.
Even the armchair fans will be struggling to make a 7pm KO.
But who cares about the fans ? Right ?
Covered End, not so sure about Athleti v. Barcelona, but certainly can see that for Benefica v. Bayern.
Chrissy's, I take your point, I was being a bit of devil's advocate. The only thing I would say is that this is but a smaller sign of a larger change in football.
Lastly, the point about 7pm kick-offs being problematic for fans is definitely a good point and not something to be flippant about, but frankly it's one of the many ways in which the administrators of English football show they have little regard for the supporters in the grounds.