from football league guy
Why are there no New Year's Day games this year?
DC: The FA Cup is traditionally staged on the first Saturday in January and this season the first day of 2009 falls on a Thursday which is a day when we wouldn't normally have a league programme on. It is a shame, but we can't schedule matches on New Years Eve because the Police Forces up and down the Country would not accept them because it is undoubtedly the busiest night of the year for them.
There was an alternative, which was considered but wouldn't have gained us anything and that was playing on 1st January and then on Sunday 4th January and putting the FA Cup back a week but that created its own problem with scheduling so it was decided to leave things as they are for this season.
Posted By: SCC 28 on June 13th 2008 at 22:56:51
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- no new years day fixture next season (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jun 13, 22:46:09
- Really? (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 13, 22:47:31
- from football league guy (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jun 13, 22:56:51
- Didn't know that. Bit of a shame really, (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 13, 23:52:10
- yep, Crimbo time not the same without that fixture :( (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jun 14, 00:15:09
- Fucking Pigs (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jun 14, 10:24:29
- Fucking Pigs (NCFC) - Mr Creosote, Jun 14, 11:15:47
- Fucking Pigs (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jun 14, 10:24:29
- yep, Crimbo time not the same without that fixture :( (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jun 14, 00:15:09
- Didn't know that. Bit of a shame really, (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 13, 23:52:10
- from football league guy (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jun 13, 22:56:51
- Really? (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 13, 22:47:31
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