by Sutekh »
14 Aug 2020 13:00
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The last thing the fixtures are is arbitrary ! Highly arranged for all sorts of reasons.
Sure are, for a whole host of reasons, Reading festival being just one example.
Brum and Coventry are ground sharing aren’t they? That will cause a bit of a headache for scheduling the fixtures too.
Surely in the main however ,the EFL try to stick to what the fixture algorithm chucks out ;barring cup clashes,postponements and ground shares?
Of course they will, they’re not going to have the time to do too much manual “fiddling” or working out how to change the main algorithms.
The fixture list is likely to be ready a little earlier than next Friday so as to discuss with the police any dodgy moments later in the season where they might have issues with covering games or to at least give them a heads up when it comes to organising their shift patterns etc. (esp. with more that the usual midweek games).
After that I believe it then goes to the clubs on the day before release and we find out at, usually, 9am on the day of release.