I thought Boxing Day fixtures were seeded...

[EPR]

...to try and minimise travel distance due to lack of trains and the possibility of winter weather disruption?

But today we have Reading v Bristol and QPR v Swansea.

Surely Reading v QPR and Bristol v Swansea would have made far more sense.

[Big Foot]

Just realised that's a direct swap of last Boxing Day when we hosted Swansea and QPR played Bristol City...

[Row Z Royal]

...to try and minimise travel distance due to lack of trains and the possibility of winter weather disruption?

But today we have Reading v Bristol and QPR v Swansea.

Surely Reading v QPR and Bristol v Swansea would have made far more sense.

It's an easy journey in both instances though. Year before last was Cardiff at home for us.

[Svlad Cjelli]

Before the fixtures are put in, clubs and the Police can also specify criteria for games on certain days - I bet either Avon or South Wales Police specified no local derbies (and that includes Bristol or the Welsh Clubs meeting) - or even that they couldn't Police a Bristol game at home today.

[EPR]

Before the fixtures are put in, clubs and the Police can also specify criteria for games on certain days - I bet either Avon or South Wales Police specified no local derbies (and that includes Bristol or the Welsh Clubs meeting) - or even that they couldn't Police a Bristol game at home today.

Good point SV, I know the Police (and BTP with regards to train travel clashes) have an input so the cost of policing a derby (with high tensions) could be a deciding factor.

[handbags_harris]

...or even that they couldn't Police a Bristol game at home today.

Fwiw, Bristol Rovers were due to play at home to Walsall today.

[Svlad Cjelli]

...or even that they couldn't Police a Bristol game at home today.

Fwiw, Bristol Rovers were due to play at home to Walsall today.

That may support it - almost certainly that match would be police-free, whereas a Bristol City home match probably wouldn't have been.