Already knew what?

If we are going to be at home on Easter Monday then why move their game?

All championship teams will be scheduled to play Easter Saturday and Monday. Don't think others have brought the game forward.

It doesn't affect us, end of story, surely?

Mulder and Scully are on the case. Yes, I think your reading too much into it. Maybe for TV. Don't Sky show Championship games on Friday evening?

Final word.

Kick off is 3pm on Good Friday afternoon and sky don't announce which games are on TV that late in the season until next year.

FINAL FINAL word, it has no impact on FC!

Played Leeds good Friday
Leigh easter Monday

We will alternate next season as the club will notify the fixture planners when being sent requests

quite right - they could both be in the bottom 3 by then, and not attractive to TV (we can hope)

Why? They have no impact on FC

Does mean we can't have a home game good Friday though.

.... and the other 22 days when city are at home. We're away on Good Friday next year, as has been said before, we alternate home and away games on GF and next year we're away!!!

I've just checked the easter games we have played since we moved to the KC,

2004 Thurs H Mon A,
2005 Fri A Mon H,
2006 Fri A Mon H,
2007 Fri A Mon H,
2008 Fri A Mon H,
2009 Fri H Mon A,
2010 Fri A Mon H,
2011 Fri H Mon A,
2012 Fri H Mon A,
2013 Fri H Mon A,
2014 Thurs A Mon H,
2015 Thurs H Mon A,
2016 Fri A Mon H,
2017 Fri H Mon A

Not quite alternate is it.

To be honest I think the way the Easter period takes it out of players sometime the advantage is been away on the Friday then home on the Monday.

Well the last 5 games are, which is near enough for me.

Indeed, but some like to moan for no reason. I don't care if we play all GF games away/home whatever, so long as we get decent notice, which we invariably do until the business end of the season.

It's good to give an opinion isn't.

I seem to remember one derby was switched (maybe 2012) as Rovers stand behind the posts (now replaced) wasn't fit for purpose.

Make that 10 home/away on the trot then.

2007, we played at home on Good Friday. Its was the first derby of the SL ear, We beat them 22-14.

As already pointed out, 2012 was switched having originally been away on Good Friday.

We played Harlequins away good Friday and Rovers at home easter Monday 2007

Yes it was well spotted I went off the history results on the FC website doesn't explain what happened between 2005-2008

Ok I'll hold my hands up it's a fair cop lol

A bit off topic...



We play at home on 21st July, and the Super8's start early August. (City are at home on the 12th.)

So the current 4 weeks between home games isn't for pitch maintenance?

Its elo this saturday so guess they will do the pitch after that.

So it looks like the pitch will be ok (good enough) for us on the 21st, but not for city 4 days later.

Is normally v sandy when they first do it so not great for football. Also its a pre season friendly so crowd will be smaller