Sleaford Shrimper
Grumpy Old Man
- Joined
- Sep 18, 2009
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I think it's time we scrapped the 'tradition' of having multiple fixtures over the Christmas New Year period because
1 The cold conditions make players more susceptible to incurring muscle and tissue injuries
2 It leaves players insufficient recovery time between matches
3 Christmas is already an expensive time of year for supporters without having to shell out for multiple match tickets, petrol to get to matches and so on.
A home match on Boxing Day and an away match on New Year's Day (or vice versa) with no matches in between would be better all round. If Boxing Day is on a Monday, I would scrap matches on the previous Saturday, which are often comparatively poorly attended anyway.
What do other people think?
1 The cold conditions make players more susceptible to incurring muscle and tissue injuries
2 It leaves players insufficient recovery time between matches
3 Christmas is already an expensive time of year for supporters without having to shell out for multiple match tickets, petrol to get to matches and so on.
A home match on Boxing Day and an away match on New Year's Day (or vice versa) with no matches in between would be better all round. If Boxing Day is on a Monday, I would scrap matches on the previous Saturday, which are often comparatively poorly attended anyway.
What do other people think?