wakes123
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The late kick off is all to do with the TV companies, as they have higher viewing figures at 17:30 as opposed to 15:00.Does anyone know if there was any particular reason it was as late a kick off as it was, or was that another decision to be laid at Sky's doorstep? I did watch, and felt for the Villa fans, it reminded me of our match against Crewe somewhat. Seemed very odd to have this so late in the season, I reckoned it was two weekends later than it used to be, didn't the Play Off finals used to be the last matches of the season?
The F.A cup final always used to be the last weekend of the season, they changed it in 2013 to two weeks earlier but Wigan got to the final and had to play a huge game a few days later against Arsenal to stay up - they couldn't even celebrate winning it that night as they had to prepare for the game. After that, I think the F.A have now vowed to keep it as the last fixture of the season.