Since it is time for another public
holiday, the Premier and Football Leagues have to think about making
derby matches important, allowing fans relieved from having a few
days off, to forget about travelling long distances and just nip next
door to the local opposition.
The PL have not really entered into the
spirit today, apart from pitching Sunderland Newcastle together.
Actually it looks as though they have decided to make teams travel as
far as possible; Arsenal/Liverpool, Swansea/Hull and so on.
As a Geography teacher it is always a
great ice-breaker to get your pupils to make up their Boxing Day and
Easter weekend fixture list to make them aware of where places are in
the country.
Portsmouth going to Carlisle didn't
seem very fair yesterday when rail and roads are chocker. Pompey did
get a point-but at what cost.
So today the Pleague is not remotely
geography conscious, whereas in the FL programme, in Yorkshire you
would be foolish to go into Barnsley where at 9am the riot police
were already having a cup of coffee outside the Silkstone Inn in the
town centre awaiting the arrival of the Blades (Sheffield Utd
supporters not weapons, hopefully) and Huddersfield are going to
Wednesday on Easter Saturday. Other gems are Bolton/Blackpool
(shades of 1953), Cardiff M4 corridor to Reading, Swindon/MKDons.
They all seem sensible decisions but why Luton/Exeter yesterday or
Gillingham to Fleetwood....bonkers.
Get the atlas out.
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