Saturday 4 April 2015

IT'S JUST DOWN THE ROAD-NO NEED TO LEAVE EARLY.

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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