22 hours ago22 hr Im Going Burnley at home first game, Blackburn away Boxing Day and Wrexham at home last game.
21 hours ago21 hr Ok I’ll play and go for Wet spam away first game, Nob End home on Boxing Day and Wolves at home last day.
18 hours ago18 hr I'm also Lincoln away first game - a bit of an anti climax.Sheff United away Boxing dayBirmingham at home last day (again)
18 hours ago18 hr QPR away first game. Both my brother in laws are QPR fans so been looking forward to this one, but I’m on holiday for the first game so it’s nailed on first game. Lincoln home Boxing Day and Southampton away last game. Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by bolton in bedford
17 hours ago17 hr We will not have a bid derby on Boxiing Day or any other bank holiday. FL and police don’t want this.
16 hours ago16 hr 1 hour ago, Rival Son said:We will not have a bid derby on Boxiing Day or any other bank holiday. FL and police don’t want this.we've played Blackburn at home and Burnley away on Boxing Day before
16 hours ago16 hr Just now, Zico said:we've played Blackburn at home and Burnley away on Boxing Day beforeIn what years? We played Everton home and away on Christmas Day and Boxing Day Day in 1957, but that doesn’t happen now, either.
15 hours ago15 hr 21 minutes ago, Rival Son said:In what years? We played Everton home and away on Christmas Day and Boxing Day Day in 1957, but that doesn’t happen now, either.IIRC the Heskey winner game against Blackburn was on Boxing Day wasn’t it? (Too lazy to check)
14 hours ago14 hr 1 hour ago, Rival Son said:In what years? We played Everton home and away on Christmas Day and Boxing Day Day in 1957, but that doesn’t happen now, either.Burnley 2009Blackburn 2014so hardly a bygone eraplayed away Utd in the PL on boxing day tooit's not really a date that asks for trouble
4 hours ago4 hr 10 minutes ago, burnden said:First Game: Wolves H 12pm KO SundayBoxing Day: Swansea ALast Game: Sheff united Hfurther to @Rival Son post about what fixtures the EFL do and don't want on Boxing Day, they always try to make them as close to each other as possibleno chance we'll be playing anyone south of brum home or away
3 hours ago3 hr 34 minutes ago, Zico said:further to @Rival Son post about what fixtures the EFL do and don't want on Boxing Day, they always try to make them as close to each other as possibleno chance we'll be playing anyone south of brum home or awayThe closest team weve played on Boxing day (or 27th if no game on BD) is Barnsley, followed by Rotherham. We've had trips to Carlisle, Sunderland and Middlesborough, and hosted Cheltenham.The days of Boxing day games automatically being local derbies is long gone.
2 hours ago2 hr 1 hour ago, ZiggyStardust said:The closest team weve played on Boxing day (or 27th if no game on BD) is Barnsley, followed by Rotherham. We've had trips to Carlisle, Sunderland and Middlesborough, and hosted Cheltenham.The days of Boxing day games automatically being local derbies is long gone.Apart from when we played Blackburn in 2014
2 hours ago2 hr 1 hour ago, ZiggyStardust said:The closest team weve played on Boxing day (or 27th if no game on BD) is Barnsley, followed by Rotherham. We've had trips to Carlisle, Sunderland and Middlesborough, and hosted Cheltenham.The days of Boxing day games automatically being local derbies is long gone.yepas said we've played Blackburn and Burnley on boxing day relatively recentlyI don't expect derbies but I don't expect away fans to have to make longer than average journeyslooking back at boxing day fixtures, this century, furthest we've had to go is Sunderland, West brom, Carlisle, Lincoln, Borocoming to us Newcastle and Shrewsburywe've had loads of north west derbies with Liverpool, Everton, utd, Blackburn, Burnleyand plenty with Yorkshirepoint is, the EFL want to keep boxing day as local as possible and don't mind "local" derbiesthey probably wouldn't go with Newcastle Sunderland, city utd, Liverpool Everton etcbut our games v Blackburn, Burnley and Preston don't come close in terms of potential issuesand there weren't any when we played them previously
1 hour ago1 hr 1 hour ago, DirtySanchez said:Apart from when we played Blackburn in 2014Sorry, I had meant to put 'in the last 10 years'
11 minutes ago11 min To those of us (most?) of a certain age, 12 years ago seems like 5 minutes ago. The reality is, much has changed over these 12 years.First of all, football’s TV deals are much more expansive now. Almost half of all Premier League matches are shown live, along with a growing number of EFL games; especially via Sky Sports +. Sky - because they are the dominant players - want the big games (including local derbies) for viewing at times they need to generate advertising revenue. They want them spread across the year, rather than a glut of them simultaneously on bank holidays.In addition, big local derbies attract big crowds and associated policing costs. With the strain on public finances, it is cheaper to schedule all this police overtime away from bank holidays.I’ll be very surprised if any of the Lancashire (or other) derbies in this year’s Championship are scheduled for Boxing Day.
Im Going Burnley at home first game, Blackburn away Boxing Day and Wrexham at home last game.