Fulham and Chelsea basically never play at home on same day
by fortune_smith (2020-07-31 16:28:44)
Edited on 2020-08-01 09:13:51

In reply to: Spot on with your distances! Did you do those by memory?  posted by spade


The London Metropolitan Police ordinarily don’t allow it.

It might be feasible to have, say, an early Saturday match at one ground and a late Saturday match at the other, e.g., 1230 and 530 kickoffs. However, the fixture list is initially circulated with all the weekend matches on Saturdays at 300 pm with matches moved to other weekend TV slots on a rolling basis as the season progress, usually with something like 6-8-10 weeks’ notice.

The most likely exceptions for Fulham and Chelsea to play at home on the same date would be for FA Cup matches that have arisen on short notice or perhaps for rescheduled matches during the pandemic with the grounds empty.

However, Fulham and QPR often play at home on the same day, and 1230/300, 300/530, 1230/530 combos are workable to varying degrees when both matches aren’t in the 300 slot. The 1230/530 combo can work well for matches at any pair of London grounds and may even Incorporate a match farther afield in places like Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Reading, Leicester and maybe a few others.

Fulham will have its hands full with Brentford Tuesday evening. Many observes think the Bees play the best football in the Championship, even though both sides finished the campaign on 81 points. I’m hoping that Fulham’s playoff experience will usurp the charm of Brentford’s story — tiny club, never been in the top flight, just closed out 12k Griffin Park, about to open a smart new ground (in the Prem?) and exciting football scoring goals by the hatful.

COYW !!!