23-09-2023, 11:02 AM
The sad thing is fans will just moan about it yet continue to put up with it rather than take action such as boycotting these matches. Sunday evening matches were one of the very unpopular things about ITV's ill-fated venture into covering the Football League 22 years ago.
There has to be a limit surely to how many matches even the most dedicated armchair fan would sit through and I do think as will likely happen with the EFL next season having some slots with multiple matches is better not just for the match going fan but the armchair fan too than having them back to back. Indeed the Sunday early afternoon slot already had that thanks to the Europa League teams not playing on Saturdays though at the moment only one of those games is usually aired.
I also think competition wise there needs to be a look at how the Premier League completely dominating the weekend schedule impacts not just on football but other sports too.
There has to be a limit surely to how many matches even the most dedicated armchair fan would sit through and I do think as will likely happen with the EFL next season having some slots with multiple matches is better not just for the match going fan but the armchair fan too than having them back to back. Indeed the Sunday early afternoon slot already had that thanks to the Europa League teams not playing on Saturdays though at the moment only one of those games is usually aired.
I also think competition wise there needs to be a look at how the Premier League completely dominating the weekend schedule impacts not just on football but other sports too.