Makes perfect sense - except the same logic also applies to the away team who'd be getting the same benefit from attacking towards their fans... Who knows? :)
Both points are obviously true. I don't see how which end we play towards in which half affects either point though - the pitch is (one hopes) symmetrical. I was just thinking that CMS/Barnes/Lua Lua might fancy that moment of smashing home the first ever 'proper' goal in front of the North...
Just thinking for the Doncaster game on Saturday - do you think the players will break with tradition and play towards the home fans in the North Stand in the first half, just in the hope that the first ever [competitive] goal can be there, rather than in front of the Doncaster fans?
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