Many years I saw Roma v Brescia in Rome. We arrived at the stadium about 90 minutes beforehand and bought in cash two tickets at about €35 euros each from the official club ticket office…..then 10 minutes later had to get them changed as the official ticket person had deliberately given us...
My sister in law had the same problem. My nieces football match was cancelled Sunday morning and she wanted to go to the game instead. For some reason she couldn’t buy them even though she has an Albion membership but I managed to buy her two as my season tickets guests and allocated the tickets...
You have made the assumption there that Sky arrange their matches with the football supporters inside the stadium in mind. Not a chance! it’s for the TV audiences. I assume less people go out on a Monday rather than a Friday.