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Cup Replay Date



pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
30,272
West, West, West Sussex
So I was led to believe that our cup replay against Hull had to be Monday as "no domestic fixtures are allowed on Champions League nights". So how come there were domestic Championship fixtures Tuesday and Wednesday this week?

No comprende :shrug:
 




Springal

Well-known member
Feb 12, 2005
23,830
GOSBTS
Domestic cup fixtures
 




Pinkie Brown

I'll look after the skirt
Sep 5, 2007
3,542
Neues Zeitalter DDR
You can understand Barcelona, Manchester City plus the TV Companies concerns that Hull - Brighton is a bigger draw and will cost them money.......
 


Everest

Me
Jul 5, 2003
20,741
Southwick
Prem, FA Cup and League Cup fixtures not allowed.
 






Bob!

Coffee Buyer
Jul 5, 2003
11,120
So I was led to believe that our cup replay against Hull had to be Monday as "no domestic fixtures are allowed on Champions League nights". So how come there were domestic Championship fixtures Tuesday and Wednesday this week?

No comprende :shrug:

No games featuring Clubs from the top division.

It's Hulls fault!!
 






Everest

Me
Jul 5, 2003
20,741
Southwick
No games featuring Clubs from the top division.

It's Hulls fault!!

That's what the BBC site said, but it's wrong according to the Sky site.
 




alan917

New member
Aug 5, 2005
86
So I was led to believe that our cup replay against Hull had to be Monday as "no domestic fixtures are allowed on Champions League nights". So how come there were domestic Championship fixtures Tuesday and Wednesday this week?

No comprende :shrug:

Might be you cant have a televised game the same day as a champions league match
 










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