Another one bites the dust

16 February 2005

No, not a player departure this time - just the latest round in Sky's battle to consign Albion's 3pm Saturday kickoffs to the pages of the history books. The home game against Everton, originally scheduled for Saturday 2nd April, has been moved to Sunday for TV broadcast with a kickoff time of 4.05pm.

With out last 3pm Saturday home game having taken place on 29th January against Spurs, it means that we'll have gone for two and a half months without one by the time we face Blackburn on April 16th. And even that one is in danger of being moved if they're still in the FA Cup by then...

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  13 February 2005:  Bob and Bernie at Kiddy SC

  10 February 2005:  Big Dave hits out...

  09 February 2005:  Four out, three for good...

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