Quote Originally Posted by Frigiliana Pie 1 View Post
3. Avoidance of the situation which occurred twice last season when both Notts and Forest were scheduled to play at home on the same weekend, resulting in each club having to shift a game to a day/time which probably reduced the attendance. This was inexcusable and made me wonder what the people who programmed the EFL computer were thinking of.
This will probably happen on a couple of weekends again and, to be fair to the fixture people, isn't really their fault.

The problem is that there are now so many more clubs who request to be 'paired' (not at home on the same weekend) or not be at home on the weekend of a major local event. I think a couple of years ago it got to the point where there were so many requests that it isn't possible to accommodate all of them.