Originally Posted by
57vintage
Corporate sponsorship income takes a massive drop for midweek games. Clubs operate with part-time volunteers in corporate areas who tend to have day jobs, and getting corporate clients rat-arsed on a school night is pretty unattractive.
17 clubs means that fixture-swapping will be possible to allow Saturday matches where there's been an early postponement (I hereby predict that there will be no more than 3 fixtures at Claggan Park between November and February). If managed sensibly, it has the potential to help alleviate the crazy fixture log-jam in March if the winter's been tough.
Another potential benefit of getting **** FC out of the league.