Quote Originally Posted by Shadrack the Red View Post
I believe they do it simply to keep potentially 5 k away fans out of the town centre on a busy shopping day whilst our fans by & large keep out of Sheffield city centre on a saturday fixture thus easing any potential problem , by the way I do not agree with it , to me the match should be played at Oakwell at 3pm , I am just offering up my thoughts on why the police might want to move it & of course my theory could be completely wrong !
The game gets chosen by Sky with a Saturday evening 5.30pm ko and all of a sudden everything changes with regard to public order and potential trouble .

In fact the 5.30pm ko is actually more problematic because there's more drinking time available pre match .

This has actually happened three times if my memory serves me right , twice against wendy and once against Leeds United .

As I say along comes Sky tv and everything that prevents a 3pm ko suddenly becomes irrelevant .