Quote Originally Posted by islaydarkblue View Post
I seem to remember that both clubs wanted the game on 11th January 2025 moved to this date as they both have a free weekend thanks to the League Cup semi finals.
It is certainly more sensible playing this game at the start of November than on 11th January 2025 when the weather can be a lot colder.
The point of the thread/question isn't why the game has been moved from January (old news) it is why is it played on the Sunday this coming weekend rather than the Saturday. I agree with the OP regarding better crowd and atmosphere if it had been on the Saturday. I can only think with Wednesday games this midweek and next midweek free for both clubs the Sunday gives better recovery time, 4 days, instead of the 3 days if it had been the Saturday.