| Little bit of an oddity 10:35 - Dec 4 with 1360 views | GeoffSentence |
That we will have played Leeds twice before having played Leicester at all. I wonder how that quirk of the fixture list came about. |  |
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| Little bit of an oddity on 10:37 - Dec 4 with 1338 views | Basuco |
It is the same every season, there is always one team that clubs play twice at that time of year. |  | | |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:41 - Dec 4 with 1167 views | AlanG296 |
| Little bit of an oddity on 10:37 - Dec 4 by Basuco |
It is the same every season, there is always one team that clubs play twice at that time of year. |
Yes, when KM joined us after 23 games we'd played everyone once except Sunderland who we'd played twice but hadn't played Gillingham at all. |  | | |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:43 - Dec 4 with 1155 views | GeoffSentence |
| Little bit of an oddity on 10:37 - Dec 4 by Basuco |
It is the same every season, there is always one team that clubs play twice at that time of year. |
THink you may have misunderstood the quirk I was referring to.
We played Leeds in August the first time, then again on December 23rd before we pay Leicester for the first time on 26th December.
That's not normal is it ? To have played one team twice before playing another for the first time, I can't recall it happening before. | |
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| Little bit of an oddity on 12:43 - Dec 4 with 1148 views | ITFC_Forever |
Better still, by the end of January, we will have played all of the following away from home:
Leeds
Leicester
Southampton
WBA
Middlesbrough
Sunderland
All very difficult away games and we won't have to worry about them after January. |  |
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| Little bit of an oddity on 12:44 - Dec 4 with 1137 views | GeoffSentence |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:41 - Dec 4 by AlanG296 |
Yes, when KM joined us after 23 games we'd played everyone once except Sunderland who we'd played twice but hadn't played Gillingham at all. |
Good spot, how often does that happen? | |
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| Little bit of an oddity on 12:46 - Dec 4 with 1107 views | JimmyJazz |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:43 - Dec 4 by GeoffSentence |
THink you may have misunderstood the quirk I was referring to.
We played Leeds in August the first time, then again on December 23rd before we pay Leicester for the first time on 26th December.
That's not normal is it ? To have played one team twice before playing another for the first time, I can't recall it happening before. |
December 23rd before we pay Leicester for the first time
Hope we're not going down the route of paying off opponents |  |
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| Little bit of an oddity on 12:50 - Dec 4 with 1058 views | AlanG296 |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:44 - Dec 4 by GeoffSentence |
Good spot, how often does that happen? |
Don't know but I do remember that one as he joined us right after the second Sunderland game and I think the Gillingham games were fairly close together. Illogical that you don't play everyone once then start again. | | | |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:50 - Dec 4 with 1052 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:46 - Dec 4 by JimmyJazz |
December 23rd before we pay Leicester for the first time
Hope we're not going down the route of paying off opponents |
We play Leicester on 26th? | |
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| Little bit of an oddity on 12:52 - Dec 4 with 1031 views | JimmyJazz |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:50 - Dec 4 by ITFC_Forever |
We play Leicester on 26th? |
Yes, I was quoting a prior comment, but the date isn't helpful in the quote | |
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| Little bit of an oddity on 12:52 - Dec 4 with 1036 views | EastTownBlue |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:41 - Dec 4 by AlanG296 |
Yes, when KM joined us after 23 games we'd played everyone once except Sunderland who we'd played twice but hadn't played Gillingham at all. |
Gillingham would have been on Boxing Day that season if it hadn't been postponed. Also for 2019/20 we played Gillingham twice before we played Lincoln. Presumably something to do with keeping Boxing Day matches closer. [Post edited 4 Dec 2023 12:52]
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| Little bit of an oddity on 13:01 - Dec 4 with 984 views | AlanG296 |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:52 - Dec 4 by EastTownBlue |
Gillingham would have been on Boxing Day that season if it hadn't been postponed. Also for 2019/20 we played Gillingham twice before we played Lincoln. Presumably something to do with keeping Boxing Day matches closer. [Post edited 4 Dec 2023 12:52]
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Yes, although the first Gillingham game was postponed it was always scheduled for after the second Sunderland game, I think keeping Boxing Day relatively "local" without having a local Derby is what they do and Leicester is as local as they could schedule. | | | |
| Little bit of an oddity on 13:51 - Dec 4 with 831 views | RonFearonsHair |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:43 - Dec 4 by ITFC_Forever |
Better still, by the end of January, we will have played all of the following away from home:
Leeds
Leicester
Southampton
WBA
Middlesbrough
Sunderland
All very difficult away games and we won't have to worry about them after January. |
Just as crucial I feel that we have also already played the bottom 4 away. |  | | |
| Little bit of an oddity on 13:54 - Dec 4 with 824 views | hoppy |
| Little bit of an oddity on 13:51 - Dec 4 by RonFearonsHair |
Just as crucial I feel that we have also already played the bottom 4 away. |
When was the Norwich away match? I don't recall us having played that yet? |  |
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| Little bit of an oddity on 13:55 - Dec 4 with 821 views | Trequartista |
| Little bit of an oddity on 12:43 - Dec 4 by GeoffSentence |
THink you may have misunderstood the quirk I was referring to.
We played Leeds in August the first time, then again on December 23rd before we pay Leicester for the first time on 26th December.
That's not normal is it ? To have played one team twice before playing another for the first time, I can't recall it happening before. |
It's normal for the Boxing Day fixture to be the first time you meet that opponent so it depends how many matches have already been played.
Last season, Oxford on Boxing day was match 23, so the previous opponents had only met us once.
This season, Leicester on Boxing day is match 24, so match 23 (Leeds) is going to be against someone we've already met. |  |
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