the premiership is bigger than super league whether we like it or not

Agreed But the Tics are not bigger then the Warriors in the mighty town of Wigan

In your eyes maybe not, but even if they were a 4th division outfit, the fact is that they have a home game on 11 September, and we dont have a fixture as yet that day, and wont have a confirmed one until 7 days before.

When requests are made for particular home/away dates, the latics will have specifically requested an away game on 14 Aug because of the Huddersfield game. At the time of submission (late May), there are no planned Warriors fixtures at the DW from 3 September, so they are quite within their rights to let the PL give them home matches as the PL see fit any time from then onwards. Similarly, when the rugby fixtures are sorted in November, we will have asked for certain dates due to the ground being in use. It involves a bit of give & take on both sides when a dual-purpose stadium is involved, and to have only had two "clashes" (both due to short-notice rugby fixtures) in 6 years suggests there is plenty of co-operation by both clubs, even if the fans dont see it like that!

If Sky/ESPN dont choose the Wigan v Sunderland fixture then we will have a problem. We will know this in 3 weeks when the first batch of TV fixtures are announced.

Fingers crossed.

The televised fixtures have been announced and Wigan v Sunderland is not a TV game. I guess we'll either be playing on Sunday evening or elsewhere!

Why can't we play Friday night?

I think we'll be fine on the Friday. But this is pointless discussion now until nearer the time and when we know whats what.

Exactly..........thats what I cant work out with Latics being at home on the 11th Sept.

Surely latics should state to the FA either the staduim is out of use for three weeks at that time of the year for them.....like we do when they re-seed, and ask for 3 away games concecutively, or alternatively should play the first week of the p/offs away, the 2nd week at home but on the sunday, and the 3rd week away again!!!

Cant be that hard can it? FFS....if we're made to move the game again its an absolute joke as the staduim should have been booked.

if we're thrown out again we need some serious protesting organising rather than just people spouting their mouths off and being all talk and no trousers on ere, sayin they'll protest, but then doing sweet FA like last time

Because when the football fixture bids are submitted there were no rugby matches scheduled beyond 3 September. The bids were submitted in late May and at that stage we were not guarranteed a top 2 spot.

Bottom line is they have a fixture on 11 September and we wont have a home fixture guarranteed for that weekend until around 22 August. At that point the negotiations will start. I cannot seeing us playing before the Latics on a Friday night, but I can see us playing at 6pm on a Sunday, as long as Sky let us do that.

Think there's a PL thing (or maybe its a football thing in general) that no side plays more than two games away. Sure I read that when they were saying how the fixtures are generated.

Just play on sunday no worries

www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/8 ... KPOOL.html Picked this up off bbc606 forum. The Blackpool fans don't sound convinced by the story though.

www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/8 ... KPOOL.html Picked this up off bbc606 forum. The Blackpool fans don't sound convinced by the story though.

That could be the best piece of news this year as we are at home on the friday so it will prove that we can play the day before a football game.

Its absolute bollox.

The story has no quotes in it, and the people who have been speaking to the builders have said they are completely on schedule.

Just a bored journo who couldn't think of anything else to write, it's written into the contracters contract that if he doesn't get it done in time there will be massive fines, so it won't be switched.

At the time Whelan said it would have been no problem playing Friday then Saturday other than that they wasn't prepared for it cos they would have to get staff in to work all night.

Either way, we can just play on the Sunday with absolutely no problem. If not then its Sky effctively forcing us to play away from home. Sky could cost us the Championship.

They'd love that. That'd be there ad campaign next year instead of 'believe in better'

Sky HD - Because we cost Wigan the league