So it would be available - I am right

Why 6

We play on Friday night, City play Sat, Sun or Mon only, 6-3=3.
Hull City would only have to move 1 game for Hull fair as the other weekend would be away anyway, 3-1=2.
Clipper weekend fair enough.
1 missing?

Not an unreasonable request to change 2 games out of 38/42.

Surely there just needs to be a request for either an away fixture or a sunday or monday game or even at stated before a noon kick off? The International games have always to my mind been at 6pm though I stand to be corrected. What is the problem?

I really fail to see what the issue is surrounding the "guarantee" of a free weekned. PD is not being very co-operative in my mind. This could have been handled so much better by the man.

not surprised duffen gets rid of the hull fair

Priority ! So thats why City moved a game V Ipswich to lunchtime so FC could play Wigan teatime on the same day Oct '07.

Cant. Its in a royal charter i believe.

that wont stop him and his big plans

I don't think the charter says Hull HAS to have one, just that it may have one.

Also the charter won't specify that it has to be at Walton Street.

Wasnt the council after moving the fair so they could build a super school?

THE FACTS

- RL Needed a cast iron/set in stone commitment to a free weekend NOW

- A request to Football League can only be made in MARCH

- The confirmed fixture list comes out in JUNE with no guarantee of this free weekend being granted

Unless SMC took a huge gamble, the decision is correct.
Remember that TV Coverage, Hotel booking for supporters and Teams, Police cover, etc etc does not happen at the drop of a hat.
They take months of planning and months of notice.

If the ONLY time SMC would get a confirmed answer was June, and someone needed an answer - only a moron would agree to hosting the event.

This is good business sense, not one person on her does anything on a hope. You dont work unless you have a PO, you dont do anything till it has been approved, you dot every 'i' and cross every 't'.
Thats SMCs job, and thats exactly what they have done.

A decision like this cannot be made based on emotive factors. They are a Stadium Management company and they managed it correctly.

So how did 4 other grounds shared with football clubs manage it then?

Besides, even if there was a clash City could always play on the Sunday. Fixtures get moved to Sunday all the time because of mid week Euro fixtures.

You raise some very good points, but if Mr Duffen had come out and said this a week ago, instead of being "unavailable for Comment", then we may not be having this debate.

However, he didn’t, and then had a wisecrack about the literacy abilities of RL fans. This argument has now moved on from why there will be no International RL game at the KC stadium to Mr Duffens suitability as SMC chairman, all brought on by his less than impressive behaviour for someone who should know better.