'It's an absolute joke!' Fuming Cardiff City fans hit…

'It's an absolute joke!' Fuming Cardiff City fans hit out after festive fixtures with QPR and Blackburn Rovers are changed for TV

Cardiff City fans have hit out at Sky Sports for moving their festive fixtures against QPR and Blackburn Rovers in order for them to be broadcast live on TV.

The Bluebirds face QPR on Boxing Day and Rovers on New Year's Day during a typically hectic Christmas schedule. Both games were scheduled to kick-off in the typical 3pm slot, however Sky have moved both games as they have been selected for live coverage.

The match with QPR will now be moved to a 5.15pm slot on Boxing Day, a change which has disgruntled some but is certainly more palatable than the Rovers game, which is now a midday kick-off on New Year's Day.

It means Cardiff supporters will have to make the 420-mile round trip on January 1, a bank holiday, which will see them on the road for more than eight and a half hours if they wish to see the Bluebirds up at Ewood Park.

Christmas is a notoriously expensive time of year, too, plus with the UK currently in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis, many believe fans have not been taken into consideration before the fixture change was confirmed.

Fan account Bluebirds Past wrote on Twitter: "Blackburn away at 12pm on New Year's Day is an absolute joke."

Joshua Watson added: "Good to see Sky Sports have thought of the fans again. Midday kick off for Blackburn (a) on New Year's Day."

Jacob Price waded in with: "Blackburn away NYD, 12pm. If we take anything over 10 (fans) I’ll be impressed."

Bluebirds fan account Sloper Road Blues said: "@SkySports don’t care about the fans."

Ian Burnell wrote: "12pm in Blackburn on new years day that's horrific."

Fan account @ccfctm said: "Blackburn at 12 on new years is rough."

My Football World wrote in response to the changes: "@SkyFootball you couldn't care less about fans."

Hussain Rubban wrote: "Blackburn at 12pm is a very early journey from Cardiff."

Loki Bluebird added: "Even as a Cardiff fan, who is going to settle down lunchtime on New Year’s Day for us v Blackburn? How many fans are going to travel to that.. Sky have done us dirty.."

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Fans were also less than impressed by the QPR change, too.

Carol Anthony said: "Who wants to go at 5.15 on Boxing Day? The fans don’t matter it’s all about money!!!"