‘Unprecedented’ has been a word used to often describe the football calendar in recent years, with elite sides facing the most intense of fixture lists in truncated campaigns due to frequent reshuffling, first because of the coronavirus pandemic and now because of a mid-season World Cup in Qatar.
However, an end is in sight with the 2023/24 season, all being well, and a giant step back toward ‘normality’. This is demonstrated by the fact that the Premier League is set to commence on Saturday, August 12, conclude on Sunday, May 19, while a brief winter break has been reintroduced.
Now aren’t those more traditional dates a lot more civilised? Alas, the 2024 Champions League final is scheduled for Saturday, June 1, but we can't have everything.
