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Sport
James Andrew

Now is the time to SCRAP the 3pm blackout to save the traditions of football

Sky Sports.

Having a pint or two with your mates before the match, buying a programme from the same seller every game or burning the inside of your mouth on a pie - lots of football fans have their traditions they have grown up with.

And most of those will have been born from going to games at 3pm on a Saturday. But the ‘traditional’ weekend kick off time is slowly being eroded away and is quickly becoming the exception rather than the norm.

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