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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

The contempt for matchgoing fans when it comes to TV scheduling

A Luton Town fan’s tattoos at Kenilworth Road.
He may want these covered up later, to be fair. Photograph: Zac Goodwin/PA

THE LIFE OF FOOTBALL FANS, PART MLVII

For more years than Football Daily can care to remember, the Football Supporters’ Association has campaigned relentlessly to stop the Premier League and TV companies from taking liberties with matchgoing fans. It is a drum they have banged like Keith Moon on amphetamines but each time top-flight supremo Richard Masters talks of doing better, his bluster turns out to be little more than hot air. Take the scheduling of Friday night’s match between Burnley and Luton Town, which was originally supposed to be played next Monday.

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