I'm planning travel for April and just saw that the Premier League announced updated fixture times and dates for April. Forest is slotted for 11 April against Aston Villa at 12:45.
Do you think this will get changed if we and/or Villa advance to the Europa League Quarter Finals? That first leg is scheduled for 9 April. Surely they wouldn't make either team play away on a Thursday and then on Saturday afternoon. Could they play the Europa League Quarter Final on Wednesday?
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If you want all the details for some bizarre reason, feel free to read on:
The update includes the classic "Please note that some fixtures are subject to possible changes dependent on UEFA Champions League (UCL) or FA Cup participation." No respect for the Europa League, though, in that qualification footnote.
The Europa League policies state the following:
- Matches in the competition are played on Thursdays, with the exception of the first matchday of the league phase, which is played across Wednesday and Thursday, and the final, which is played on a Wednesday. Exceptions to this rule can be made by the UEFA administration.
- From the league phase onwards, the UEFA administration decides the match schedule of each round.
The Europa League fixtures page does have the 8 and 9 of April listed as potential fixture dates, which perhaps could mean a Wednesday match on the continent before the scheduled Saturday afternoon match.
by AverageFan1111
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If Forest/villa progress there’s no chance they play on the Saturday. It’ll be moved to 2pm Sunday.
The last time that happened (Liverpool after Fenerbahce away) the game was put back to Sunday.
Notts are playing away that weekend so no problem there for a move to Sunday, there’s a county championship game at Trent Bridge but that was going to overlap anyway, don’t think there are any big running or triathlon events that day.