02-11-2015, 17:07
And you are so right too.
The magic of the cup involves even small clubs having a chance to qualify and then everyone plays on Saturday afternoon - Sheffield United or Stourbridge on equal footing, kicking off together. If one tie were taken for a Sunday ko., to be televised terrestrially so everyone could see that would be acceptable ....... but Monday night for a minority of BT viewers and bet-in-play merchants, filling up their schedules on the cheap? Like Thursday night football league games and injecting dangerous drugs into an already-collapsing vein, the answer is JUST SAY NO.
The magic of the cup involves even small clubs having a chance to qualify and then everyone plays on Saturday afternoon - Sheffield United or Stourbridge on equal footing, kicking off together. If one tie were taken for a Sunday ko., to be televised terrestrially so everyone could see that would be acceptable ....... but Monday night for a minority of BT viewers and bet-in-play merchants, filling up their schedules on the cheap? Like Thursday night football league games and injecting dangerous drugs into an already-collapsing vein, the answer is JUST SAY NO.