Apparently clubs were complaining about loss of revenue from having more local matches played midweek where they don't lose as much from clubs travelling longer distances. Hasn't done me any favours as most of the Accy Stanley games I'd earmarked for this season have been moved to midweek meaning I can't get to them because of work.
Aye, although that contradicts with the story the EFL put on their website in June about the fixtures, particularly this bit:
‘Largely it is a random process; however, we do have travel issues and long-distance trips to consider with supporters in mind. We have a reporting tool that will list each club’s home and away midweek fixtures and we compare the mileage over those fixtures against the average mileage for the whole division. The aim is to make sure that a club isn’t doing higher than its average overall mileage midweek.’My club, Rochdale, have midweek away games at Wycombe and Oxford; last season, we had midweek away games at Charlton and Bristol Rovers.
Forgive me for being sceptical, but they need to make the opportunity to 'watch games on iFollow for £10 pay'...