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Why is League 1 and 2 finishing so early this season?

AFKABartram
AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
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1 game left yet some Premiership clubs still have 6 or 7 games to go?

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  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    the football league took pity on the Charlton players having to listen to Jimmy Tarbuck.

    Not sure about league 2 though.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    I presume it was a deliberate decision to phase the timing of the end of season. There are still the playoffs anyway
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    league 2 have 2 games left

    i think league 1 may be a week earlier is because the schedule at wembley is;

    20th may league 1 playoff final

    27th may fa cup final
    28th may league 2 playoff final
    29th may championship playoff final
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    So it doesn't mess with my cricket season obv
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    The playoff finals aren't back to back days this year either. There's about a week inbetween, so I imagine the early finish allows semi-finals to be played out over a longer period.
  • Leeds_Addick
    Leeds_Addick Posts: 4,698
    The Red Robin said:

    The playoff finals aren't back to back days this year either. There's about a week inbetween, so I imagine the early finish allows semi-finals to be played out over a longer period.

    They're back to back next year though I think, no idea why they've changed it this year.
  • iamdan
    iamdan Posts: 2,421
    Watch the stars of the future, obviously.
  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    I thought it was just to put us out of our misery early for a change. So we can just get on with our lives and forget about this awful season as soon as possible.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    Katy's holiday plane departs on the 1st May.
  • Dansk_Red
    Dansk_Red Posts: 5,727
    I think the PL and Championship started later due to the Euros plus the international breaks.
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  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    Players don't earn much. This gives them the opportunity of taking their kids out of school and benefiting from cheaper off-peak holidays?
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    cafcfan said:

    Players don't earn much. This gives them the opportunity of taking their kids out of school and benefiting from cheaper off-peak holidays?

    Nah, that's not it - three of them are starting on painting the outside of my house day after last game. ;-)
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,766
    Macronate said:

    Katy's holiday plane departs on the 1st May.

    You sure it's not 29 April?
  • daveydanger
    daveydanger Posts: 1,338
    Dansk_Red said:

    I think the PL and Championship started later due to the Euros plus the international breaks.

    Pretty sure this is it.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,303
    Saga Lout said:

    cafcfan said:

    Players don't earn much. This gives them the opportunity of taking their kids out of school and benefiting from cheaper off-peak holidays?

    Nah, that's not it - three of them are starting on painting the outside of my house day after last game. ;-)
    daveydanger said:

    Dansk_Red said:

    I think the PL and Championship started later due to the Euros plus the international breaks.

    Pretty sure this is it.
    Nah the whole of the Football League started on 6th August... Premier League did start later but the Championship did start the same weekend as League One and League Two
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    but championship also have obligatory international breaks where as we just take them when we feel like it.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    why? .. to save us all further punishment
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    The L1 season is finishing early as I'm doing a Masters and my exams are in May

    For a similar reason, Karl made sure we missed out on the playoffs so that I wouldn't be distracted
  • Leeds_Addick
    Leeds_Addick Posts: 4,698
    killerandflash said:

    The L1 season is finishing early as I'm doing a Masters and my exams are in May

    For a similar reason, Karl made sure we missed out on the playoffs so that I wouldn't be distracted

    This for me too. I was worried earlier in the season that I'd have to make it down to Wembley. Thankfully they appointed Karl Robinson.
  • AshBurton
    AshBurton Posts: 1,142
    Leuth said:

    So it doesn't mess with my cricket season obv

    Hear hear. Let's see where we stand on that when the new League One season kicks off in July.
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  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    Not sure about league 2
    But the wife's wants the garden landscaped by the end of may
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    edited April 2017
    Leuth said:

    So it doesn't mess with my cricket season obv

    Wicket keeper @Leuth or is it just the big ball you try and catch :wink: .
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,333
    So that every club has plenty of chance to modernise its dugouts
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    RedChaser said:

    Leuth said:

    So it doesn't mess with my cricket season obv

    Wicket keeper @Leuth or is it just the big ball you try and catch :wink: .
    Trying to be a bowling all-rounder this year, which means I'll inevitably be forced to keep wicket
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    Leuth said:

    RedChaser said:

    Leuth said:

    So it doesn't mess with my cricket season obv

    Wicket keeper @Leuth or is it just the big ball you try and catch :wink: .
    Trying to be a bowling all-rounder this year, which means I'll inevitably be forced to keep wicket
    When the bowlers are getting smashed to the boundary just make eye contact with the skipper and give him the old windmill arms routine, you'll be on in no time :wink: .
  • AshBurton
    AshBurton Posts: 1,142
    RedChaser said:

    Leuth said:

    RedChaser said:

    Leuth said:

    So it doesn't mess with my cricket season obv

    Wicket keeper @Leuth or is it just the big ball you try and catch :wink: .
    Trying to be a bowling all-rounder this year, which means I'll inevitably be forced to keep wicket
    When the bowlers are getting smashed to the boundary just make eye contact with the skipper and give him the old windmill arms routine, you'll be on in no time :wink: .
    Don't fall for that old trick @PaddyP17
  • Ketts
    Ketts Posts: 264
    The Cup Final is being played on 27 May this year, meaning only two Play-Off Finals can be staged that weekend. The EFL want the Championship game to be played on Bank Holiday Monday, so either the L1 or L2 Final had to be moved. The EFL thought the L1 Final warranted the stand alone weekend.

    The situation could have become more complicated had Fulham got to the Cup Final, theoretically they would have had to play on Saturday & Monday! However, there are no events at Wembley on Bank Holiday Monday week, so the Play-Off Final would have been pushed back by 2 or 3 days.
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    Ketts said:

    The Cup Final is being played on 27 May this year, meaning only two Play-Off Finals can be staged that weekend. The EFL want the Championship game to be played on Bank Holiday Monday, so either the L1 or L2 Final had to be moved. The EFL thought the L1 Final warranted the stand alone weekend.

    The situation could have become more complicated had Fulham got to the Cup Final, theoretically they would have had to play on Saturday & Monday! However, there are no events at Wembley on Bank Holiday Monday week, so the Play-Off Final would have been pushed back by 2 or 3 days.

    Thanks, Chris.
  • Red7Oak
    Red7Oak Posts: 498
    Cos we've run out of games to play! :-(
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,080
    What ashame this season is ending early. :smiley:

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