We all knew it would be changed as soon as Latics were drawn at home that weekend, what angers me is why it has taken until two weeks before hand to change it should have been done straight off in June.

Well that scuppers my plans. Was planning a weekend up north, now can't afford the extra day off work now.

Just to compare and contrast the issues at the DW with what happened last season at the Liberty.

Despite having very little cross-over, there were 3 instances when both football and rugby played the same weekend. No rugby dates were changed to fit in, and there was mix between which game was played first.
The 3 instances when this happened were

BPL Swansea 1-1 Tottenham 31/12/2011
RDP12 Cardiff Blues 01/01/2012

HC-P5 Benetton Treviso 13/01/2012
BPL Swansea 3-2 Arsenal 15/01/2012

RDP12 Munster Rugby 11/05/2012
BPL Swansea 1-0 Liverpool 13/05/2012

Please note Mr Whelan, that even on a Bank Holiday period they were able to turn the stadium around in 1 day !!

Well done Swansea for showing how to organise a multi-use stadium

Dave Whelan was fine with it, he was going to allow it because they have 42 hours to sort the stadium out. It was the Premier League that wouldn't allow it, they required 48 hours so our fixture had to be moved.

It will be due to the TV, press coverage and the expected hospitality imo. The PL dont want to take any chances with Chelski being the new European Champions.

Somebody had better tell Swansea then, as ShortArse has just provided examples of this so-called Premier League 48 hour diktat being broken.