Now Monday 20th August - 8pm Kick Off.

Changed not for tv, you can guess why. Moan away.

Assuming you mean this is football causing the change? I really don't get why whelan does this.
Not as many people are going to drink on Monday as they're likely working on Tuesday so he loses loads of revenue from alcohol sales surely? I'd be very interested to know if anyone knows what the differences are for alcohol sales Monday vs Friday games.

I would also be interested if anyone has any idea what the real cost is of turning it around from Friday to Saturday for the football and whether it outweighs the cost of lost alcohol sales.

Personally I don't mind if we get a day moved to accommodate football as long as we are still at home that's fine.

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.

Don't they have to wait until they know sky don't want to show it?

Yes and that explains the delay.

Win the next 2 and we'll be picking up the hubcap that night.

We are quite happy to play any day of the week just as we have shown you lot on a Friday, Saturday and a Sunday this year

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I understand the delay incase of a Sky game but it would have been unlikely with being on tonight, Warr (A) and also Saints (H)

I agree it was unlikely but it's not the point. It's the rules it's like when someone looks at me it's highly unlikely I'm under 18 but i have to prove it if asked thems the rules.

Yeah but imagine the fuss had they moved it, sky picked it (maybe coz Salford were going for 8th) then it got changed again. Damage limitation.

Am I being a bit thick here??
The Tic/Chelski game has been scheduled for the Sunday for many weeks thus it been being on SKY, why now tell us that we now need to move the Friday Salford game??

As already said. Expect they were told weeks ago but have been waiting till today's sky tv picks to confirm it. That's how I assume anyroad.

I don't understand this one at all.

It looked likely to be a Sunday game when the Premier League fixtures came out with Wigan home to Chelsea on the Saturday - but Sky then selected that game for coverage, so it's a Sunday 1.30pm kick-off.

Are we now saying that we can't do Friday night games within a day and a half of a Latics home match?!

If true thats nuts. Unless the mighty tics are switching their home games to a Sunday the game was ALWAYS going to be a SKY game.

I meant Super League Sky picks not Football ones.

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Would have missed my first home game in 9 years (IIRC) (And prior to that miss it would have been a further 5 years!) and now I won't!

Best man for the Brother in law on the Friday 17th - Now I can make a weekend of it!

It would have been even worse if you'd got to Wembley as playing 5 days before the final would have been a non-starter. What would have happened in those circumstances, Thursday evening?

Everton v Manchester United live on sky that night which will keep away the floating fans.

Don't know why the game couldn't have been the following Friday. We have no game the following weekend.
Fridays/Saturdays>Sundays/Mondays

Dont get me started . Thought it was a stone cold certainty to be on Friday night after the Latic's game was moved to Sunday for TV . Another hotel booking down the swanny and an extra day off work .

I thought we could play Friday if Latics are playing Sunday?

Usually we can but he will be playing silly beggars with it being opening game.

Stand to be corrected, but I presume the RFL wouldn't want the focus on the CC Final be partly deflected by a SL game the night before?

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