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Fixtures fail to take fans into account

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 August 2024

FANS’ FORUM

LOGIC? Dover fans must go to Hastings on Boxing Day

I’VE often thought that it was only the Premier League who paid no heed to their supporters regarding matches and kick-off times etc.
Well, I feel they have been usurped this season by the Isthmian League whose fixtures for the Premier Division seem to have ignored both fans and the clubs themselves.
There are many examples but the following is worthy of mention.
Dover Athletic and Folkestone Invicta are less than 10 miles apart and an obvious for case for a Boxing Day and New Year derby with good crow...

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