Alan hardy plans to speak to EFL over certain Notts County fixtures

Alan Hardy has revealed that he plans to speak to the EFL about certain aspects of the Notts County fixture list.

On Wednesday, all 72 clubs found out their fixtures for the 2018/18 League Two season, with the Magpies starting with a trip to Coventry City followed by a home game with Chesterfield.

Despite the tough start against two League One relegation sufferers, Hardy is relishing those games, but was left unhappy with having an opening away game for the seventh consecutive season as well as some of the festive fixtures.

He wrote in the Nottingham Post: "Amid all the euphoria of the fixtures coming out, I have to say there were a couple of aspects I was very disappointed with.

"We are away on the opening day for the seventh consecutive season and I need to have a conversation with the Football League as to how that can happen.

"The Christmas holiday fixtures are also extremely disappointing.

"We play Morecambe on Boxing Day and leaving at 10am in the morning and getting home at 9pm isn't appealing at all.

"Christmas has always been about families and not spending seven or eight hours in the car travelling to a game.

"At the chairman's conference recently, I was talking to the fixtures secretary and said that it must take hours and hours of planning.

"But apparently it all goes into a computer allied to certain conditions that ourselves and Forest must not be at home on the same day for instance.

"There is also another that tries to cut down on the travelling for a midweek fixture, but we have Yeovil and Exeter away on Tuesday nights.

"It's disappointing the return games are not on a Tuesday either because at least it would have been fair to both sides.

"I just don't think the EFL have done a great job in terms of the scheduling and it's something I intend to raise."

To read the full column on the Nottingham Post website, click here.

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