There is an agreement tgat the tv companies should give 6 weeks notice. Maybe PL or sky websites?

Hi Hannes

As you say, in previous seasons, at the start of the season, the PL used to announce dates for the announcement of each month's televised fixtures.

The problem was that they didn't keep to these dates and often announced the fixture changes late, sometimes over a week late!
This was particularly bad last season when they were late most months and it lead to a lot of complaints from supporters.

So this season they made a statement which was much more vague:

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We are now in the period where the Premier League have committed to give 5 weeks notice of any fixture changes for TV so the fixtures for March should be announced by Saturday 27 January so, in practice, they will probably be announced on 24, 25 or 26 January (although it is possible any change to the Nottingham Forest game might be announced later).

As explained in the PL announcement, games can also be moved because of clubs involvement in domestic or European Cup competitions and those changes won't be announced until the previous round in that Cup competition has been played. Eg the FA Cup 1/4 finals are due to be played on the weekend of 16/17 March so if we or Newcastle (or both) get through to the FA Cup 1/4 finals, our game PL against Newcastle would be moved to a mid-week slot later in the season, but the games in the previous round of the FA Cup (5th Round) won't be played until around 28 February so any change won't be announced until after that

I hope that explains the situation. It's not great for fans I know!!

If there is a particular game (or games) that you are interested in, send me a PM and I will let you know as soon as I see an announcement.

COYP

Fernside Eagle

Hi Eaglesdare

The Premier League did announce the televised matches for the first weekend in March last Friday (they confirmed our away game at Spurs will be at 3.00pm on Saturday 2nd March and won't be on Sky or TNT) but they didn't announce the changes for the other three weekends.

But Palace have started selling tickets for the Luton and Newcastle games on the basis that these games will be played at 3.00pm on Saturday 9th and 16th March respectively so I don't know if the Premier League have confirmed to our box office that these games will not be moved for TV but not announced it to fans.

As you say, if Newcastle progress to the FA Cup quarter finals which are due to be played on 16th or 17th March, our game against them will be moved to a mid-week slot and, looking at the draw for the 5th Round, this seems more likely than not now.

I think the Premier League will probably announce the changes for the 9th/10th March weekend fixtures later this week, and possibly the 16th/17th March fixtures as well.

Sorry there isn't any more definite news.

Fernside Eagle

April's matches now announced. Bournemouth remains on the Tuesday, City 1230 on Sat and Liverpool away Sunday 1400.

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No. According to the Premier League website, the televised matches for the remaining two sets of April fixtures will be announced "in due course".

Isnt it awful that the PL still havent confirmed the rescheduling of the West Ham match even though they have made it into the next round of the Europa League?! Especially considering the match is 4 weeks away! Hopefully some news on it today.

Crystal Palace v West Ham Sunday 21 April 3pm