Going back to the fixture list, I'm generally quite happy with it.
You can make a case that Oxford is a long way to travel in midweek (and that we'll be going there in midweek for the second season running which isn't necessarily fair to those people who can only make Saturday matches), but at the same time there aren't many clubs closer to them than us, and they've got to play a home midweek match somewhere along the line.
Telford away is a long trip between Christmas and New Year - probably could have had something better.
Workington and Barrow trips are both in March, so hopefully the bad weather will have passed. I was dreading one or both of them coming out in December-January-February. Only problem with having them two weeks apart is it'll be an awful lot of petrol expense within one pay period, especially if you throw in a long weekend in the Lake District. But we'll cross that bridge nearer the time.
I'd have preferred Gainsborough to Histon over the festive period, but at the same time a few more away supporters at York Street will add to the occasion on Boxing Day.
One final query - I was expecting to see some League Cup dates on this season's fixture list. Does anyone know what the position is with that competition? The last one got suspended because of the collapse of the sponsors Setanta. But I'd assumed that the Setanta and Blue Square sponsorship packages would have been running in parallel, and that the League Cup might have been resurrected this season. It's not the end of the world though if it isn't.
EDIT: One more point. The Third Qualifying Round of the FA Cup is on 12th October. Assuming that either us or Gainsborough win our matches in the previous round, the Lincolnshire Derby at the Northolme will have to take place in midweek after all! Don't they normally leave Third Qualifying Round Day blank on the fixture list? Hope they can afford the floodlights.
