bocadillo
Water Gypsy
Which raises the question, why are there 24 teams in each league? Surely fans would be better served by having fewer teams, and therefore fewer fixtures, and hence no great need to cram in a crowd of games over Christmas or have six or seven Tuesday/Wednesday games per season. Don't get me wrong, I love my public transport trips to the other end of the country and finally getting home 24 hours after the game, but some people I imagine do not. I believe the status quo is wrong, and the football league should consider creating an extra division. They won't though, precisely because it means fewer games, and therefore less money, and such a decision wouldn't fit into the 'fck the fans' attitude of the Premier$hip era.
Some people like to go to a few games over Christmas when they might have a week off work. Some people can only get to games in midweek.. But then I forgot - you were only thinking of yourself.