‘We’ve played too many games’ say clubs
Bexhill United and Little Common have played 16 of their 28 Macron Store Sussex County Football League Division Two games, meaning they have just 12 remaining in almost five months.
Common player-manager Russell Eldridge was particularly critical of the fixture scheduling this term.
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Hide AdHe said: “I think the fixtures have been ridiculous if I’m honest with you. When you know you’ve got a league of 28 games and teams have got floodlights, there’s no danger of not being able to fit the games in.
“We started the season way too early and they gave us a couple of midweek league games early on. I can understand playing the cup games midweek, especially against the Division One teams - I’ve got no problem with that - and then to give us a full month of fixtures in December...
“I don’t think we need to play over Christmas at this level, especially with the small amount of league fixtures we’ve got. They could’ve said the 13th (of December) will be our last game and we won’t play again until January. It will give pitches time to recover and people can spend time with their families.
“If we play all our games before Christmas, that will leave us eight games to play in the new year which is absolutely ridiculous. Theoretically we could be finished by the end of February.
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