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Only 1 top flight game kiCks off at 3 o'clock tomorrow.
Apart from the pleasure at watching Gary and co. squirming on MOTD tomorrow night, are we a bunch of miserable old blokes to bemoan this tradition ?

The thoughts of today's youth via a Press Release:

Gershon Portnoi - Sport Editor at Nuts magazine

Hans Seeberg - Deputy Editor of Nuts magazine

WHO CARES THAT ONLY ONE PREMIER LEAGUE GAME KICKS OFF AT 3pm ON SATURDAY? NUTS MAGAZINE SAYS THE MORE GAMES THAT ARE SHOWN ON TELEVISION THE BETTER!

Only one Premier League game kicks off at 3pm this Saturday which has led to many pundits bemoaning the death of the traditional kick-off time in top-flight English footy.

But staff at Nuts magazine - the voice of the young British man - say 'who cares'? The more games that are on television the more time you can spend in the pub watching the football with your mates!

There are only two Premier League games taking place this Saturday: Aston Villa hosting West Ham at 3pm and Man Utd taking on Wigan Athletic at 12.45pm.

All the other Premier League teams play games at varying times on Sunday because of European commitments, policing issues and because of games being broadcast on television.

Nuts magazine Sport Editor Gershon Portnoi and Nuts magazine Deputy Editor Hans Seeberg are available to talk about all the issues surrounding this weird day for English football, including:

-How television and varying kick-off times have changed the match-day experience for young football fans,

-How most Nuts readers can't really afford to go to the football anyway, so the more games that are on television the better it is for them

-And what it means for the future of the Premier League and English football.

Gershon explained: "Going to the football is financially out of the reach for so many young men anyway - so the fact that so few Premier League games are taking place on Saturday afternoon is not the huge issue that some people make it out to be.

"In fact, the new generation of football fans see televised football on the box - particularly on Sunday afternoons - as a tradition that is equally important as the 3pm kick off.

"Times change. Our readers have grown up watching football on Sky Television, sot they've just not got that deep emotional attachment to the 3pm kick-off that many older fans have."

An example of a Nuts magazine reader's ideal weekend of football watching would be:

SATURDAY

Time: 11am kick-off

Where: At home, with a full English breakfast watching the first game of the day.


Time: 12.45pm kick-off

Where: Still at home but with a few mates, cracking open the first beer of the day on the sofa in front of the box


Time: 3pm kick-off

Where: Down the local boozer watching a game on the big screen with the regulars


Time: 5pm kick-off

Where: At a pub in town (the one with the fit barmaid), watching the game with a premium lager

Time: 7.30pm kick-off

Where: At a trendy bar in town watching the game on an expensive plasma screen television - getting warmed up for a night on the tiles

SUNDAY

Time: 12am kick-off

Where: Watching the game at home with a big mug of tea and a sore head, recovering from Saturday night


Time: 1.45pm kick-off

Where: At home, with mum's huge roast dinner on your lap, with extra Yorkshire puddings

Time: 4pm kick-off

Where: Down the local boozer, catching up with the crew and recounting some stories from Saturday night

Time: 6pm kick-off

Where: At a pub in town (the one with the fit barmaid), watching the game and trying to remember exactly what you said to the fit barmaid as you were trying to pull her last night


Time: 8.30pm kick-off

Where: Back down the local pub to wrap up the weekend in style

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Originally posted by Marc
Man United 4-0 Wigan

Rooney

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