Chelsea handed never-before-seen kick-off time for London derby as fans fume ‘I will not be there!’
CHELSEA have been handed a never-before-seen kick-off time for an upcoming London derby.
The Blues have had SEVEN matches moved in December and January due to the latest round of TV selections.
Fixtures over the festive period have now been chosen for live broadcast across Sky Sports, TNT Sports and Amazon Prime Video.
Amongst them is Chelsea’s home match against Brentford at Stamford Bridge.
The match will now take place at 7pm on Sunday, December 15 due to Chelsea’s Conference League commitments on the previous Thursday.
Enzo Maresca’s side travel to Kazakhstan to face Astana just three days earlier on December 12.
Chelsea fans are less than pleased by the unique kick-off time on a Sunday night.
Reacting on social media, one supporter wrote: “Brentford at home on a Sunday at 7pm is the most utterly woke nonsense I’ve seen.”
Another fumed: “7pm on a Sunday lol f*** off.”
To add to the frustrations of the Blues fans, the visit of the Bees will not be shown on TV.
TV fixtures in December
Here are all the games that will be televised in December...
Tuesday 3 December
- 19:30 Ipswich v Crystal Palace (Amazon Prime Video)
- 20:15 Leicester v West Ham (Amazon Prime Video)
Wednesday 4 December
- 19:30 Everton v Wolves (Amazon Prime Video)
- 19:30 Man City v Nott’m Forest (Amazon Prime Video)
- 19:30 Newcastle v Liverpool (Amazon Prime Video)
- 19:30 Southampton v Chelsea (Amazon Prime Video)
- 20:15 Arsenal v Man Utd (Amazon Prime Video)
- 20:15 Aston Villa v Brentford (Amazon Prime Video)
Thursday 5 December
- 19:30 Fulham v Brighton (Amazon Prime Video)
- 20:15 AFC Bournemouth v Spurs (Amazon Prime Video)
Saturday 7 December
- 12:30 Everton v Liverpool (TNT Sports)
- 17:30 Man Utd v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)
Sunday 8 December
- 14:00 Fulham v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
- 16:30 Spurs v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
Monday 9 December
- 20:00 West Ham v Wolves (Sky Sports)
Saturday 14 December
- 17:30 Nott’m Forest v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
Sunday 15 December
- 14:00 AFC Bournemouth v West Ham (Sky Sports)
- 16:30 Man City v Man Utd (Sky Sports)
- 19:00 Southampton v Spurs (TNT Sports)
Monday 16 December
- 20:00 Brighton v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)
Saturday 21 December
- 12:30 Aston Villa v Man City (TNT Sports)
- 17:30 Crystal Palace v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
Sunday 22 December
- 14:00 Fulham v Southampton (Sky Sports)
- 16:30 Spurs v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Thursday 26 December
- 12:30 Man City v Everton (Amazon Prime Video)
- 15:00 AFC Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (Amazon Prime Video)
- 15:00 Chelsea v Fulham (Amazon Prime Video)
- 15:00 Newcastle v Aston Villa (Amazon Prime Video)
- 15:00 Nott’m Forest v Spurs (Amazon Prime Video)
- 15:00 Southampton v West Ham (Amazon Prime Video)
- 17:30 Wolves v Man Utd (Amazon Prime Video)
- 20:00 Liverpool v Leicester (Amazon Prime Video)
Friday 27 December
- 19:30 Brighton v Brentford (Amazon Prime Video)
- 20:15 Arsenal v Ipswich (Amazon Prime Video)
Sunday 29 December
- 14:30 Leicester v Man City (Sky Sports)
- 17:15 West Ham v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
Monday 30 December
- 20:00 Man Utd v Newcastle (Sky Sports)
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Instead, TNT Sports will broadcast Southampton vs Tottenham at the same time.
Spurs are also in European action on December 12 as they visit Rangers in the Europa League.
Their fans are equally unimpressed with the fixture change as they face an evening trip to the south coast.
Following the announcement, one fan commented: “I will not be there!”
Meanwhile, another added: “Since when was a 7pm kick off on a Sunday a thing…”
Elsewhere, Arsenal have had eight fixtures moved, including their home clash with Manchester United.
The match will now take place at the Emirates Stadium on December 3 at 7.45pm.
Ipswich’s Boxing Day visit to North London has also been pushed back to December 27 at 8.15pm live on Amazon Prime Video.