Late starts upset Exeter fans
Exeter City fans are unhappy with Hereford United as the Bulls are being blamed for the switch from Saturday to Friday next weekend for their visit to Burton.
The Exeter Express and Echo has reported that the Police have ordered the change of date after the crowd trouble at Eton Park.
Once again Burton are using the excuse that they use a clutch of stewards they share with Derby County and the Police say that their resources will be stretched as Stoke City are at home on the Saturday.
To be fair to Exeter they do not have a problem with trouble at away grounds and to make them travel to Burton on a Friday night is harsh to say the least.
However it has to be asked whether this move at Burton to Friday night games is totally because of potential trouble or are they too mean to steward their home games properly and pay for a few police in the ground.
When Hereford went to Burton, the extra revenue received by the home club must have come to some £4,000, if not more. Had a small proportion of that sum been spent on a few stewards who knew how to do their job then the trouble might have been avoided.
Exeter have even told Burton that they would take some of their own stewards to help control their own fans.
Whilst there is no excuse for trouble at Conference games, it could be kept in check with better stewarding.
And coming on top of the likely change to an evening Kick-off on Boxing Day at Edgar Street to accomodate Sky when Exeter are the visitors, supporters of the Grecians have every reason to feel unhappy.