Getting fans to go and watch friendly fixtures is becoming more and more difficult, as we saw with the 2,000 drop in attendance for this summer's visit to Hartlepool as opposed to last summer.
But having a farce like this - when fans have allready made travel arrangements - will pose the question "why should we bother?".
Many fans will have arranged pick-up times, so they can organise a Saturday night out. But that will be hit as the match won't finish until close to 7pm.