Why is there such a gap in the meetings this season? We started the campaign at Pittodrie on the 9th of August and dont meet them again until 20th of December. Seems strange to me.

Thoughts ?

The SPL spent a small fortune bringing in another company to do the fixtures this season and there's been a lot of jigging things about to try and prevent teams having extended runs of home and/or away games such as we've seen in previous seasons.

Don't do that....!! When I saw the title of this thread one thought went through my mind...they'd moved the fixture. Phew!!!

The SPL spent a small fortune bringing in another company to do the fixtures this season and there's been a lot of jigging things about to try and prevent teams having extended runs of home and/or away games such as we've seen in previous seasons.

In that case they've made a pigs ear of it . Celtic played 8 at home and 5 away whilst Rangers played 5 at home and 8 away.

And St. Mirren play Rangers this weekend having played them about 2 - 3 weeks ago

These used to be the fixturing "golden rules" ....... and for the SPL, they actually seemed to make sense !!!

Opening 33 Match Schedule

• No Club will start with 2 home matches or 2 away matches
  
• No Club will finish with 2 home matches or 2 away matches
  
• No Club will play more than 2 home matches or 2 away matches in succession
  
• The first 11 fixtures should be reversed to provide the next 11 fixtures and reversed again to provide the final 11 fixtures
  
• Celtic and Rangers must be perfect opposites (when one is at home the other is away)
  
• Hearts and Hibernian must be perfect opposites
  
• Dundee (when in the SPL) and Dundee United must be perfect opposites
  
• "Derby" fixtures should not be played on the same day
  
• Of the 10 non-Old Firm Clubs, 5 should play Celtic twice at home and once away whilst the other 5 should play Rangers twice at home and once away
  
• In each set of 11 fixtures a Club should have 5 home matches and 6 away matches or vice versa ? this will ensure that after 33 fixtures each club will have played 16 home matches and 17 away matches or vice versa
  
• In any two seasons Club A should play Club B at home on 3 occasions and away on 3 occasions
  

Final 5 Match Schedule

• Each Club should play 3 home matches and 2 away matches or vice versa
  
• Where possible each Club should play a total of 19 home fixtures and 19 away fixtures during the Season
  
• Where possible and subject to seeding each Club should play the other 5 Clubs in its section such as to ensure that 2 home matches and 2 away matches have been played against these other 5 Clubs
  
• No Club should finish the Season with 2 home matches or 2 away matches
  

AS you say Scotty, very logical indeed for an edict from the SPL !