Subscribers to all matchday programmes throughout Ignition Sports Media’s portfolio will experience a disrupted service over the festive season.
Clubs with home fixtures across Boxing Day, including Manchester City, Southampton and Sheffield United, will not have their latest editions despatched via the usual scheduling timeframes.
Instead, all Boxing Day fixtures will be mailed first class on Thursday 2nd January, but due to the Christmas demands on the Royal Mail’s service these editions may not arrive on doorsteps until later the following week due to the backlog involved.
The same system pressures will also adversely affect fixtures across Sunday 29th December, Monday 30th December, as well as those played on New Year’s Day and on the first weekend of 2025 of the 4th and 5th January. This includes Aston Villa’s editions of the ‘The Aston Villa News & Record’ against Brighton & Hove Albion and Leicester City, Leeds United against Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City hosting West Ham United and two Sunderland issues of ‘Red & White’ to name but a few.
Programmes across this festive period will aim to mail post-match from Friday 3rd January after the Bank Holidays, but may not arrive until the second week of 2025 at the earliest.
This also affects any Back Orders placed over the festive fortnight and couriered Bulk deliveries.
We apologise to all Ignition Sports Media customers who will have their normal service and subscriptions affected but appreciate your patience with this matter.
During this period email queries will not be answered so please wait until 9th January before chasing missing editions.
Fixtures likely to be affected include:
Tuesday 26th December
Manchester City v Everton
Southampton v West Ham United
Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday
Preston North End v Hull City
Sheffield United v Burnley
Derby County v West Bromwich Albion
Birmingham City v Burton Albion
Bolton Wanderers v Barnsley
Leeds Rhinos v Wakefield Trinity
Saturday 28th December
Harlequins v Leicester Tigers
Sunday 29th December
Preston North End v Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United v West Bromwich Albion
Derby County v Leeds United
Middlesbrough v Burnley
Birmingham City v Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers v Lincoln City
Monday 30th December
Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion
Wednesday 1st January
QPR v Watford
Leeds United v Blackburn Rovers
Hull City v Middlesbrough
Sunderland v Sheffield United
Barnsley v Wrexham
Saturday 4th January
Aston Villa v Leicester City
Manchester City v West Ham United
Southampton v Brentford
Hull City v Leeds United
Middlesbrough v Cardiff City
Preston North End v Oxford United
Barnsley v Crawley Town
Saracens v Bristol Bears
Sunday 5th January
Sunderland v Portsmouth