United move Hull date to avoid fixture problems

January 7, 2010

Manchester United have brought forward their Premier League match with Hull at Old Trafford to the new date of Saturday, January 23, it was announced on Thursday.

The match had been scheduled for January 26 but was postponed as a knock-on effect of the decision to call-off Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final between Manchester City and Manchester United because of spectator travel safety fears caused by the cold spell in Britain.

There is no scheduled Premier League programme on the weekend of January 23-24 as those days have been set aside for FA Cup fourth round ties.

But with both United, stunningly beaten by third-tier Leeds, and Hull losing in the third round, the two clubs have a blank date and one that will prove particularly helpful for Sir Alex Ferguson’s side ahead of the resumption of their Champions League campaign in February.

MANCHESTER (AFP)

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