I WOULD like to offer an explanation to Mr Sanderson’s letter regarding fixture clashes in the last edition (Fans’ Forum, February 9).
I was the Fixture Secretary for the North West Counties Football League for 14 years before leaving at the end of the 2017-18 season due to pressure from the league.
Each season, clubs provided me with information about themselves on a Fixture Questionnaire and I then proceeded to produce the fixtures by hand taking into account the information which includes who, if anybody, they wished to be paired opposite.
On my departure, the league did away...