Ninth-tier club told to play nine games in 15 DAYS after match is postponed in schedule that would make Klopp blush

FANS reckon a ninth-tier club are putting big-name bosses like Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola to shame with nine games in 15 days.

The brutal schedule imposed on Colne got worse when their midweek North West Counties League Premier Division game was postponed.

twitter @Colne_FCColne have five more scheduled games at their Holt House ground, plus a match postponed earlier this week[/caption]

X @BBCMOTDApart from facing nine games, Colne had Wednesday’s game called off[/caption]

And football supporters reckon top Premier League managers, known for moaning about fixture congestion, would go crazy under such pressure.

Colne twice face playing two matches in two days amid their hectic rush from April 6 to the final day of the season on April 20.

So the side bossed by ex-Burnley midfielder Paul Weller are really in a jam…

Liverpool chief Klopp has regularly condemned tough demands on his squad, including blasting the 2023 Christmas list.

And Manchester City counterpart Guardiola has also called for greater “protection” of his players.

But one supporter said of Colne’s schedule: “You don’t hear them whining about a few extra matches like Klopp and Guardiola do!”

Another turned the problem on its head by joking: “That’s Entertainment for the fans.”

Several part-time clubs, especially those in areas hit by flooding and poor weather this season, have been struggling to squeeze in all their matches.

But football chiefs remain unwilling to delay the end of the campaign.

And one fan wrote on X: “We go 10-12 Weeks in the summer with no football so surely an extension of 2-3 weeks is common sense here.”

Other supporters pointed out testing schedules facing rival teams.

And recalling 1975, one said: “Can smash that – Wimbledon 14 in a month to win the Southern League. March had 11 fixtures making 25 in 33 days.”

In contrast, Colne sit 14th in the 24-team NWCL Prem – meaning they are safe from the drop and virtually out of the play-off hunt.