goose wrote:
Na I've every confidence the league will rearrange things so we don't make our longest hike on a weekday.

To be fair, just about every trip for Whitby is a bit of a hike, a couple of them being further than Stafford, but which would you like them to swap to midweek instead? They don't often change existing weekend fixtures other than to bring them forward due to cup exits, as it would likely make it inconvenient for somebody else. If Whitby hadn't progressed to 3Q, it would have been an excellent one to get out of the way when the weather is reasonable....
There are 2 weekends free in Feb / March, for league cup quarter and semis. Unless Whitby are in them, they'd probably be prime targets for this....