By Matt Lawton
November 20 2002

Following consultations with Greater Manchester Police, several changes have been made to the arrangements concerning several Premiership matches at the Reebok Stadium. The local derby against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday 7th December has been made all ticket and will kick off at 3.00pm. The kick off for the Boxing Day game against Newcastle United has been brought forward two hours to 1.00pm. The game against Everton on Tuesday 28th January has been made all ticket and will kick off at 8.00pm. The local derby against Manchester United has been brought forward three hours to kick off at 12pm and has also been made all ticket . The derby against United is on Saturday 22nd February.