Its a clever move to have the first round as the "season opener" , usually this is the forgotten midweek game largely ignored by even fans of lower league clubs, I think this time clubs will play stronger line ups like they do in the final pre-season , crowds will be higher on a weekend.
I've seen Skates asking if West Ham will give them up to 9000 like they do in fa cup allocations, hopefully they move to the Sunday on sky so we dont have to mingle with them around Waterloo and Liverpool Street