Everton s late date with Wolves will ruin manager Moyes Saturday night routine

Everton face a later than usual kickoff in their Premier League game at Wolverhampton Wanderers this weekend, and manager David Moyes admitted on Friday that it will spoil his typical Saturday night plans of a bottle of wine.

The game is scheduled for 8 p.m. local time, five hours after English footballs traditional kickoff time, and fans facing difficulties getting home afterwards are not the only ones upset.

Normally a bottle of red wine down by that time, eight oclock on a Saturday night, maybe, Moyes said with a laugh.

I do think that were all becoming a little acclimatised to different kickoff times.

I think if youre a traditionalist, then we probably dont see eight oclock on a Saturday night as a good footballing time.

The game had been fixed for the normal three oclock start, but was selected for TV coverage by TNT Sports, who had already filled their earlier 12:30 p.m. slot with Nottingham Forests showdown against Manchester City, while Sky Sports have the 5:30 p.m. slot.

Its the way its going and I think the football clubs are signing up to it now because of the money thats coming in through the broadcasters, Moyes added.

So, we have to go with it but obviously it will ruin some peoples Saturday night out.

Moyes returned to Everton in January for his second spell in charge, and after taking over a side which had won just three of their opening 20 league games, he has already led the club to four wins in eight matches.

His side are on a seven-game unbeaten run in the league, and while they are 16th in the standings, as they were when Moyes took over, Everton are now 15 points above the relegation zone rather than the one single point when he