When Saturday comes it used to be a ritual that football fans were in a ground by 3pm - rain or shine.

But kick-off times of football matches have become something of a bugbear for football traditionalists.

Unlike yesteryear, games are now played whenever Sky or BT seem to fancy slotting a game into their schedules.

The latest pain for Fulham fans is the trek demanded on Sunday morning January 8 for an 11.30am FA Cup kick off at Cardiff City.

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For non-armchair fans, early afternoon and night-time kick-offs are some of the worst aspects of modern football.

In 2016 one of the Premier League’s worst affected clubs was Chelsea.

Saturday, 4.50pm-ish: John Terry (C) celebrates scoring a late equaliser against Everton

Just 11 of the club’s 38 league games of 2016 will have been played in the traditional Saturday 3pm slot.

That’s much the same as sides who were only promoted to the division this season, such as Burnley (11) and Middlesbrough (10).

Manchester United have been the worst affected side though with just five matches scheduled for the traditional time.

Stoke City and Bournemouth are the division’s most traditional clubs when it comes to kick-off times.

Both sides will have had 23 league games kick-off at 3pm in 2016.

That’s just two more than Swansea and West Brom who have had 21 each.

Here is the complete rundown of how many times clubs kicked off on a Saturday , 3pm in 2016 in batches of five:

Bournemouth: 23; Stoke City: 23; Swansea City: 21; West Bromwich Albion: 21; Crystal Palace: 20

Sunderland: 19; Watford: 19; Southampton: 16; Everton: 14; West Ham United: 14

Leicester City: 13; Hull City: 12; Burnley: 11; CHELSEA: 11; Newcastle United: 11;

Aston Villa: 10; Middlesbrough: 10; Manchester City: 9; Norwich City: 9; Tottenham Hotspur: 9

Arsenal: 8; Liverpool: 6; Manchester United: 5