Perch grouping workaround

output.html

	<div class="fixture-container">
			<table>
			<thead>
				<tr class="date">
					<th colspan="7">
						December 2011</th>
				</tr>
				<tr class="titles">
					<th class="star">
						&nbsp;</th>
					<th class="fix-date">
						DATE</th>
					<th class="ko">
						KO</th>
					<th class="home-or-away">
						V</th>
					<th class="opponent">
						OPPONENT</th>
					<th class="comp">
						COMP</th>
					<th class="link">
						PROMO</th>
				</tr>
			</thead>
			<tbody>
				
				<tr class="home promo">
					<td class="star">
						&nbsp;</td>
					<td class="fix-date">
						Fri 16</td>
					<td class="ko">
						00:00</td>
					<td class="home-or-away">
						H</td>
					<td class="opponent">
						MAN U</td>
					<td class="comp">
						PREM</td>
					<td class="link">
												<a href="/">VIEW PROMOTION</a>
											</td>
				</tr>
			
		
			</tbody>
		</table>
	
			<table>
			<thead>
				<tr class="date">
					<th colspan="7">
						January 2012</th>
				</tr>
				<tr class="titles">
					<th class="star">
						&nbsp;</th>
					<th class="fix-date">
						DATE</th>
					<th class="ko">
						KO</th>
					<th class="home-or-away">
						V</th>
					<th class="opponent">
						OPPONENT</th>
					<th class="comp">
						COMP</th>
					<th class="link">
						PROMO</th>
				</tr>
			</thead>
			<tbody>
				
				<tr class="home promo">
					<td class="star">
						&nbsp;</td>
					<td class="fix-date">
						Mon 16</td>
					<td class="ko">
						00:00</td>
					<td class="home-or-away">
						H</td>
					<td class="opponent">
						MAN U</td>
					<td class="comp">
						PREM</td>
					<td class="link">
												<span>COMING SOON</span>
											</td>
				</tr>
			
				
				<tr class="away promo">
					<td class="star">
						&nbsp;</td>
					<td class="fix-date">
						Sat 21</td>
					<td class="ko">
						09:00</td>
					<td class="home-or-away">
						A</td>
					<td class="opponent">
						MAN U</td>
					<td class="comp">
						PREM</td>
					<td class="link">
												<a href="/">VIEW PROMOTION</a>
											</td>
				</tr>
			
				
				<tr class="home promo">
					<td class="star">
						&nbsp;</td>
					<td class="fix-date">
						Sat 28</td>
					<td class="ko">
						00:00</td>
					<td class="home-or-away">
						H</td>
					<td class="opponent">
						MAN U</td>
					<td class="comp">
						PREM</td>
					<td class="link">
												<span>COMING SOON</span>
											</td>
				</tr>
			
		
			</tbody>
		</table>
	
			<table>
			<thead>
				<tr class="date">
					<th colspan="7">
						December 2012</th>
				</tr>
				<tr class="titles">
					<th class="star">
						&nbsp;</th>
					<th class="fix-date">
						DATE</th>
					<th class="ko">
						KO</th>
					<th class="home-or-away">
						V</th>
					<th class="opponent">
						OPPONENT</th>
					<th class="comp">
						COMP</th>
					<th class="link">
						PROMO</th>
				</tr>
			</thead>
			<tbody>
				
				<tr class="away no-promo">
					<td class="star">
						&nbsp;</td>
					<td class="fix-date">
						Sun 16</td>
					<td class="ko">
						00:00</td>
					<td class="home-or-away">
						A</td>
					<td class="opponent">
						SUPERMAN</td>
					<td class="comp">
						PREM</td>
					<td class="link">
												<span>COMING SOON</span>
											</td>
				</tr>
			
		</div>

source.php

	<div class="fixture-container">
	<?php
		$opts = array(
		        'page'=>'/fixtures/index.php',
		        'sort'=>'date',
		        'sort-order'=>'ASC',
		        'skip-template'=>true,
		    );
	
		$fixtures = perch_content_custom('Fixtures', $opts);
		$date = false;
		$first = true;
		foreach ($fixtures as $fixture) {
			
			$fixture_date = date("F Y" , strtotime($fixture['date']));
		
			if ($first) {
				$first = false;
			}
			elseif ($fixture_date != $date) {
				
	?>
	
			</tbody>
		</table>
	
	<?php
				
			}
		
			if ($fixture_date != $date) {
				$date = $fixture_date;
	?>
		<table>
			<thead>
				<tr class="date">
					<th colspan="7">
						<?php echo $fixture_date; ?></th>
				</tr>
				<tr class="titles">
					<th class="star">
						&nbsp;</th>
					<th class="fix-date">
						DATE</th>
					<th class="ko">
						KO</th>
					<th class="home-or-away">
						V</th>
					<th class="opponent">
						OPPONENT</th>
					<th class="comp">
						COMP</th>
					<th class="link">
						PROMO</th>
				</tr>
			</thead>
			<tbody>
	<?php
			}
	?>
			
				<tr class="<?php echo $fixture['home_or_away'] == "H" ? "home" : "away" ?> <?php echo ($fixture['home_or_away'] == "H" || (isset($fixture['promo']) && $fixture['promo'] != "")) ? "promo" : "no-promo" ?>">
					<td class="star">
						&nbsp;</td>
					<td class="fix-date">
						<?php echo date("D d" , strtotime($fixture['date'])); ?></td>
					<td class="ko">
						<?php echo date("H:i" , strtotime($fixture['date'])); ?></td>
					<td class="home-or-away">
						<?php echo $fixture['home_or_away']; ?></td>
					<td class="opponent">
						<?php echo $fixture['opponent']; ?></td>
					<td class="comp">
						<?php echo $fixture['competition']; ?></td>
					<td class="link">
						<?php if (isset($fixture['promo']) && $fixture['promo'] != "") { ?>
						<a href="<?php echo $fixture['promo']; ?>">VIEW PROMOTION</a>
						<?php } else { ?>
						<span>COMING SOON</span>
						<?php } ?>
					</td>
				</tr>
			
	<?php

		}
		
	?>
	</div>