Start date for next season

The Bear · **Posted:** 21 Nov 2007, 12:45

Im trying to sort out my hols for next summer and just wondered if anyone could make an educated guess on the start of the Premiership season - i dont want to be entering teams on holiday like I did 2 seasons ago if I can help it!
Thanks in advance

SamD · **Posted:** 21 Nov 2007, 13:09

Looks like next Premier League season begins on Sat 16 Aug 2008.

For brief background, see both posts on 5 Oct in 'Dates for 2007_08 Season' thread:
http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... 4&start=35

Billy Whiz · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13 2005 **Posts:** 5978

A useful date to know. The worst thing is being on holiday the week before kick off, with no internet access!

The Bear · **Posted:** 21 Nov 2007, 14:13

Billy Whiz wrote:

A useful date to know. The worst thing is being on holiday the week before kick off, with no internet access!

Billy - im sad enough to never let that happen

dan1man · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13 2005 **Posts:** 552

I was on holiday in the maldives one year for the 2 weeks before the season started. Had internet but it was unfeasibbly slow. The people there couildn't belive the amount of time I clocked up on the computer.

I couldn't believe it when i saw the bill att he end of the holiday :lol:

pork · **Posted:** 21 Nov 2007, 15:38

16th is my birthday! Cool.

Flipside · **Joined:** Tue Aug 08 2006 **Posts:** 4775

The Bear wrote:

Im trying to sort out my hols for next summer and just wondered if anyone could make an educated guess on the start of the Premiership season - i dont want to be entering teams on holiday like I did 2 seasons ago if I can help it!
Thanks in advance

Just avoid the first two weeks in August every year and you should be fine.

Judio · **Posted:** 24 Jan 2008, 16:12

There is a debate between the 9th and the 16th .....

The date of next season's FA Cup final is in doubt after Premier League clubs campaigned for the start of next campaign to be delayed by a week

From Sunday newspaper review

happyhoppy · **Posted:** 24 Jan 2008, 16:20

OMG

Just booked 6th to 22nd Aug.

Didn't give FF a thought for once. :evil:

happyhoppy · **Posted:** 24 Jan 2008, 16:22

Definitely going to do maximum of 6 teams now. :!:

stevejtr · **Posted:** 24 Jan 2008, 21:34

happyhoppy wrote:

OMG

Just booked 6th to 22nd Aug.

Didn't give FF a thought for once. :evil:

schoolboy error... :roll:

dead parrot · **Joined:** Thu Oct 13 2005 **Posts:** 746

The SPL Board decided today that Season 2008/09 will commence on Saturday 9 August 2008 and will not incorporate a winter break.

http://www.afc1903.co.uk/2007ipb/index.php?showtopic=3426

Schlock · **Posted:** 25 Jan 2008, 03:47

Flipside wrote:

The Bear wrote:

Im trying to sort out my hols for next summer and just wondered if anyone could make an educated guess on the start of the Premiership season - i dont want to be entering teams on holiday like I did 2 seasons ago if I can help it!
Thanks in advance

Just avoid the first two weeks in August every year and you should be fine.

& organise yourself 9 months before.
Rushed to hospital 1 hour before KO on opening day in 2002

SamD · **Posted:** 06 Feb 2008, 01:28

For info, the 2008-09 Serie A season will kick off on Sunday 31 August.

As a comparison. the first league matches in Italy this term were played on Sun 26 Aug 2007.

slarty · **Posted:** 06 Feb 2008, 07:39

Schlock wrote:

& organise yourself 9 months before.
Rushed to hospital 1 hour before KO on opening day in 2002

PS "It is difficult to tell if a female gorilla is pregnant since her stomach is large to begin with (for food digestion). However, some females have swollen knuckles temporarily during pregnancy."

Sounds more like some humans I've known if you substitute the last word with "pms"

Judio · **Posted:** 18 Mar 2008, 10:51

http://www.premierleague.com/page/Faqs/0,,12306,00.html

SAT 16 AUG 2008

SamD · **Posted:** 27 Mar 2008, 15:09

A friendly has been arranged between England and Czech Republic at Wembley on Wed 20 August 2008.

Other football internationals are also being arranged for that day, eg:
Scotland v N Ireland; France v Tunisia

So it's probable that the second tranche of Premier League fixtures will not be scheduled during that midweek. This is a change from the two previous seasons, eg, in August 2007, when the first three sets were played on Sat/Sun 11/12, Tue/Wed 14/15 and Sat/Sun 18/19.

Incidentally, the Eng-Czech match will be the first to be broadcast by Setanta under the TV company's new partnership with the FA.

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