2015-16: Fixture Schedule and Changes

[Judio]

The fixtures for the 2015/16 season will be released on Wednesday June 17th

The Premier AND Football League will start on Saturday August 8th

The Football League Cup will start w/c Monday August 10th

The Football League Cup Final will be on Sunday February 28th

The Europa League Final will be in Basel on Wednesday May 18th

The Champions League Final will be in Milan on Saturday May 28th

The 2016 Euros will be played from 10th June with the Final on Sunday July 10th
http://www.thefa.com/news/2015/may/fa-f ... -16-120515

[Judio]

All UEFA Dates

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[Darbyand]

Looks like England have scrapped the August friendly so assume Premier league will be gap free until September?

Good news for whoever finishes 4th in Prem as CL qualifiers will be on 18/19 and 25/26 August so they'll have a few games under their belt.

[Judio]

Do you think they will go back to having an early midweek fixture week in August ??

[Tacalabala]

Looks like England have scrapped the August friendly so assume Premier league will be gap free until September?

Good news for whoever finishes 4th in Prem as CL qualifiers will be on 18/19 and 25/26 August so they'll have a few games under their belt.

Not England on its own, there is now no August international matchday at all worldwide.

[Darbyand]

Do you think they will go back to having an early midweek fixture week in August ??

Would make sense if the stated aim is to get the season over to give England time to prepare for the Euros.

Good for fans too. You're often gagging for club games after a tournament free summer.

[Tacalabala]

Tournament free?! Copa America, Euro Under 21s, Women's World Cup, and another round of Euro qualifiers and friendlies. It won't feel like we've had a break at all once pre-season kicks off in July

[SamD]

More international timings for next season:

• 11 June - 04 July 2015: Copa America, Chile
  07-26 July 2015: CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015, USA

And draw news:

• 25 July 2015: Preliminary Draw for 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia
  11 December 2015: Draw for European Championship 2016 Finals (24 nations), France

[Darbyand]

Tournament free?! Copa America, Euro Under 21s, Women's World Cup, and another round of Euro qualifiers and friendlies. It won't feel like we've had a break at all once pre-season kicks off in July

Have you thought about dating websites?

[Tacalabala]

Only if she's prepared to cook my tea

[Judio]

Chelsea confirmed as Barclays Premier League champions will play in the FA Community Shield match on Sunday 2 August.

The kick-off time for the game at Wembley against the winners of the FA Cup is yet to be set.

https://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-n ... ates-.html

[Judio]

The FA have released a detailed document
http://www.thefa.com/news/2015/may/fa-f ... -16-120515

[Darbyand]

4 week gap between Fa Cup semis and final seems pretty slim.

[SamD]

Manchester City ask Premier League for opening-day away game as they expand their stadium. City want extra time as they add 6,000 seats to take capacity to more than 55,000 and make the Etihad the top-flight's third biggest ground.

Talks between City and the Premier League are ongoing, with fixtures for new Premier League season set to be released at 9am, Wed 17 June.

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... ue-5853990

[Darbyand]

"The City is yours (x2)
26,000 empty seats
Are you eff sure?"

More seriously, I'm guessing there's no midweek fixtures that week as it would only buy them 3 or 4 extra days.

[Judio]

Football League Cup Round Dates

The Draw is Today for Round one

Round 1: w/c 10th August
Round 2: w/c 24th August
Round 3: w/c 21st September
Round 4: w/c 26th October
Round 5: w/c 30th November
Semi-Final first legs: w/c 4th January (Before FA Cup Round 3 !!)
Semi-Final second legs: w/c 25th January
Final: Sunday 28th February

[SamD]

If Sky/BT continue trend of recent years, half of these fixtures will be moved over opening weekend of Premier League, Sat-Mon 8-10 Aug:

• Arsenal v West Ham
  Bournemouth v Aston Villa
  Chelsea v Swansea
  Everton v Watford
  Leicester v Sunderland
  Manchester United v Tottenham
  Newcastle v Southampton
  Norwich v Crystal Palace
  Stoke v Liverpool
  West Bromwich v Manchester City

Last season, the first matches of the so-called big five - Chel, MC, Arsl, MU, Liv - were rearranged on Mon 14 July for live TV. Expect same club picks again?

[Judio]

Amazingly a couple of club sites are carrying the following info !!!

The Premier League have announced the dates when live TV selections will be revealed by Sky Sports and BT Sport

August/September fixtures: on or before June 24

October/November fixtures: July 6

December fixtures: September 17

January fixtures: October 19

February fixtures: November 17

March fixtures: January 5

April fixtures: February 3

May fixtures: March 23

[Judio]

But on the Premier League site I found this

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matc ... ained.html

The first changes take place when our UK broadcast partners announce their opening group of live TV matches. This happens in early July and contains broadcast alterations for the first two months of the season (August and September).

TV matches for October and November should be confirmed and announced in early August.

For fixtures from December onwards, live TV matches are mostly confirmed on a month-by-month basis.

The Premier League will seek to confirm live TV matches approximately five or six weeks prior to the start of the month in question.

For example, December selections are typically confirmed in mid-October.

[Judio]

The following match dates for European and domestic cup competitions may cause Barclays Premier League fixtures to change during the 2015/16 season for the clubs involved in these competitions and their League opponents.

West Ham enter in Round 1
Southampton enter in Round 3
Liverpool and Tottenham are already in the Group Stage
Man United MAY enter the Group Stage if they lose their CL qualifier in August

UEFA Europa League
6 Aug 2015 - Third qualifying round, second leg
20 Aug 2015 - Final qualifying round, first leg
27 Aug 2015 - Final qualifying round, second leg
17 Sep 2015 - Group stage
1 Oct 2015 - Group stage
22 Oct 2015 - Group stage
5 Nov 2015 - Group stage
26 Nov 2015 - Group stage
10 Dec 2015 - Group stage

[Darbyand]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... eason.html

"United's clash with Spurs at Old Trafford will be screened live on BT Sport at 12.45pm on Saturday, August 8....In what is arguably its strongest start ever to a campaign, BT will also show United v Newcastle next month, in between their two-legged Champions League play-off round on August 18/19 and August 25/26."


Looks like I'd better sort out a BT Sport subscription as they'll have those CL play-off games too.

Edit the Villa game has been moved to Friday 14 August (my birthday) as there's an edl rally or something similar the next day.

[SamD]

Sky will show the opening fixtures of four more big clubs:

Sat 8 Aug: Chelsea v Swansea (5.30pm)
Sun 9 Aug: Arsenal v West Ham (1.30pm)
Sun 9 Aug: Stoke v Liverpool (4pm)
Mon 10 Aug: West Bromwich v Manchester City (8pm)

Aug-Sept live games on Sky Sports: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news ... ng-weekend

[Vid]

Edit the Villa game has been moved to Friday 14 August (my birthday) as there's an edl rally or something similar the next day.

That's going to cause havoc with a lot of people's FF routines! Could be a good few forced to set their FPL teams on the Thursday with little/ no team news for the w/e?

[Darbyand]

http://m.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/a ... ansed.html

The combined list

[Darbyand]

Edit the Villa game has been moved to Friday 14 August (my birthday) as there's an edl rally or something similar the next day.

That's going to cause havoc with a lot of people's FF routines! Could be a good few forced to set their FPL teams on the Thursday with little/ no team news for the w/e?

They'll have to get used to it....Lots more Friday night games next season.

[Darbyand]

More TV games announced
http://m.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/a ... eased.html

[SamD]

Online group bet365 will provide free live streaming of every La Liga game this season. Good news for fans of Spanish football who won’t have to pay subscriptions or go through the hassle of obtaining illegal feeds. The league kicks off at 19:30 BST tonight with Malaga v Sevilla. Fixtures: http://www.skysports.com/football/compe ... a/fixtures


Barcelona, who won the treble last season, are 8-11 favourites to retain the Spanish title.
Real Madrid can be backed at 7-4 under new manager Rafael Benitez.

Betting for Golden Boot:
11/10 Ronaldo
5/4 Messi
20 Suarez
25 Neymar
Gareth Bale is 150-1.

Source: Racing Post et al

[SamD]

Capital One Cup, Round 3
Sky Sports have announced the two live TV games:

• Aston Villa v Birmingham, Tues 22 September
  Tottenham v Arsenal, Wed 23 Sept; both 1945 BST

Midweek dates are being arranged for other 14 ties:

• Crystal Palace v Charlton
  Fulham v Stoke
  Hull v Swansea
  Leicester v West Ham
  Liverpool v Carlisle
  Man Utd v Ipswich
  Middlesbrough v Wolves
  MK Dons v Southampton
  Newcastle v Sheff Wed
  Norwich v West Brom
  Preston v Bournemouth
  Reading v Barnsley/Everton
  Sunderland v Man City
  Walsall v Chelsea

[Judio]

As a result of the Group Stage Draw there are NO Fixture changes !!

As a result of Southampton losing last night the
Chelsea v Southampton game on Oct 3rd will go ahead at 17:30

The October 4th games will kick off at 13:30 and 16:00

The 2 Southampton games on Nov 7th and 28th will stay as Sat at 3pm kick offs

[SamD]

League Cup Fourth Round live games on Sky Sports:

• Sheffield Wednesday v Arsenal - Tues 27 Oct, 7:45pm
  Liverpool v Bournemouth - Wed 28 Oct, 7.45pm

Non-TV fixtures await scheduling:

• Everton v Norwich
  Hull v Leicester
  Manchester City v Crystal Palace
  Manchester Utd v Middlesbrough
  Southampton v Aston Villa
  Stoke v Chelsea