2019-20: Fixture Schedule and Changes

[Judio]

FA Cup Schedule Confirmed

Saturday 21 March 2020

Leicester City v Chelsea (12.30pm) – Live on BT Sport 1

Newcastle United v Manchester City (7pm) – Live on BBC One

Sunday 22 March 2020

Sheffield United v Arsenal (1.30pm) – Live on BT Sport 1

Norwich City v Manchester United (4.30pm) – Live on BBC One

[SamD]

FA Cup quarter-finals (above post) take precedence over Premier League matches.
So, just four of ten league games remain that weekend:

Friday 20 March - Spurs v West Ham, 20:00 - Sky TV
Sat 21 March - Burnley v Watford, 15:00
and Liverpool v Crystal Palace, 17:30 - Sky TV
Sun 22 March - Wolves v Bournemouth, 14:00

Currently, eight PL matches need to be rearranged: https://www.premierleague.com/fixtures

[Judio]

Liverpool maybe winning the PL explains the 7pm Saturday night FA Cup match

[murf]

Liverpool maybe winning the PL explains the 7pm Saturday night FA Cup match

Not entirely. They overlap, didn't think that was allowed under the league/FA agreement.

[get_on_my_cocker]

Not sure if it's been noted, but Man City v Newcastle on 18th April is also postponed, as one of them will be playing in an FA Cup semi final that weekend.

[admin]

Manchester City v Arsenal: Premier League match tomorrow postponed over coronavirus fears
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51829511

[SamD]

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus and the club's league game against Brighton on Saturday has been postponed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51865442

Ten matches now await rescheduling, including three each for Arsenal and Manchester City. The Premier League has called an emergency meeting with its clubs on Friday. One club executive told the Guardian they expected the season to be suspended for several weeks in the light of the Arteta news, and didn’t rule out the possibility of the whole season being voided.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... ues-cancel

[SamD]

Premier League & FA Cup schedule from Wed 17 June to Thurs 2 July outlined by some media, including Times and Mirror (below).

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... d-22139992

[SamD]

First three weeks of EPL & FAC fixtures now confirmed.

All BBC And Amazon Prime fixtures are free to air, along with selected Sky Sports games that will be shown on Pick.
Kick-off times are BST.

Wednesday, 17 June:
Aston Villa v Sheffield United (18:00), Sky Sports.
Manchester City v Arsenal (20:15), Sky Sports.

Friday, 19 June:
Norwich v Southampton (18:00), Sky Sports and Pick.
Tottenham v Manchester United (20:15), Sky Sports.

Saturday, 20 June:
Watford v Leicester City (12:30), BT Sport.
Brighton v Arsenal (15:00), BT Sport.
West Ham v Wolves (17:30), Sky Sports.
Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (19:45), BBC.

Sunday, 21 June:
Newcastle v Sheffield United (14:00), Sky Sports and Pick.
Aston Villa v Chelsea (16:15), Sky Sports.
Everton v Liverpool (19:00), Sky Sports and Pick.

Monday, 22 June:
Manchester City v Burnley (20:00), Sky Sports.

Tuesday, 23 June:
Leicester v Brighton (18:00), Sky Sports.
Tottenham v West Ham (20:15), Sky Sports.

Wednesday, 24 June:
Manchester United v Sheffield United (18:00), Sky Sports and Pick.
Newcastle v Aston Villa (18:00), BT Sport.
Norwich v Everton (18:00), BBC.
Wolves v Bournemouth (18:00), BT Sport.
Liverpool v Crystal Palace (20:15), Sky Sports.

Thursday, 25 June:
Burnley v Watford (18:00), Sky Sports and Pick.
Southampton v Arsenal (18:00), Sky Sports.
Chelsea v Manchester (20:15), BT Sport.

Saturday, 27 June:
Aston Villa v Wolves (12:30), BT Sport.

Sheffield United vs Arsenal - BT Sport - 17:00 - FA Cup quarter-final
Norwich City vs Manchester United - BBC - 20:15 - FA Cup quarter-final

Sunday June 28:
Leicester City vs Chelsea - BT Sport - 14.30 - FA Cup quarter-final
Newcastle vs Manchester City - BBC - 18:00 - FA Cup quarter-final
* edit: above four QF TV dates have changed; details in posts below *

Watford v Southampton (16:30), Sky Sports and Pick.

Monday, 29 June:
Crystal Palace v Burnley (20:00), Amazon Prime.

Tuesday, 30 June:
Brighton v Manchester United (20:15), Sky Sports and Pick.

Wednesday, 1 July:
Bournemouth v Newcastle (18:00), Sky Sports and Pick.
Arsenal v Norwich (18:00), BT Sport.
Everton v Leicester (18:00), Sky Sports.
West Ham v Chelsea (20:15), Sky Sports.

Thursday, 2 July:
Sheffield United v Tottenham (18:00), Sky Sports.
Manchester City v Liverpool (20:15), Sky Sports.

[murf]

In summary

Wednesday, 17 June: 2 games in hand

Friday, 19 June - Monday, 22 June: 10 games, "set 30"

Tuesday, 23 June - Thursday, 25 June: 10 games, "set 31"

Saturday, 27 June - Thursday, 2 July: 10 games, "set 32" +
Saturday, 27 June - Sunday June 28: 4 * FA Cup QFs



More FA Cup news and the semi-finals will provisionally take place over the weekend of 18-19 July, with the Final provisionally scheduled for Saturday, 1 August.

[Jester]

Thanks for the updates Sam and murf - can't believe it's finally starting up again!
Can't say I've missed it really....

[SamD]

Yes, FA Cup QF schedule has changed since the draw (see 9 March post in thread) and again following Times article on Thurs.
The FA site* now shows one cup-tie on Sat and three on Sun.

Sat 27 June
Norwich v Manchester Utd (5.30pm) – Live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer

Sun 28 June
Sheffield Utd v Arsenal (1pm) – Live on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate
Leicester v Chelsea (4pm) – Live on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate
Newcastle v Manchester City (6.30pm) – Live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer

* http://www.thefa.com/news/2020/jun/05/e ... med-050620

[SamD]

When the Championship resumes on 20 June, season-ticket holders will be able to watch any game involving their club via the EFL's iFollow online platform.

Sky Sports will show 30 Championship games as well as all 15 EFL play-off games.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52940391 and https://www.skysports.com/football/news ... on-june-20

[quizking]

Subject to change after july 3rd, but the rest of the season's fixtures have now been posted;

https://www.premierleague.com/fixtures

[blahblah]

So the order is set, but not the actual day and time?

[quizking]

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1678153

[murf]

Not much room for rearrangements due to Cup Semis.....

[snout]

Not much room for rearrangements due to Cup Semis.....

Or Covid infection related postponements.

[forestfan]

Have they said how many will trigger a postponement?

Interesting that the last three rounds of testing have produced 0, 1 and 0 positives, after a number of them early on. Everyone’s obviously being really careful now they know there’s regular testing.

[Darbyand]

Not much room for rearrangements due to Cup Semis.....

Presumably the 18 July semi finalists' PL games slide back 3 days to the midweek.

[Darbyand]

Next set of TV fixtures released:

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 72546.html

Premier League fixtures
Saturday 4 July

Norwich City vs Brighton (BT Sport) - 12:30pm

Leicester City vs Crystal Palace (Sky Sports) - 3pm

Manchester United vs Bournemouth (BT Sport) - 3pm

Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal (Sky Sports) - 5:30pm

Chelsea vs Watford (Sky Sports) - 8pm

Sunday 5 July

Burnley vs Sheffield United (Sky Sports) - 12pm

Newcastle United vs West Ham United (Sky Sports) - 2pm

Liverpool vs Aston Villa (Sky Sports) - 4:30pm

Southampton vs Manchester City (BBC) - 7pm

Monday 6 July

Tottenham vs Everton (Sky Sports) - 8pm

Tuesday 7 July

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea (Sky Sports) - 6pm

Watford vs Norwich City (Sky Sports) - 6pm

Arsenal vs Leicester City (Sky Sports) - 8:15pm

Wednesday 8 July

Manchester City vs Newcastle United (BT Sport) - 6pm

Sheffield United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (Sky Sports) - 6pm

West Ham United vs Burnley (BT Sport) - 6pm

Brighton and Hove Albion vs Liverpool (Sky Sports) - 8:15pm

Thursday 9 July

Bournemouth vs Tottenham (Sky Sports) - 6pm

Everton vs Southampton (Amazon Prime) - 6pm

Aston Villa vs Manchester United (Sky Sports) - 8:15pm

Saturday 11 July

Norwich City vs West Ham United (BT Sport) - 12:30pm

Watford vs Newcastle United (Amazon Prime) - 12:30pm

Liverpool vs Burnley (BT Sport) - 3pm

Sheffield United vs Chelsea (Sky Sports) - 5:30pm

Brighton and Hove Albion vs Manchester City (Sky Sports) - 8pm

Sunday 12 July

Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Everton (Sky Sports) - 12pm

Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace (Sky Sports) - 2pm

Tottenham vs Arsenal (Sky Sports) - 4:30pm

Bournemouth vs Leicester City (Sky Sports) - 7pm

Monday 13 July

Manchester United vs Southampton (Sky Sports) - 8pm

[Darbyand]

I'm surprised they've chosen United, as a potential FA Cup semi finalist, for the Monday 13th slot. If they get through the QFs then I assume their league game with Palace would have to be Thursday 16th and their semi would definitely be the Sunday 19th slot.

[SamD]

Manchester City have been given permission to host their Premier League match with Liverpool on Thurs 2 July at Etihad Stadium.
The game between the league's top two sides could have taken place at a neutral venue because of safety fears over fans gathering outside.

Draw for the semi-finals of the FA Cup takes place during half-time of the fourth quarter-final this weekend.
The match between Newcastle and holders Man City kicks-off at 18:30 on Sunday (28th) and is live on BBC One.
The semis are scheduled to be played at Wembley across the weekend 18-19 July. The Final is set for Sat 1 August.

[Darbyand]

I'm surprised they've chosen United, as a potential FA Cup semi finalist, for the Monday 13th slot. If they get through the QFs then I assume their league game with Palace would have to be Thursday 16th and their semi would definitely be the Sunday 19th slot.

Given one of the participants are in the FA Cup semis on the 18th/19th, I assume these league games will shift to the midweek c.22nd July:

Villa vs Arsenal
Liverpool vs Chelsea
Man Utd vs West Ham
Watford vs Man City

[Darbyand]

I'm surprised they've chosen United, as a potential FA Cup semi finalist, for the Monday 13th slot. If they get through the QFs then I assume their league game with Palace would have to be Thursday 16th and their semi would definitely be the Sunday 19th slot.

Confirmed:

SATURDAY 18 JULY 2020
Arsenal v Manchester City (19:45 BST) – Live on BT Sport 1 & BT Sport Ultimate

SUNDAY 19 JULY 2020
Manchester United v Chelsea (18:00 BST) – Live on BBC One & BBC iPlayer

[SamD]

The Premier League has confirmed the fixture schedule for the two rounds between 14-22 July, match-week 36 & 37.
It has also confirmed that the league season ends on Sunday 26 July, with all games kicking off at 16:00 BST.
Every match will be played behind closed doors. Times are BST.

Tuesday 14 July
20:15 Chelsea v Norwich City (Sky Sports)

Wednesday 15 July
18:00 Burnley v Wolves (BBC)
18:00 Man City v AFC Bournemouth (Sky Sports/Sky Pick)
18:00 Newcastle United v Spurs (BT Sport)
20:15 Arsenal v Liverpool (Sky Sports)

Thursday 16 July
18:00 Everton v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)
18:00 Leicester City v Sheff Utd (Sky Sports/Sky Pick)
20:15 Crystal Palace v Man Utd (BT Sport)
20:15 Southampton v Brighton (BT Sport)

Friday 17 July
20:00 West Ham v Watford (Sky Sports)

Saturday 18 July
17:30 Norwich City v Burnley (Sky Sports/Sky Pick)

[For FA Cup semifinals this weekend see post immediately above]

Sunday 19 July
14:00 AFC Bournemouth v Southampton (BT Sport)
16:00 Spurs v Leicester City (Sky Sports)

Monday 20 July
18:00 Brighton v Newcastle United (Sky Sports/Sky Pick)
18:00 Sheff Utd v Everton (Amazon Prime Video)
20:15 Wolves v Crystal Palace (BT Sport)

Tuesday 21 July
18:00 Watford v Man City (Sky Sports)
20:15 Aston Villa v Arsenal (Sky Sports)

Wednesday 22 July
18:00 Man Utd v West Ham (Sky Sports)
20:15 Liverpool v Chelsea (Sky Sports)

[SamD]

FA Cup Final kick-off time is now confirmed as 17:30, Saturday 1 August.

Arsenal v Chelsea, Wembley Stadium - live on BBC One & BT Sport 1