2016-17: Fixture Schedule and Changes

[Judio]

The 2016/17 Premier League season will kick-off on Saturday 13 August and conclude on Sunday 21 May

4 International blank Saturdays

03 Sep 2016
08 Oct 2016
12 Nov 2016
25 Mar 2017

No fixture Sat Dec 24

Boxing Day Mon Dec 26
New Years Eve Sat Dec 31
Holiday Monday Mon Jan 02

English Football League Dates

Start : Saturday Aug 6 2016
End : Saturday May 6 2017

[Judio]

Football League Fixtures are out Wednesday June 22nd

FA Cup Final on Saturday May 27th

So the Play Offs are over 2 weekends
League One Play-Off Final will take place the previous Saturday (20th May),
League Two Play-Off Final on Sunday 28th May 2017
Championship Play-Off Final being played on Monday 29th May 2017.

[Judio]

Football League Dates

SEASON 2016/17
June 2016
22nd Fixture Release Day
August 2016
6th Season start
w/c 8th League Cup Round 1
w/c 21st League Cup Round 2
w/c 29th League Trophy Round 1
September 2016
w/c 19th League Cup Round 3
October 2016
w/c 3rd League Trophy Round 2
w/c 24th League Cup Round 4
November 2016
w/c 7th League Trophy Round 3
w/c 28th League Cup Round 5
December 2016
w/c 5th League Trophy Area Semi-Finals
26th Boxing Day fixtures
31st New Year's Eve fixtures
January 2017
2nd New Year Bank Holiday fixtures
w/c 9th League Cup Semi-Final Leg 1
w/c 23rd League Cup Semi-Final Leg 2 & League Trophy Area Final Leg 1
February 2017
w/c 6th League Trophy Area Final Leg 2
26th League Cup Final
April 2017
2nd League Trophy Final
May 2017
6th Regular season finish
20th Sky Bet League One Play-Off Final
28th Sky Bet League Two Play-Off Final
29th Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Final

[Judio]

Premier League Fixtures are out a week before !!!

Premier League ‏@premierleague 2h2 hours ago
The fixtures for the 2016/17 Premier League season will be released on 15 June at 0900 BST

[Judio]

Sat 5 Nov FA Cup R1
Sat 3 Dec FA Cup R2
Sat 7 Jan FA Cup R3
Sat 28 Jan FA Cup R4
Sat 18 Feb FA Cup R5
Sat 11 Mar FA Cup R6 (NO REPLAY)
Sat 22 Apr FA Cup SF
Sun 23 Apr FA Cup SF
Sat 27 May FA Cup F

[Judio]

The following match dates for European and domestic cup competitions may cause Premier League fixtures to change during the 2016/17 season for the clubs involved in these competitions and their League opponents.

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

UEFA Europa League
18 Aug 2016 - Final qualifying round, first leg
25 Aug 2016 - Final qualifying round, second leg
15 Sep 2016 - Group stage
29 Sep 2016 - Group stage
20 Oct 2016 - Group stage
03 Nov 2016 - Group stage
24 Nov 2016 - Group stage
08 Dec 2016 - Group stage

[Judio]

09:00 am tomorrow morning

PL Fixtures are Released

[Judio]

And here they all are

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matc ... omp_8=true

Starting with

Saturday 13 August 2016
Arsenal v Liverpool
Bournemouth v Man Utd
Burnley v Swansea
Chelsea v West Ham
Crystal Palace v West Brom
Everton v Spurs
Hull v Leicester
Man City v Sunderland
Middlesbrough v Stoke
Southampton v Watford

[Judio]

And here are the Big 6 head to heads which once again have come out of the fixture computer
the same as last season (Not the Top 6 finishers )

15 games
Only one each week on 15 of the 19 weeks.

The missing 4 include the Final Day and Boxing Day
The other 2 have Leicester v Arsenal
and Spurs v Leicester


13-Aug-16 Arsenal v Liverpool 1
27-Aug-16 Tottenham v Liverpool 3
10-Sep-16 Man Utd v Man City 4
17-Sep-16 Chelsea v Liverpool 5
24-Sep-16 Arsenal v Chelsea 6
01-Oct-16 Tottenham v Man City 7
15-Oct-16 Liverpool v Man Utd 8
22-Oct-16 Chelsea v Man Utd 9
05-Nov-16 Arsenal v Tottenham 11
19-Nov-16 Man Utd v Arsenal 12
26-Nov-16 Chelsea v Tottenham 13
03-Dec-16 Man City v Chelsea 14
10-Dec-16 Man Utd v Tottenham 15
17-Dec-16 Man City v Arsenal 17
31-Dec-16 Liverpool v Man City 19

[SamD]

Last year, the first BT/Sky TV rearrangements were announced on Fri 3 July 2015. Here's the Premier League plan this season:

Changes for broadcast selections

The first changes take place when the League’s 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 before the start of the month in question. For example, December selections are typically confirmed in mid-October.

The broadcast selections for the season’s final round of fixtures on 21 May, 2017, are usually announced after every club have completed 37 matches. As these matches always kick off simultaneously, there is no direct impact on match-going fans, in terms of rearranged dates or kick-off times.

[Darbyand]

And here are the Big 6 head to heads which once again have come out of the fixture computer
the same as last season

Can you expand on that please. How similar to last season?

[reds363]

And here are the Big 6 head to heads which once again have come out of the fixture computer
the same as last season

Can you expand on that please. How similar to last season?

All playing each other once home and once away? Who'd have thunk it?

I'm guessing he means that the 15 games coming out on 15 separate weeks happened last season too? Which is quite surprising, you'd think there'd be at least 1 or 2 weeks where 2 of the games coincide.

[Judio]

Yes that was my thinking

Looks like we can expect the PL changes on Friday of this week

[SamD]

Premier League fixture amendments

Saturday 13 August
12.30pm Hull City v Leicester City (Sky Sports)
5.30pm Manchester City v Sunderland (BT Sport)

Sunday 14 August
1.30pm AFC Bournemouth v Manchester United (Sky Sports)
4pm Arsenal v Liverpool (Sky Sports)

Monday 15 August - 8pm Chelsea v West Ham United (Sky Sports)


Friday 19 August - 8pm Manchester United v Southampton (Sky Sports)

Saturday 20 August
12.30pm Stoke City v Manchester City (Sky Sports)
3pm Burnley v Liverpool*
*This match was scheduled for 11 March 2017 but Liverpool and Burnley have agreed to reverse fixtures
5.30pm Leicester City v Arsenal (BT Sport)

Sunday 21 August
1.30pm Sunderland v Middlesbrough (Sky Sports)
4pm West Ham United v AFC Bournemouth (Sky Sports)


Saturday 27 August
12.30pm Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
5.30pm Hull City v Manchester United (BT Sport)

Sunday 28 August
1.30pm West Bromwich Albion v Middlesbrough (Sky Sports)
4pm Manchester City v West Ham United (Sky Sports)


Saturday 10 September
12.30pm Manchester United v Manchester City (Sky Sports)
5.30pm Liverpool v Leicester City (BT Sport)

Sunday 11 September - 4pm Swansea City v Chelsea (Sky Sports)

Monday 12 September - 8pm Sunderland v Everton (Sky Sports)


Friday 16 September - 8pm Chelsea v Liverpool (Sky Sports)

Saturday 17 September - 5.30pm Everton v Middlesbrough (BT Sport)

Sunday 18 September
12pm Watford v Manchester United (BT Sport)
2.15pm Crystal Palace v Stoke City (Sky Sports)
2.15pm Southampton v Swansea City*
*Southampton play in the Europa League the preceding Thursday
4.30pm Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland (Sky Sports)


Saturday 24 September
12.30pm Manchester United v Leicester City (Sky Sports)
5.30pm Arsenal v Chelsea (BT Sport)

Sunday 25 September - 4pm West Ham United v Southampton (Sky Sports)

Monday 26 September - 8pm Burnley v Watford (Sky Sports)

Further fixture changes - as Man Utd and Southampton are guaranteed participation in the group stages of the Europa League on Thursdays their league games between Oct and Dec are subject to change.

PL fixtures in full: http://www.premierleague.com/fixtures

[Judio]

Wednesday 14 December
7.45pm GMT Middlesbrough v Liverpool*
*Due to Middlesbrough v Southampton moving to 11 December

8pm GMT Crystal Palace v Manchester United*
*Due to Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur moving to 11 December

Wednesday 1 February
8pm GMT Manchester United v Hull City*
*Correction of published fixtures

Sunday 12 March
4pm GMT Liverpool v Burnley*
*Confirmation of fixture reversal. The match is subject to FA Cup participation, or change as a result of broadcast selections.

Sunday 16 April
4pm GMT West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool*
*Club agreement. This match is subject to possible further change if selected for broadcasting.

[murf]

I know why the Liverpool v Burnley games were switched but why is the March one at 4pm on Sunday - is it already picked by Sky!?

(The April Liverpool switch is to avoid playing on the Hillsborough anniversary in case anyone was wondering).

[SamD]

Because Everton are already at home (to West Brom in the Premier League) on Sat 11 March.

FA Cup quarter-finals are also set for that weekend so either or both Merseyside-based league matches may yet be rearranged.

[murf]

Cheers Sam. Should have twigged Everton would be at home.

[Bramernic]

Thanks for the reasons for all the extra changes. I was wondering what was going on when running the update for my grid. And yes, it is now live at the usual place.

[Darbyand]

Friday 30 September
8pm BST Everton v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)

Saturday 1 October
12.30pm BST Swansea City v Liverpool (Sky Sports)

Sunday 2 October
12pm BST Manchester United v Stoke City (BT Sport)
2.15pm BST Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City (Sky Sports)
4.30pm BST Burnley v Arsenal (Sky Sports)

Saturday 15 October
12.30pm BST Middlesbrough v Watford (Sky Sports)*
*Should Leicester City be playing in the UEFA Champions League the next Tuesday this match will move to Sunday 16 October, 1.30pm, live on Sky Sports.
5.30pm BST Crystal Palace v West Ham United (BT Sport)

Sunday 16 October
1.30pm BST Chelsea v Leicester City (Sky Sports)*
*Should Leicester City be playing in the UEFA Champions League the next Tuesday this match will move to Saturday 12.30pm, live on Sky Sports
4pm BST Southampton v Burnley (Sky Sports)

Monday 17 October
8pm BST Liverpool v Manchester United (Sky Sports)

Saturday 22 October
12.30pm BST AFC Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur (Sky Sports)
5.30pm BST Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion (BT Sport)

Sunday 23 October
1.30pm BST Manchester City v Southampton (Sky Sports)
4pm BST Chelsea v Manchester United (Sky Sports)

Saturday 29 October
12.30pm BST Sunderland v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
5.30pm BST Crystal Palace v Liverpool (BT Sport)

Sunday 30 October
1.30pm Everton v West Ham United (Sky Sports)
4pm Southampton v Chelsea (Sky Sports)

Monday 31 October
8pm Stoke City v Swansea City (Sky Sports)

Saturday 5 November
5.30pm Chelsea v Everton (BT Sport)

Sunday 6 November
12pm Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (BT Sport)
2.15pm Liverpool v Watford (Sky Sports)
4.30pm Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion (Sky Sports)

Saturday 19 November
12.30pm Manchester United v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
5.30pm Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United (BT Sport)

Sunday 20 November
4pm Middlesbrough v Chelsea (Sky Sports)

Monday 21 November
8pm West Bromwich Albion v Burnley (Sky Sports)

Saturday 26 November
12.30pm Burnley v Manchester City (BT Sport)*
*Should Man City be scheduled to play in the UEFA Europa League the Thursday before this match will move to Sunday 27 November, 12pm and remain live on BT Sport
5.30pm Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur (BT Sport)

Sunday 27 November
12pm Watford v Stoke City (Sky Sports)*
*Should Man City be scheduled to play in the UEFA Europa League the Thursday before this match will move to Saturday 26 November, 12.30pm and remain live on Sky Sports
2.15pm Arsenal v AFC Bournemouth (Sky Sports)
4.30pm Southampton v Everton (Sky Sports)

The next matches have not been selected for broadcasting and will move from the original dates listed due to UEFA Europa League participation the Thursdays before.

Sunday 2 October
2.15pm Leicester City v Southampton*
*Due to Southampton's UEFA Europa League participation the Thursday before

Sunday 6 November
TBC Hull City v Southampton*
*Due to Southampton’s UEFA Europa League participation the Thursday before
TBC Swansea City v Manchester United*
*Due to Man Utd's UEFA Europa League participation the Thursday before

Sunday 27 November
4.30pm Manchester United v West Ham United*
*Due to Man Utd's UEFA Europa League participation the Thursday before

[Judio]

Chelsea v Leicester now Sat Oct 15th 1230

Watford v Middlesbrough Sun 1330

[Bramernic]

Sunday 6 November
TBC Hull City v Southampton*
*Due to Southampton’s UEFA Europa League participation the Thursday before
TBC Swansea City v Manchester United*
*Due to Man Utd's UEFA Europa League participation the Thursday before

Hull City vs Southampton is at 14:15 according to the beeb. Swansea vs Man United is at 15:00, but expect that to change to either 14:15 or 16:30 because the PL seem to insist on Sunday matches starting at set times lining up with TV matches.

[Darbyand]

Handy for tff deadlines.

[Darbyand]

@ManUtd: We can confirm that our @PremierLeague game away at Swansea City on 6 November will kick off at 15:00 GMT. #MUFC


Strange one.

[SamD]

So, either there is no mandatory ruling that a rearranged fixture should line up with a TV game or the Swansea-Man Utd kick-off time will change.

Current Premier League schedule on Sun 6 Nov

• 12:00 Arsenal v Spurs - live on BT Sport
  
  14:15 Liverpool v Watford - live on Sky Sports
  14:15 Hull v Southampton
  
  15:00 Swansea v Man Utd
  
  16:30 Leicester v West Brom - live on Sky Sports

For info, both Southampton and Man Utd are engaged in Europa League group ties on the previous Thurs, Nov 3rd.

Reminder of transfer rule for those playing the Telegraph FF game

• There must be at least a two-hour gap between two scheduled match kick-off times in order for transfers to be made between matches and score from the next Scheduled Event Kick-Off. If the gap is less than two hours and/or if matches overlap, then the earliest kick-off time of these matches will be deemed the transfer deadline.

[murf]

There certainly was a 'rule' last season so I expect it will be nudged in line

[Judio]

Welsh TV have a live FA Cup Round one match
Maybe on that day.
If so they can now have a lunchtime start and not clash

The 430 was likely turned down by South Wales police

[Judio]

Expected date for TV Changes according to Hull and Chelsea websites

October 12th December AND January games

December 12th February games

[SamD]

@ManUtd: We can confirm that our @PremierLeague game at Swansea on 6 November will kick off at 15:00 GMT. #MUFC

Six weeks on and this email from home club:
Yes, we can confirm SCFC v Manchester Utd on Sunday 6 November is a 3pm kick off. Gill

[get_on_my_cocker]

Still no December TV fixtures announcement. Wasn't it around this time last season?