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Dates for 2008_09 Season

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From Various sources, I can so far confirm the following Dates for this Season

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  13-Aug   3rd qualifying round Champions League, 1st leg
  16-Aug   PREMIER LEAGUE Starts
  20-Aug   International Friendly (ENG v CZE)
  27-Aug   3rd qualifying round Champions League, 2nd leg
  27-Aug   Carling Cup 2nd Round
  06-Sep   ANDORRA  V ENGLAND
  10-Sep   CROATIA  V  ENGLAND
  17-Sep   1st match Champions League group stage
  24-Sep   Carling Cup 3rd Round
  01-Oct   2nd match Champions League group stage
  11-Oct   ENGLAND V KAZAKHSTAN
  15-Oct   BELARUS V ENGLAND
  22-Oct   3rd match Champions League group stage
  05-Nov   4th match Champions League group stage
  12-Nov   Carling Cup 4th Round
  19-Nov   International Games (GER v ENG)
  26-Nov   5th match Champions League group stage
  03-Dec   Carling Cup 5th Round
  10-Dec   6th match Champions League group stage
  03-Jan   FA Cup 3rd Round
  07-Jan   Carling Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg
  21-Jan   Carling Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg
  24-Jan   FA Cup 4th Round
  14-Feb   FA Cup 5th Round
  25-Feb   2nd round Champions League, 1st leg
  01-Mar   Carling Cup Final
  07-Mar   FA Cup Quarter-Finals
  11-Mar   2nd round Champions League, 2nd leg
  01-Apr   UKRAINE V ENGLAND
  08-Apr   Quarter Finals Champions League, 1st leg
  15-Apr   Quarter Finals Champions League, 2nd leg
  19-Apr   FA Cup Semi-Finals
  29-Apr   Semi Finals Champions League, 1st leg
  06-May   Semi Finals Champions League, 2nd leg
  20-May   Final UEFA Cup (Istanbul)
  24-May   PREMIER LEAGUE Ends
  27-May   Final Champions League (Rome)
  30-May   FA Cup Final
  06-Jun   KAZAKHSTAN V ENGLAND
  10-Jun   ENGLAND V ANDORRA
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 216635.ece

The paper adds that a request by clubs to start next season on August 16, a week later than scheduled, could see the 2009 FA Cup final being held as late as May 30, or brought forward to May 16 – a week before the end of the Premier League season. Wembley is already booked for May 23-25 for Football League playoffs

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Judio wrote: Wembley is already booked for May 23-25 for Football League playoffs
Then surely the FA Cup Final would have to be played on 16th or 30th May anyway irrespective of when the EPL season begins? When was the Final originally scheduled, if 23rd is already taken, and the EPL was planned to end on 16th but now proposed 23rd? Surely then FA Final was always gonna be on 30th? Or am I being thick? Probably. Now I'm really confused. Oh well, got a whole year to work it out I guess. :lol: :oops:

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The May Day Bank Holiday is the earliest possible in 2009 (May 25th)
This date is always used for the Play Off into the Premiership

UEFA have a later Champions League Final , presumabbly getting ready for their switch to a Saturday Final

The Premier League are basing their dates around this

Looks like the FA Cup Final will not be the last game of the Season then !!!

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Pre-season: FA Community Shield at 15.00 on Sunday 10 August 2008

http://www.wembleystadium.com/NR/rdonly ... ar2008.pdf

Besides non-footie events, Wembley link includes dates of league play off finals and England friendlies & World Cup qualifiers.

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Email from FA Competitions Officer confirms that FA Cup Final in 2009 will be played on Sat 30 May.

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Busy week for any club going for the big treble!

Is the last set of league games back to being on a saturday (23rd?) as the Championship will be over by then?

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The Championship is always over a week earlier
but they still play last game on Sunday

However the Big Clubs wont want to play on a Sunday if one
of them is getting ready for a Champions League Final
on the Wednesday following

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Football League

Meanwhile, the 2008/09 Football League fixtures will be announced on Monday, June 16.

The season will start on Saturday, August 9 - two days earlier than this term.

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From their website faqs

When does the Barclays Premier League start its season?

The Barclays Premier League will kick off its 2008/09 season on Saturday 16th August 2008.

Barclays Premier League 2008-09 fixtures will be released on Monday 16th June 2008

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Community Shield - Sunday 10 August at Wembley:

Premier League champions Manchester United play FA Cup holders Portsmouth


UEFA Super Cup - Friday 29 August 2008 in Monaco:

Champions League winners Manchester United meet UEFA Cup victors Zenit St. Petersburg

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Other interruptions to league season:

International dates (specifically England matches):

Wed 20 August 2008 - England v Czech Republic - Friendly

Sat 6 September - Andorra v England - World Cup 2010 Qualifier

Wed 10 September - Croatia v England - World Cup 2010 Qualifier

Sat 11 October - England v Kazakhstan - World Cup 2010 Qualifier

Wed 15 October - Belarus v England - World Cup 2010 Qualifier

Wed 19 November - Germany v England - Friendly

Wed 1 April 2009 - England v Ukraine - World Cup 2010 Qualifier

Sat 6 June - Kazakhstan v England - World Cup 2010 Qualifier

Wed 10 June - England v Andorra - World Cup 2010 Qualifier


And at start of following season:

Wed 9 September 2009 - England v Croatia - World Cup 2010 Qualifier

Sat 10 October - Ukraine v England - World Cup 2010 Qualifier

Wed 14 October - England v Belarus - World Cup 2010 Qualifier

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FIFA Club World Cup in Japan - Friday 12 to Sunday 21 December 2008

Continental club champions from Europe, South America, North/Central America, Africa, Asia and Oceania join host nation's top side in the annual knockout competition.

Qualifers to date:
UEFA - Manchester United (Eng)
CONCACAF - Pachuca (Mexico)
Oceania - Waitakere United (NZ)

Updates on four remaining qualifying contests here: http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/qualifiers/index.html

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Fixture nightmare for Man U then.

However they could play on Monday Sept 1st after the Friday night Super Cup

UEFA will bring forward their usual dead match (6th Group game)
by a week.

However it looks like they will miss 2 Premier League games just before Christmas(unless they can bring forward a league game from 13th Dec to Weds 10th Dec)

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Judio wrote:Fixture nightmare for Man U then.

However they could play on Monday Sept 1st after the Friday night Super Cup

UEFA will bring forward their usual dead match (6th Group game)
by a week.

However it looks like they will miss 2 Premier League games just before Christmas(unless they can bring forward a league game from 13th Dec to Weds 10th Dec)
United won't play in the first round. Not sure when their 'semi' is (about the 16th??) but they may be able to still play here on the 13th.

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United will play on Thursday 18th and Sunday 21st December, I think. They should only miss one league game.

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2008/09 CARLING CUP FIRST ROUND DRAW DETAILS

The draw for Round 1 of the Carling Cup will be announced on Friday 13th June 2008 at 10.00am.

It will announced on www.football-league.co.uk that morning.
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No Dates have been given though

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Carling Cup first round will be played during week commencing Monday 11 August.

Premier League sides won't join in until Rounds Two and Three.

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The Dates for the FA Cup (Very late) are as follows

First Round Proper - 8th November 08

Second Round Proper - 29th November 08

Third Round Proper - 3rd January 09

Fourth Round Proper - 24th January 09

Fifth Round Proper - 14th February 09

Sixth Round Proper - 7th March 09

Semi-Finals - 18th / 19th April 09

Final - 30th May 09

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And the Knockout Rounds for European Events

February 24/25 2nd round Champions League, 1st leg
March 10/11 2nd round Champions League, 2nd leg
April, 7/8 Quarter Finals Champions League, 1st leg
April 14/15 Quarter Finals Champions League, 2nd leg
April 28/29 Semi Finals Champions League, 1st leg
May 5/6 Semi Finals Champions League, 2nd leg
May 27 Final Champions League (Rome)

February 18/19 3rd round UEFA Cup, 1st leg
February 26 3rd round UEFA Cup, 2nd leg
March 12 4th round UEFA Cup, 1st leg
March 18/19 4th round UEFA Cup, 2nd leg
April 9 Quarter Finals UEFA Cup, 1st leg
April 16 Quarter Finals UEFA Cup, 2nd leg
April 30 Semi Finals UEFA Cup, 1st leg
May 7 Semi Finals UEFA Cup, 2nd leg
May 20 Final UEFA Cup (Istanbul)

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Can someone please confirm that the first day of premiership action is on the 16th August 2008 please.

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dingram041 wrote:Can someone please confirm that the first day of premiership action is on the 16th August 2008 please.
That's what the first post in this thread states, so yes.

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Just wanted confirmation, so thank you.

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Judio wrote:From their website faqs

When does the Barclays Premier League start its season?

The Barclays Premier League will kick off its 2008/09 season on Saturday 16th August 2008.

Barclays Premier League 2008-09 fixtures will be released on Monday 16th June 2008
Is this not enough confirmation???

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Football League season dates:

- Sat 9 August 2008 - first league fixtures
- Sat 2 May 2009 - last league fixtures
- Sat 23 May - League Two playoff final
- Sun 24 May - League One playoff final
- Mon 25 May - Championship playoff final

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So if another Championship side makes the FA Cup Final(and do not make the Play Offs)

They will have not played for FOUR WEEKS before the Final !!!!

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Is there a Bookie available that will let me bet that the Big Four
will happen to play each other on the same day for the third year running :roll:

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No League Games on New Years Day

The FA Cup is traditionally staged on the first Saturday in January and this season the first day of 2009 falls on a Thursday which is a day when we wouldn't normally have a league programme on. It is a shame, but we can't schedule matches on New Years Eve because the Police Forces up and down the Country would not accept them because it is undoubtedly the busiest night of the year for them.

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Judio wrote:Is there a Bookie available that will let me bet that the Big Four
will happen to play each other on the same day for the third year running :roll:
Hope you didn't place a large wager :wink:

Let's see how Sky manage to wangle their Super Sundays this season?

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