sounds like a good plan!
Wednesday June 26th is the date for your calendars. On mine already. Pick out which games I want to come over for. Scrap any on international weekends. Scrap any that might be picked by Sky for broadcasting at daft o'clock on Sillyday. Book my flight for the 1 remaining home game in the next 2 months
sounds like a good plan!
Reading elsewhere something that, if true, warms the cockles of my heart. Before the big kick off, it seems Sky will be announcing ALL to be televised EFL games up to the week of the FA Cup 3rd round. That means I'll know, hopefully mid July, what games are being moved. I can pick midweek games. I can do consecutive home games Tue/Sat or vice versa. Skip games on international weekends just to be on the safe side.
My august flights may well be expensive (or should I say more so than the others) but my other trips can be booked well in advance and at good rates. idem ditto hotels. That might even see me able to do more games than usual. That would be a win.
That's good they are announcing them early, expecting lots of disruption.
Here's the info with regards to Sky TV games next season
They do have a habit of changing games, especially later on as the season progresses and the performance of teams is able to be assessed.
What will happen looks crystal clear in the EFL page showing how much notice there will be. In the week following fixture release day, all broadcasts for August and September will be released.
Before August the 10th, broadcasts between 1 September and the New Year games will be announced. (Weekend after that is 3rd round FA Cup).
November 1, all broadcasts from begin January up to the 1st weekend of March.
February 1st, all broadcasts for the 4 weeks starting after the 1st weekend in March. 4 weeks later the next 4 week tranche and so on every 4 weeks. This will almost certainly avoid them changing their minds in March, April and May (if there are any May matches...)
Not exactly a gentle introduction to the Championship! Those first 6 games look tough!
Fri 09 August 20:00 BLACKBURN DERBY
Sat 17 August 15:00 DERBY MIDDLESBROUGH
Sat 24 August 15:00 WATFORD DERBY
Sat 31 August 15:00 DERBY BRISTOL CITY
Sat 14 September 15:00 DERBY CARDIFF CITY
Sat 21 September 15:00 SHEFFIELD UNITED DERBY
Sat 28 September 15:00 DERBY NORWICH CITY
Tue 01 October 19:45 SUNDERLAND DERBY
Sat 05 October 15:00 DERBY QUEENS PARK RANGERS
Sat 19 October 15:00 MILLWALL DERBY
Tue 22 October 19:45 OXFORD UNITED DERBY
Sat 26 October 15:00 DERBY HULL CITY
Sat 02 November 15:00 STOKE CITY DERBY
Wed 06 November 19:45 COVENTRY CITY DERBY
Sat 09 November 15:00 DERBY PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Sat 23 November 15:00 PRESTON NORTH END DERBY
Wed 27 November 19:45 DERBY SWANSEA CITY
Sat 30 November 15:00 DERBY SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Sat 07 December 15:00 LEEDS UNITED DERBY
Tue 10 December 19:45 BURNLEY DERBY
Sat 14 December 15:00 DERBY PORTSMOUTH
Sat 21 December 15:00 LUTON TOWN DERBY
Thu 26 December 15:00 DERBY WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Sun 29 December 15:00 DERBY LEEDS UNITED
Wed 01 January 15:00 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY DERBY
Sat 04 January 15:00 BRISTOL CITY DERBY
Sat 18 January 15:00 DERBY WATFORD
Tue 21 January 19:45 DERBY SUNDERLAND
Sat 25 January 15:00 CARDIFF CITY DERBY
Sat 01 February 15:00 DERBY SHEFFIELD UNITED
Sat 08 February 15:00 NORWICH CITY DERBY
Tue 11 February 19:45 DERBY OXFORD UNITED
Sat 15 February 15:00 QUEENS PARK RANGERS DERBY
Sat 22 February 15:00 DERBY MILLWALL
Sat 01 March 15:00 MIDDLESBROUGH DERBY
Sat 08 March 15:00 DERBY BLACKBURN
Tue 11 March 19:45 DERBY COVENTRY CITY
Sat 15 March 15:00 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE DERBY
Sat 29 March 15:00 DERBY PRESTON NORTH END
Sat 05 April 15:00 SWANSEA CITY DERBY
Wed 09 April 19:45 DERBY BURNLEY
Sat 12 April 15:00 PORTSMOUTH DERBY
Fri 18 April 15:00 DERBY LUTON TOWN
Mon 21 April 15:00 WEST BROMWICH ALBION DERBY
Sat 26 April 15:00 HULL CITY DERBY
Sat 03 May 15:00 DERBY STOKE CITY
December isn't a bundle of laughs either!!