Plenty of rumours saying west ham at Anfield 1st weekemnd o f the new season I'm sure there will be more rumours tomorrow and Thursday
Saw a listing on twitter a few weeks ago and West Ham at home was on it. Probably where it’s originated from.
So do we now have to wait for Sky, Bt and Amazon to reveal their tv/ streaming dates before booking anything?
Amazon are not a broadcaster of any games for this season ahead. So yes, Sky and BT will have a baring on when matches scheduled. There might be a few clues in the release on Thursday around the Champions League games, if the club was drawn against another qualified side. Or even a game against a Europa League qualified side. The League Cup 3rd round dates can have a bearing to as well as the International Breaks (1st one is a week later this season) so four matches will be played instead of the usual three. Last season the fixture announcement was on the 15th June with the television announcement for games up until the end of November coming on the 6th of July. Expect something similar. One other interesting thing is that Spurs have been given until Friday to make a decision on where they will have to play their home matches next season. Ordinarily the Premier League Rules prevent a team moving their home stadia during a season. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...-wembley-return-for-next-season-a3860881.html
West Ham info was good. Everton, United, Arsenal and City in a month. Did they Put city v Arsenal opening day to rebuff rumours of no top 6 games opening day?
That is next season. There would have to be an exception. Think there was one match in the Premier League and two in the FA Cup.
August 11 – West Ham United (H) 18 – Crystal Palace (A) 25 – Brighton and Hove Albion (H) September 1 – Leicester City (A) 15 – Tottenham Hotspur (A) 22 – Southampton (H) 29 – Chelsea (A) October 6 – Manchester City (H) 20 – Huddersfield Town (A) 27 – Cardiff City (H) November 3 – Arsenal (A) 10 – Fulham (H) 24 – Watford (A) December 1 – Everton (H) 4 – Burnley (A) 8 – Bournemouth (A) 15 – Manchester United (H) 22 – Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) 26 – Newcastle United (H) 29 - Arsenal (H) January 1 – Manchester City (A) 12 – Brighton and Hove Albion (A) 19 – Crystal Palace (H) 30 – Leicester City (H) February 2 – West Ham United (A) 9 – Bournemouth (H) 23 – Manchester United (A) 27 – Watford (H) March 2 – Everton (A) 9 – Burnley (H) 16 – Fulham (A) 30 – Tottenham Hotspur (H) April 6 – Southampton (A) 13 – Chelsea (H) 20 – Cardiff City (A) 27 – Huddersfield Town (H) May 4 – Newcastle United (A) 12 – Wolverhampton Wanderers (H)
Couple of observations. Spurs (A) nailed on for the Saturday. 1st game at the New White Hart Lane. Chelsea (A) could it be Saturday at 17:30 on BT Sport. Only possible for Friday night or Saturday. Sky normally go low key this weekend. It is the Ryder Cup. Arsenal (A) probably not Sunday unless a potential swop would be also named when the TV fixtures come out. April 2019 Liverpool away this year for when the Grand National is on.
Nice steady run of fixture in the whole bar September with few aways and Chelsea city back to back. Good run after this though. Xmas is bonkers really. 7 games in December and 1 on 1st January.
Looking like a fair run of fixtures. Newcastle, Arsenal and City in the space of a few days over the Christmas period will be tough. April and May looking good for the run in though.
Lionel, we need your powers of prophecy and prediction exercised asap so we can screw Michael O'Leary out of as much money as possible by booking flights early!!
Tv announcement dates Period of matches Approx date of announcement Aug/Sept 6 July Oct/Nov 7 August Dec/Jan 12 October Feb 12 December Mar 25 January Apr 22 February May 5 April MW38 post-MW3