Premier League Fixtures

[afalang]

It has been 'leaked' that Everton will play Liverpoo at Goodison Park on the first day of the new season. The full fixture list is:

Arsenal v Bolton

Birmingham v Portsmouth

Everton V Liverpoo

Charlton v Man City

Fulham v Blackburn

Man Utd v West Brom

Newcastle v Villa

Middlesbrough v Sunderland

West Ham v Tottenham

Wigan v Chelsea

Official Annoucement is set for June 23rd.

[EvertonChris]

Saw that yesterday on Bluekipper.

If we get them in the qualifiers aswell....

3 Derbys in a row

[ThaiPauly]

I expect Wigan to get a rude awakening about life in the Pemiership.

Can't wait to see it, just wished the season started earlier, Saturdays without football is just not the same

[lampard10]

what?

[ProfessorFart]

Wigan vs Chelsea?

Early season humiliation for the commies! Nice!

[lampard10]

Wigan vs Chelsea?

Early season humiliation for the commies! Nice!

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Wigan aren't Commies are they? Oh yeah they're Northerners.

[ProfessorFart]

Wigan aren't Commies are they? Oh yeah they're Northerners.

Anyway thats my last mention of footie until August unless the Spurs get Owen or someone nicks Holt from Dale!

While I'm on the subject of Holt,should any of the interseted parties be reading TV, the minimum price is 1 Million so please don't think of making shitty 150K offers Swansea twa ts.

[Shivek]

Arsenal vs. Bolton a hard match for arse

[bartender100]

I would take that list with a pinch of salt,it was posted by someone on the Everton site,can't see the FA leaking something like this.

Wait till Thursday

[afalang]

as expected the 'leaked' first day fixture list has been dismissed by the FA.

The first day fixure list proper will be announced at 10:00 GMT, Thursday

23 June.

shame really as it would have been nice to inflict pain on the 'dark-side'

so early in the season

[afalang]

after reading about the 'leaked' fixture list on the Thai Visa forum

the Premier League have posted this interesting article on the official

web site, describing how they actually compile the EPL fixture list.

The release of the 380-game fixture list for the Barclays Premiership 2005/06 season this Thursday at 10am will mark the end of a complex process involving several months of work for representatives of all the parties involved.

The Premier League work alongside the Football League, together with representatives of the Football Association, the Football Supporters' Federation and the Police to create a final schedule, which is acceptable to all.

The domestic football season runs from August through to May the following year, with the league fixture schedule having to take into account the requirements for international matches, European club competitions, the FA Cup and League Cup.

First priority in the calendar goes to international matches - such as World Cup and European Championship qualifiers - with European club competitions, the FA Cup and League Cup taking respective precedence on their selected dates.

Fixture questionnaires are also distributed to the 20 Barclays Premiership clubs on which they can make date requests and specify their preferred midweek day and kick-off time.

A variety of requests are made by clubs in the Premier League and Football League, with the compilers asked to meet - on average - over 100 date requests.

The success rate is almost 90 per cent for such requests, which range from pop concerts, carnivals and political party conferences to the Darlington Dog Show.

Given the amount of data to be handled, software developed by Atos Origin is then used to compile the full fixture list taking into account the agreed schedule and requests from clubs.

Each club across the league is also paired with another, and these clubs will not play home matches on the same day - for example Manchester United and Manchester City.

The Atos Origin software also ensures that any club who are away on the opening day of the season will be at home for their next match, and prevents clubs having a run of more than two home or away matches in sequence.

The fixtures for Boxing Day matches are hand-picked to ensure that as many fans as possible are able to see their team in action at a time when the availability of public transport is reduced.

Once the Atos Origin software has produced the fixture list, it is analysed by the fixture officers from the Premier League and Football League before being approved by representatives of the FA, FSF and Police.

The fixtures are then released to the public, with the selection of matches to appear live on BSkyB being made shortly after.

And you can be the first to see the new fixtures for the 2005/06 Barclays Premiership season when they are released here on premierleague.com at 10am on Thursday.

[bartender100]

Well here it is,sorry if it's already ben posted.At least the leaked list got Wigan Chelsea right.

3 August 2005

Arsenal v Newcastle, 15:00

Aston Villa v Bolton, 15:00

Everton v Man Utd, 15:00

Fulham v Birmingham, 15:00

Man City v West Brom, 15:00

Middlesbrough v Liverpool, 15:00

Portsmouth v Tottenham, 15:00

Sunderland v Charlton, 15:00

West Ham v Blackburn, 15:00

Wigan v Chelsea, 15:00