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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on June 12, 2024, 05:58:32 PM
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The release of the Premier League fixtures for the 2024/25 season has been confirmed to take place at 09:00 BST on Tuesday 18 June.
Dates for all 380 matches will be released at that time on premierleague.com and via the Premier League's official app.
The 2024/25 season will consist of 33 weekends, four midweek rounds of matches and one Bank Holiday Matchweek.
The Premier League 2024/25 season dates have been confirmed, with the campaign starting on 17 August 2024, 90 days after the 2023/24 Premier League concludes on 19 May.
The final match round of the 2024/25 season will be played on 25 May 2025, when all matches will kick off simultaneously as usual.
In keeping with previous commitments made to clubs to address the congested schedule across Christmas and New Year, arrangements will be made to allow more rest time over three of the festive match rounds, with no club playing within 60 hours of another match. There will be no fixture on 24 December 2024.
The mid-season break has also been removed from the calendar to allow a mid-August start date for the Premier League.
This longer summer break allows all Premier League clubs to be better able to ensure that players get a consecutive three-week break in the summer. This takes into account expert advice from medical and technical departments, which values a longer period of complete rest in the summer rather than a short break in the winter.
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Ipswich A. 5-0 loss, win the league in between and then lose last game of the season to Leicester 5-0. Win the CL.
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Once we have the fixture list, we'll be able to see on what weekends we'll lose 3-2 to Yanited.
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100% Ipswich away
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No newly promoted sides early on please.
Would prefer Tottenham later on too, when they've burnt themselves out.
Wouldn't mind playing either of the Manc sides early on.
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Man City or Chelsea last game might be decent, as they may rest players for the World Club Cashgrab, if it goes ahead. Though not if Man City still haven't won the league, yet.
Would like Liverpool away first. As we always lose our first match it may as well be against somebody good.
And give us a decent Boxing Day match, for once.
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I never mind getting a "top" side early, get them while they aren't ready in the hope we are.
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I never mind getting a "top" side early, get them while they aren't ready in the hope we are.
Worked for Newcastle last year.
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A home game to start, please. Villa Park in the sun and a full house to welcome our new signings.
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I'm assuming that we have asked to be away first, again.
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I'm assuming that we have asked to be away first, again.
With all the stadium reconfig ongoing you’d assume so.
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Leicester away - 1st game on Sky - Friday Evening
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A home game to start, please. Villa Park in the sun and a full house to welcome our new signings.
3-1 v Yanited, Country House about to go to number one. (A bit of a crap tune in hindsight but it felt like it mattered, y'know?)
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A home game to start, please. Villa Park in the sun and a full house to welcome our new signings.
3-1 v Yanited, Country House about to go to number one. (A bit of a crap tune in hindsight but it felt like it mattered, y'know?)
Some Might Say was weak as piss as well.
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Roll With It, I think it was up against. But neither are much cop!
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I think Country House gets slated because of everything that happened after. It certainly isn't the best Blur song, but it is a really well crafted song and stands up better than a lot of stuff from back then.
Roll With It was shit. Noel Gallagher could have released some of their bloody b-sides and had a better shot at the number one.
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Roll With It, I think it was up against. But neither are much cop!
I think you're right there, on both counts. I was an Oasis man (kid) at the time but even by their standards I thought both tunes were 'ringing it in'.
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Roll With It, I think it was up against. But neither are much cop!
Exactly......in the matter of Blur v Oasis, the answer is The Auteurs
Blur were a bit bland, but Oasis were bloody terrible
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Roll with it sounded perfect sang by 40,000 of us at Wembley after we beat dirty leeds 3-0
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Roll with it sounded perfect sang by 40,000 of us at Wembley after we beat dirty leeds 3-0
The Villa crowd has the collective voice of an angel, we could make anything sound beautiful.
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Did they Villa-fy the lyrics?
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Did they Villa-fy the lyrics?
You've got the Holte with you,
You gotta take your time,
You gotta play what you play,
Don't let anybody get in your way.
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Good effort, was trying to think of a Villa player who would scan with the sound of the word "Roll", maybe "goal" instead.
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When the fixtures are announced, as certain as night follows day, there will be no matches between the 'Sky 6' on the final day of the season, the 'Sky 6' have an arrangement with the Premier League. This will now be 16 seasons, that this has happened.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league-top-six-fix-30237654
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I don't think it's an "arrangement", as such. More just that Sky/BT know they'll get decent viewing figures in the opening and closing weekends and would rather spread the "big" games out through the season.
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That is disgraceful and surely against competition "fair play" rules.
I have always suspected that the fixtures are "massaged" to ensure supadupa mega weekend for sky - which seemingly happens often.
Although the fixture list fucked Spurs over at the end of the season so tough shit to them.
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Ipswich (a)
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There's an argument you'd rather play the higher-rated clubs later on if they're not that bothered.
Obviously you don't want Man City in the run-in if they need wins, but I can remember last day victories against less than fully-arsed Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal teams, off the top of my head, and we were one of the top teams last year and I bet Palace aren't too upset that they had to play us last.
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When the fixtures are announced, as certain as night follows day, there will be no matches between the 'Sky 6' on the final day of the season, the 'Sky 6' have an arrangement with the Premier League. This will now be 16 seasons, that this has happened.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league-top-six-fix-30237654
16 seasons? Was there a top six 16 years ago? It was still the top four as I recall. Man City and Spurs hadn't yet caught up with the other four.
So what you are saying is that in 2009, the Premier League decided that two teams that had finished 8th and 10th the previous season and never played in the Champions League before, should be protected as part of the elite?
2008/09 Spurs 8th, Man City 10th
2007/08 Spurs 11th, Man City 9th
2006/07 Spurs 5th, Man City 14th
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There's clearly at the very least an unwritten rule that says that big clubs won't play each other on the first or last day of the season. Because they rarely do, and the odds of that happening every year if there wasn't some intervention are miniscule.
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Yep. But there's no evidence it's because they've asked for it, as Lew thinks. Much more likely it's the broadcasters' choice.
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Ipswich Town away.
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I reckon it'll be Leicester away, and we'll lose. They will also give us a horrendous Boxing Day game and will play it at the most inconvenient time imaginable.
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Yep. But there's no evidence it's because they've asked for it, as Lew thinks. Much more likely it's the broadcasters' choice.
The Daily Star article clearly says there is an anarrangement with the Sky 6 CD. The reason they want it is, scenario last day of this season, only Man City and Liverpool have a chance of winning the league, neither of the would want to play another Sky 6 club, when the other has a home fixture with say Ipswich, also as far as I am aware the broadcasters don't have a say in compiling the fixtures.
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The Daily Star article is a massive pile of supposition with no supporting evidence. Broadcasters undoubtedly have a say in fixtures. Clubs don't, other than the ability to ask for away games when doing stadium redevelopment or asking to avoid certain days like the Hillsborough anniversary. There is no way six clubs are all colluding to demand who they play, twice a season. Absolute tin-hat stuff mate, I'm afraid.
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West Ham (a) first game. Man U (a) last game.
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Fulham away as our first match is my guess.
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Very few leaks this year.
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We have been away for our last 8 premier league seasons on the opening day. So in keeping with tradition - Southampton … away.
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Crystal Palace away.
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Another vote for Ipswich (a) from me.
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West Ham (a) first game. Man U (a) last game.
This
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Just want to make sure it’s Boxing Day at home
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Erm... does anyone know where we go to see them? Or do we just keep refreshing things and someone will tell us?
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Also, I'm very disappointed in the lack of 'leaks' this year.
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I reckon Chelsea away first up and Wet Spam at home last game.
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I reckon Chelsea away first up and Wet Spam at home last game.
I do like a home last game.
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Erm... does anyone know where we go to see them? Or do we just keep refreshing things and someone will tell us?
Will be on the Villa website in about four minutes.
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Used to always be if you were at home first game you were away last game, and vice versa, which seemed fair. They've ignored that "rule" a fair few times recently, though. Expect newly-promoted club away first, tough game away last, and horrific Man U atrocity over Christmas to ruin everyone's time off.
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West Ham away. Saturday 5.30pm kick-off on Sky. They didn't give us a newly-promoted team so we've got a new manager instead.
Arsenal at home second game. Very tough start.
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Very few leaks this year.
There's no Welsh teams in the Premier.
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West Ham away.
Disgusting.
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Newcastle away on Boxing day?
Fuck sake.
I wouldn't wanna be a police horse.
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First and last game away.
Man Utd last day of the season
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West Ham (a) first game. Man U (a) last game.
Lucky guess?
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First and last game away.
Man Utd last day of the season
4th place decider, I hope
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Guard of Honour for us from Man U players at Old Trafford on the final day.
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So away first day last day and Boxing Day. Seems reasonable.
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I bet the Newcastle game will be at arsehole'o'clock too. >:(
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First game, last game and Boxing Day all being away again is crap
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Spurs last home game followed by Man U away. FTF
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When do Sky and BT get hold of our fixtures and move them?
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At least our traditional opening day defeat is at a ground we are usually rubbish at anyway.
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The 3rd round of the FA Cup looks late - the weekend of 11th January. Presumably because there won't be any replays.
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So away first day last day and Boxing Day. Seems reasonable.
Some one on here will soon tell us it's not a conspiracy :'(
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Apparently we’re away 5/7 matches after champions league games
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When do Sky and BT get hold of our fixtures and move them?
They've already moved the first one.
We have been relatively lucky in terms of avoiding home games after Thursday European games in the early part of the season, at least. Only Man U guaranteed to move.
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I predict a bad first month and a good second month.
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Apparently we’re away 5/7 matches after champions league games
What about the eighth one?
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Chelsea vs Man City in the first weekend. Sorry, Villa Lew.
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When do Sky and BT get hold of our fixtures and move them?
This is a first, in the past we had to wait a couple of weeks, before the live matches were announced.
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Father Christmas fucking hates Villa. Beardy, hippy twat.
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That fixture list is a living nightmare
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If you're away first game you should be at home last game. How difficult can that be to arrange?
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Away again first game? When did we last have a home game on the opening day, it must be ages
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Apparently we’re away 5/7 matches after champions league games
What about the eighth one?
Ha, I Just copied the gist of it from a WhatsApp message. 8th game must be on neutral territory 😉
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If you're away first game you should be at home last game. How difficult can that be to arrange?
Weren't we away first game last season because we requested it due to the work on the ground?
It would make sense they have requested it again this season as we know they are tight on the shop being ready for the season.
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Apparently we’re away 5/7 matches after champions league games
What about the eighth one?
Ha, I Just copied the gist of it from a WhatsApp message. 8th game must be on neutral territory 😉
Gonna be a bloody nightmare playing in Switzerland after a tough European game ☹️
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If you're away first game you should be at home last game. How difficult can that be to arrange?
Weren't we away first game last season because we requested it due to the work on the ground?
It would make sense they have requested it again this season as we know they are tight on the shop being ready for the season.
Yep, so we should be at home last game. If they weren't massive twats.
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West Ham away 5.30 ko for tv…hope it goes better than opening day at 5.30 last season
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West Ham (a) first game. Man U (a) last game.
Lucky guess?
No. I’m your brand new super ITK.
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If you're away first game you should be at home last game. How difficult can that be to arrange?
Weren't we away first game last season because we requested it due to the work on the ground?
It would make sense they have requested it again this season as we know they are tight on the shop being ready for the season.
Yep, so we should be at home last game. If they weren't massive twats.
I'm guessing we've requested it for the same reason - aren't we supposed to be putting in another 1200 seats next summer? We should be at home on Boxing Day though, instead we get the worst away trip of the season which is bound to be moved to 20:00.
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Man Utd last day of the season
And I thought top 6 playing each other on last day was forbidden. Oh hang on its only manure.
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If you're away first game you should be at home last game. How difficult can that be to arrange?
Weren't we away first game last season because we requested it due to the work on the ground?
It would make sense they have requested it again this season as we know they are tight on the shop being ready for the season.
Yep, so we should be at home last game. If they weren't massive twats.
I'm guessing we've requested it for the same reason - aren't we supposed to be putting in another 1200 seats next summer? We should be at home on Boxing Day though, instead we get the worst away trip of the season which is bound to be moved to 20:00.
It's the whole league, not just Villa. All the teams that are away first game are away last game.
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Chelsea vs Man City in the first weekend. Sorry, Villa Lew.
No meetings between the clubs on the last day of the season CD, which makes it 16 seasons now.
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If we can just squeeze six points out of the first two games
I reckon we can pick up maximum points in the following five games
That would be a decent start to the season in my view
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Chelsea vs Man City in the first weekend. Sorry, Villa Lew.
No meetings between the clubs on the last day of the season CD, which makes it 16 seasons now.
Fair enough. Misread your post. It's still the broadcasters, not the clubs that request it though. A quick Google will show evidence (won't post link as the link was from a Far Right rag).
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November is pretty rough.
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If you're away first game you should be at home last game. How difficult can that be to arrange?
Weren't we away first game last season because we requested it due to the work on the ground?
It would make sense they have requested it again this season as we know they are tight on the shop being ready for the season.
Yep, so we should be at home last game. If they weren't massive twats.
I'm guessing we've requested it for the same reason - aren't we supposed to be putting in another 1200 seats next summer? We should be at home on Boxing Day though, instead we get the worst away trip of the season which is bound to be moved to 20:00.
It's the whole league, not just Villa. All the teams that are away first game are away last game.
Well that's just shit, doesn't seem fair at all.
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Apparently we’re away 5/7 matches after champions league games
What about the eighth one?
Ha, I Just copied the gist of it from a WhatsApp message. 8th game must be on neutral territory 😉
We’re not, it’s 4 home, 4 away after CL games, first 3 at home, then 3 away.
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Away first game, away last game, away boxing day, difficult Christmas schedule.
tick.
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Chelsea vs Man City in the first weekend. Sorry, Villa Lew.
No meetings between the clubs on the last day of the season CD, which makes it 16 seasons now.
Fair enough. Misread your post. It's still the broadcasters, not the clubs that request it though. A quick Google will show evidence (won't post link as the link was from a Far Right rag).
Ok then, but it's still wrong though.
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West Ham away 5.30 ko for tv…hope it goes better than opening day at 5.30 last season
I am expecting a reversal of last season's result in the corresponding fixture....followed by a flat season.
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If you're away first game you should be at home last game. How difficult can that be to arrange?
Weren't we away first game last season because we requested it due to the work on the ground?
It would make sense they have requested it again this season as we know they are tight on the shop being ready for the season.
Yep, so we should be at home last game. If they weren't massive twats.
I'm guessing we've requested it for the same reason - aren't we supposed to be putting in another 1200 seats next summer? We should be at home on Boxing Day though, instead we get the worst away trip of the season which is bound to be moved to 20:00.
Yes, this makes sense as they shut the club shop after the last home game to start the refurb and still said they were two weeks behind where they wanted to be to get it ready for the opening of the season.
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Tough November, and would prefer to be away at Citeh earlier in the season. Other than that, the fixtures seem fine to me, with a decent chance to build some momentum in the first few months.
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If we are in the top half at the end of August, we are in for a good season, I reckon.
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Win the first game and take the momentum into the rest of the season.
That Arse game will be a cracker.
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We're massively overdue a win at West Ham, there's no good reason for our record there to be as shit as it is.
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Is that Arse game likely to be moved for TV purposes? I'll be on holiday then (what's new? ho, ho!) and could feasibly get over for that.
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Apparently we’re away 5/7 matches after champions league games
What about the eighth one?
Ha, I Just copied the gist of it from a WhatsApp message. 8th game must be on neutral territory 😉
We’re not, it’s 4 home, 4 away after CL games, first 3 at home, then 3 away.
I’ll report back to my mate that he’s a bullshitter, he’s normally on the ball with all things concerning AVFC.
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Away again first game? When did we last have a home game on the opening day, it must be ages
In the Premier League? 2009 - Beat West Ham 3-0
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The Boxing Day fixtures are interesting, in that of the 11 teams who are in the South, the only team who have to play outside of the South on that day are Tottenham, who go to Notts Forest.
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We are at home to Palace on the 23rd November, the closest Saturday to our founding day. I bet that was requested and they have something big planned.
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Nobody can tell me the fixtures aren't a stitch-up. Away at Old Trafford on the last day? Come on, imagine the execs at Sky wanking themselves silly over a final day crunch match between a team nobody cares about and a team that's nowhere near as good as they used to be. They've done us again.
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We are at home to Palace on the 23rd November, the closest Saturday to our founding day. I bet that was requested and they have something big planned.
*Paging Dave W*
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The Boxing Day fixtures are interesting, in that of the 11 teams who are in the South, the only team who have to play outside of the South on that day are Tottenham, who go to Notts Forest.
To jordies we count as a southern team.
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I see that between 3 December and 4 January, we have 5 home games and 2 away.
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West Ham (a) first game. Man U (a) last game.
Lucky guess?
No. I’m your brand new super ITK.
it was on twitter at about 8.15
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Is that Arse game likely to be moved for TV purposes? I'll be on holiday then (what's new? ho, ho!) and could feasibly get over for that.
Be amazed if it wasn't on telly.
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We are at home to Palace on the 23rd November, the closest Saturday to our founding day. I bet that was requested and they have something big planned.
*Paging Dave W*
If they do an on field event, I look forward to Head Dave going onto the pitch, grabbing a microphone and putting everybody right :)
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I must say I will be disappointed from anything less than 13 from first 5.
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Lopetegui seems to have Emery's number, not expecting an opening day win cos it never fucking happens.
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Lopetegui seems to have Emery's number, not expecting an opening day win cos it never fucking happens.
Yeah, I was thinking this too.
Opening day...
WHAM! away...
Against Lopetegui...
It's like tripple snake eyes! (Snake eyes + snake anus?)
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Is that Arse game likely to be moved for TV purposes? I'll be on holiday then (what's new? ho, ho!) and could feasibly get over for that.
Be amazed if it wasn't on telly.
I really hope it's not moved to the Sunday. I'm due to be taking my stepson to Reading Festival for the day!
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Is that Arse game likely to be moved for TV purposes? I'll be on holiday then (what's new? ho, ho!) and could feasibly get over for that.
Be amazed if it wasn't on telly.
I really hope it's not moved to the Sunday. I'm due to be taking my stepson to Reading Festival for the day!
It’ll be a tv game for sure…billed as them going for revenge for us smashing up their title bid haha
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West Ham don’t play a league game outside of London until November! Their first 9 games are all in London.
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We are at home to Palace on the 23rd November, the closest Saturday to our founding day. I bet that was requested and they have something big planned.
*Paging Dave W*
There's nothing planned for that day, not only for the obvious reason but also because it clashes with the pub bombings anniversary.
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If you're away first game you should be at home last game. How difficult can that be to arrange?
Very.
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We are at home to Palace on the 23rd November, the closest Saturday to our founding day. I bet that was requested and they have something big planned.
*Paging Dave W*
There's nothing planned for that day, not only for the obvious reason but also because it clashes with the pub bombings anniversary.
I think BV was actually expecting a rebuttal of the founding day.
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Sky have already picked up the West Ham game. They wouldn't pick us for the first 2 games would they? More likely that BT will take it, I would have thought. Are they still having Saturday lunch time or are they moving it to Saturday nights?
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While they're buggering around with the fixture list, it really should be alternating years for being home and away on Boxing Day, as far as possible. That's two horrendous away trips in terms of travel two years running.
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Last train to Wigan is 20:31. Ooooooh be tight.
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Nice to see PL helping us in CL weeks by scheduling us mostly away from home those weeks.
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West Ham don’t play a league game outside of London until November! Their first 9 games are all in London.
Just saw that. Crazy.
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Nice to see PL helping us in CL weeks by scheduling us mostly away from home those weeks.
Before or after CL game?
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Just tried to plot the cup games into the league fixtures. No official dates/schedule for the domestic cups as yet, so assumed similar to 2023-24 season. Also worth noting after the Wolves game in September the usual Villa/Wolves at home on the same day goes to cock for the rest of the season.
(https://i.ibb.co/m9Q4Zck/AVFC-Fixtues-2024-25.png) (https://ibb.co/m9Q4Zck)
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Nice to see PL helping us in CL weeks by scheduling us mostly away from home those weeks.
Before or after CL game?
Before.
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I hope we have lifted the title before our inevitable defeat on the last day at Old Trafford. I just don’t need the stress.
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If you're away first game you should be at home last game. How difficult can that be to arrange?
Very.
They've managed it plenty of times. Absolute piece of piss.
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Just tried to plot the cup games into the league fixtures. No official dates/schedule for the domestic cups as yet, so assumed similar to 2023-24 season. Also worth noting after the Wolves game in September the usual Villa/Wolves at home on the same day goes to cock for the rest of the season.
(https://i.ibb.co/m9Q4Zck/AVFC-Fixtues-2024-25.png) (https://ibb.co/m9Q4Zck)
FA Cup schedule...
https://www.thefa.com/competitions/thefacup/round-dates
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League season finishes the week after the FA Cup final.
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Nobody can tell me the fixtures aren't a stitch-up. Away at Old Trafford on the last day? Come on, imagine the execs at Sky wanking themselves silly over a final day crunch match between a team nobody cares about and a team that's nowhere near as good as they used to be. They've done us again.
I remember that we got pasted 5-0 at the arse and they were then opening their shit stadium the following season so they somehow contrived to get Villa at home for their first ever League match. Some Arse cack-faced twit must have influenced that. One Melberg header later - ha!
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Dave’s posted on bbc.
Aston Villa are away in their first game, last game and on Boxing Day again. Seems to have become an annual thing.
Dave
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West Ham (a) first game. Man U (a) last game.
Lucky guess?
No. I’m your brand new super ITK.
it was on twitter at about 8.15
Oh no! Busted!
Actually. I could point out that my post was before 8am. And continue to pretend I’m ITK. Rather than just reading Twitter.
Might do that instead.
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Nice to see PL helping us in CL weeks by scheduling us mostly away from home those weeks.
Before or after CL game?
Before.
Not true. We have 4 home and 4 away games. Before and after all CL group games.
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Nice to see PL helping us in CL weeks by scheduling us mostly away from home those weeks.
Before or after CL game?
Before.
Not true. We have 4 home and 4 away games. Before and after all CL group games.
The bastards.
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They HATE us
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When are the local derbies against Small Heath and the Albion?
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When are the local derbies against Small Heath and the Albion?
They couldn't be bothered to schedule them, that's how much they hate us.
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When are the local derbies against Small Heath and the Albion?
Just after the Leeds game.
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Not too bad of a start for us.
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When was our last opening day home game? It can't be 2-2 v Bolton, all goals scored before the H&V sellers had taken their seats.
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Nobody can tell me the fixtures aren't a stitch-up. Away at Old Trafford on the last day? Come on, imagine the execs at Sky wanking themselves silly over a final day crunch match between a team nobody cares about and a team that's nowhere near as good as they used to be. They've done us again.
I remember that we got pasted 5-0 at the arse and they were then opening their shit stadium the following season so they somehow contrived to get Villa at home for their first ever League match. Some Arse cack-faced twit must have influenced that. One Melberg header later - ha!
I wasn't being serious.
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When was our last opening day home game? It can't be 2-2 v Bolton, all goals scored before the H&V sellers had taken their seats.
2020 v Sheff Utd, think its forgotten about as it was during covid times and the season began in September.
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Last time we played our first game at home was in 2020, a one-nil win over Sheffield United courtesy of Ezri Konsa, with Emi Martinez saving a penalty on debut. However, it wasn't actually the scheduled opening day game. That was a trip to Manchester City which was postponed to give them more time to recover from their European exertions in the previous season which didn't finish until late July due to Covid interruption.
Last time we were actually drawn to play at home first game, and also the last home opener in front of a crowd, was a 1-1 draw with Hull City in 2017 featuring one of Agbonlahor's final goals.
Last opening weekend top flight game at Villa Park was a three-nil win against West Ham in 2010, a few days after the O'Neill flounce, with goals from Downing and Petrov. Milner completed the scoring before signing for Man City the following week. And pretty much a decade of shit began.
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When was our last opening day home game? It can't be 2-2 v Bolton, all goals scored before the H&V sellers had taken their seats.
I saw one of them. Must have sold out earlier!
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When was our last opening day home game? It can't be 2-2 v Bolton, all goals scored before the H&V sellers had taken their seats.
According to that United supporting Cockney twat on talksport they have been drawn at home for the opening game of the season for the last nine years.
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When was our last opening day home game? It can't be 2-2 v Bolton, all goals scored before the H&V sellers had taken their seats.
2020 v Sheff Utd, think its forgotten about as it was during covid times and the season began in September.
Although this was thew scheduled 2nd game. The first game that season was Man City away but had to be rearranged because of the super cup I think. Last PL home game on MW1 was West Ham in 2010 I think. Milner's last game.
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When was our last opening day home game? It can't be 2-2 v Bolton, all goals scored before the H&V sellers had taken their seats.
According to that United supporting Cockney twat on talksport they have been drawn at home for the opening game of the season for the last nine years.
The odds of that are over 500 to 1. Cunting bastards
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Not "Premier League" but seemed as good a place as any, without starting a new "Other Games" thread too early.
All Football League fixtures to be spread across the opening weekend and televised. No Championship or League One games on the opening Saturday at 3pm, just League Two games.
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WTAF?! SkyBet wankers.
(https://i.ibb.co/RT3qfS6/Screenshot-20240722-134558-Sky-Bet.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RT3qfS6)
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Annoying, but that's got to be worth a few bob, for those who gamble.
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WTAF?! SkyBet wankers.
(https://i.ibb.co/RT3qfS6/Screenshot-20240722-134558-Sky-Bet.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RT3qfS6)
WTF are the "Big Seven" if we are not classed in there?
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Exactly. The Sky 6 have added Newcastle.
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Fucking clowns
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Fucking clowns
Yep. Ladbrokes have us as 8th favourites to win the league, it is what it is, we'll just have to prove them wrong again.
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Ladbrokes aren't insulting us, that's their algorithm and is based on how people are betting. SkyBet have invented a new category to ignore our achievements in the last two years, the twats.
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I can just about understand them having 'big 6' as a term to keep the Sky subscriber simpletons happy, but to randomly add Newcastle and make it a big 7 is weird as fuck.
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"Big Six" is, unfortunately, a thing. In terms of the TV deal, it's written in that each broadcaster gets a certain number of "Big Six" games with said sextet defined as Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man U and Tottenham.
There is also a requirement to give each broadcaster a share of "Big Eight" games... this is the aforementioned six plus the best two others based on past two seasons. Can't be arsed to check, but I'd be amazed if that wasn't us and Newcastle.
"Big Seven" isn't a thing. They've clearly just done that to keep Newcastle fans happy, and in doing so deprived themselves of money (Newcastle fans can't bet on Newcastle in a market that excludes Newcastle).
The twats.
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How's that work then, you lose money if we finish higher than 8th?
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How's that work then, you lose money if we finish higher than 8th?
My understanding is that you double your money (our odds are 1/1) if we finish highest of the teams listed i.e. excluding the "Big 7".
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How's that work then, you lose money if we finish higher than 8th?
My understanding is that you double your money (our odds are 1/1) if we finish highest of the teams listed i.e. excluding the "Big 7".
Ah right. Palace had a brilliant end to last season but we'll see how they cope losing Olise. Surprised Brighton are head of West Ham in the odds. West Ham will likely have a solid season with Lopetegui while Brighton have got a 15 year old in charge so can see them getting established back in the bottom half now.
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We're the same odds to win the Premier League as the Champions League. Both are being offered at 50/1.
https://www.oddschecker.com/football/champions-league/winner
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I am absolutely furious about this. I'm taking it all the way to Esther Rantzen.
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I am absolutely furious about this. I'm taking it all the way to Esther Rantzen.
Include any cock shaped vegetables to cover your bases.
VillaTim doesn't count.
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VT is as real as the Lirpa Loof.
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I am absolutely furious about this. I'm taking it all the way to Esther Rantzen.
Include any cock shaped vegetables to cover your bases.
VillaTim doesn't count.
No. It's too important for cock potatoes. This is war.
And I also accidentally sat on my "VillaTim". I don't know why they call them 'walk-in centres' I had to be sailed in on an ironing board. They say I'll be out by the morning.