New Season Fixtures!

[AsTallAsLions]

I'm so excited.

[Mike Jeffries]

I'm so excited.

"And you just can't hide it"!

[Mike Jeffries]

HURRAY!

The opening fixture is on my birthday! :D AT HOME! WOOP!

But it will change to the Sunday because of the Europa.

Whey hey, that's my birthday.

Isn't the EL the following Thursday, Pauline? So Newcastle away would move to the Sunday.

I was also thinking this. I hope I'm wrong though, else I'll miss Hitz's return to VP, which is exactly what I didn't want to miss.

Just checked: EL is Aug 19 & 26, so Toon away and Everton home get moved

Ah well, there goes me Saturday of bands no one else has heard of in a pub in Digbeth then.  The price ya pay for following the Villa eh? tsk tsk.

[SoccerHQ]

Yep, West Ham and Everton home games will be moved to a sunday as we're in the europa league play off round.

Works well for the West Ham game as I'm at a wedding on the saturday but can't make the Everton game as I'm at Reading festival...unless they move it to a monday night of course!

Liking Stoke away early doors and also Arsenal away as the last away game of the season.

[cdbearsfan]

Amended to include cup games. Champions League included not cos I think they're going to call us into it after all but so we can see if we will have the advantage of playing a team after they've played in it...

29th July
Europa League Third Qualifying Round, 1st Leg (Liverpool enter at this round)

5th August
Europa League Third Qualifying Round, 2nd Leg

Saturday, 14 August 2010
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v West Ham, 15:00

17th/18th August
Champions League Play-off Round, 1st Leg (Spurs enter at this round)

19th August
Europa League Play-off Round, 1st Leg (Villa and Man City enter at this round)

Saturday, 21 August 2010
Barclays Premier League
Newcastle v Aston Villa, 15:00

24th/25th August
Champions League Play-off Round, 2nd Leg

24th/25th August
Carling Cup Round 2 (all Premier teams bar Arsenal, Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd and Spurs enter at this round)

26th August
Europa League Play-off Round, 2nd Leg

Saturday, 28 August 2010
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Everton, 15:00

Saturday, 11 September 2010
Barclays Premier League
Stoke v Aston Villa, 15:00

14th/15th September
Champions League Group Match 1 (Arsenal, Chelsea and Man Utd enter at this round)

16th September
Europa League Group Match 1

Saturday, 18 September 2010
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Bolton, 15:00

21st/22nd September
Carling Cup Round 3 (Arsenal, Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man U and Spurs enter at this round)

Saturday, 25 September 2010
Barclays Premier League
Wolverhampton v Aston Villa, 15:00

28th/29th September
Champions League Group Match 2

30th September
Europa League Group Match 2

Saturday, 2 October 2010
Barclays Premier League
Tottenham v Aston Villa, 15:00

Saturday, 16 October 2010
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Chelsea, 15:00

19th/20th October
Champions League Group Match 3

21st October
Europa League Group Match 3

Saturday, 23 October 2010
Barclays Premier League
Sunderland v Aston Villa, 15:00

Saturday, 30 October 2010
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Birmingham, 15:00

2nd/3rd November
Champions League Group Match 4

4th November
Europa League Group Match 4

Saturday, 6 November 2010
Barclays Premier League
Fulham v Aston Villa, 15:00

Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Blackpool, 19:45

Saturday, 13 November 2010
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Man Utd, 1500

Saturday, 20 November 2010
Barclays Premier League
Blackburn v Aston Villa, 15:00

23rd/24th November
Champions League Group Match 5

Saturday, 27 November 2010
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Arsenal, 15:00

1st December
Carling Cup Quarter-Final

1st/2nd December
Europa League Group Match 5

Saturday, 4 December 2010
Barclays Premier League
Liverpool v Aston Villa, 15:00

7th/8th December
Champions League Group Match 6

Saturday, 11 December 2010
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v West Brom, 15:00

15th/16th December
Europa League Group Match 6

Saturday, 18 December 2010
Barclays Premier League
Wigan v Aston Villa, 15:00

Sunday, 26 December 2010
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Tottenham, 15:00

Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Barclays Premier League
Man City v Aston Villa, 15:00

Saturday, 1 January 2011
Barclays Premier League
Chelsea v Aston Villa, 15:00

Wednesday, 5 January 2011
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Sunderland, 19:45

8th January
FA Cup Round 3 (all Premier teams enter at this round)

12th January
Carling Cup Semi-Final, 1st Leg

Saturday, 15 January 2011
Barclays Premier League
Birmingham v Aston Villa, 15:00

Saturday, 22 January 2011
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Man City, 15:00

26th January
Carling Cup Semi-Final, 2nd Leg

29th January
FA Cup Round 4

Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Barclays Premier League
Man Utd v Aston Villa, 19:45

Saturday, 5 February 2011
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Fulham, 1500

Saturday, 12 February 2011
Barclays Premier League
Blackpool v Aston Villa, 1500

15th/16th February
Champions League, Round of 16 1st Leg

17th February
Europa League Round of 32, 1st Leg

19th February
FA Cup Round 5

22nd/23rd February
Champions League, Round of 16 1st Leg

24th February
Europa League Round of 32, 2nd Leg

Saturday, 26 February 2011
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Blackburn, 15:00

27th February
Carling Cup Final

Saturday, 5 March 2011
Barclays Premier League
Bolton v Aston Villa, 15:00

8th/9th March
Champions League, Round of 16 2nd Leg

10th March
Europa League Round of 16, 1st Leg

12th March
FA Cup Quarter-Finals

15th/16th March
Champions League, Round of 16 2nd Leg

17th March
Europa League Round of 16, 2nd Leg

Saturday, 19 March 2011
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Wolverhampton, 15:00

Saturday, 2 April 2011
Barclays Premier League
Everton v Aston Villa, 15:00

5th/6th April
Champions League Quarter-Finals, 1st Leg

7th April
Europa League Quarter-Finals, 1st Leg

Saturday, 9 April 2011
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Newcastle, 15:00

12th/13th April
Champions League Quarter-Finals, 2nd Leg

14th April
Europa League Quarter-Finals, 2nd Leg

16th April
FA Cup Semi-Finals

Saturday, 16 April 2011
Barclays Premier League
West Ham v Aston Villa, 15:00

Saturday, 23 April 2011
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Stoke, 15:00

26th/27th April
Champions League Semi-Finals, 1st Leg

28th April
Europa League Semi-Finals, 1st Leg

Saturday, 30 April 2011
Barclays Premier League
West Brom v Aston Villa, 15:00

3rd/4th May
Champions League Semi-Finals, 2nd Leg

5th May
Europa League Semi-Finals, 2nd Leg

Saturday, 7 May 2011
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Wigan, 15:00

14th May
FA Cup Final

Saturday, 14 May 2011
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal v Aston Villa, 15:00

Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Europa League Final (Aviva Stadium, Dublin)

Sunday, 22 May 2011
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa v Liverpool, 16:00

Saturday, 28 May 2011
Champions League Final (Wembley Stadium).

Domestic cup dates taken from QPR website. Not sure if they're right... doesn't the FA Cup Final normally get the day to itself?

[SoccerHQ]

You mean the europa league qualifiers aren't until after the West Ham game? Oh shite....Newcastle away on a sunday then for you lucky folk...

That F.A cup final being on the same weekend as premier leauge games looks ridiculous...the FA have ballsed up by having the champions league final at Wembley so all the play-off finals have been mucked around aswell.

[cdbearsfan]

So, if we get to the Group stage, after our first eight European games we would have 2 home games and 6 aways, including the two longest trips, Newcastle and Sunderland.

Fergie would be going mad if it was their lot.

[MattW]

Full list:

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/Fixtures/0,,10265,00.html

Pretty soft draw early on.

[Clampy]

Its going to be cold in Blackpool in february

Plenty of slags to warm the fans up  ;-))

How very charming.

I found the above very amusing.

Blackpool away is three days before my birthday, so please feel free to buy me a beer, or some candy floss.

3 winnable games to start with. Very surprised that we're at home again.

[mshurst]

HURRAY!

The opening fixture is on my birthday! :D AT HOME! WOOP!

But it will change to the Sunday because of the Europa.

Whey hey, that's my birthday.

Isn't the EL the following Thursday, Pauline? So Newcastle away would move to the Sunday.

I was also thinking this. I hope I'm wrong though, else I'll miss Hitz's return to VP, which is exactly what I didn't want to miss.

Just checked: EL is Aug 19 & 26, so Toon away and Everton home get moved

HURRAY !!

The opening fixture is STILL on my birthday!

FYI, I won't be buying anyone drinks.

Mwah ha ha ha!

[andyh]

Amended to include cup games...........

Nice one CD
This is great and make some forward planning possible.

[lovejoy]

How many of those games will actually be played at that time?

[peter w]

At last a home Boxing day game and I can go to it.

As for man City entering the Europa league at the same stage as us, that's not right is it? i though as the 5th place team they entered straight into the league phase.

Finally I was going to make a jokey reference to us starting with Wigan last tear, this year West Ham, and next year the next team up alphabetically as we work our way through the league.

But looking at it maybe they did just go top team and bottom team at teh start (ish) and work around that. Unless that was a complete fluke, or random, they may have had 2 v 20, or 19 for the sake of convenience.

Anyay, I think its a pretty decent start to the season for us.

[peter w]

Just thought, went through games that I was interested in - the usual first few games, then Boxing day, and that was it. never once considered games v The Shit. I'll have a gawp now.

[UK Redsox]

There could be a lot riding on the last two games