Fixtures.

[Mister E]

What other pre-season games are there betwen now and August 13th?

[spangley1812]

Derby and Braga............

[supertommykN'iba]

What other pre-season games are there betwen now and August 13th?

On top of Derby & Braga, Tamworth are facing a Villa XI on Thursday 4th August.

[paulcomben]

Sat Aug 13 Fulham A
Sat Aug 20 Blackburn Rovers H
Wed Aug 24 Carling Cup 2
Sat Aug 27 Wolverhampton Wanderers H
Sat Sep 10 Everton A
Sat Sep 17 Newcastle United H
Wed Sep 21 Carling Cup 3
Sat Sep 24 Queens Park Rangers A
Sat Oct 1 Wigan Athletic H
Sat Oct 15 Manchester City A
Sat Oct 22 West Bromwich Albion H
Wed Oct 26 Carling Cup 4
Sat Oct 29 Sunderland A
Sat Nov 5 Norwich City H
Sat Nov 12 F.A. Cup 1
Sat Nov 19 Tottenham Hotspur A
Sat Nov 26 Swansea City A
Wed Nov 30 Carling Cup 5
Sat Dec 3 Manchester United H F.A. Cup 2
Sat Dec 10 Bolton Wanderers A
Sat Dec 17 Liverpool H
Wed Dec 21 Arsenal H
Mon Dec 26 Stoke City A
Sat Dec 31 Chelsea A


Realistically, I predict DWWDDDDLWDWLDLDLLDL & 21 points by 2012.  How about you?

[KRS]

Not far off...21-24 points by January 1st 2012

[Big Dick Edwards]

I reckon we'll have topped that 21 point sum before the Bonfire weekend is through...

[russon]

The fixture computer spewed out an interesting round robin for the first 3 fixtures.

Blackburn v Wolves
Fulham v Villa

Villa v Blackburn
Wolves v Fulham

Villa v Wolves
Fulham not playing Blackburn though so here the story ends

I remember a season when Blues or Albion always followed us around the country. Eg. If we played away at Boro then so would they the next week.

Been a slow day in the shop, sorry.

[cdbearsfan]

I know we always play at home when Blues are away and vice versa... one year though we always seemed to play the opposite local rivals, so we'd be at home to Man U, they'd be at Man City, they'd host Arsenal, we'd be off to White Hart Lane. Don't know why they did it that way.

[AV82EC]

I know we always play at home when Blues are away and vice versa... one year though we always seemed to play the opposite local rivals, so we'd be at home to Man U, they'd be at Man City, they'd host Arsenal, we'd be off to White Hart Lane. Don't know why they did it that way.

Its not just me that notices these things as well then.....anoraks ahoy.

[greenwichvilla]

I know we always play at home when Blues are away and vice versa... one year though we always seemed to play the opposite local rivals, so we'd be at home to Man U, they'd be at Man City, they'd host Arsenal, we'd be off to White Hart Lane. Don't know why they did it that way.

Teams are 'paired' in the fixture computer. I'm not entirely sure how it works, but Southend United are paired with West Ham. So where one is in the country on particular weekend affects where the other is. The missus is going out tonight so I'll research this further if you like.

Its not just me that notices these things as well then.....anoraks ahoy.

[Nev]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere else, but our match at Eastlands has been moved back to Sat 3pm after being originally moved to Sun 1.30.

I assume this is due to their european commitments, but it has buggered up my weekend.

[Edvard Remberg]

When do you guys think I can be sure when the Villa - Man United game is safe from not being moved? is there some rule - when its to late to move?

[Marlon From Bearwood]

When do you guys think I can be sure when the Villa - Man United game is safe from not being moved? is there some rule - when its to late to move?

You need to wait until Sky and ESPN have chosen the games they wish to cover for December. This hasn't been done yet but should be soon. Looking at our December fixtures I would expect some changes for us.

[frank]

Man U are in Basel on Wednesday Dec 7th, so there's a good chance we'll be on the Saturday

[Edvard Remberg]

Man U are in Basel on Wednesday Dec 7th, so there's a good chance we'll be on the Saturday

Thanks Frank - i am hoping for saturday (hours not important, but sunday might make it less interesting)