Fixtures 22/23 Season.

[rougegorge]

Sorry, a couple more Sundays...

I think we can bank on the Arsenal home game being switched to Sunday February 19th, assuming they get through the Europa League group stage. Even if they finish 3rd in their group,  they would drop into the Conference League (like Leicester did last season), so would be playing in Europe on Feb 16th.

West Ham away will be on Sunday March 11th, if they are in the last 16 of the Conference League.

[chrisw1]

From the BBC website:

There are no meetings between the Premier League's so-called 'big six' on weekend of 12-13 November - the one before the World Cup - following a request by the Football Association.

Up to the other 14 clubs to pile in feet first?

I just can't follow the logic here at all, which is why I want it to go horribly wrong.

Lunacy. Just need a dirty Leeds tackle on Harry Kane that puts him out, and it'll show Southgate up for the uttering fucking twat that he is.

The idea that you are less likely to get injured playing a top 6 team as opposed to bottom 6 is just plain daft.

It's probably more about the match theoretically may be less intense / less riding on it so teams may be more likley to rotate players or players may be less fatigued after a stroll over Forest than a 6 pointer against Man City.  I think that bollocks, with the international break I'm sure all managers will put out their strongest team, but we'll see.

[usav]

Christmas fixtures are brutal (and stupid right after the WC).

[Hookeysmith]

So Sk....ahem the FA can manipulate fixtures to suit demands of the National team..... so presumably "Supa dupa mega sundays" are not just lucky draws for the TV companies then 

Have had Man U TV (Sorry Sky Sports News) on whilst working at home - fuck me every other story is based around them.

When will they accept they are a middle of the road average prem team now?

[LeeB]

So Sk....ahem the FA can manipulate fixtures to suit demands of the National team..... so presumably "Supa dupa mega sundays" are not just lucky draws for the TV companies then 

Have had Man U TV (Sorry Sky Sports News) on whilst working at home - fuck me every other story is based around them.

When will they accept they are a middle of the road average prem team now?

When the money stops flowing in I expect

[chrisw1]

Christmas fixtures are brutal (and stupid right after the WC).

And we'll have 5 players who will have been in the final - Martinez, Buendia, Coutinho, Luiz and Carlos.

Fortunately our English players will have rested for an extra week or so (if any go)

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Christmas fixtures are brutal (and stupid right after the WC).

Brutal ? It's 3 games in 8 days. Back in the olden days they used to play on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. They would get on the local corporation bus with the fans to the home game, smoke half a pack of capstan full strength and eat pie and chips out of newspaper for a pre match meal, after the game go back home on the bus, clean their own kit and boots then travel on a steam train the next morning from Snow Hill to the away game which could well be in Sunderland. For what ? A 5/- win bonus...if they were lucky ! You tell that to the bloody overpaid prima donna wimps of today and they just don't believe you !

I will concede there was no World Cup and when some frenchy did start it up we declined to take part as we didn't want to lower ourselves to play against a bunch of foreigners at a game we had invented.

[SaddVillan]

Forget all this tosh about league fixtures


What's the date of our FA Cup tie against ManU and when do tickets go on sale?

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Forget all this tosh about league fixtures


What's the date of our FA Cup tie against ManU and when do tickets go on sale?

Saturday 3rd June 2023. The Wembley centenary final. The first time the final has ever been in June.Bloody Qatar 

[Richard E]

We’ll be top by the beginning of September at the absolute latest and from then on it will be plain sailing.

[Brazilian Villain]

Forget all this tosh about league fixtures

What's the date of our FA Cup tie against ManU and when do tickets go on sale?

Saturday 3rd June 2023. The Wembley centenary final. The first time the final has ever been in June.Bloody Qatar 

Excellent stuff, might just be the thing needed to change our luck in it.

[eamonn]

Why are the hurling and football championships finishing early this year? Not the feckin' Qataris at it again, is it?

[Brazilian Villain]

Why are the hurling and football championships finishing early this year? Not the feckin' Qataris at it again, is it?

Kind of, they wanted the players to avoid the heat of an Irish summer in August.

It's to give more priority to the club championships. Not really in favour but it doesn't bother me unduly, probably more of an issue for Munster hurling fans.   

[SoccerHQ]

I can see two home Sunday matches without TV causing the switches.

West Ham will be on August 28th as they should play the Conference League play off round on the 25th (also, the Villa website says this).

In addition, the Man U home game should move to November 6th as they will be playing in the Europa League on Nov 3rd.

Hopefully they both get away ties to FC Vladivostock or Inter Kazhakstan.

Mind you we played West Ham between their two ties with Sevilla last season and still lost (even Burnley got a draw with them after one of their european ties).

Considering they're a nightmare match up for us that would be a statement win early on so getting them a few days after european tie should help us.

[SoccerHQ]

Christmas fixtures are brutal (and stupid right after the WC).

And we'll have 5 players who will have been in the final - Martinez, Buendia, Coutinho, Luiz and Carlos.

Fortunately our English players will have rested for an extra week or so (if any go)

Don't think Luiz will be with us by then, Carlos and Buendia will both be borderine for squads aswell.