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[Albion] Fixtures 23/24 (9.00 AM 15th June)



Gabbiano

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Dec 18, 2017
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Spank the Manc
When is the last time we played Luton in the league? Most of our championship years coincided with their fall down the leagues didn’t it?
 




trueblue

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Jul 5, 2003
10,954
Hove
It's the United Wolves pick that I would struggle to be able to defend. The most routine 2-0 victory you will see.

Brentford Spurs is at least a London derby, at a place that the big teams normally struggle at. New Spurs manager too.
Yeh, but... Manchester United. From a TV point of view, it simply guarantees a big audience. I agree, utterly boring .
 




trueblue

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Jul 5, 2003
10,954
Hove
From a marketing perspective I can fully understand it as they've got 8 of the Top 9 last season as well as getting Burnleys sole TV appearance out the window early doors.

However, they can then lead internationally with the member of the Top 8 with the smallest fanbase as well as having a nice plucky underdog story.

Plucky underdog will either a) get walloped 4-0 and MOTD will go to town how they're not PL standard etc etc or b) will pick up a 1-0 win and MOTD will say how Brighton were a one season wonder and will struggle without Mac Allister and Caicedo
This won't happen. Internationally, there'll be next to NO interest in Brighton v Luton compared to several of the other games. Man United could play an under-9s team and get better figures.
 






METALMICKY

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Jan 30, 2004
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Huh? The TV companies have literally chosen their first-weekend fixtures, and the changed times have been published.
Doh! I thought our website item on the fixtures said " Broadcast selections for August and September will be announced on 5 July" .
 


Sue1983

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Aug 15, 2018
602
Can anyone tell me why we don't have any games for the following weekends
September 9/10th
October 14/15th
November 18/19th
January 20/21st

Thanks
 














Reinelt 62

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Jul 5, 2003
114
For comparison the first 7 fixtures from 60 years ago, the 1963-1964 season, were:-

Workington Town (h)
Rochdale (a)
Newport County (a)
Torquay United (a) (LC)
Stockport County (h)
Rochdale (h) (back in the days when clubs sometimes played one another home and away in quick succession)
Bradford (Park Avenue) (a)

I would venture to suggest that the club has moved on since then!
 








Neville's Breakfast

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May 1, 2016
13,450
Oxton, Birkenhead
I suspect that there will be an unusually high interest in this one, from people looking to top up their loyalty points total prior to Europa League fixtures.
Pointless exercise. The Europe ticket buyers will be the hard core who already go every week. There won’t be enough tickets for those outside this group, given small allocations. I think a lot of people dreaming of a European tour are going to be very disappointed.
 




Neville's Breakfast

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May 1, 2016
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Oxton, Birkenhead
They've done a good job of selecting all of the big 6/7 to start the season...

Fri 20:00 Burnley v Man City
Sat 12:30 Arsenal v Forest
Sat 17:30 Newcastle v Villa
Sun 14:00 Brentford v Spurs
Sun 16:30 Chelsea v Liverpool
Mon 20:00 Man Utd v Wolves
Does it matter ? There’s a contractual obligation to show a minimum number for all clubs. The order doesn’t really matter unless you are only planning to watch one week of tv football this coming season (the first one).
 


swindonseagull

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Aug 6, 2003
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Swindon, but used to be Manila
Pointless exercise. The Europe ticket buyers will be the hard core who already go every week. There won’t be enough tickets for those outside this group, given small allocations. I think a lot of people dreaming of a European tour are going to be very disappointed.
Hopefully when it happens the club will be selling packages ie tickets and flights.
 




Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
72,315
Living In a Box
Hopefully when it happens the club will be selling packages ie tickets and flights.
I suspect packages only as ticket allocation will be based on loyalty points
 


mile oak

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May 21, 2023
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I have written the 1st 2 fixtures in ay diary. I'm expecting even more changes with Europe. Always good to end with a home game. Disappointed we are at home Boxing Day simply because it's always a pain getting there but it could be on the TV but overall beyond that I'm not bothered who we play and when as we have to play everyone twice and bring it on! Looking forward to another exciting season. I did laugh when I saw Palace on a Saturday 3pm thinking that will never happen!
 


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