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

[Gabbiano]

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]

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 .

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

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?

2008 in the league . Won 2-1 with Murray and Westlake scoring . The year after they knocks us out of the JPT southern final

 

[trueblue]

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.

 

[BluesRockDJ]

Shock !c Horror ! We're playing everyone twice (in the League at least !)

 

[METALMICKY]

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]

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

 

[chimneys]

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

International weekends!

 

[Roadrunner]

International weekends!

Apart from Jan 20th/21st (winter break)

 

[Sue1983]

@chimneys

Thanks. Do they really need that many! Goodness.

 

[Sue1983]

Apart from Jan 20th/21st (winter break)

Thanks

 

[Reinelt 62]

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!

 

[Wozza]

Apart from Jan 20th/21st (winter break)

Indeed.

And, in fact, Wolves (H, not A) on Jan 13 could be moved to Jan 20.

The Premier League (or TV companies) are due to split the Jan 13 fixtures over two weekends...

 

[Is it PotG?]

Apologies if fixtures but do we know which game weeks will be after European games, as we can immediately assume they’ll be Sunday?

Indeed.

And, in fact, Wolves (A) on Jan 13 could be moved to Jan 20.

In August?

Home you mean.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

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.

 

[GT49er]

Shock !c Horror ! We're playing everyone twice (in the League at least !)

S'not fair, innit!

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

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]

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]

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]

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!