Colinjb Posted 28 May, 2013 Share Posted 28 May, 2013 Just seen it mentioned. Thought it best to detail here as i'm sure a few of us will be eagerly awaiting them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 28 May, 2013 Share Posted 28 May, 2013 Just seen it mentioned. Thought it best to detail here as i'm sure a few of us will be eagerly awaiting them! Thanks, I can't plan my endless schedule of holidays without these. Not that it matters, they'll probably all get moved for television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 28 May, 2013 Share Posted 28 May, 2013 Either Hull, Palace or Cardiff will play man united away. I don't know if that is a prem rule but it seems to be the case of the champions and a newly promoted team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky morris Posted 28 May, 2013 Share Posted 28 May, 2013 What date does the season start?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 28 May, 2013 Share Posted 28 May, 2013 What date does the season start?? Saturday 17th August, but for us about 10 games later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 28 May, 2013 Share Posted 28 May, 2013 (edited) Either Hull, Palace or Cardiff will play man united away. I don't know if that is a prem rule but it seems to be the case of the champions and a newly promoted team. Well let's have a look... 20 seasons of reigning Prem title holders, and on 7 of those occasions they've started against a promoted side. That would be 35% of the time, above the "norm" for purely random fixtures (the chances of any one (non-promoted) Prem side playing a promoted team in their opening match is 3/19 which is around a 16% chance) but not by any stretch an actual "rule" happening 100% of the time. I've ignored the years when the Prem had 22 clubs in this calculation. It's more likely that it's in the Prem's interests not to "waste" a big top side clash on the opening day when there's already a lot of interest in the fixtures, and the process isn't random, I'd say that narrows the likely opponent pool down to around 13 "non-big" clubs, making the chances around 3/13, which is around 23%. So actually there should be around a 1/4 chance of the champions playing a promoted side, in practice it's about 1/3. 2012 Man City v Saints (yes - promoted team) 2011 Man U @ West Brom (no) 2010 Chelsea v West Brom (yes) 2009 Man U v Birmingham City (yes) 2008 Man U v Newcastle (no) 2007 Man U v Reading (no) 2006 Chelsea v Man City (no) 2005 Chelsea @ Wigan (yes) 2004 Arsenal @ Everton (no) 2003 Man U v Bolton (no) 2002 Arsenal v Birmingham (yes) 2001 Man U v Fulham (yes) 2000 Man U v Newcastle (no) 1999 Man U @ Everton (no) 1998 Arsenal v Forest (yes) 1997 Man U @ Spurs (no) 1996 Man U @ Wimbledon (no) 1995 Blackburn v QPR (no) 1994 Man U v QPR (no) 1993 Man U @ Norwich (no) PS, that kind of poorly-informed statement-as-argument reminds me of another poster, thedelldays - you're not by any chance related, are you ? Edited 28 May, 2013 by The9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 28 May, 2013 Share Posted 28 May, 2013 West Ham away on the opening day please. Thanks in advance, SuperMikey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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