New Fixtures

[bubblyone]

Sorry if this is mentioned elsewhere (I can't see it)

Anyone know when the new fixtures are out? 

[TWar]

1 hour ago, bubblyone said:

Sorry if this is mentioned elsewhere (I can't see it)

Anyone know when the new fixtures are out? 

Last week of august apparently.

[bubblyone]

Thank you 

[John D]

EFL have confirmed dates for Carabao cup and that EFL fixtures will be released on 21 August. Presume PL will be day before

[CB Fry]

Won't be far away from the first insider knowledge fixture predictions of the season then. 

 

[CB Fry]

My sources tell me that our first match is Crystal Palace away.

[trousers]

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1752553

Good to see a game on Boxing Day (28th December) this year, in addition to the day after Christmas Day....

Edited 13 August, 2020 by trousers

[Disco Stu]

Hoping we can be the party poopers for Leeds away.

[krissyboy31]

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12048350/premier-league-and-efl-to-announce-2020-21-season-fixtures-by-august-21

[S-Clarke]

5 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

Hoping we can be the party poopers for Leeds away.

That would be the worst first game of the season! Always keen to avoid the newly promoted clubs at the start of a season. They always play with a little bit more of a bounce and can catch you off guard - even Norwich beat Man City at the start of last season.

Give us some games against West Ham, Newcastle, Burnley, Brighton, Sheff U etc to start with please! 

[SW5 SAINT]

13 minutes ago, krissyboy31 said:

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12048350/premier-league-and-efl-to-announce-2020-21-season-fixtures-by-august-21

Probably be announced next Tuesday then, with the EFL the following day.....

[whelk]

I’ve heard it is Brentford 

[the saint in winchester]

On 13/08/2020 at 13:16, trousers said:

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1752553

Good to see a game on Boxing Day (28th December) this year, in addition to the day after Christmas Day....

Good for who? The fans watching on TV? Not the players. That game needs to be pushed back 24 hours.

[Lighthouse]

11 minutes ago, the saint in winchester said:

Good for who? The fans watching on TV? Not the players. That game needs to be pushed back 24 hours.

He’s trying to wind people up. Trousers has a theory that Boxing Day isn’t on the 26th December.

[CB Fry]

23 minutes ago, the saint in winchester said:

Good for who? The fans watching on TV? Not the players. That game needs to be pushed back 24 hours.

No it doesn't. That's how the Christmas fixtures work and exactly how it should be.

[The Cat]

On 13/08/2020 at 21:32, whelk said:

I’ve heard it is Brentford 

I heard it's Man City at home. Messi's first match. Suddenly people who weren't going to buy season tickets will be clamouring to get one in case they are successful in the ballot. 

[Saint Garrett]

On 13/08/2020 at 21:32, whelk said:

I’ve heard it is Brentford 

I thought it was Chelsea Away?

[Matthew Le God]

The Group Stage draw for the EFL Trophy will take place on Tuesday 18 August at 1.30pm on talkSPORT 2.

[Saint Garrett]

What is the group stage? Does that mean extra games?

[The Cat]

Group A please

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, Saint Garrett said:

What is the group stage? Does that mean extra games?

There has been a group stage for the last 3 seasons.

Group stage

• Sixteen groups of 4 teams would be organised on a regionalised basis.
• All groups would include one invited club.
• All clubs would play each other once, either home or away (Academies play all group matches away from home).
• Clubs would be awarded three points for a win and one point for a draw.
• In the event of a drawn game (after 90 minutes), a penalty shootout would be held with the winning team earning an additional point.
• Clubs expelled from the EFL will be knocked out of the tournament automatically.
• The top two teams would progress to the Knockout Stage.

Knockout stage

• Round 2 and 3 of the competition will be drawn on a regionalised basis.
• In Round 2, the group winners shall be seeded and the group runners-up shall be unseeded in the draw.
• In Round 2, teams who played in the same group as each other in the Group Stage shall keep apart from each other.
• Academy teams from Round 2 to the semi-finals keep apart.

[Matthew Le God]

3 minutes ago, The Cat said:

Group A please

IIRC in the past they structured the draw to avoid games like Pompey 1st team vs Saints academy in the group stage possibly on police advice. Hopefully that has changed for this season.

[Saint Garrett]

Who did we have in the group stage last season? This is the League cup rather than the Checkatrade?

I thought that was the Fulham game where PEH played LWB

Edited 17 August, 2020 by Saint Garrett

[Matthew Le God]

37 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

Who did we have in the group stage last season? This is the League cup rather than the Checkatrade?

I thought that was the Fulham game where PEH played LWB

The League Cup does not have a group stage and is called the Carabao Cup.

The above group stage is for the EFL Trophy, it doesn't have a sponsor for 2020/21. Last season it was called the Leasing.com Cup, the season before it was the Checkatrade.

Edited 17 August, 2020 by Matthew Le God

[S-Clarke]

1 hour ago, Saint Garrett said:

Who did we have in the group stage last season? This is the League cup rather than the Checkatrade?

I thought that was the Fulham game where PEH played LWB

It's pretty much what the JPT was, they've had this group stage for a few years, where they invite the 'U23s' of 'bigger' sides to compete. Think we were knocked out by Charlton last year.

[Shroppie]

3 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

He’s trying to wind people up. Trousers has a theory that Boxing Day isn’t on the 26th December.

Indeed. Boxing Day only moves to two days after Christmas if the day after Christmas is a Sunday. If Christmas is Friday, Boxing Day is Saturday and the following Monday is a Bank Holiday observed. HTH

[edprice1984]

Group E - purely for selfish reasons (provided crowds might be allowed in for these games under a pilot scheme - you never know!)

[Saint Garrett]

3 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

It's pretty much what the JPT was, they've had this group stage for a few years, where they invite the 'U23s' of 'bigger' sides to compete. Think we were knocked out by Charlton last year.

Ah, I thought he was talking about the league cup. Ta 

[Matthew Le God]

Southampton's  ball was removed to prevent a match with Pompey as EFL don't want potential high profile clashes.

[CB Fry]

On 13/08/2020 at 12:24, CB Fry said:

My sources tell me that our first match is Crystal Palace away.

Fucking have it.

[tajjuk]

An average set of fixtures, bloody Burnley away early again, bet the weather will be crap, early September but it'll be Feb weather.

Hopefully though should be able to pick up enough form and points to not be near the bottom, compared to last year where we played the previous seasons top 9 teams in the first 12 games IIRC.