Premier League 2022/23

[Lineker]

The 2022-23 Premier League fixtures are being released on Thursday at 09:00 BST - so watch this space...

 

Opening Round of Fixtures:

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Friday August 5^th

Crystal Palace v Arsenal

Saturday August 6^th

Bournemouth v Aston Villa
Everton v Chelsea
Fulham v Liverpool
Leeds v Wolves
Leicester v Brentford
Newcastle v Nottingham Forest
Tottenham v Southampton

Sunday August 7^th

Man Utd v Brighton
West Ham v Man City

Club-by-club guide to the 2022-23 fixtures

• Big six all kept apart immediately before the World Cup as requested by Gareth Southgate.
• Chelsea v Liverpool on weekend of 17 September, immediately before final international break before the World Cup.
• Manchester City get four home games immediately before Champions League matches, Liverpool and Chelsea three, Tottenham two.
• Also, a couple of papers ran the line about no midweek game between Boxing Day and New Year’s Day programme. This is normal when Boxing Day is on a Monday [happened in 2011 and 2016]. The additional fixture is in the midweek after New Year [Monday 2nd Jan].

[FestiveJack]

Hope doesn't exist currently, so for the new season I just want everyone except Man City and Newcastle to have a nice time.

[Adam]

Usually my birthday weekend is an international break, so no PL fixtures. This year there are games.

Everton v Liverpool

And it's my 30th.

[Hobo]

The best/worst birthday present you could ask for

[gunnar hendershow]

I was reading about all the unique league schedules this year to accommodate for the international break happening in November and December. Bundesliga is a closed shop for 2 months!

It'll be a truly odd season and I suspect will give us the likeliest season in years for a surprise top 4 finisher in the majority of the major domestic leagues.

[Szumi]

I'm definitely happy as a Liverpool fan that Salah, Robbo, and Diaz will be fresh for the second half of the season with no World Cup, Fabinho is only a Brazil squad player, and Southgate doesn't trust Trent. 

[Matt]

Our games against the big teams are spread out which makes a nice change, since coming back we've had about 4 spells where play 3 of the top 6 in the space of 3-4 games

[Colly]

No home game when I'm on holiday for once!

[TheGrandAvatar]

Should be a interesting unique season. Have to wonder if it could be the start of thing's with the World Cup changing around when it might be played that certain year, or a change to the format of the Premier League and match fixtures going forward.

Depends how the schedule works out. If it's successful and if clubs prefer it more or less.  

[METALMAN]

Seven teams from London this year. That’s too many.

[Hobo]

1 hour ago, METALMAN said:

Seven teams from London this year. That’s too many.

Which ones would you like to relegate?

[METALMAN]

Arsenal, Brentford, Chelsea, Fulham, Tottenham and West Ham.

[FestiveJack]

Wait what's the other one?

[Cymbols]

Palace innit.

[FestiveJack]

Oh yeah. They're fun, they can stay.

[TheGrandAvatar]

Yeah Palace aren't a bad little team. Keep them in. 

Had a look into London football club's in existence. Was interesting to look at the original name's that the club's went by in history, and located and how they formed.  

[Hobo]

6 London teams out of 20 isn't has bad as the League of Ireland Premier Division which is 50% Dublin teams with no teams currently in the division further south than the captial.

[METALMAN]

Ewwww. That’s almost at Argentina levels of centralisation.

[Hobo]

The first division is far more evenily distributed with 0 teams from Dublin this season because a) Shelbourne and UCD got promoted and b) Cabinteely were taken over and subsequently merged with Bray Wanderers

[Lineker]