Rafa Benitez says he knows his Chelsea side face a "very difficult" task when they face champions Manchester United on Sunday. The Spaniard is keen to keep up the Blues' winning ways as the battle a packed fixture list to try to finish in the top four. Chelsea need to avoid defeat against United before [.
Pre-season previews used to be easy. Analyse the players, add the manager's likely tactics,
stir in a liberal dose of unsubstantiated optimism masquerading as hitherto unfilled potential and
there you have it. Swift appraisal of a few rivals, think of a possible final finishing position
then go two places higher and pretend you know what you are talking about.
It's a brand new week, after a very tasty weekend, and we're hitting that time of the season where there's little time for reflection due to the fixture list.
The team will travel today to Montpellier for our first Champions League game of the season with the 6-1 win over Southampton fresh in the memory.
The fixture list for the 2012/13 Bundesliga season was published today and two-time defending
Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund will start the 2012-13 season against Werder Bremen
Dortmund and Bremen, two original members of the league, will begin the 50th Bundesliga slate at
Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund on Aug.
Imagine you are the Southampton manager. You have taken an exciting young team into the PL a huge achievement . You wait for the fixture list all summer. You get your first look and you see that your team will be playing the Top 3 clubs in your first 4 matches. What do you do? Do you think "Excellent, we will show them just how well we play " or do you think "Bum, that is a swine of a start"?
Imagine you are the Southampton manager. You have taken an exciting young team into the PL a huge achievement . You wait for the fixture list all summer. You get your first look and you see that your team will be playing the Top 3 clubs in your first 4 matches. What do you do? Do you think "Excellent, we will show them just how well we play " or do you think "Bum, that is a swine of a start"?
By now you must have seen the fixture list for the upcoming season. If not, the official website
has them here.
At first glance it seems Arsenal do have a tough start. After beginning against Sunderland at
home, the first such home start in four years, the Gunners will travel to Stoke and Liverpool.
Analysing Arsenal's fixture list for the 2012-2013 season (pt 3) by JG February 2 Stoke (H) 9
Sunderland (A) 23 Aston Villa (H) A relatively easy month with no big clubs to play. Sunderland
away will be difficult but I expect us to get a hard fought win. March 2 Tottenham (A) 9 Everton
(H) [...]
Analysing Arsenal's fixture list for the 2012-2013 season (pt 2) by JG November 3 Man Utd (A) 10
Fulham (H) 17 Tottenham (H) 24 Aston Villa (A) 28 Everton (A) This is one of the more difficult
months. Man Utd away is of the same ilk as a trip to the Etihad. It will be [...]
Analysing Arsenal's fixture list for the 2012-2013 season (pt 1) by JG Hello everyone. It's been
quite some time since I last done an article for JustArsenal but I'm back now and hope to really
contribute to the site. My first article is going to be on the new fixture list that was just
released [...
Le voilà . The new fixture list has arrived. And do we see anything strange at first sight?
Well, according to some of the British press, Sir Alex is already unhappy because he says Man
Uwill have to play away from home after five of their six midweek Champions League [.
Complete Italian Serie A 2012 2013 Fixture List is a post from: Serie A Weekly Complete Italian
Serie A 2012 2013 Fixture List is a post from: Serie A Weekly In case you missed it, here it is
again. This list was first published last week. Week 1 & 20 08/28/12 and 13/01/13 Fiorentina
Udinese Juventus Parma AC Milan Sampdoria Roma Catania.
The Serie A 2012-13 fixtures have been finally released and the defending champions Juventus
will begin defence of their title at home to Parma on 25 August.
There will be four breaks on September 9, October 14, December 30 and March 24, and the
pre-Christmas round is on December 23.
It has to be one of the strangest stories of the year, if not the decade, buried slightly under
the weight of Euro 2012 news but still standing out like a sore thumb. Scottish titans Rangers FC,
crippled by debt and forced to continue life as a "newco" (which meant possibly starting life anew
in the fourth tier of the league) were supposedly considering buying out League One outfit
Bury.
The Azzurri are marching with their heads held high after defying the pre-tournament critics and
escaping group C. Coach Cesare Prandelli's tactical masterstroke against Spain demonstrated his
vision. The Catenaccio styled Italy has been absent this tournament, and a new more adventurous
side has emerged.
The show returns to discuss our first ever listener e-mail, and it's a good one. We discuss the
release of the 2012-13 EPL fixture list, bitch and moan about MLS officiating and discuss
underpants. In addition, Josh and Ginge are made to look retroactively foolish...which is always
fun.
episode 011: the time josh tries to drive away the listenerslisten/download | iTunes | Stitcher
We're belatedly kicking off our Euro 2012 coverage with the tournament kicking off later today
with two matches in Poland, and continuing until the final on July 1 in Kiev. Â To help you get
ready for the next next 3+ weeks of international European football, we've got a few posts coming
up this morning, ahead of Poland-Greece kicking off at noon ET in Warsaw.
We're gearing up for Euro 2012 kicking off later today with two matches in Poland, and
continuing until the final on July 1 in Kiev. Â To help you plan the rest of your month, see below
for links to a couple nice interactive calendars and below them, the full fixture list. Â (And see
also our Part 2, consisting of links to tournament previews and continuing coverage.
We're gearing up for Euro 2012 kicking off later today with two matches in Poland, and
continuing until the final on July 1 in Kiev. Â To help you plan the rest of your month, see below
for links to a couple nice interactive calendars and below them, the full fixture list. Â (And see
also our Part 2, consisting of links to tournament previews and continuing coverage.
When a story of a fantastical nature first appears in a tabloid newspaper, the temptation is to
write it off as the delusion of somebody with an agenda and move on. In the case of the rumours now
circulating that the owner of "The" Rangers, Charles Green, may and we should stress the word "may"
be looking to buy an English club as a franchise and move into the Football League, however, the
level of self-importance, disregard and underhandedness on display feels entirely in keeping with
the rest of this dismal saga and it therefore deserves our attention.
The directors of League One side Bury have issued a statement scotching the bizarre rumours
circulating this morning that Rangers were planning to buy the club and start again in the English
league in a bid to resolve their current financial woes.
The directors of League One side Bury have issued a statement scotching the bizarre rumours
circulating this morning that Rangers were planning to buy the club and start again in the English
league in a bid to resolve their current financial woes.
Stricken Scottish giants Rangers are considering buying League One side Bury and taking up their
fixtures next season, according to reports in The Sun. With the club in liquidation, new owner
Charles Green is reportedly weighing up a move to English football. Rangers were left off the SPL
fixture list and replaced by 'Club 12′.
Stricken Scottish giants Rangers are considering buying League One side Bury and taking up their
fixtures next season, according to reports in The Sun. With the club in liquidation, new owner
Charles Green is reportedly weighing up a move to English football. Rangers were left off the SPL
fixture list and replaced by 'Club 12′.
It's not often things make sense in Indonesian football but for Persija to 'host' PSPS yesterday in
Samarinda did.
Persija of course are not being allowed to play games in Jakarta following the deaths of three fans
at their recent home game against Persib and while PSPS was never going to be a high risk game with
large numbers of travelling fans, the security officials, rather than actually do their job,
preferred to just say niet.
Anfield will host Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United in our first three home games
of the 2012-13 Barclays Premier League campaign.
Liverpool will kick off the new season with a trip to Steve Clarke's West Bromwich Albion on the
weekend of August 18 before the champions travel to Merseyside a week later for Brendan Rodgers'
first competitive home game.
The fixture list for the 2012/13 Premier League season has been announced this morning at 9am on
the dot and, as always with these things, we're not actually allowed to post the calendar in full
for piffling legal reasons something to do with Communist spies, etc, etc.
So the Premier League has released the fixture list for next season and I am pleased with what has
come out for Chelsea. Of course this year we have two additional competitions (European Super Cup
and Intercontinental Cup) to take part in so we WILL need everyone in our squad to play a part if
we are to be successful.
Town's first 3 points of the season are an absolute relief.
When the fixture list came out in June there was a real consideration that we may not pick up any
points for the first 3 games of the season.
I hoped for a draw against Blackburn, but did not expect it, and I fully envisaged us coming home
from Watford empty handed: how could we dare to think about anything else against the 'bogey team'!
Phantoms founder Jim Dedeus (center) was on hand for Monday's All-Star Game featuring Oxford
United. (Photo: Seacoast United)
Seacoast United Mariners striker Eddie Jones scored for the "Jim Dedeus XI" All Stars after the
half hour mark, but it wasn't enough to overtake Oxford United in Monday's 4-1 loss at Portsmouth
High School.
It's been well established that Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis will say and do whatever he
wants, so it should come as no surprise that the eccentric producer of such films as Christmas in
South Africa, Christmas in Miami and, of course, Christmas in India, is now threatening to pull his
club out of the Supercoppa Italiana match in Beijing.
The pre season checklist is gradually becoming scattered with ticks. The season review DVD, the
release of the fixture list, Sky's subsequent desecration of the fixture list, the club captain
transfer saga and now, the first pre season friendly have all been dutifully marked off of the
calendar. I too have been limbering up for the season, having taken in my first instantly
forgettable and ultimately pointless friendly of the summer at Borehamwood last weekend.
EPISODE 011: THE TIME JOSH TRIES TO DRIVE AWAY THE LISTENERS - The show returns to discuss our
first ever listener e-mail, and it's a good one. We discuss the release of the 2012-13 EPL fixture
list, bitch and moan about MLS officiating and discuss underpants. In addition, Josh and Ginge are
made to look retroactively foolish.
I've gotten in trouble for posting the actual fixture list before (the only DMCA notice I've
received, in fact), so a link to LFC.tv's official page will have to suffice.
However, I think it's safe to post the fixture list like this:
