Off topic, but did you actually pay money for these Beckham/Barca things? On topic, sorta, does anyone know when the CL draw is? thanks
The draw for the first two qualifying rounds of the Champions League takes place at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday. Somebody is selling the Beckham/Barca shirt on eBay and I just copied the pic from the listing. *shhh!*
Rumoured opening weekend fixture list: Playing on Saturday: Arsenal v Leicester Chelsea v Portsmouth Villa v Leeds Southampton v Tottenham Blackburn v Newcastle Everton v Fulham Charlton v Liverpool Bolton v Birmingham Playing on Sunday: United v Wolves Boro v Manchester City
Fixture List August 16 Bolton (H) 23 Newcastle (A) 27 Wolverhampton (H) 30 Southampton (A) September 13 Charlton (A) 20 Arsenal (H) 27 Leicester (A) October 4 Birmingham (H) 18 Leeds (A) 25 Fulham (H) November 1 Portsmouth (H) 8 Liverpool (A) 22 Blackburn (H) 29 Chelsea (A) December 6 Aston Villa (H) 13 Man City (H) 20 Tottenham (A) 26 Everton (H) 28 Middlesbrough (A) January 7 Bolton (A) 10 Newcastle (H) 17 Wolverhampton (A) 31 Southampton (H) February 7 Everton (A) 11 Middlesbrough (H) 21 Leeds (H) 28 Fulham (A) March 13 Man City (A) 20 Tottenham (H) 27 Arsenal (A) April 3 Charlton (H) 10 Birmingham (A) 12 Leicester (H) 17 Portsmouth (A) 24 Liverpool (H) May 1 Blackburn (A) 8 Chelsea (H) 15 Aston Villa (A)
Just checked the fixtures against the dates for the European Cup: 1st group game - midweek before Arsenal at home 3rd group game - midweek after Leeds away 4th group game - midweek before Liverpool away 5th group game - midweek before Chelsea away 6th group game - midweek before City at home First knockout game, leg 1 - midweek after Leeds at home First knockout game, leg 2 - midweek before City at the council house 1/4 final, leg 1 - midweek before Arsenal away Semi, leg 1 - before Liverpool at home Semi, leg 2 - before Chelsea at home But the draw is "random".
It's a tough little run-in with the last four games against Liverpool, Chelsea, Blackburn and Villa. At least the Liverpool and Chelsea matches are home games.
But unfortunately, we historically suffer on the weekend matches after big European night midweek fixtures.
Happy Fixtures Day here's the link for united's fixtures for the upcomming season. It's in pdf format - enjoy] http://www.4thegame.com/bcfc/fixtures_printout_mufc.pdf