13 Sat Barclays Premier League A Newcastle United
16/17 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Play-off Round 1st Leg
20 Sat Barclays Premier League H Liverpool
23/24 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Play-off Round 2nd Leg
27 Sat Barclays Premier League A Manchester United
10 Sat Barclays Premier League H Swansea City
13/14 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Matchday 1
17 Sat Barclays Premier League A Blackburn Rovers
21 Wed Carling Cup - Round Three
24 Sat Barclays Premier League H Bolton Wanderers 1 Sat Barclays Premier League A Tottenham Hotspur
15 Sat Barclays Premier League H Sunderland
18/19 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Matchday 3
22 Sat Barclays Premier League H Stoke City
26 Wed Carling Cup - Round Four
29 Sat Barclays Premier League A Chelsea
27/28 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Matchday 2
1/2 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Matchday 4
5 Sat Barclays Premier League H West Bromwich Albion
19 Sat Barclays Premier League A Norwich City
22/23 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Matchday 5
26 Sat Barclays Premier League H Fulham
30 Wed Carling Cup - Round Five
2 Mon Barclays Premier League A Fulham
7 Sat FA Cup - Round Three
11 Wed Carling Cup - Semi-Final 1st Leg
14 Sat Barclays Premier League A Swansea City
21 Sat Barclays Premier League H Manchester United
25 Wed Carling Cup - Semi-Final 2nd Leg
28 Sat FA Cup - Round Four
31 Tue Barclays Premier League A Bolton Wander 4 Sat Barclays Premier League H Blackburn Rovers
11 Sat Barclays Premier League A Sunderland
14/15/21/22 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Round of 16 1st Leg
18 Sat FA Cup - Round Five
25 Sat Barclays Premier League H Tottenham Hotspur
26 Sun Carling Cup N Final
3 Sat Barclays Premier League A Liverpool
6/7/13/14 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Round of 16 2nd Leg
10 Sat Barclays Premier League H Newcastle United
17 Sat Barclays Premier League A Everton
(Or FA Cup Quarter-Final)
24 Sat Barclays Premier League H Aston Villa
27/28 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Quarter-Final 1st Leg
31 Sat Barclays Premier League A Queens Park Rangers
3/4 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Quarter-Final 2nd Leg
7 Sat Barlcays Premier League H Manchester City
9 Mon Barclays Premier League A Wolverhampton Wanderers
14 Sat Barclays Premier League H Wigan Athletic
(Or FA Cup Semi-Final)
17/18 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Semi-Final 1st Leg
21 Sat Barclays Premier League H Chelsea
24/25 Tue/Wed UEFA Champions League - Semi-Final 2nd Leg
28 Sat Barclays Premier League A Stoke City
MAY 5 Sat Barclays Premier League H Norwich City *
(Or FA Cup Final)
13 Sun Barclays Premier League A West Bromwich Albion
19 Sat UEFA Champions League N Final
* Matches on this date will not clash with the FA Cup Final and may accordingly move
fixture list
posted on 17/6/11
That first month's worth of fixtures is a ruddy assault course! Gonna need to come out of the blocks hard and fast I reckon!
What's more, Wenger and Gazidis better get on the case with transfers and sorting the squad out early doors, instead of swanning about, missing out on targets on deadline day and haggling over a few shirt buttons on a fee.
posted on 17/6/11
Hit the ground running
posted on 17/6/11
Away to Chelsea, Spurs and United before the end of October
Just seen the other lots fixture list, United at home to ourselves Spurs and Chelsea in their first 6 matches, what a chance they have to already open a gap in the table by keeping up their amazing home record. Chelsea have a pi$$ easy start, too, apart from United away they should easily pick up 15 points.
posted on 17/6/11
besides maybe swansea i think we have the worst first six games
posted on 17/6/11
Getting some tough games out the way early is a good thing. (This is the positive approach).
posted on 17/6/11
Those bloody CL qualifiers will be the death of us. Midweek games between matches against Liverpool and Man United. Bloody hell!
posted on 17/6/11
whens that draw for the cl qualifiers?
posted on 17/6/11
We could have done without UEFA Qualifiers, but if we
have to play Liverpool and Man Utd then I would prefer to play them early in season.
Liverpool are overhauling their team and Man Ut tend to be slow starters.
Providing that we do not land up with a tough UEFA qualifier and Wenger buys some half decent players
I would expect us to be well prepared for season.
My guess is that against both Liverpool and Man Utd
you will see very few major changes in our team apart
from perhaps 2 in defence.
posted on 17/6/11
Man U always start slow, so good that their more difficult fixtures are later in the campaign.
We usually start well so get the tougher matches out of the way while teams are still adjusting to the start of the new season, new team mates etc
positive thinking