Guess The Opening Day Fixtures 2009/2010 – A Little Game For You
(UPDATE – 27/6/09 - to read the full English 2009/2010 fixture list follow this link.)
One of the greatest days of the year takes place on Wednesday 17th June 2009. No, Christmas Day hasn’t been moved forward a few months, neither is Apple releasing it’s latest shiny new product. It is fixture list day in England.
I don’t know about you, but I love fixture list day. It is the day when fans across the land discover exactly what parts of the country they will be heading to to support their team and when. A day on which reality kicks in for promoted and relegated clubs alike and the excitement, or indeed misery, finally hits home. The day on which you can finally start making concrete plans for pretty much any other major event in your life over the next year. Grudge match against a team that cost your club crucial points set for mid-November? Might want to reschedule that dentist’s appointment. Derby day scheduled for late March? Might have to postpone that wedding, birthday party or bah mitzvah then.
It is the day on which that beautiful, clever little computer (which we never see) basically dishes out 38 extra birthdays, or 46 if you support team in the lower leagues, like Newcastle.*
If you are like us at Just-Football and cannot wait for the next 24 hours to go by, why not join us in a little game? Namely: Guess the opening day Premier League 2009/2010 fixtures. From the list of 20 Premier League teams, all you have to do is pick what the computer will throw up and write your predictions in the comments field below. 5 points if you guess the fixture correctly, 10 if you also get the home and away team right. Winner gets plenty of kudos and vague accusations of insider knowledge.
Here are the 20 teams and my own predictions:
Arsenal – Aston Villa – Birmingham City – Blackburn Rovers – Bolton Wanderers – Burnley – Chelsea – Everton – Fulham – Hull City – Liverpool – Manchester City – Manchester United – Portsmouth – Stoke City – Sunderland – Tottenham – West Ham United – Wigan Athletic – Wolves
JF Predictions:
Arsenal vs West Ham United
Birmingham City vs Fulham
Blackburn Rovers vs Wolves
Everton vs Tottenham
Hull City vs Aston Villa
Manchester United vs Burnley
Portsmouth vs Chelsea
Stoke City vs Bolton Wanderers
Sunderland vs Manchester City
Wigan Athletic vs Liverpool
So what do you think it’ll be? Leave us your predictions (and your name) in the comments field below. Fixtures are announced on Wednesday at 1000hrs BST.
* – Sorry Newcastle fans, I couldn’t resist!
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James Sullivan:
Arsenal vs Wolves
Blackburn Rovers Vs Tottenham
West Ham vs Burnley
Manchester United Vs Aston Villa
Stoke City vs Liverpool
Everton Vs Wigan
Portsmouth vs Chelsea
Hull City vs Fulham
Birmingham City vs Manchester City
Bolton vs Sunderland
borgy's prediction:
Wolves – Man Utd
Arsenal – Hull
Bolton – Chelsea
Everton – Liverpool
Sunderland – Birmingham
Tottenham – West Ham
Burnley – Blackburn
Man City – Fulham
Stoke – Aston Villa
Portsmouth – Wigan
2 big local derbies on the opening day borgy – that would be something!
woody
Wigan – Portsmouth
Wolves – Tottenham
Hull – Liverpool
Everton – West Ham
Arsenal – Birmingham
Aston Villa – Chelsea
Man City – Sunderland
Bolton – Man Utd
Fulham – Stoke
Blackburn – Burnley
Arsenal v Wigan
Aston Villa v Fulham
Blackburn v West Ham
Chelsea v Birmingham
Everton v Bolton
Manchester City v Wolves
Portsmouth v Liverpool
Stoke v Manchester United
Sunderland v Burnley
Tottenham v Hull
Mo to the Show
Arsenal v Wolves
Aston Villa vs Burnley
Blackburn vs Sunderland
Chelsea v Portsmouth
Everton v Tottenham
Manchester City vs Birmingham
Hull vs Liverpool
West Ham vs Wigan
Stoke v Man United
Bolton v Fulham
andy birmingham red 18.5
man utd – wigan
chelsea – sunderland
burnley – liverpool
wolves – arsenal
spurs – west ham
stoke – villa
bolton – portsmouth
everton – man city
birmingham – blackburn
hull – fulham
Some interesting choices here, thanks guys. Interesting to note not one person thinks Liverpool will play at home first. Fixtures are released in about 5 minutes.
OPENING DAY FIXTURES 09/10:
Aston Villa vs Wigan
Blackburn vs Man City
Bolton vs Sunderland
Chelsea vs Hull
Everton vs Arsenal
Man Utd vs Birmingham
Portsmouth vs Fulham
Stoke vs Burnley
Spurs vs Liverpool
Wolves vs West Ham