The 09/10 Football League Season

The new football league season gets under way on Friday with a Championship match between Middlesborough and Sheff Utd. Both teams will be looking for promotion so it should be a good curtain raiser. The match is live on Sky Sports 1 with kick off at 8 o'clock.

Rest of the opening weekend fixtures are this;

Saturday 8th August 2009

Championship:

Cardiff v Scunthorpe
Crystal Palace v Plymouth
Derby v Peterborough
QPR v Blackpool
Sheff Wed v Barnlsey
Watford v Doncaster
Reading v Notts Forest
Preston v Bristol City
Leicester v Swansea
West Brom v Newcastle 17:30 KO

League 1:

Gillingham v Swindon 12:30 KO
Southampton v Millwall 12:45 KO, live on Sky Sports 2
Brighton v Walsall
Leeds v Exeter
Norwich v Colchester
Yeovil v Tranmere
Southend v Huddesfield
Oldham v Stockport
MK Dons v Hartlepool
Charlton v Wycombe
Carlisle v Brentford
Bristol Rovers v Leyton Orient

League 2:

Aldershot v Darlington
Notts County v Bradford
Torquay v Chesterfield
Shrewsbury v Burton
Rotherham v Accrington Stanley
Port Vale v Rochdale
Northampton v Macclesfield
Bury v Bournemouth
Crewe v Dagenanam and Redbridge
Lincoln v Barnet
Morecombe v Hereford
Cheltenham v Grimsby

Sunday 9th August 2009

Championship:

Coventry v Ipswich 12:45 KO, live on Sky Sports 2

My predicitions for the season are

Championship up - Ipswich (I think Keane will have them playing well), Sheff Utd (narrowly missed out last year, I think they'll go one further this year), Reading (have good players and Rodgers looks like a good up and coming manager)

Championship down - Barnsley (very poor team), Doncaster (struggled last year and I expect them to do so again), Scunthorpe (just came up and don't have the squad to stay up I don't think)

League 1 up - Charlton (went down but are building again), MK Dons (Ince back as manager, he's good at this level), Millwall (good manager in Jackett and aren't a bad football side)

League 1 down - Gillingham (only just came up and I expect them to struggle), Hartlepool (never been convinced by them since they came up), Stockport (smallish club and I just think they'll struggle), Brentford (newly promoted and looked good last year, still expect them to go back down)

League 2 up - Burton (only just came up but it seems whoever comes up from the conference does well the following year), Crewe (if they can produce a few more youngsters into the side, could do well), Notts County (have the money to spend along with Sven, must be the obvious choice), Bradford (went off the pace a bit last year but I expect them to go all the way this year)

League 2 down - Accrington Stanley (struggled last year and I expect them do so again) Bournemouth (struggled last year, granted due to points deduction but even without it would have struggled and I think they'll go down this year)

Tomorrow night, live on Sky Sports, promotion hopefuls Sheffield United travel to recently relegated Middlesbrough.

Here is a list of all the football league fixtures for this weekend:

Championship

Friday, 7 August 2009
Middlesbrough v Sheff Utd, 20:00

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Saturday, 8 August 2009
Cardiff v Scunthorpe, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Plymouth, 15:00
Derby v Peterborough, 15:00
Leicester v Swansea, 15:00
Preston v Bristol City, 15:00
QPR v Blackpool, 15:00
Reading v Nottm Forest, 15:00
Sheff Wed v Barnsley, 15:00
Watford v Doncaster, 15:00
West Brom v Newcastle, 17:30

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Sunday, 9 August 2009
Coventry v Ipswich, 12:45

League 1

Saturday, 8 August 2009
Brighton v Walsall, 15:00
Bristol Rovers v Leyton Orient, 15:00
Carlisle v Brentford, 15:00
Charlton v Wycombe, 15:00
Gillingham v Swindon, 12:30
Leeds United v Exeter, 15:00
MK Dons v Hartlepool, 15:00
Norwich v Colchester, 15:00
Oldham v Stockport, 15:00
Southampton v Millwall, 12:45
Southend v Huddersfield, 15:00
Yeovil v Tranmere, 15:00

League 2

Saturday, 8 August 2009
Aldershot v Darlington, 15:00
Bury v Bournemouth, 15:00
Cheltenham v Grimsby, 15:00
Crewe v Dag & Red, 15:00
Lincoln City v Barnet, 15:00
Morecambe v Hereford, 15:00
Northampton v Macclesfield, 15:00
Notts County v Bradford, 15:00
Port Vale v Rochdale, 15:00
Rotherham v Accrington Stanley, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Burton Albion, 15:00
Torquay v Chesterfield, 15:00

This thread is to post all news, fixtures and results from the Football League season. I will try to post on it regularly to keep everyone updated .

Great thread, I look forward to following this one during the season, as I am both a fan of Liverpool and my local team of birthplace (Gillingham) in league 1.

Recently I was over there from OZ for 6 weeks and went to see Gillingham in the play off finals, and was fortunate enough to see us get promoted on a great day out to the new Wembley Stadium.
Went up to Liverpool and visited Anfield as well and although the stadium tour was booked out when I was there I did do the museum tour, and got some great photos.

Cant wait now for the action to start and see how Johnson and Aquilani fit into the side. There are some great sub plots this season to keep an eye on including

1.  How will United look without Ronaldo and Tevez, and what influence will Owen have.
2. How will Arsenal adapt with no Adeybayou and Toure and injury problems already hitting them.
3. Have Man City bought enough talent as yet to break into the top four
4. How will Newcastle go in the Championship
5. How will Real Madrid perform with the 170 million spend on new players.
6. Will Ancelotti be yet another Chelsea experiment to all end up in tears.

haha i so hope newcastle go down again, is west brom v newcastle on the bbc?

Cheers to whoever merged the threads together.

Cheers to whoever merged the threads together.

You're welcome. Didn't realise there were two threads so thanks for pointing that out.

Result - Friday 07 August, 2009

Middlesbrough 0-0 Sheffield United

Results - Friday 07 August, 2009[/u]

Middlesbrough 0-0 Sheffield United
Match report and manager interviews

That game was so boring.

GOAL (L1): Gillingham 1-0 Swindon Town (Mark Bentley)

Championship is wide open this year. Hard to pick a winner.

Southampton currently 0-0 against Millwall.

GOAL (L1): Gillingham 2-0 Swindon Town (Simeon Jackson)

GOAL (L1): Southampton 1-0 Millwall (Matthew Paterson)

Saints game is a decent watch.

That lob in the first half was quality, good save though.

GOAL (L1): Gillingham 3-0 Swindon Town (Adam Miller)

My tip of the Gills struggling isn't going too well right now.

GOAL (L1): Southampton 1-1 Millwall (Nadjim Abdou)

GOAL (L1): Gillingham 4-0 Swindon Town (Simeon Jackson)

GOAL (L1): Gillingham 5-0 Swindon Town (Simeon Jackson)

Woohoo    get in there Gills  5-0  beating Swindon

After being there for my teams play off win at Wembley and seeing us go up to League 1 where we are predicted to struggle, I am now excited about this maiden outing in League 1.

I hope we can hold on to Jackson, who scored a hat-trick and has been very influential in the clubs push to league 1.   
Back in Oz now I am reduced to following them on the internet, but if we are in the play offs again I am coming over to watch. Hopefully will see Liverpool parade the prem league trophy at the same time.

FULL TIME (L1): Southampton 1-1 Millwall

GOAL (L2): Aldershot Town 1-0 Darlington (Marvin Morgan)

GOAL (CH): Derby County 1-0 Peterborough United (Miles Addison)

GOAL (CH): Crystal Palace 0-1 Plymouth Argyle (Krisztian Timar)