They haven't played a newly promoted team home or away in the first fixture in the last six seasons. I can't be bothered to look further back than that!
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1st PL game. It's going to be Arsenal at home, isn't it .
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They haven't played a newly promoted team home or away in the first fixture in the last six seasons. I can't be bothered to look further back than that!
Tricky Dicky
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I remember the day of the last first top-tier match very well, the Arsenal game. I was at Wembley stadium for a gig - The Who, AC/DC, the Stranglers and Nils Lofgren. Hugh Cornwall announced at the beginning of the Stranglers set that the score was 4-0, and I laughed cos I didn't believe him !
Rowdey
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Reckon this too - WH have to play their first three fixtures away due to athletics being on.
LU7 RED
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We had Villa at home when we got promoted..
You'll have anyone bar the top 6 at home I reckon. Us, WBA, Watford, West Ham, Leicester etc etc.... Nice and boring to get you settled in...
You'll have anyone bar the top 6 at home I reckon. Us, WBA, Watford, West Ham, Leicester etc etc.... Nice and boring to get you settled in...
Marshy
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LU7 RED
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Boring for you maybe, certanly not for me
I missed the Villa match. Their only away win of the season LOL.
Seriously though - these first games tend to be a 'let down' opposition wise. Its bound to be existing PL side at home who finished outside top 7.
Razzoo
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I have a hunch it'll be Saints away
Megazone
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It's going to be Huddersfield away, then Newcastle at home, followed by Bournemouth away.
Can't wait. Bring on the Prem!
Can't wait. Bring on the Prem!
SeagullinExile
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Deffo Stoke at home...I can feel it in my piss.
Magic Sponge
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Southampton at home?
wigman
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Bournemouth at home.
To rule out the possibility of all the excitement of a first PL fixture, ending up being the crushing anti-climax of a trip to your 19th Century hovel.
Exactly. The irony is we bossed that game until they scored and then found ourselves 0-3 down at half-time. ☹
The Birdman
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Just think it is written in the stars, that's all[/QUOTE
Revenge
throbinson
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Tongue in cheek