Football fixtures out tomorrow

Championship location 2014/15

One of the greatest days of the year takes place on Wednesday 18th June, tomorrow. No, it’s not anything to do with the World Cup its better than that and oh yes it’s not my birthday either, its fixture day, excited, I am. The 2014/15 fixtures are out bringing the start of the new season ever closer, so are you excited.

 

It won’t be the first fixture of the season, today a 10am the draw for the first round of the League cup is to be announced, and we could see the Bluebirds playing Newport County.

 

I’m not going to miss the Premiership at all has football is football no matter which league you are in although I will miss the ability to watch every game on some iffy Internet stream. I don’t know about you, but I love fixture list day when we get the first chance to eye our season’s competition. Come 9am tomorrow I will be clicking away at the laptop eagerly scanning of the list before a full on study.

 

The first fixtures I look out for is the first and last games of the season then Boxing Day, my birthday and I am not interested who we play its football. There are 46 league games next season all together and not counting cup games that is a lot of football.

 

There may be no South Wales derbies to look forward to but plenty of grudge matches to spice the season up. The list of competitors for Cardiff City’s promotion spot are Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Charlton Athletic, Derby County, Fulham, Huddersfield Town, Ipswich Town, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Reading, Rotherham United, Sheffield Wednesday, Watford, Wigan Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers.

 

There are some juicy fixtures next season with old rivalries. Leeds is one of those games with Birmingham and Wolves a couple of others. It’s not like many fans out there like Cardiff anyway. There are three away trips to the seaside always popular with travelling fans with Blackpool, Bournemouth, and Brighton the destinations. Cardiff get to travel to the New York Stadium! No not over the pond to America but Yorkshire, England, and the new home of Rotherham United. Going to be an interesting season with pressure on the management and players for an instead return to the Premier League.