KEY DATES

[STAR Voice]

As a service to everyone, here are key dates for the next season :


June
17th Fixtures released (10am)

August
8th Football League starts
10th (w/c) Carling Cup Round 1
12th Holland v England Friendly
15th Premier League starts
15th FA Cup Extra Prelininary Round
24th (w/c) Carling Cup Round 2
29th FA Cup Preliminary Round
31st (w/c) Johnstone's Paint Trophy Round 1

September
5th England v Slovenia Friendly
9th England v Croatia WCQ
21st (w/c) Carling Cup Round 3

October
5th (w/c) Johnstone's Paint Trophy Round 2
10th Ukraine v England WCQ
14th England v Belarus WCQ
26th (w/c) Carling Cup Round 4

November
9th (w/c) Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area-Quarter Finals
30th (w/c) Carling Cup Round 5

December
14th (w/c) Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Semi-Final
26th Full Fixture programme

January
1st No fixtures
2nd FA Cup 3rd Round
4th (w/c) Carling Cup Semi-Final (Leg 1)
18th (w/c) Carling Cup Semi-Final (Leg 2)
18th (w/c) Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Final (Leg 1)

February
15th (w/c) Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Final (Leg 2)
28th Carling Cup Final (Wembley Stadium)

March
28th Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final (Wembley Stadium)

April

May
2nd Season Finish - Coca-Cola Championship
8th Season Finish Coca-Cola League 1 & League 2
15th FA Cup Final
16th BSP Play-off final
22nd Coca-Cola Championship Play-Off Final (Wembley Stadium)
22nd European Cup Final
29th Coca-Cola League 1 Play-Off Final (Wembley Stadium)
30th Coca-Cola League 2 Play-Off Final (Wembley Stadium)

June
5th or 6th England Friendly
11th World Cup starts 15:00 & 19:30
12th World Cup 12:30 & 15:00 & 19:30
13th World Cup 12:30 & 15:00 & 19:30
14th World Cup 12:30 & 15:00 & 19:30
15th World Cup 12:30 & 15:00 & 19:30
16th World Cup 12:30 & 15:00 & 19:30
17th World Cup 12:30 & 15:00 & 19:30
18th World Cup 12:30 & 15:00 & 19:30
19th World Cup 12:30 & 15:00 & 19:30
20th World Cup 12:30 & 15:00 & 19:30
21st World Cup 12:30 & 15:00 & 19:30
22nd World Cup 15:00 & 19:30
23rd World Cup 15:00 & 19:30
24th World Cup 15:00 & 19:30
25th World Cup 15:00 & 19:30
26th World Cup 15:00 & 19:30
27th World Cup 15:00 & 19:30
28th World Cup 15:00 & 19:30
29th World Cup 15:00 & 19:30

July
2nd World Cup 1/4s 15:00 & 19:30
3rd World Cup 1/4s 15:00 & 19:30
6th World Cup S/f 19:30
7th World Cup S/f 19:30
10th World Cup 3rd/4th play off 19:30
11th World Cup Final 19:30

[Elliott]

Play off final is the same day as the Champions league final?

[Dirk Gently]

Play off final is the same day as the Champions league final?

Well spotted!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_UEFA_Champions_League_Final

The 2010 UEFA Champions League Final is a football match scheduled to be played on Saturday, 22 May 2010. It will be the 18th final of the UEFA Champions League under the current format and the 55th in total. The game will be played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid.

In November 2007, it was decided that the 2010 final would be the first Champions League final to be played on a Saturday, rather than the traditional Wednesday.

Date clash
The fixture is scheduled for 22 May 2010, which is the same date as both the 2010 Heineken Cup Final at the Stade de France and, provisionally, the 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final at Wembley Stadium.

[SLAMMED]

22nd Coca-Cola Championship Play-Off Final (Wembley Stadium)
29th Coca-Cola League 1 Play-Off Final (Wembley Stadium)
30th Coca-Cola League 2 Play-Off Final (Wembley Stadium)

I thought the championship final always came after league 1 & 2.

[Dirk Gently]

22nd Coca-Cola Championship Play-Off Final (Wembley Stadium)
29th Coca-Cola League 1 Play-Off Final (Wembley Stadium)
30th Coca-Cola League 2 Play-Off Final (Wembley Stadium)

I thought the championship final always came after league 1 & 2.

Usually, yes - but FIFA's rules for the release of players so many days before the World Cup means that they've brought that one forward as it's the most likely one to contain players who'll be off to the WC.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

Personally (and especially when the 3 Play Off finals are on the same weekend), I'd rather the Championship final was the always first one to be played.