Some keys dates for next season ...........

 

Fixtures will be released at 09:00 on Tuesday June 18.

 

They will consist of 33 weekend, 4 midweek and one Bank Holiday matchweeks.

 

The season will commence on August 17 and finish on May 25.

 

International break dates are .....

 

September 2-10

October 7-15

November 11-19

March 17-25

 

This season the revised Champions League and Europa League formats will see the group stages extended until the end of January, with .........

 

Matchday 7 played January 21/22/23.

Matchday 8 played January 29/30.

 

There will also be a later than usual Europa Conference group stage Matchday 6 played on December 19.

 

Seven EPL teams will be involved in European competition.....

 

Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa in the Champions League league phase.

 

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United in the Europa League league phase and Chelsea in the Conference League playoff round.

 

The summer transfer window will open on June 14 and close on Friday August 30 @ 23:00.

 

The winter transfer window will open on January 1 and close on Monday February 3 @ 23:00.

 

We have seen four head coaches/managers depart in Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool), Mauricio Pochettino (Chelsea) , Roberto De Zerbi (Brighton) and David Moyes (West Ham United). Klopp has already been replaced by Arne Slot and Moyes by Julen Lopetegui. It looks very likely that at least two or three other coaches will also depart/ job switch in the next couple of weeks, or even days and these must be record numbers for this stage of the off season.

 

Make up of the league will have an odd geographical look, with just five clubs from the North of the country, the previous 20 seasons have seen at least six, with 18 campaigns having 7+ and, between 2007-08 and 2010-11, there were at least 10 and as many as 11.

 

In addition to the five Northern clubs, there will be four from the Midlands, three from the South, one from the East and seven from London

 

In 2008-09 there were 11 from the North, 5 from London , 3 from the Midlands and one from the South.

 

Despite this shift, 14 of the last 18 EPL titles, including the last seven, have gone to the North and they have taken the top 2 spots in 9 campaigns, so 50% of the time. 

 

 

 

Good Luck!