Toon face tough start to life in the Premier League.
Posted on June 17th, 2010 | 42 Comments |
Newcastle have been handed a start away at Manchester United as they try to resettle back in the Premier League again.
This is then followed by a home game against Aston Villa which offers us our own little chance to get some payback for them putting the final nail in our coffin in the Premier League last time, and hopefully we can put to bed those scenes in which they revelled in our demise with pretty little banners and the like. The first of the Tyne/Wear derbies takes place on 30th October at St James’ Park, with the return match at the Stadium of Light happening on 15th January. The traditional boxing day fixture will see us playing at home against Manchester City, and the final game of the season will also be at home for a change, this time against West Brom, and what a massive game that could end up being!
AUGUST
14 Man Utd (A)
21 Aston Villa (H)
28 Wolves (A)
SEPTEMBER
11 Blackpool (H)
18 Everton (A)
25 Stoke (H)
OCTOBER
2 Man City (A)
16 Wigan (H)
23 West Ham (A)
30 Sunderland (H)
NOVEMBER
6 Arsenal (A)
10 Blackburn (H)
13 Fulham (H)
20 Bolton (A)
27 Chelsea (H)
DECEMBER
4 West Brom (A)
11 Liverpool (H)
18 Birmingham (A)
26 Man City (H)
28 Tottenham (A)
JANUARY
1 Wigan (A)
5 West Ham (H)
15 Sunderland (A)
22 Tottenham (H)
FEBRUARY
2 Fulham (A)
5 Arsenal (H)
12 Blackburn (A)
26 Bolton (H)
MARCH
5 Everton (H)
19 Stoke (A)
APRIL
2 Wolves (H)
9 Aston Villa (A)
16 Man Utd (H)
23 Blackpool (A)
30 Liverpool (A)
MAY
7 Birmingham (H)
14 Chelsea (A)
22 West Brom (H)
So what do you reckon? I think we could have got dealt a better hand, another opening day away trip to Manchester United? How many times has that happened? Still, we have to play all the teams twice and nothing is set in stone yet as these dates could yet be moved to accommodate cup competitions or for live TV coverage.
Bring it on!
At fckin last!