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Has the gloss of discovering when we play Grimsby away or our local derby with FGM is worn off yet?

Surely home on Boxing Day

Only game I'm desperately looking out for is Orient away - 15 mins from my front door. Any Saturday would be grand.

Mansfield for me.

Plymouth will travel here in numbers and it would be good to get the Gas home or away in the Caribou cup

What date is the first game of the season?

I am in Carlisle in August so could coincide with that possibly, otherwise home 1st game of the seaosn and home Boxing Day for a change would be good.

I would guess 1st game is home to Orient, Boxing Day away at Plymouth.

1st Round of Carry Ons Cup will be Brentford or QPR home.

This is the Carabao Cup draw that's happening in a North London Morrisons right?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48661944

One of the more bizarre things I've read this season.

Still better than 3 in the morning in Vietnam or wherever

Us getting through R1 would be bizarre, our failure to do so recently has pretty much coincided with the having to rebuild each season policy under Power.  Last season a classic... celebrate the 50th  anniversary of winning the thing, with a fairly incompetent performance v  FGR.  At least Wellens seems to have largely got his squad ready for the start of pre season, which offers some hope, assuming a kind draw.

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I agree with you on this. About time we stormed the cup competitions and reached round two.

Although the fixtures are ‘published’ tomorrow, do the clubs actually get them a day or two early?

They do a dry run the day before and then the actual ones on the day after they have jigged them around so for example rovers and city are not both at home.

I’m sorry? A dry run the day before? Who the clubs or the EFL? If the latter then I would have thought in all honesty that they would know well in advance with computer technology and programming algorithms. They ought to allow any fixture faux pas like two same town clubs being at home on the same day kind of thing surely? Not having a pop at your reply in any way but I would thought that if the clubs get them in advance or even on the day that any discrepancies would have ironed out. Then again we are talking about the football governing body.

That would be nice.

Not been to the mad stad. Elm Park many moons ago, pissed with rain and we lost 4-0

Happy fixture day  :pint:

Start with away toScunny

Poor fixture start for me from a selfish perspective. August is pretty much out barring Morecambe at home on the 31st.

Home Boxing Day - Cambridge is hardly a close one

Can someone please post the fixtures on here!?

Proper STFC graveyard in recent years, some right horror shows, so an early opportunity to put that right.

There u go. Anything else? Coffee, perhaps?

https://www.skysports.com/league-2-fixtures

Date

Opponent

H/A

Sat. 03/08/19

Scunthorpe United

Away

Sat. 10/08/19

Carlisle United

Home

Sat. 17/08/19

Exeter City

Away

Tue. 20/08/19

Northampton Town

Home

Sat. 24/08/19

Cheltenham Town

Away

Sat. 31/08/19

Morecambe

Home

Sat. 07/09/19

Leyton Orient

Away

Sat. 14/09/19

Macclesfield Town

Home

Tue. 17/09/19

Colchester United

Home

Sat. 21/09/19

Cambridge United

Away

Sat. 28/09/19

Newport County

Home

Sat. 05/10/19

Bradford City

Away

Sat. 12/10/19

Plymouth Argyle

Home

Sat. 19/10/19

Crewe Alexandra

Away

Tue. 22/10/19

Stevenage

Home

Sat. 26/10/19

Crawley Town

Away

Sat. 02/11/19

Walsall

Home

Sat. 16/11/19

Salford City

Away

Sat. 23/11/19

Mansfield Town

Home

Sat. 07/12/19

Grimsby Town

Away

Sat. 14/12/19

Oldham Athletic

Home

Sat. 21/12/19

Forest Green Rovers

Away

Thu. 26/12/19

Cambridge United

Home

Sun. 29/12/19

Port Vale

Away

Wed. 01/01/20

Plymouth Argyle

Away

Sat. 04/01/20

Bradford City

Home

Sat. 11/01/20

Crewe Alexandra

Home

Sat. 18/01/20

Newport County

Away

Sat. 25/01/20

Port Vale

Home

Tue. 28/01/20

Colchester United

Away

Sat. 01/02/20

Exeter City

Home

Sat. 08/02/20

Carlisle United

Away

Tue. 11/02/20

Northampton Town

Away

Sat. 15/02/20

Scunthorpe United

Home

Sat. 22/02/20

Grimsby Town

Home

Sat. 29/02/20

Mansfield Town

Away

Sat. 07/03/20

Forest Green Rovers

Home

Sat. 14/03/20

Oldham Athletic

Away

Tue. 17/03/20

Stevenage

Away

Sat. 21/03/20

Crawley Town

Home

Sat. 28/03/20

Walsall

Away

Sat. 04/04/20

Salford City

Home

Fri. 10/04/20

Cheltenham Town

Home

Mon. 13/04/20

Morecambe

Away

Sat. 18/04/20

Leyton Orient

Home

Sat. 25/04/20

Macclesfield Town

Away

Sorry about the shit format, taken copy and paste from official site

Maybe he can't access the many various sites where the fixtures are posted from his location? (work firewall etc)

But yeah, lazy bastard.

Sky straight in on the Salford fairytale.... grrr  >:(

Salford’s first game of the season live on Sky...shock :hmmm:

Have the club done the usual Outlook file thingy yet?

Perhaps they'll use it to highlight the role of the Salford Yeomanry in the Peterloo Massacre of August 1819.... or perhaps not.  Henry Hunt.... known as The Orator, was of course a Moonraker, being a son of Upavon.

AUGUST
3 - Scunthorpe United (A)
10 - Carlisle United (H)
17 - Exeter City (A)
20 - Northampton Town (H)
24 - Cheltenham Town (A)
31 - Morecambe (H)

SEPTEMBER
7- Leyton Orient (A)
14 - Macclesfield Town (H)
17 - Colchester United (H)
21 - Cambridge United (A)
28 - Newport County (H)

OCTOBER
5 - Bradford City (A)
12 - Plymouth Argyle (H)
19 - Crewe Alexandra (A)
22 - Stevenage (H)
26 - Crawley Town (A)

NOVEMBER
2 - Walsall (H)
16 - Salford City (A)
23 - Mansfield Town (H)

DECEMBER
7 - Grimsby Town (A)
14 - Oldham Athletic (H)
21 - Forest Green Rovers (A)
26 - Cambridge United (H)
29 - Port Vale (A)

JANUARY
1 - Plymouth Argyle (A)
4 - Bradford City (H)
11 - Crewe Alexandra (H)
18 - Newport County (A)
25 - Port Vale (H)
28 - Colchester United (A)

FEBRUARY
1 - Exeter City (H)
8 - Carlisle United (A)
11 - Northampton Town (A)
15 - Scunthorpe United (H)
22 - Grimsby Town (H)
29 - Mansfield Town (A)

MARCH
7 - Forest Green Rovers (H)
14 - Oldham Athletic (A)
17 - Stevenage (A)
21 - Crawley Town (H)
28 - Walsall (A)

APRIL
4 - Salford City (H)
10 - Cheltenham Town (H)
13 - Morecambe (A)
18 - Leyton Orient (H)
25 - Macclesfield Town (A)

Tricky enough August if you break down the fixtures.

Scunny away - we always seem to struggle there and Paul Hurst is a good manager at this level.
Carlisle home - You would like to think we would fancy our chances of getting off to a flier at home to the Cumbrians who I fancy to struggle this season.
Exeter away - strong side, I think they will be one of the sides battling for the play-offs along with us.
Northampton home - The cobblers look to have recruited well and I fancy them for play-offs. Tuesday night under the lights though is a good chance to put a stamp down early if we want to get promoted this season.
Cheltenham away - Written off already, no explanation required
Morecambe home - 'should' be 3 easy points. But we learned from the last 2 seasons when we lost to some terrible sides that we have to put these teams away.

I personally can see us getting 8 points from those games.

When you look at that, then it's pressure on straight away.... given our woeful recent record at Scunny, the next 4 we failed to beat in any game last season.  Not beyond the realms of possibility we could be in trouble by the time of the Morecambe game.

Some big games there definately and lets break that hoodoo at the 'Numb.

Fucking hell Reg, put the tissues away, I can hear you smacking your lips from here. Can we have a sweepstake on Reg's first use of the words "relegation battle" this season? I'm going for sometime in pre-season, sandwiched in between reminiscences of how the simple life of the medieval yeomanry of Melksham was swept away by heartless Thatcher's mechanised stormtroopers

Yep, it's nasty.  At least Wellens looks to be preparing well for it, so a possibility we might get something around 8 points which would be fine. To be avoided is a Bob Smith 80/81 5 game Royaume Uni, nil point.... lose job, job

Also not beyond the realms of possibility we will be top at that point too.

Did anyone expect anything different from him regardless of who the first few games were against?

Desperate trouble at the end of August. Brilliant

Even for you this is ridiculous

Bunch of toe rags in this league. We’ll win ‘em all!

Bit early to be drinking isn’t it?

Don't feed the troll.

Chocolate digestive, plain chocolate please 😁

Yeah sorry.

Of course it's possible.... however if you go by our recent record at Scunny and last season we get 3 points from those fixtures.  That's all.... it tells me these are difficult games and we'll need to be playing generally better than last season. Hopefully the case.

It's just the usual non-committal bollocks. He will dress it up into "told you so" if we are losing games, and distance himself totally from it if we are winning.

I really don't see the value in taking into account recent form against other teams, the nature of lower league squads is that they vary greatly from season to season.

The teams we put out vs. any of those teams will be very different to the teams we fielded last season, the same will go for them.

Our record at Scunny is totally irrelevant, not one player (I assume) who starts for us that day will have been involved in any of the previous 4 defeats

It’s a statistic that means absolutely nothing

All games are difficult, being top of the table by a country mile does not gaurentee three points at home to the bottom club. Looking back is all well and good, however, with a new manager and pretty much a new team, what has been does not equate to what will be. If it does you’ll be feasting on it all season, and next no doubt.

Try telling that to Cheltenham!

Not the same. We all know there's dark forces at work whenever we play Cheltenham.

Also a statistical anomaly, nothing to do with any mental issues players/management have with going to the place

Every club has a bogey team, though.

Strange

The main thing is Grimsby away in December. Again.  :thumb:

Long journey on New Years day.

Midweek to Colchester at the end of Jan does not get the juices flowing.

After 46 games we could finish anywhere between 1st and 24th.

Of yeah of course but I don’t believe that any result is linked to what happened in the corresponding fixture in a previous season.  

Each game is standalone, our chances of getting a result from that game this coming season isn’t affected in the slightest by our recent record there

Logic would say so, but I'm sure you like me have been to STFC graveyards where we've looked to have a decent side, coming up against what looked a lesser outfit and then we lose.  As Audrey points out Cheltnumb being the classic example.  Another that defies logic is the Kassam, where we're yet to as much as score a goal.

The daddy is Priestfield... 1 win in 36 attempts. Explain that with logic.

Perhaps only in some quantum multiverse world, are current results affected by previous results, nevertheless you can spot trends from previous results, and for us, the most obvious is that we've been achieving lower league positions for 4 or more years now.

Now this is because we find it difficult to win games, or avoid defeat when a point could be handy. This will need to change, maybe it will this season, it's the challenge that Wellens has got.  It isn't going to be easy...

Cheltenham away nice and early, at least we can get that out of the way! haha

Don't worry, I think the vast majority of us can spot trends.....  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I look forward to some enlightened analysis then, always welcome.

I though they were joking when they said the Carabao cup draw was being done in Morrisons.

https://www.efl.com/news/2019/june/201920-carabao-cup-round-one-draw-details/

Nope tis indeed cromulent.

Digger is going to struggle to sleep after all that Caribou!

I'm sure we'll be checking out of the tournament early!

Nah, it's in the (10p) bag

as long as we aren't a round 1 unexpected item in the baggage area

10p for a carrier, they see you lot coming down south!

Going back to the Biscuitmen (spolling), did Robin Friday ever play in a game against us whilst playing for them.

swindon-town-fc.co.uk is your friend...

http://swindon-town-fc.co.uk/PlayingRecord.asp?Type=Opponent&PersonID=friday_robin_1952

Yep twice, in 74 in the FA cup and in 76 in the league, he never scored in either game.

Colchester away. FFS.

Sent from my ONEPLUS A6013

Salford v Leeds.

That wont be a sky wankfest, said no one ever

Colchester. Nice and local then.

shit draw then

Rubbish draw.

Possibly the worst draw in the shopping trolley....  only other LC encounter we got stuffed 4-1 with 9 or so of the 69ers in the side

I’m not one for conspiracies but questions seriously have to asked

With the first round being divided into North & South I was expecting a more local tie! Maybe they need to divide it into East & West as well as even the die hards will struggle with this one

Bollocks draw, that's 2 hours drive for me, and I'm half way there.

I must be the only Town fan happy with that. Nice 60 min spin up the m11 on a summers evening, decent chance to get through.

I'm very happy with that...bonus game for me... thank you very much  :)

Haven't seen anything.
Oddly all the fixtures show in my phone calendar without me doing anything  :hmmm:

Calendar clicky (https://sync.ecal.com/button/v1/calendar/?widgetId=5d039cd478fce9077c8b4567&apiKey=08fe3307f822d8d7aeedd0b906f676765d039c30f2fe2)

Good man Samdy, thanks.

Yay, man u U23s are coming in pre season. Its a checkatrade dream

tbf, it's OK as a pre-season. It was the League trying to pretend that the Checkatrade experiment wasn't a Trojan Horse for a League 3 full of what shd be novelty pre-season fixtures everyone objected to