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Barnsley at Home on Opening Day as Norwich Also Visit in August
Wednesday, 22nd Jun 2016 09:00

Town’s 2016/17 SkyBet Championship campaign will start with a game at Portman Road against manager Mick McCarthy’s hometown club Barnsley, who were promoted from League One via the play-offs, while August also features the home derby against newly-relegated Norwich City.

Following the visit by the Tykes, with whom McCarthy began his playing career, on Saturday 6th August, the Blues will play their first round EFL Cup tie in midweek with the draw this afternoon at 1pm.

A trip to Brentford, the venue for last season’s opening game of the season, follows on Saturday 13th August with a visit to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday 16th August.

That East Anglian derby at Portman Road is currently set for Saturday 20th August with a 3pm kick-off, although as in previous years could move to the lunchtime or the Sunday. Preston visit Suffolk the following Saturday for August’s final fixture.

After the first international break of the season, Town start September with a visit to Reading on Saturday 10th with a Tuesday game at Derby on the 13th.

Looking ahead to the run-in, April starts with a Saturday home game against Birmingham City on the 1st with Wigan Athletic at Portman Road three days later.

The Blues are at Fulham on Saturday 8th April and Town’s first ever competitive game at Burton Albion is on Easter Saturday, 15th April, with Newcastle United visiting Suffolk for the first time since 2009/10 on Easter Monday, 17th April.

Boss McCarthy has previously sought to move Easter Saturday games to Good Friday to give players an additional day’s recovery time.

Town take a trip to Rotherham on Saturday 22nd April, then Sheffield Wednesday are in Suffolk for Portman Road's final gameo of the regular Championship season a week later.

The campaign, the Blues 15th in a row in the Championship, ends with a game at Nottingham Forest on Sunday 7th May, which kicks-off at noon.

The Blues are at home on both Boxing Day, when they face Fulham, and New Year’s Eve, when Bristol City are at Portman Road. They travel to QPR on Monday 2nd January, which is a Bank Holiday.

The Carrow Road derby is currently scheduled for Saturday 25th February, while Town's away games against the other two relegated former Premier League sides Newcastle United and Aston Villa are on Saturday 22nd October and Saturday 11th February respectively.

Burton Albion are at Portman Road for the first time in their history on Tuesday 18th October.

In addition to the trips to Wolverhampton and Derby, Town also have midweek away games at Birmingham City on Tuesday 13th December and Brighton on Tuesday 14th February.

A full list of Town’s fixtures can be found here.


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planetblue_2011 added 09:13 - Jun 22
Interesting at least we are at home first game of the season.
Norwich is early in the season just hope we are ready to kick their arse for once, we owe them one big time!!
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12th_Man added 09:21 - Jun 22
Very happy with this
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BrettenhamBlue added 09:30 - Jun 22
Planetblue
The last time we beat Norwich was under Magilton in 2009. To say it's overdue is an understatement. There are young fans who don't even know what it's like to beat Norwich.
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Geoff added 09:56 - Jun 22
Where is the investment
is Evans burying his head in the sand again
No investment no promotion
No ambition Vote leave
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iaintaylorx added 09:58 - Jun 22
Glad it is a home start to the season and happy with that start. Just now waiting on some more additions, as it's been a bit too relaxed and quiet for my liking..
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Bergholtblue added 10:03 - Jun 22
Home on Boxing Day - Good
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caught-in-limbo added 10:07 - Jun 22
Exciting stuff. September and February stand out as being key months to me.

Home matches on Boxing Day and big end of season games at home.

COYB
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bugblatter added 10:10 - Jun 22
How long before we know if the Norwich game is 12pm Sat or moved to Sunday? Any ideas?
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SamWhiteUK added 10:21 - Jun 22
Oh please, please move the derby....
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 10:25 - Jun 22
Blimey! I look at that list and ask myself are there ANY easy games. They all look difficult to me for various reasons (ex-PL, newly promoted looking to make a mark, large investment, etc.) Hope this is not a season where we get left behind. Big make or break for Mick and Evans, I think. Anyway, COYB!
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BlueySwede added 10:38 - Jun 22
Is is safe to presume that the Norwich game will be moved to Sunday? Thinking of booking a flight already..
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onthehoof added 11:02 - Jun 22
Great. Can now forward plan with the ITFC matches.

Have not been looking but are we linked with any other players? Think the championship is going to be tougher than ever and we could do we reinforcements.

Can any of you great fans update me?

Thanks
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12th_Man added 11:43 - Jun 22
We been linked to no one very quiet
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jpring89 added 11:56 - Jun 22
Not too bothered about being linked with anyone to be fair. I would rather our signings went under the radar until they are imminent.
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onthehoof added 12:14 - Jun 22
Thanks
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purplealien added 13:03 - Jun 22
Brighton on Valentine's Day chaps. Where better for a romantic break? Either that, or you'd better start collecting brownie points ;-)
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trevski added 13:09 - Jun 22
Just been drawn Stevenage at home in the cup
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big_gaz67 added 13:11 - Jun 22
Can we volunteer to reverse the tie and play at Stevenage - not wasting money on that match at home.....
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IpswichT62OldBoy added 13:43 - Jun 22
And so it begins. Another season of hope and promise.
This year we will play an attractive incisive style with a lot of high tempo passing.
I genuinely believe this, we have the players if no injuries.
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Karlosfandangal added 14:36 - Jun 22
Not really interested any more, Cant see how we are going to play entertaining football and have no chance of getting near the 3 that have come down, Villa manager has a £50 million war chest to go back up, Derby and Brighton will spend big so only really 6th to play for.
Far too much money in the prem with the new deal so teams coming down will have even more money to play with.

Mid table and entertaining football will be ok for me, instead of hoof ball and hanging on the shirt tail of the rest
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jas0999 added 17:06 - Jun 22
Nice to home for first game and a relatively 'easy' start. But there are lst of tough matches in there as well, which makes it even more important we start off with a home win.
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rfretwell added 19:34 - Jun 22
We desperately need reinforcements, cant see us making the playoffs again without them.
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EatonBlue added 00:44 - Jun 23
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