Town will start their 2014/15 Championship campaign with a home game against newly-relegated Fulham on Saturday 9th August and also face local rivals Norwich City at Portman Road in the opening month of the season.

Following the Cottagers’ visit - which will be shown live on Sky - and the Capital One Cup tie at Crawley, which is likely to be on the Tuesday of that week, the Blues’ first Championship away game is at Reading - where they opened the last campaign - on Saturday 16th August. Town travel to Birmingham three days later.

The first Portman Road derby against Norwich City since April 2011 is currently scheduled for Saturday 23rd August - the Bank Holiday weekend - but is likely to move to lunchtime the following day, as has usually been the case in recent years, perhaps for live Sky coverage.

Town’s tough August concludes with a visit to play-off finalists Derby County on Saturday 30th August before September begins with an international break and then home matches against Carlos Edwards’s new club Millwall on Saturday 13th September and Brighton the following Tuesday.

The month continues with a trip to Wigan (Saturday 20th September), a visit from League One play-off winners Rotherham a week later, before the Blues travel to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday 30th September.

The second derby of the season at Carrow Road is currently scheduled to be played on Saturday 28th February but also seems likely to move to the Sunday.

In the run-up to Christmas, Middlesbrough are at Portman Road on Saturday 20th December, then on Boxing Day the Blues visit recently-promoted Brentford, while Charlton are in Suffolk on Sunday 28th December. With the FA Cup third round taking place on the weekend of Saturday 3rd January there is no New Year’s Day game.

Easter sees AFC Bournemouth visit Portman Road on Saturday 4th April with the Blues making the trip to Huddersfield on Easter Monday.

After the Easter games, Town’s run-in sees Blackpool and Cardiff at Portman Road on Saturday 11th April and Tuesday 14th April respectively, then a visit to Mick McCarthy’s old club Wolves on Saturday 18th April, a home game against Nottingham Forest a week later, then on the final day a trip to face Blackburn Rovers and Jordan Rhodes.

Distant midweek away trips include the trip to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday 30th September, Cardiff City on Tuesday 21st October and Leeds United on Tuesday 3rd March.

The full list of fixtures can be found here.

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gazzmac4 added 09:05 - Jun 18 Oh my days! August the 9th cant come soon enough!!
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AndyKing added 09:05 - Jun 18 I like the fact we have Norwich early. Its crazy how we have managed to draw two relegated teams in the first month again. That is a tough start for us like last season. Got to play them all sometime anyway! COYB!!! Looking forward to this
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TractorCam added 09:11 - Jun 18 Bring it on!
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itfc1981 added 09:13 - Jun 18 Yes, guarantee the scumers wont like that, gives us a chance to hit back at them early and leave them depressed for a good part of the season at least. Feel we really needed to play at home against them first, superb stuff!
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groovyASH added 09:14 - Jun 18 I'd say there will be a decent chance of Town vs Fulham being a televised game as well; they tend to show a relegated-premiership side on the first day and Fulham were the most established club to come down- cannot wait, COYB!!!
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cornishnick added 09:23 - Jun 18 Tough start but arguably even tougher run in - Cardiff, Wolves, Forest and Blackburn - the last four games. Should have secured automatic promotion by then though!
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SouperJim added 09:44 - Jun 18 I'd much rather play the relegated teams early, before they find their feet.
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Garv added 10:02 - Jun 18 Mick can get his excuses in early then.
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Cloddyseedbed added 10:07 - Jun 18 I always look at the games we have to play at the end of season. If we are lucky enough to be up around the top the games we have are not going to be easy. As for the Norwich game so soon, personally I'd have liked the hype to have gone on a bit longer before we played them. Personally I think we'll get walloped!
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classof81 added 10:10 - Jun 18 Going on holiday in August. The only game I'll miss all season will be Norwich. I'm just sitting here with tears streaming down my face, drowning in a puddle of my own tears.
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ArnieM added 11:01 - Jun 18 Cancel your holiday, simples!
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Tractamatt added 11:15 - Jun 18 Hard to say at this stage how this will play out until we know what players we will have, have a feeling Fulham will struggle this season and also these games are before the transfer window closes so won't tell us anything, but we must turn over everyone at home.
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StowTractorBoy added 11:24 - Jun 18 As I predicted relegated teams in the first month, away on boxing day and away on the last day of the season. Then we have the usual long away midweek trips. Never mind can go to the Blackpool illuminations again and spend valentines day in London.
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karls_dad added 11:49 - Jun 18 Just thought i would log in and see what we have got, as it was booting the relegated teams came to mind, and bang on correct got two in the first month, and especially that lot from up the rd! Now Mick does all this waiting to save wages etc look a good plan now?? Maybe not!! Another tough start for us yet again, we always seem to get them, and an even toughter finish. Hmm for thelove of everything blue get some quaility players in NOW!! we have the thinnest squad in the division and even more players about to leave, never mind we have the under twelves they are doing well may aswell throw them in!!

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Michael11 added 11:58 - Jun 18 Nice to get in Norwich's faces nice and early. Hope we just go for it this season and attack teams. Tough start but we can do it!
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NoCanariesAllowed added 12:07 - Jun 18 Tough start and a tough run-in, that. Bit annoyed Cardiff away is on a Tuesday night. Interesting to see we could have two live Sky games in the first month with Fulham and quite possibly Norwich - nearly as many TV matches in one month as we've had in the past two years! Always fascinates me how perceptions change with the fixture list though. The games that look easy now could end up being tough tests against in-form teams and vice versa. I doubt many of us would've looked at Bournemouth on Easter Monday last season and predicted it would be such a tough and decisive game!

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morgz259 added 12:25 - Jun 18 Nooooooooo, I'm on a stag weekend to Liverpool bank holiday weekend!!! Fingers crossed it will get moved and be on sky. TBH the whole season is going to be touch, let's just hope the boys all come back fit and rearing to go!!!! A nice attacking midfielder between now and the start of the season would be a nice addition though :) can't not wait now.
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zumthor added 14:34 - Jun 18 seeing as MM is waiting till the end of the Premiership transfer window before he signs his loan players could be a difficult start. and it could make the difference between 8-12 place and 12-16 place in the league.
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itfc1981 added 15:02 - Jun 18 Who said the fly by banner had to be flown last season. I nice warm welcome back could be on the cards?
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carlo88 added 15:17 - Jun 18 Ipswich live games 2012-2014 = 3 Leicester live games 2012-2014 = 25 I'm actually funding their bloomin promotion.
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BlueandTruesince82 added 16:56 - Jun 18 COYB!
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Seasider added 17:01 - Jun 18 With two relegated teams,one being Norwich and Sky money,should help to fill the empty coffers. I think MM should take league cup games seriously,unlike previously as this also brings in money,which club doesn't seem to have any of since MM's arrival.Yes am well aware of FFP thank you.
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Scuzzer added 17:07 - Jun 18 So the Budgies come to the fortress that is Portman Road on the first month of the new season. So BBC inform the region today of all the opening fixtures on an animated background of all the regions teams club badges. Sorry did I say ALL?!...of course they leave out one don't they....can you guess which one. I am getting very paranoid.
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ArnieM added 17:14 - Jun 18 Its not paranoid when something is a fact. Expect more of the biased coverage over the voming season. The vkassic onecwill be thecscum badge disproportionately sized compared to Town's as the back drop to any sports coverage. They really are that pathetic.
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tractorboy12341234 added 17:18 - Jun 18 Town's First Games of Seasons: 2012/13 - Blackburn (H) - Just been relegated from Prem 2013/14 - Reading (A) - Just been relegated from Prem 2014/16 - Fulham (H) - Hust been relegated from Prem
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