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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tractorboy12341234 added 17:18 - Jun 18 *2014/15
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blueboy1981 added 18:04 - Jun 18 .......... need to get your skates on MM and bring a bit of strength to this squad before we face 'you know who' - otherwise we could have a VERY embarassing start to the season. Now that really would wake some of you up - hopefully !!! Make no mistake - Players Required post haste (including a Goalkeeper) - even the likes of GREEN.
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Sindre94 added 18:05 - Jun 18 I'll attend both of them! Cant wait :D
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BuckieBlue added 18:09 - Jun 18 Last season we had a very difficult opening set of fixtures and were basically playing top 6 catch up from then on (ok 3 wins on the bounce got us into top 6 around Christimas but we couldn't keep up that sort of form). This year the fixtures are just as bad! Oh well hopefully Fulham, Norwich and Reading will still be having a reaction to their respective end of season failures otherwise could be just too much for us again (unless we strengthen well enough).

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blueboy1981 added 18:11 - Jun 18 carlo88 - ............ are you really surprised ?????? - when we have been on Sky, have we ever impressed and been anything other than mediocre at best ?????? Can understand why we are not an attraction, with our past performances surely ...
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jas0999 added 21:08 - Jun 18 Desperately need to strengthen team soon. Need to hit the ground running and with such a tough start, we need new recruits to be bedded in, not gaining match fitness against Fulham, Reading and Norwich. Otherwise, no points.
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warwickblue added 23:04 - Jun 18 Norwich in August. Me? - In Spain. Grrrrrr!
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lonelyblue added 06:29 - Jun 19 Seeing all these fixtures on paper, it looks a bloody tough league this year doesn't it? Before everybody starts moaning, and whether or not there's any money to spend, I think we'd do amazingly well to finish top 6. COYB.
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NoelTheDub added 08:41 - Jun 19 Get a team together before we worry about Fulham or Norwich.Waiting on loans in august and we will struggle v ordinary sides never mind the big guns.How or why we cant get championship players in when the Millwalls and Brummies and others are getting their teams sorted.We are been left behind again this summer all ready same old story here,and as i look forward to the new season at this moment we are weaker than end of last.

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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 09:24 - Jun 19 We've got to play them all some time or other. No fear! Bring 'em on!
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zumthor added 10:44 - Jun 19 First game of the season, MM only signed Green and a loan keeper. Still waiting for transfer window to close. At home, 14,500 crowd, on Sky. We lose!!!! Bottom of the table.
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tractorgrl added 12:02 - Jun 19 Have just had a quick(vomit inducing)look at the budgies fixture list and spookily they play Blackburn on the tuesday eve before they play us! Weird or what and could this work in our favour?
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tractorgrl added 12:03 - Jun 19 Both times meant to put!
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carlo88 added 13:41 - Jun 19 blueboy1981-............. Yes I agree we have been dire on Sky for a few years but those stats still give Leicester an unfair financial advantage, seeing as they must get a few hundred thousand per match. Should be a level playing field, especially in the Championship.
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