Town’s return to the Championship will get under way with a Friday night live Sky Sports-screened trip to newly promoted Birmingham City on Friday 8th August (KO 8pm) with Southampton, another of last season’s relegated Premier League sides, visiting Portman Road a week later.

The Midlanders were promoted as champions of League One having amassed 111 points last season and will have high expectations for their first year back in the second tier. Town last began a season against Birmingham in August 2017 when they got their campaign up and running with a 1-0 home victory.

The Saints, who finished bottom of the Premier League, are at Portman Road on Saturday 16th August with a Carabao Cup first round tie on the Wednesday between the first two Championship games. The draw takes place this afternoon at 4.30pm live on Sky.

A week later, the Blues make the long trip to Preston, before the first month of the season ends with Derby County at Portman Road on Saturday 30th August.

Following the first international break of the campaign, Town host Sheffield United, third in the division in 2024/25 before losing in the play-off final, on Saturday 13th September.

The Blues make a second early-season trek to Lancashire to take on Blackburn Rovers a week later, then Portsmouth are in Suffolk on Saturday 27th September with a visit to Bristol City three days later.

October starts with the first derby of the season against Norwich City at Portman Road, currently scheduled for Saturday 4th October, with the trip to Carrow Road pencilled in for Saturday 11th April, although with those matches potentially set for a move for TV coverage along with many others.

Town are at Millwall on Boxing Day, which is a Friday, having faced Sheffield Wednesday at home on the preceding Saturday, then visit Coventry City on Monday 29th December. Oxford United visit Portman Road on New Year’s Day.

The Easter games at the start of the run-in are Southampton away on Good Friday, April 3rd, and Birmingham at home on Easter Monday, April 6th.

The Norwich match follows at the weekend, before Middlesbrough at Portman Road on Saturday 18th April, newly promoted Charlton at the Valley on Wednesday 22nd April, West Brom away on Saturday 25th April and then finally QPR at home on Saturday 2nd May, a day which fans will hope will be one of celebration.

The only new stadium for most fans will be Wrexham’s Racecourse Ground, the Blues last visited in the FA Cup in 1995, with the trip to North Wales currently set for Saturday 21st February. The Red Dragons and their Hollywood entourage visit Suffolk on Saturday 22nd November.

Midweek away trips include the September visit to Bristol City, Hull City at the MKM Stadium on Tuesday 25th November, Watford at Vicarage Road on Tuesday 24th February, Stoke City on Tuesday 10th March and that late season game at Charlton.

In addition to the September international break, there will be no Championship matches over the weekends of Saturday 11th October, Saturday 15th November and Saturday 28th March.

The EFL will confirm TV details for the opening six rounds of games by next Thursday, 3rd July, then TV matches and fixture changes prior to the FA Cup third round on Saturday 10th January will be announced before the beginning of the season. Moves in the second half of the campaign will be set in November.

A full list of Town’s 2025/26 Championship fixtures can be found here.

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Chrisgee added 13:37 - Jun 26 @chepstowblue even though the fixtures are done by an independent company in France, sheesh no wonder your average fan aint too sharp.
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blues1 added 13:50 - Jun 26 Armaghblue. Where did u get i was saying we wont get promoted from, from what i said? Or .maybe ur some1,who thinks its guaranteed? All said was irs a tough start. I also won't, like some on here, if we don't have the greatest of starts to the season, write us off.
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Gforce added 13:56 - Jun 26 It's obviously a very tricky start for us, even so I wouldn't swap our squad for Birmingham's or Southampton's.
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bluebullet29l added 13:57 - Jun 26 I personally think it's going to be a tough gig this season and not a nailed on walk in the park promotion party like some numptys on here... remember ex Premier league counts for nothing....we got relegated for a reason.
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blues1 added 13:59 - Jun 26 Chrisgee. Sorry, but ur wrong. Just googled it, to be sure, and the EFL do their own fixture list.
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JewellintheTown added 14:06 - Jun 26 Will be nice to get out of the blocks with solid wins, but I'm currently more concerned with the end of the season games than the start. Birmingham will be more worried than we are on day 1, but that all depends on the transfers and gelling in. QPR on 2nd May will be interesting depending on how April goes with those tougher games. All part of the fun of supporting Town, and better than week after week of losses.

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Chrisgee added 14:21 - Jun 26 @blues1 The Premier League works with Glenn Thompson, of Atos, an international IT services company, to help go through the football calendar dates and available for determine when and where the 2,036 different fixtures across the Premier League and the three divisions of the EFL are to be played.
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boysof1981 added 14:40 - Jun 26 First game in the division, win and we will be top. Stay there all season. Easy.
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cressi added 14:40 - Jun 26 Think if we get in a few quality players in midfield and another striker we will be absolutely fine. As for Stansfield 19 goals in league one and 11 were penalties I watched the England under 21s worked hard but never looks like scoring. Hard game but hardly Man City or Liverpool.
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dirtydingusmagee added 14:57 - Jun 26 Well it's great to look at a fixture list and see we could and should win some this season !.Now let's get whatever transfers are needed done and dusted ASAP and get the squad working together before start of a massive season . COYB.
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BlueMoolay added 15:36 - Jun 26 It's going to bit a tough season....no walk in the park.!! I'm sure the boys will be up for it obviously, but we don't have the "team gel" and togetherness/team spirit we had with the last promotion. Makes a big difference. Anyhow, we'll all be right behind them all the way. COYB.
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jas0999 added 16:40 - Jun 26 Let’s make no mistake the championship is a tough league. But, with our squad and presumably excellent additions to come, we shouldn’t be afraid of these fixtures. A newly promoted side, a home game against a relegated side and two games against teams that are predicted to be fighting relegation. A minimum of 10 points should be the goal and the expectation from the board.

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TimmyH added 21:39 - Jun 26 I always talk about momentum in football, lose both or maybe just a point from those 2 won't be good after what has happened the season before...
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