Oxford at home. has fixture release day ever felt as pointless as today? It used to be quite an exciting day didn’t it? Did it? I can’t remember the old word any more.
Sunderland AFC will face Bristol Rovers at the Stadium of Light on the opening day of the 2020-21 Sky Bet League One season. After opening their campaign with a Carabao Cup and EFL Cup double, the Lads will host the Pirates before travelling to Oxford United for their second third-tier outing on Saturday 19th September. Phil Parkinson’s side will round off the first month of the campaign at home to Peterborough United, while an action-packed October will see them face Charlton Athletic (A), Blackpool (H), Swindon Town (A), Crewe Alexandra (H), Portsmouth (H), Rochdale (A) and Gillingham (A). The Black Cats will conclude the campaign on home turf against newly promoted Northampton Town on Saturday 8th May, with their final away game taking place one week earlier at Plymouth Argyle’s Home Park. A Boxing Day clash at the Stadium of Light against Hull City also awaits, with the Lads ushering in 2021 versus Northampton at Sixfields Stadium on Saturday 2nd January. View the Black Cats’ full provisional 2020-21 Sky Bet League fixture list below… SEPTEMBER Sat 12th Sept Bristol Rovers H Sat 19th Sept Oxford United A Sat 26th Sept Peterborough United H OCTOBER Sat 3rd Oct Charlton Athletic A Sat 10th Oct Blackpool H Sat 17th Oct Swindon Town A Tue 20th Oct Crewe Alexandra H Sat 24th Oct Portsmouth H Tue 27th Oct Rochdale A Sat 31st Oct Gillingham A NOVEMBER Tue 3rd Nov Ipswich Town H Sat 14th Nov Milton Keynes Dons H Sat 21st Nov Doncaster Rovers A Tue 24th Nov Fleetwood Town A DECEMBER Tue 1st Dec Burton Albion H Sat 5th Dec Wigan Athletic H Sat 12th Dec Lincoln City A Tue 15th Dec AFC Wimbledon H Sat 19th Dec Shrewsbury Town A Sat 26th Dec Hull City H Tue 29th Dec Accrington Stanley A JANUARY Sat 2nd Jan Northampton Town A Sat 9th Jan Plymouth Argyle H Sat 16th Jan AFC Wimbledon A Sat 23rd Jan Shrewsbury Town H Tue 26th Jan Ipswich Town A Sat 30th Jan Gillingham H FEBRUARY Sat 6th Feb Milton Keynes Dons A Sat 13th Feb Doncaster Rovers H Sat 20th Feb Burton Albion A Tue 23rd Feb Fleetwood Town H Sat 27th Feb Crewe Alexandra A MARCH Tue 2nd Mar Swindon Town H Sat 6th Mar Rochdale H Tue 9th Mar Portsmouth A Sat 13th Mar Wigan Athletic A Sat 20th Mar Lincoln City H Sat 27th Mar Bristol Rovers A APRIL Fri 2nd Apr Oxford United H Mon 5th Apr Peterborough United A Sat 10th Apr Charlton Athletic H Sat 17th Apr Blackpool A Tue 20th Apr Hull City A Sat 24th Apr Accrington Stanley H MAY Sat 1st May Plymouth Argyle A Sat 8th May Northampton Town H Supporters are advised that all of the dates listed are provisional and subject to change as the season unfolds.
Oxford, Peterboro and Charlton will probably all be up there at the top of the table, this season. I’ve got a feeling that Swindon will do well, too.
It's a harder start for our opposition than it is for us there marrra. They won't be fancying playing Parky's Invincibles early doors.
I think some of the bigger teams such as Charlton, portsmouth may suffer this time round. Wigan will be strong. To be fair to them they finished mid table in a very hard league. However, I am more optimistic than I felt before last season.
The fact that we as supporters are not taking this season lightly is a good sign, you cant just turn up and expect three points as a given in this league or any other, the players need to be prepared for the challenge, a committed dressing room is vital, and some of our first team squad need to do their talking on the pitch. OaU
I like the first 5. Teams that you’d expect to be in and around us so be a good gauge for where we are early doors. We should be beating Rovers first game to set us up for the next few which are tough, tight looking calls.
tough start matches 2-5 but no supporters at Oxford or Charlton ? should be a plus. H B Rov Sept 12th Sat A Oxford Sept 19th Sat H Peterboro Sept 26th Sat A Charlton Oct 3rd Sat H Blackpool Oct 10th Sat A Swindon Oct 17th Sat H Crewe Oct 20th Tues H Portsmo Oct 24th Sat A Rochdale Oct 27th Tues A Gillingham Oct 31st Sat 7 games in Oct ! not including efl or league cup matches. Hull at Home on boxing day 48,000 ?
