August 13: Everton (a) 20: Crystal Palace (h) 27: Liverpool (h) September 10: Stoke City (a) 17: Sunderland (h) 24: Middlesbrough (a) October 1: Manchester City (h) 15: West Bromwich Albion (a) 22: Bournemouth (a) 29: Leicester City (h) November 5: Arsenal (a) 19: West Ham United (h) 26: Chelsea (a) December 3: Swansea City (h) 10: Manchester United (a) 14: Hull City (h) 17: Burnley (h) 26: Southampton (a) 31: Watford (a) January 2: Chelsea (h) 14: West Bromwich Albion (h) 21: Manchester City (a) 31: Sunderland (a) February 4: Middlesbrough (h) 11: Liverpool (a) 25: Stoke City (h) March 4: Everton (h) 11: Crystal Palace (a) 18: Southampton (h) April 1: Burnley (a) 4: Swansea City (a) 8: Watford (h) 15: Bournemouth (h) 22: Leicester City (a) 29: Arsenal (h) May 6: West Ham United (a) 13: Manchester United (h) 21: Hull City (a) ------------------------------------------------------ Standard Everton away opener and that is a really **** finish to the season for us, isn't it? Oh well, I'd rather that as a finish than a beginning since we're going to be without Dembele, Son and potentially some players on breaks after the Euros.
November is hereby named Derby Month. Actually, October to November really is a nightmare, only Bournemouth away I'm happy with and they're not exactly a bad side either.
November is the stand-out month for obvious reasons, but in a way if it had to happen the best month for it to have happened is November; pre-season cobwebs have all been dusted off, new signing have begun to settle in, and the team in general is in a good place fitness and understanding wise. Also good that there's a nice gap between each game - the proximity of the West Ham and Arsenal fixtures last season didn't help us at all. It is a very tricky last 5 games to end the season with, especially if Hull Hotspurs are fighting relegation - it would be a damn shame to send our B team back from whence they came. But on the other hand, 3 of our last 5 games last season looked very winnable on paper and look how that worked out