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Fixture List 2009-10

EVERTON - BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Wed Aug 12 Carling Cup 1
Sat Aug 15 Arsenal H
Wed Aug 19 Manchester City A
Sat Aug 22 Burnley A
Wed Aug 26 Carling Cup 2
Sat Aug 29 Wigan Athletic H
Sat Sep 12 Fulham A
Sat Sep 19 Blackburn Rovers H
Wed Sep 23 Carling Cup 3
Sat Sep 26 Portsmouth A
Sat Oct 3 Stoke City H
Sat Oct 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers H
Sat Oct 24 Bolton Wanderers A
Wed Oct 28 Carling Cup 4
Sat Oct 31 Aston Villa H
Sat Nov 7 West Ham United A F.A. Cup 1
Sat Nov 21 Manchester United A
Sat Nov 28 Liverpool H F.A. Cup 2
Wed Dec 2 Carling Cup 5
Sat Dec 5 Tottenham Hotspur H
Sat Dec 12 Chelsea A
Tue Dec 15 Hull City A
Sat Dec 19 Birmingham City H
Sat Dec 26 Sunderland A
Mon Dec 28 Burnley H
Sat Jan 2 FA Cup 3
Wed Jan 6 Carling Cup Semi-Final (1)
Sat Jan 9 Arsenal A
Sat Jan 16 Manchester City H
Wed Jan 20 Carling Cup Semi-Final (2)
Sat Jan 23 FA Cup 4
Wed Jan 27 Sunderland H
Sat Jan 30 Wigan Athletic A
Sat Feb 6 Liverpool A
Wed Feb 10 Chelsea H
Sat Feb 13 FA Cup 5
Sat Feb 20 Manchester United H
Sat Feb 27 Tottenham Hotspur A
Sun Feb 28 Carling Cup Final
Sat Mar 6 Hull City H (FA Cup 6)
Sat Mar 13 Birmingham City A
Sat Mar 20 Bolton Wanderers H
Sat Mar 27 Wolverhampton Wanderers A
Sat Apr 3 West Ham United H
Sat Apr 10 Aston Villa A (F. Cup Semi-Final)
Sat Apr 17 Blackburn Rovers A
Sat Apr 24 Fulham H
Sat May 1 Stoke City A
Sun May 9 Portsmouth H
Sat May 15 FA Cup Final

Louis Huglin, Uni of Warwick Posted 17/06/2009 at 06:34:30

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Santosh Benjamin
1 Posted 17/06/2009 at 10:17:36

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Just seen the fixture list: At home to Arsenal on the opening day; >tough November, December and February.

Guy Hastings
2 Posted 17/06/2009 at 07:20:06

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What price we're the first Sky game of the season on the 15th? 12:45 kick-off against the Gooners.

Adam Carey
3 Posted 17/06/2009 at 08:42:36

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So, after the perplexing read of how the fixtures are decided we start with 3 away games, (Arsenal, Man City and Burnley), and a rather difficult Feb, (Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd and Spurs)! Just a shame that there's still two bloody months to go...

Damian Scott
4 Posted 17/06/2009 at 10:02:19

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Is it just me or do we get a rough time when it comes to fixtures in the Premier League. Just look at some of the back-to back sequences of games we have in November 2009 and February 2010:

November 2009 for Everton: Man Utd (A), Liverpool (H)....

February 2010 for Everton: Liverpool (A), Chelsea (H), Man Utd (H), Spurs (A)

They are both a tough run of games. Thing is though, the rest of the fixtures are not too bad at the start and the end of the season.

So which do you think is better? The big games evenly spread out or back to back like we seem to be getting.

One positive I can see is that Moyes will instill that siege mentality into the camp during these periods and we could get a few scalps to bring us into the top 4.

Simon Walker
5 Posted 17/06/2009 at 15:11:57

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Adam, the Gooner game is at Goodison.

Andy Ferguson
6 Posted 17/06/2009 at 15:07:34

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Our last 10-11 games are all winnable. So I'm happy with the fixtures. If we go on a great run we could potentially nick 4th spot.

Adam Carey
7 Posted 17/06/2009 at 15:28:00

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Simon: thanks, I realised just after I submitted the comment... :-/
With regards the the Feb games, (which will no doubt be chopped around by Sky!), will we be missing Yobo, Pienaar, Anichebe and Yakubu to the AFCON??

Carl Rutherford
8 Posted 17/06/2009 at 15:41:47

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After the first 2 we have a long run of winnable games up to Villa at home on 31 October. We need to make sure we learn the lessons from last summer and make a strong start if we are to compete with the top 4.

Harry Reynalds
9 Posted 17/06/2009 at 16:04:47

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Still got Pienaar for AFCON

I don?t think South Africa qualified, but could be wrong...

Gary Creaney
10 Posted 17/06/2009 at 16:01:57

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OK for the final time Pienaar is not away on AFCON duty as South Africa did not qualify. The last time we had to worry about the AFCON I remember we done reasonably well despite being short of Yak, Yobo, Pienaar. That's what squads are for and hopefully Moyes has a good squad sorted for the coming season. Remember also that he will undoubtedly bring in a loan or two in January to accommodate our losses.

Phil Guyers
11 Posted 17/06/2009 at 16:37:15

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Adam, The Man City game will be put back because we have our Europa League qualification match then. The following week we are exempt from the Carling Cup 2nd round as we have the return leg. Getting a good start is vital and beating Arsenal on the first day could set the tone for the whole season. Can?t wait!

Micky Norman
12 Posted 17/06/2009 at 16:55:52

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Looking forward to May 15th

Joeynkoo Ludden
13 Posted 17/06/2009 at 17:47:56

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Last time we drew the Arse first game of the season, despite a 1-4 drubbing, didnt we finish 4th??? Omens, who goes for them...

Peter Roberts
14 Posted 17/06/2009 at 20:01:09

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Arsenal at home can be one of two things:

a) an excellent marker to set the season

OR

b) an unmitigated disaster and a display of the gulf in class and spending power between the Top Four and Best of the Rest.

The thing to note is our difficult games seem to be bunched together, a la last January - which didn’t seem to do us much harm..

Looking forward to the new season now - a shame we still have two months as Adam pointed out..

Stew Littler
15 Posted 17/06/2009 at 20:27:25

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OK, so once again, we have to go all the way to the NE on Boxing Day. There are 8 NW clubs, so why not have all 8 playing each other??!! And yet again, the Shite play at home!! Ridiculous - these fixtures (Boxing Day) are done manually, and I could have done them better.