Fixtures Announced Today

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Do we all think that the first Old Firm game will be another matchday 9 or 10 again?

This gives the shettlestons a bit of time for Ange to gel them together before facing us.
 
aghalee_hero said:
Come 9am can we possibly cut out the "totally random computer" comments. It has never, ever been random or even sold as totally random.
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Last season proved that, with the 1st OF game charade, it was a complete fix because they thought the longer they left the game the more chance there was if fans being present. Never worked then and won't work now :))
 
rangeral said:
Season starts on 31st July

Rounds 1-11 & 23-33

Home - Aberdeen, Celtic Hearts, Hibs, Livingston Motherwell
Away - Dundee, Dundee United, Ross County St Johnstone, St Mirren

Rounds 12-22

Home - Dundee, Dundee United, Ross County St Johnstone, St Mirren
Away - Aberdeen, Celtic Hearts, Hibs, Livingston Motherwell

As it stands

Opening game mostly likely either Livingston or Motherwell at home on 31st July

Could play Celtic but unlikely
Hearts have a home game as Championship Champions
Aberdeen and Hibs play on the Thursday before and need to be the Sunday where we could playing on Tuesday 3rd August in our 1st CL qualifier so the fixture is 'blocked'

Dundee take 11th place fixture schedule - Kilmarnock
Hearts take 12th place fixture schedule - Hamilton

Their opening game most likely Hearts, Livingston or Motherwell away

R1 - July 31st
CLQR3 - August 3rd/4th
R2 - August 7th
CLQR3 - August 10th
League Cup 2nd Round - August 14th
CLPO/ELPO - August 17th/18th/19th
R3 - August 21st
CLPO/ELPO - August 24th/25th/26th
R4 - August 28th

International Period

R5 - September 11th
CLGS MD1/ELGS MD1 - September 14th/15th/16th
R6 - September 18th
League Cup Quarter-finals - September 21st/22nd
R7 - September 25th
CLGS MD2/ELGS MD2 - September 28th/29th/30th
R8 - October 2nd

International Period

R9 - October 16th
CLGS MD3/ELGS MD3 - October 19th/20th/21st
R10 - October 23rd
R11- October 27th?
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If Livingston are in the bottom 6 we could have only one game on a plastic pitch this season?
 
Gazza4d said:
Do we all think that the first Old Firm game will be another matchday 9 or 10 again?

This gives the shettlestons a bit of time for Ange to gel them together before facing us.
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Opposite, they won't want Ange in a full Ibrox. Earlier the better and less fans the better. Exact opposite to the stunt they unsuccessfully rigged last season
 
One thing is for certain, the first old firm game won't be the last round of fixtures this year. Incredible how a computer could spout that out for the first time in years.
 
aghalee_hero said:
Come 9am can we possibly cut out the "totally random computer" comments. It has never, ever been random or even sold as totally random.
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Course it hasn’t, won’t stop the conspiracy theories though!

The order of home and away gets flipped from the season before, it’s just the actual order we play each team in that changes, but ultimately we have to play the same teams as everyone else, I genuinely couldn’t care who we play and when, we are better than them and need to prove it.
 
Legend76 said:
One thing is for certain, the first old firm game won't be the last round of fixtures this year. Incredible how a computer could spout that out for the first time in years.
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The game was played on one of 4 available date amazing what happens if you make a 'noise' like they did last year
 
Dundee at home please, noon kick off on Saturday. With celtic away to Livingston in the evening kick off the next day.
 
Bowery Boy said:
Should be the same as last season. Last possible fixture to give the best chance of a crowd. But we know it won't be.
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I’m more interested in what gives us the best chance of winning. Early fixture means they are still flailing around trying to find players and a system that works. It might also be that an early fixture gives us the best chance of a bigger crowd. As we get to late Autumn and into Winter who’s to say we won’t be met by Nippy ranting about a fifth/sixth/seventh wave and imposing harsher restrictions again? Late August or early September might well be the optimum time on both counts.
 
Recoba said:
We are at home first as the champions alway are.
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Was there not an anomaly in 2016/17 which meant Celtic played away and we played at home first?

Hamilton rings a bell, Barton’s first game?
 
aghalee_hero said:
Come 9am can we possibly cut out the "totally random computer" comments. It has never, ever been random or even sold as totally random.
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Nearly everyone gets this.

Can we stop pointing out the obvious.

The point is, there are elements that are supposed to have a certain amount of "randomness" and not fixed to benefit certain teams. Yet there have clearly been shenanigans eg the timing of the Old Firm last year. As RangerAl points out there were 4 possibilities for that game last year - that aspect should be somewhat random and down to chance. Instead the date that most benefits Celtic was picked. This is what people are talking about when they make the "random" comments. Not that they expect all 38 fixtures to be random.
 
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