Premier League 2018-19: The Fixtures

After a surprisingly eventful summer for English football, the Premier League drought is finally over as the first matches of the season begin this weekend.

Kicking off the 2018-19 season, Manchester United host Leicester City at Old Trafford on Friday, August 10 at 8pm. Both sides will be hoping for a winning start to the season, after United failed to clinch top spot last year and Leicester languished in 9th place.

The weekend will also see the first matches of the campaign for new arrivals Cardiff City, Fulham, and Wolves – all of whom have been promoted from the Championship. Cardiff City will play Bournemouth and Fulham will play Crystal Palace on Saturday, August 11 at 3pm. Meanwhile, Wolves’ first Premier League test against Everton will be televised live on BT Sport 1 later that same day at 5.30pm.

Last year’s Premiership winners Manchester City will be in action on Sunday August 12th at 4pm, facing off against Arsenal in the London club’s first challenge for new manager Unai Emery.

For the full list of this season’s games and where they will be televised, football fans need look no further than TVGuide’s new and updated Premier League Fixtures page.

Our guide contains all the information about the upcoming season, including fixtures, stadiums, scores and any last minute timetable changes.

It’s the first place to start when planning one’s weekend of sports, with the option to add games to calendar so one never misses a game.

Check out the 2018-19 Season Premier League Fixtures on TVGuide.co.uk.

ITV gets rights to show all of England’s football tournament qualifiers until 2022

ITV has retained the rights to show all of England’s tournament qualifiers until 2022.

The broadcaster will air all of England’s football tournament qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2020 and FIFA World Cup 2020, as well as any pre-tournament warm-up matches. However, that bit will be dependent on whether England make it into the tournaments!

This is nothing new, of course, as ITV are currently approaching the end of a deal ensuring they are the main international football broadcasters until 2018.

ITV Director of Sport Niall Sloane said: “England on ITV has become a central feature of our sports coverage and we’re delighted to be able to continue to bring to viewers free-to-air, all the action from the teams’ qualifying campaigns through to 2022.”

This means that competitive international football will remain – thank goodness – on free-to-view television.

Meanwhile, from 2018 all of England’s matches in a brand new UEFA Nations League will only be available on Sky Sports.

The UEFA Nations League is a brand new international tournament, launching in 2018, which will see 55 nations come together in a league format to compete for the chance to win a summer trophy in 2019. It has been devised as a way to limit meaningless international friendlies in football.

Sky Sports Managing Director, Barney Francis, said: “Showing England in competitive matches exclusively live for the first time in seven years is great news for our viewers with the Uefa Nations League putting the top nations against each other regularly.

“Added to the recent success of Wales and Northern Ireland in reaching major tournaments, there is even more reason to follow the Home Nations on Sky Sports.”

Sky will stream the first Soccer Saturday of the Premier League season for free

Sky Sports will be streaming the first Soccer Saturday of the new Premier League season for free on Facebook and YouTube.

Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday will be simulcast from 3pm across Sky Sports News HQ, Sky Sports 1, Sky 1, PickTV, Skysports.com, Facebook and YouTube. This is the first time Sky Sports have streamed Soccer Saturday for fans on its social media platforms.

Soccer Saturday is Sky’s weekly guide to all the Saturday football matches across the leagues, and is presented by Jeff Stelling. Stelling is accompanied by a panel of experts and reporters such as Charlie Nicholas, Phil Thompson, and Chris Kamara.

There is no live coverage of games, but fans can watch live news and reactions from the day’s live games.

Stelling said: “Last season showed us anything can happen in the Premier League and the opening day is always full of surprises, so we’re delighted to open up our coverage of Soccer Saturday to even more people across our channels and online.

“There’s a terrific set of matches scheduled on the opening day of the season including champions Leicester City away to new boys Hull and Ronald Koeman’s first game in charge of Everton at home to Tottenham. Soccer Saturday will be the perfect way to follow every twist and turn.”

Fans can watch Wayne Rooney’s testimonial match – Man Utd v. Everton – live on Facebook

Wayne Rooney’s testimonial match will be the first ever game between Premier League teams to be streamed live on Facebook.

The match will be between Rooney’s current team Manchester United and his former team Everton, as the game celebrates his twelve years at United and raises money for four of Rooney’s favourite charities: NSPCC, Claire House children’s hospice, Alder Hey children’s hospital and the Manchester United Foundation.

The stream will be available for free to all 1.7 billion people who use the Facebook platform tonight (August 3, 2016), via both the Wayne Rooney and Manchester United official Facebook pages.

The game will take place at Old Trafford and kicks off at 8pm.

Rooney said: “I am delighted my testimonial game will be streamed globally, which will hopefully raise awareness and increase donations.”

New Manchester United signings Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly are expected to make their Old Trafford debuts during the match. The game will also be new manager Jose Mourinho’s first home game in charge of the club.