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[h=1]Sky and ESPN announce live Premier League fixtures for 2011-12
[/h] Live games confirmed for first four months of season
Opening round will feature last season's top four
[/h] Live games confirmed for first four months of season
Opening round will feature last season's top four
- Guardian staff
- guardian.co.uk, Monday 11 July 2011 13.31 BST Article history
Arsenal's trip to Newcastle, which last season ended 4-4, will be the first live game of the 2011-12 Premier League season. Photograph: Graham Stuart/AFP/Getty Images
The first round of the new Premier League season will see the games featuring last year's top four all broadcast live.
ESPN will show Newcastle v Arsenal in the evening kick-off on Saturday 13 August, the first day of the 2011-12 season, while Chelsea's trip to Stoke and the champions, Manchester United, at West Brom will be shown in a double-header on Sky Sports the following day
Newly promoted Swansea's first ever match in the Premier League, away to Manchester City, is to be televised by Sky on the Monday.
Both Sky and ESPN's schedules are currently confirmed until November. Other highlights of the first month include Arsenal v Liverpool (Sky) on the second weekend and the clashes between Tottenham and Manchester City (ESPN) and Manchester United and Arsenal (Sky) on Sunday 28 August.
Barney Francis, the managing director of Sky Sports, said: "In the first set of live fixtures we will see seven major derbies, all [last season's] top six teams in the opening 10 days and every Premier League club live before the end of November."
[h=2]Confirmed live Premier League fixtures[/h]August
Sat 13: Newcastle v Arsenal (5.30pm) ESPN
Sun 14: Stoke v Chelsea (1.30pm) Sky Sports
Sun 14: West Brom v Man Utd (4pm) Sky Sports
Mon 15: Man City v Swansea (8pm) Sky Sports
Sat 20: Arsenal v Liverpool (12.45pm) Sky Sports
Sat 20: Chelsea v West Brom (5.30pm) ESPN
Sun 21: Bolton v Man City (4pm) Sky Sports
Mon 22: Man Utd v Tottenham (8pm) Sky Sports
Sat 27: Aston Villa v Wolves (12.05pm) Sky Sports
Sat 27: Liverpool v Bolton (5.30pm) Sky Sports
Sun 28: Tottenham v Man City (1.30pm) ESPN
Sun 28: Man Utd v Arsenal (4pm) Sky Sports
September
Sat 10: Bolton v Man Utd (5.30pm) ESPN
Sun 11: Norwich v West Brom (1.30pm) Sky Sports
Sun 11: Fulham v Blackburn (4pm) Sky Sports
Mon 12: QPR v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports
Sat 17: Blackburn v Arsenal (12.45pm) Sky Sports
Sun 18: Tottenham v Liverpool (1.30pm) Sky Sports
Sun 18: Man Utd v Chelsea (4pm) Sky Sports
Sat 24: Man City v Everton (12.45pm) Sky Sports
Sat 24: Stoke v Man Utd (5.30pm) ESPN
Sun 25: QPR v Aston Villa (4pm) Sky Sports
Mon 26: Norwich v Sunderland (8pm) Sky Sports
October
Sat 1: Everton v Liverpool (12.45pm) Sky Sports
Sun 2: Bolton v Chelsea (1.30pm) Sky Sports
Sun 2: Tottenham v Arsenal (4pm) Sky Sports
Sat 15: Liverpool v Man Utd (12.45pm) Sky Sports
Sat 15: Chelsea v Everton (5.30pm) ESPN
Sun 16: Man City v Aston Villa (1.30pm) Sky Sports
Sun 16: Newcastle v Tottenham (4pm) Sky Sports
Sat 22: Wolves v Swansea (12.45pm) Sky Sports
Sat 22: Liverpool v Norwich (5.30pm) ESPN
Sun 23: Man Utd v Man City (1.30pm) Sky Sports
Sun 23: QPR v Chelsea (4pm) Sky Sports
Sat 29: Chelsea v Arsenal (12.45pm) Sky Sports
Sat 29: West Brom v Liverpool (5.30pm) ESPN
Sun 30: Tottenham v QPR (4pm) Sky Sports
Mon 31: Stoke v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports
November
Sat 5: Newcastle v Everton (12.45pm) Sky Sports
Sun 6: Wolves v Wigan (1.30pm) Sky Sports
Sun 6: Fulham v Tottenham (4pm) Sky Sports
Sat 19: Norwich v Arsenal (12.45pm) Sky Sports
Sat 19: Swansea v Man Utd (5.30pm) ESPN
Sun 20: Chelsea v Liverpool (4pm) Sky Sports
Mon 21: Tottenham v Aston Villa (8pm) Sky Sports
Sat 26: Arsenal v Fulham (5.30pm) ESPN
Sun 27: Swansea v Aston Villa (1.30pm) Sky Sports
Sun 27: Liverpool v Man City (4pm) Sky Sports
Mon 28: Stoke v Blackburn (8pm) Sky Sports