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Relegated Wolves will motorboat nan Championship play astatine location to Blackburn, while West Ham caput to Burnley successful 1 of nan much eye-catching fixtures connected nan opening weekend.
The EFL fixture database was released connected Thursday and Wolves will play their first Championship fixture since 2018 nether nan caller caput coach César Peixoto astatine Molineux astatine 8pm connected Friday, 14 August pinch nan erstwhile West Brom head Tony Mowbray backmost for a 2nd spell successful complaint of Blackburn.
The Hammers and managerless Burnley were relegated alongside Wolves and they look each different successful their opening lucifer astatine Turf Moor connected nan Sunday. West Ham will commencement a caller play extracurricular nan apical formation for nan first clip successful 14 years, while Burnley are backmost successful nan 2nd tier for nan 3rd clip since 2023.
The London Stadium, West Ham’s location since 2016, will big Championship shot for nan first clip nan pursuing Saturday erstwhile Nuno Espírito Santo’s broadside look superior rivals Charlton.
Southampton play their opening fixture connected nan Sunday and will bid to put past month’s play-off saga down them aft being expelled for spying against Watford astatine Vicarage Road.
Promoted Cardiff and Wrexham will bring nan curtain down connected nan Championship’s opening fixtures successful a derby conflict successful nan Welsh superior connected nan Monday.
Beaten play-off finalists Middlesbrough statesman their caller play astatine The Riverside against Lincoln, backmost successful nan 2nd tier for nan first clip successful 65 years.
That is 1 of 8 Saturday games, which see a lunchtime Lancashire derby astatine nan Toughsheet Community Stadium betwixt Bolton and Preston.
The opening-day fixtures successful League One and Two each return spot connected 15 August.
Leicester, backmost successful League One conscionable 10 years aft being crowned Premier League champions, commencement astatine Notts County successful a 12.30pm kick-off and Sheffield Wednesday play their first lucifer nether caller owners Arise Capital Partners astatine Leyton Orient.
Bromley will statesman their first play successful nan 3rd tier astatine Barnsley and relegated Oxford person a lunchtime commencement astatine location to newly-promoted MK Dons.
In League Two, York will play their first crippled backmost successful nan EFL aft a 10-year absence astatine location against Bristol Rovers, pinch promoted Rochdale travelling to Newport for a 12.30pm kick-off.
Relegated Rotherham will play their first crippled backmost successful nan 4th tier since 2013 astatine Cheltenham.
