2011/12 Season Fixtures Released

The 2011/12 Premier League fixtures were announced earlier today. Arsenal's 2011/12 title campaign will kick off with a game against Newcastle away from home on 13 August. Then, they have to play against Liverpool at home and make a trip to Old Trafford on either side of the second leg of Chamions League play-off. Is this a punishment for having failed to finish in the top three last season?

Arsenal's 2011/12 fixtures look like this (subject to changes ... due to TV scheduling as usual):

(H and A denote home and away, respectively.)

AUGUST

13	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Newcastle United
16/17	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Play-off Round 1st Leg
20	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Liverpool
23/24	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Play-off Round 2nd Leg
27	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Manchester United

SEPTEMBER

10	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Swansea City
13/14	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Matchday 1
17	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Blackburn Rovers
21	Wed	Carling Cup	-	Round Three
24	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Bolton Wanderers
27/28	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Matchday 2

OCTOBER

1	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Tottenham Hotspur
15	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Sunderland
18/19	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Matchday 3
22	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Stoke City
26	Wed	Carling Cup	-	Round Four
29	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Chelsea

NOVEMBER

1/2	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Matchday 4
5	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	West Bromwich Albion
19	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Norwich City
22/23	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Matchday 5
26	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Fulham
30	Wed	Carling Cup	-	Quarter-Final

DECEMBER

3	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Wigan Athletic
6/7	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Matchday 6
10	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Everton
17	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Manchester City
21	Wed	Barclays Premier League	A	Aston Villa
26	Mon	Barclays Premier League	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers
31	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Queens Park Rangers

JANUARY

2	Mon	Barclays Premier League	A	Fulham
7	Sat	FA Cup	-	Round Three
11	Wed	Carling Cup	-	Semi-Final 1st Leg
14	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Swansea City
21	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Manchester United
25	Wed	Carling Cup	-	Semi-Final 2nd Leg
28	Sat	FA Cup	-	Round Four
31	Tue	Barclays Premier League	A	Bolton Wanderers

FEBRUARY

4	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Blackburn Rovers
11	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Sunderland
14/15/21/22	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Round of 16 1st Leg
18	Sat	FA Cup	-	Round Five
25	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Tottenham Hotspur
26	Sun	Carling Cup	N	Final

MARCH

3	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Liverpool
6/7/13/14	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Round of 16 2nd Leg
10	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Newcastle United
17	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Everton
		(Or FA Cup Quarter-Final)
24	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Aston Villa
27/28	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Quarter-Final 1st Leg
31	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Queens Park Rangers

APRIL

3/4	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Quarter-Final 2nd Leg
7	Sat	Barlcays Premier League	H	Manchester City
9	Mon	Barclays Premier League	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers
14	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Wigan Athletic
		(Or FA Cup Semi-Final)
17/18	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Semi-Final 1st Leg
21	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Chelsea
24/25	Tue/Wed	UEFA Champions League	-	Semi-Final 2nd Leg
28	Sat	Barclays Premier League	A	Stoke City

MAY

5	Sat	Barclays Premier League	H	Norwich City *
		(Or FA Cup Final)
13	Sun	Barclays Premier League	A	West Bromwich Albion
19	Sat	UEFA Champions League	N	Final