Sky Sports Live Premier League fixtures

**bobo06** · 9th July 2009

Sky Sports Live Premier League fixtures

AUGUST

Saturday 15th: Chelsea v Hull City, 12.45pm
Sunday 16th: Manchester United v Birmingham City, 1.30pm
Sunday 16th: Tottenham v Liverpool, 4pm
Sunday 23rd: Fulham v Chelsea, 4pm
Saturday 29th: Manchester United v Arsenal, 5.15pm
Sunday 30th: Portsmouth v Manchester City, 1.30pm
Sunday 30th: Aston Villa v Fulham, 4pm

SEPTEMBER

Sunday 13th: Birmingham City v Aston Villa, 12noon
Sunday 13th: Fulham v Everton, 4.15pm
Saturday 19th: Burnley v Sunderland, 12.45pm
Sunday 20th: Manchester United v Manchester City, 1.30pm
Sunday 20th: Chelsea v Tottenham, 4pm
Saturday 26th: Portsmouth v Everton, 12.45pm
Sunday 27th: Sunderland v Wolves, 4pm

OCTOBER

Sunday 4th: Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers, 1.30pm
Sunday 4th: Chelsea v Liverpool, 4pm
Saturday 17th: Aston Villa v Chelsea, 12.45pm
Sunday 18th: Blackburn Rovers v Burnley 1pm
Sunday 18th: Wigan Athletic v Manchester City, 4pm
Saturday 24th: Wolves v Aston Villa, 12.45pm
Sunday 25th: Liverpool v Manchester United, 2pm
Sunday 25th: West Ham United v Arsenal, 4.15pm
Saturday 31st: Arsenal v Tottenham, 12.45pm

Champions Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool all figure on the opening weekend of Sky Sports' first batch of live Premier League fixtures.
In all 31 games have been confirmed, including each of the big four clashes and 11 major derbies, with ALL 20 Premier League clubs appearing live on your screens before the end of November.
Sky Sports' live Premier League fixtures
They are the first of 92 live Premier League games on Sky Sports, all in high definition. Sky Sports, in consultation with the Premier League and clubs, has now made its initial selection of 31 live games over the first four months of the season. The first set of fixtures feature:
ALL THE CLUBS: Every one of the 20 clubs will be seen at least once in the initial set of live matches with all three promoted clubs shown live within the first two months.
BIG HEAD-TO-HEADS: Each clash between last year's top four; Manchester United v Arsenal (Saturday, August 29), Chelsea v Liverpool (Sunday, October 4), Liverpool v Manchester United (Sunday, October 25), Chelsea v Manchester United (Sunday, November 8) and Arsenal v Chelsea (Sunday, November 29).
MAJOR DERBIES: Eleven big derbies including: Fulham v Chelsea (Sunday, August 23), Birmingham City v Aston Villa (Sunday, September 13), Manchester United v Manchester City (Sunday, September 20), Chelsea v Tottenham (Sunday, September 20), Blackburn Rovers

v Burnley (Sunday, October 18), Wolves v Aston Villa (Saturday, October 24), Arsenal v Tottenham (Sunday, October 31), Everton v Liverpool (Sunday, November 29) and Arsenal v Chelsea (Sunday, November 29).
Announcing the initial live matches, Barney Francis, Managing Director of Sky Sports, said: "The initial set of fixtures are as strong as we've had since we began coverage of the Premier League.
"We have eleven major derbies, five head-to-heads between last season's top four teams and every Barclays Premier League club shown live before the end of November.
"Once again Sky Sports will bring you the biggest live matches throughout the season, all in high definition."

This season Sky Sports start a new agreement for live UEFA Champions League coverage with more live matches and more match nights. It brings live coverage of the final Qualifying round and up to 15 live matches per week across the group stage including every match on Tuesday nights.
The 2009-10 season also sees Sky Sports begin a new three-year agreement with the Coca-Cola Football League, to show up to 80 live games from across all three divisions, including Play-Offs and all three Play-Offs Finals from Wembley, all available in high definition.
This season kicks off on Sky Sports with a live pre-season match between Shamrock Rovers and Real Madrid on Monday, July 20, followed by three live pre-season tournaments including: the Wembley Cup featuring: Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona, Celtic and Al Ahly,

on July 24 & 26, the Barclays Asia Trophy featuring: West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Hull City and Beijing Guoan, on July 29 & 31, and the Emirates Cup featuring: Arsenal, Rangers, Atletico Madrid

and Paris Saint-Germain, on August 1 & 2.
Other live football on Sky Sports for the 2009-10 season includes: live ties from the Carling Cup, the Scottish Cup, live matches from Northern Ireland's IFA Premiership; live international football, including crucial home World Cup Qualifiers for Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales; plus South American World Cup Qualifiers

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