THE NEW FIXTURE LIST.....

.....is due to be released tomorrow.    Meantime here is some interesting insight as to how it is all done...

http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/southampton/fb_news.php?storyid=32164

my prediction is Crystal Palace at home first game of the season

That is a foretaste of the accuracy of your predictions for next season Matty??  


The list in full:
August
17: West Bromwich Albion (a)
24: Sunderland (h)
31: Norwich City (a)
September
14: West Ham United (h)
21: Liverpool (a)
28: Crystal Palace (h)
October
5: Swansea City (h)
19: Manchester United (a)
26: Fulham (h)
November
2: Stoke City (a)
9: Hull City (h)
23: Arsenal (a)
30: Chelsea (a)
December
3: Aston Villa (h)
7: Manchester City (h)
14: Newcastle United (a)
21: Tottenham Hotspur (h)
26: Cardiff City (a)
28: Everton (a)
January
1: Chelsea (h)
11: West Bromwich Albion (h)
18: Sunderland (a)
28: Arsenal (h)
February
1: Fulham (a)
8: Stoke City (h)
11: Hull City (a)
22: West Ham United (a)
March
1: Liverpool (h)
8: Crystal Palace (a)
15: Norwich City (h)
22: Tottenham Hotspur (a)
29: Newcastle United (h)
April
5: Manchester City (a)
12: Cardiff City (h)
19: Aston Villa (a)
26: Everton (h)
May
3: Swansea City (a)
11: Manchester United (h)

The opening games dont look as frightening as last years but we'll need to get a good bag of points from the first few games because we have some difficult spells coming up later.

Agreeing with you there HP.  10 or 12 points from the first 4 games please, and then let them try to catch us!

(A little worried about the last game, still remember all too well what happened the last time Man U came to St Marys for the last game of the season.  )

Well will try and do better on the match predictions but hope we can take revenge for WBA doing the double over us this season. Not sure such a great first game as Clark seems to have us sussed though hopefully they will not have Lukaku playing for them this time and our new signings will be out to impress.

Will need a good start, 7 points from first 4 games but Nov and Dec will be a challenge, Chelsea and Arsenal away on the bounce will be tough.

Utd at home last day doesn't sound great and like Owen was there for that previous defeat but a chance hopefully for us to qualify for Europe and deny them the title, now that would be sweet. Does look like we have 4 winnable games in the last 5 at home.

Will be relishing the chance to knock the big boys off their smug perch in our last home game.