" CARDIFF CITY FIXTURES 2017-18 "

CARDIFF CITY FIXTURES 2017/18


Link
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=142949

Sat Aug 5 Burton Albion A

Sat Aug 12 Aston Villa H

Tue Aug 15 Sheffield United H

Sat Aug 19 Wolverhampton Wanderers A

Sat Aug 26 Queens Park Rangers H

Sat Sep 9 Fulham A

Tue Sep 12 Preston North End A

Sat Sep 16 Sheffield Wednesday H

Sat Sep 23 Sunderland A

Tue Sep 26 Leeds United H

Sat Sep 30 Derby County H

Sat Oct 14 Birmingham City A

Sat Oct 21 Middlesbrough A

Sat Oct 28 Millwall H

Tue Oct 31 Ipswich Town H

Sat Nov 4 Bristol City A

Sat Nov 18 Brentford H

Tue Nov 21 Barnsley A

Sat Nov 25 Nottingham Forest A

Sat Dec 2 Norwich City H

Sat Dec 9 Reading A

Sat Dec 16 Hull City H

Sat Dec 23 Bolton Wanderers A

Tue Dec 26 Fulham H

Sat Dec 30 Preston North End H

Mon Jan 1 Queens Park Rangers A

Sat Jan 13 Sunderland H

Sat Jan 20 Sheffield Wednesday A

Sat Jan 27 Bolton Wanderers H

Sat Feb 3 Leeds United A

Sat Feb 10 Millwall A

Sat Feb 17 Middlesbrough H

Tue Feb 20 Ipswich Town A

Sat Feb 24 Bristol City H

Sat Mar 3 Brentford A

Tue Mar 6 Barnsley H

Sat Mar 10 Birmingham City H

Sat Mar 17 Derby County A

Sat Mar 31 Burton Albion H

Mon Apr 2 Sheffield United A

Sat Apr 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers H

Tue Apr 10 Aston Villa A

Sat Apr 14 Norwich City A

Sat Apr 21 Nottingham Forest H

Sat Apr 28 Hull City A

Sun May 6 Reading H

Home Boxing Day and Home for the final game

QPR away on New Years Day is a good fixture as is Bristol City away early in November. Not a bad set of fixtures

We'll take a big following to burton I'll be there BLOOBIRDS

Potentially a very tough end to the season.

Last 5 games, 3 away are tough trips so hopefully by this time we will have won the league

The Championship fixture list for 2017/18 means Cardiff City fans will have to wait four weeks for a home fixture between September 30 and October 28.

Bluebirds fans will also clock up some serious mileage following their team in the upcoming season, especially in April.

Neil Warnock's side will be licking their lips at a tantalising fixture list which revealed a testing start for the play-off hopefuls. They face Aston Villa, Sheffield United, Fulham, Sunderland, Leeds United and Derby County before the end of September.

But an oddity in the fixture schedule means the clash with Gary Rowett's Derby at Cardiff City Stadium on September 30 will be the Bluebirds' last home game for 28 days — they next host Millwall in the Welsh capital on October 28.

Two away games (against Birmingham on October 14 and Middlesbrough on October 21), plus an international break, are the reasons for the barren period for home fans. There may also be a Third Round Carabao Cup tie in that time for the Bluebirds, on October 25.




But a twist of the 2017/18 schedule sees three of the Bluebirds' longer trips all scheduled for April. Warnock's men have four away games from six games in the penultimate month of the season. They'll travel a combined distance of 837 miles to away grounds in April.

Cardiff travel to their manager's old Bramall Lane stamping ground to take on Sheffield United on Easter Monday, a journey of 202 miles.

Eight days later the Bluebirds are at Villa Park, a mere 118 miles drive — but then the mammoth journeys come thick and fast. Cardiff meet Norwich at Carrow Road on April 14 which means a trip of 269 miles for the Saturday kick off (and probably an early start too).


Grealish came up against the in-form Gunnarsson for most of yesterday's game
The Bluebirds face Nottingham Forest at home on April 21 before another gruelling away journey, to Hull City's KCom Stadium on April 28. That's 148 miles.

Was it TS Eliot who wrote how April is the cruellest month? It certainly is for Cardiff City fans in 2018...

Cardiff City's away trips in April 2018

Sheffield United vs Cardiff City, April 2 — 202 miles

Aston Villa vs Cardiff City, April 10 — 118 miles

Norwich City vs Cardiff City, April 14 — 269 miles

Hull City vs Cardiff City, April 28 — 248 miles

Egg fixtures...

NOVEMBER 2017
Sat 11th 17:15 Wales v Australia Principality Stadium - POSSIBLE WALES PLAY-OFF GAME FOR WORLD CUP
Sat 18th 14:30 Wales v Georgia Principality Stadium - CITY v BRENTFORD
Sat 25th 17:15 Wales v New Zealand Principality Stadium - FOREST v CITY

DECEMBER 2017
Sat 2nd 14:30 Wales v South Africa Principality Stadium - CITY v NORWICH

FEBRUARY 2018
Sat 3rd 14:15 6N Wales v Scotland Principality Stadium - LEEDS v CITY

MARCH 2018
Sun 11th 15:00 6N Wales v Italy Principality Stadium - Sat 10th CITY v BIRMINGHAM
Sat 17th 17:00 6N Wales v France Principality Stadium DERBY v CITY

At least we can go into next season more hopeful than the last 2 or 3 seasons

A tough start.
I can see many games moved because of Sky or rugby maybe.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=142949