First game of 23/24 season.

[swain_drfc]

It'll be one of the promoted teams or one of the relegated teams !

Or one of the other 17 teams. 

Here I come, Camps, with my unmistakable pedantry.

It's 18 other teams.

Can’t play yourself.

[scawsby steve]

It'll be one of the promoted teams or one of the relegated teams !

Or one of the other 17 teams. 

Here I come, Camps, with my unmistakable pedantry.

It's 18 other teams.

Can’t play yourself.

Doh! Someone kick my arse.

[Chris Black come back]

Surprised to see a lot of folk wanting the big hitters to start with like Stockport, Wrexham, Notts etc. I'd rather have a winnable looking home game like Crawley or Newport.

Not saying any game will be easy but we quite often seem to get these games where we're the incidental part of a wider narrative and it never feels like it ends that well for us.

Agree with this 100pc.

[Campsall rover]

Surprised to see a lot of folk wanting the big hitters to start with like Stockport, Wrexham, Notts etc. I'd rather have a winnable looking home game like Crawley or Newport.

Not saying any game will be easy but we quite often seem to get these games where we're the incidental part of a wider narrative and it never feels like it ends that well for us.

Agree with this 100pc.

How often have we won the opening match of the season since our return to the league in 2003/04
So that’s 20 seasons.
Now I have not done any research into this but off the top of my head I can only clearly remember 4 times.
I will guess that it is no more than 6 though.
Over to you Dutch Uncle or someone else who has this knowledge.

The 4 i remember are Leyton Orient A 03/04 in the first season of course.
Blackpool H  I think was either 04/05 or 05/06 I remember Colin Hendry playing for them.
Derby A 1st championship season 08/09
Preston A guessing at 09/10 or 10/11

How many of the 1st games which were at home have we drawn. I think it’s most of them.

[pib]

Surprised to see a lot of folk wanting the big hitters to start with like Stockport, Wrexham, Notts etc. I'd rather have a winnable looking home game like Crawley or Newport.

Not saying any game will be easy but we quite often seem to get these games where we're the incidental part of a wider narrative and it never feels like it ends that well for us.

Agree with this 100pc.

How often have we won the opening match of the season since our return to the league in 2003/04
So that’s 20 seasons.
Now I have not done any research into this but off the top of my head I can only clearly remember 4 times.
I will gues that it is no more than 6 though.
Over to you Dutch Uncle or someone else who has this knowledge.

The 4 i remember are Leyton Orient A 03/04 in the first season of course.
Blackpool H  I think was either 04/05 or 05/06 I remember Colin Henry playing for them.
Derby A 1st championship season 08/09
Preston A guessing at 09/10 or 10/11

How many of the 1st games which were at home have we drawn. I think it’s most of them.

In the 20 seasons since we got back in the league, we have played 8 opening games at home and 12 away.

Home record is W1 D5 L2 - the solitary home win was against Blackpool at Belle Vue back in 2004/05.

Away record is W6 D3 L3 - our last opening day win was the last time McCann was in charge, away at Southend..

Overall it's W7 D8 L5 on the opening day since 2003/4.

The overwhelming majority of our opening games were away in this period up until 2019/20 to 2021/22, where we started off with home games 3 seasons running (albeit one of them was the behind-closed-doors game against MK.)

[Campsall rover]

Surprised to see a lot of folk wanting the big hitters to start with like Stockport, Wrexham, Notts etc. I'd rather have a winnable looking home game like Crawley or Newport.

Not saying any game will be easy but we quite often seem to get these games where we're the incidental part of a wider narrative and it never feels like it ends that well for us.

Agree with this 100pc.

How often have we won the opening match of the season since our return to the league in 2003/04
So that’s 20 seasons.
Now I have not done any research into this but off the top of my head I can only clearly remember 4 times.
I will gues that it is no more than 6 though.
Over to you Dutch Uncle or someone else who has this knowledge.

The 4 i remember are Leyton Orient A 03/04 in the first season of course.
Blackpool H  I think was either 04/05 or 05/06 I remember Colin Henry playing for them.
Derby A 1st championship season 08/09
Preston A guessing at 09/10 or 10/11

How many of the 1st games which were at home have we drawn. I think it’s most of them.

In the 20 seasons since we got back in the league, we have played 8 opening games at home and 12 away.

Home record is W1 D5 L2 - the solitary home win was against Blackpool at Belle Vue back in 2004/05.

Away record is W6 D3 L3 - our last opening day win was the last time McCann was in charge, away at Southend..

Overall it's W7 D8 L5 on the opening day since 2003/4.

The overwhelming majority of our opening games were away in this period up until 2019/20 to 2021/22, where we started off with home games 3 seasons running (albeit one of them was the behind-closed-doors game against MK.)

Thanks Pib.
Didn’t think our record was as good as that away from home.

Can’t believe I forgot the Southend game. 2018/19
So that’s 5 with the other 4 that i mentioned.
Which were the 2 others then Pib away from home. Gone completely blank on them 

[pib]

Surprised to see a lot of folk wanting the big hitters to start with like Stockport, Wrexham, Notts etc. I'd rather have a winnable looking home game like Crawley or Newport.

Not saying any game will be easy but we quite often seem to get these games where we're the incidental part of a wider narrative and it never feels like it ends that well for us.

Agree with this 100pc.

How often have we won the opening match of the season since our return to the league in 2003/04
So that’s 20 seasons.
Now I have not done any research into this but off the top of my head I can only clearly remember 4 times.
I will gues that it is no more than 6 though.
Over to you Dutch Uncle or someone else who has this knowledge.

The 4 i remember are Leyton Orient A 03/04 in the first season of course.
Blackpool H  I think was either 04/05 or 05/06 I remember Colin Henry playing for them.
Derby A 1st championship season 08/09
Preston A guessing at 09/10 or 10/11

How many of the 1st games which were at home have we drawn. I think it’s most of them.

In the 20 seasons since we got back in the league, we have played 8 opening games at home and 12 away.

Home record is W1 D5 L2 - the solitary home win was against Blackpool at Belle Vue back in 2004/05.

Away record is W6 D3 L3 - our last opening day win was the last time McCann was in charge, away at Southend..

Overall it's W7 D8 L5 on the opening day since 2003/4.

The overwhelming majority of our opening games were away in this period up until 2019/20 to 2021/22, where we started off with home games 3 seasons running (albeit one of them was the behind-closed-doors game against MK.)

Thanks Pib.
Didn’t think our record was as good as that away from home.

Can’t believe I forgot the Southend game. 2018/19
So that’s 5 with the other 4 that i mentioned.
Which were the 2 others then Pib away from home. Gone completely blank on them 

Walsall away in 2012/13 (Cotterill from 40 yards and all that), plus Yeovil away in 2014/15 when Dickov was in charge and we'd just been relegated from the Championship. The scorers that day were Curtis Main, Harry Forrester and Theo Robinson.

[Campsall rover]

Surprised to see a lot of folk wanting the big hitters to start with like Stockport, Wrexham, Notts etc. I'd rather have a winnable looking home game like Crawley or Newport.

Not saying any game will be easy but we quite often seem to get these games where we're the incidental part of a wider narrative and it never feels like it ends that well for us.

Agree with this 100pc.

How often have we won the opening match of the season since our return to the league in 2003/04
So that’s 20 seasons.
Now I have not done any research into this but off the top of my head I can only clearly remember 4 times.
I will gues that it is no more than 6 though.
Over to you Dutch Uncle or someone else who has this knowledge.

The 4 i remember are Leyton Orient A 03/04 in the first season of course.
Blackpool H  I think was either 04/05 or 05/06 I remember Colin Henry playing for them.
Derby A 1st championship season 08/09
Preston A guessing at 09/10 or 10/11

How many of the 1st games which were at home have we drawn. I think it’s most of them.

In the 20 seasons since we got back in the league, we have played 8 opening games at home and 12 away.

Home record is W1 D5 L2 - the solitary home win was against Blackpool at Belle Vue back in 2004/05.

Away record is W6 D3 L3 - our last opening day win was the last time McCann was in charge, away at Southend..

Overall it's W7 D8 L5 on the opening day since 2003/4.

The overwhelming majority of our opening games were away in this period up until 2019/20 to 2021/22, where we started off with home games 3 seasons running (albeit one of them was the behind-closed-doors game against MK.)

Thanks Pib.
Didn’t think our record was as good as that away from home.

Can’t believe I forgot the Southend game. 2018/19
So that’s 5 with the other 4 that i mentioned.
Which were the 2 others then Pib away from home. Gone completely blank on them 

Walsall away in 2012/13 (Cotterill from 40 yards and all that), plus Yeovil away in 2014/15 when Dickov was in charge and we'd just been relegated from the Championship. The scorers that day were Curtis Main, Harry Forrester and Theo Robinson.

Thanks Pib.
I must be getting old then.
I was at those 2 games also. 

Last opening day game I missed was 1998/99 at Dover.

So we need an away game opening day then. We do better away.
If it’s Gillingham at home get your money on a draw as we have had them at home twice and drew them both.

[Reg of the Rovers]

Surprised to see a lot of folk wanting the big hitters to start with like Stockport, Wrexham, Notts etc. I'd rather have a winnable looking home game like Crawley or Newport.

Not saying any game will be easy but we quite often seem to get these games where we're the incidental part of a wider narrative and it never feels like it ends that well for us.

Agree with this 100pc.

How often have we won the opening match of the season since our return to the league in 2003/04
So that’s 20 seasons.
Now I have not done any research into this but off the top of my head I can only clearly remember 4 times.
I will gues that it is no more than 6 though.
Over to you Dutch Uncle or someone else who has this knowledge.

The 4 i remember are Leyton Orient A 03/04 in the first season of course.
Blackpool H  I think was either 04/05 or 05/06 I remember Colin Henry playing for them.
Derby A 1st championship season 08/09
Preston A guessing at 09/10 or 10/11

How many of the 1st games which were at home have we drawn. I think it’s most of them.

In the 20 seasons since we got back in the league, we have played 8 opening games at home and 12 away.

Home record is W1 D5 L2 - the solitary home win was against Blackpool at Belle Vue back in 2004/05.

Blackpool included a trademark Tim Ryan "shoot" goal if my memory serves?

[pib]

Surprised to see a lot of folk wanting the big hitters to start with like Stockport, Wrexham, Notts etc. I'd rather have a winnable looking home game like Crawley or Newport.

Not saying any game will be easy but we quite often seem to get these games where we're the incidental part of a wider narrative and it never feels like it ends that well for us.

Agree with this 100pc.

How often have we won the opening match of the season since our return to the league in 2003/04
So that’s 20 seasons.
Now I have not done any research into this but off the top of my head I can only clearly remember 4 times.
I will gues that it is no more than 6 though.
Over to you Dutch Uncle or someone else who has this knowledge.

The 4 i remember are Leyton Orient A 03/04 in the first season of course.
Blackpool H  I think was either 04/05 or 05/06 I remember Colin Henry playing for them.
Derby A 1st championship season 08/09
Preston A guessing at 09/10 or 10/11

How many of the 1st games which were at home have we drawn. I think it’s most of them.

In the 20 seasons since we got back in the league, we have played 8 opening games at home and 12 away.

Home record is W1 D5 L2 - the solitary home win was against Blackpool at Belle Vue back in 2004/05.

Blackpool included a trademark Tim Ryan "shoot" goal if my memory serves?

It did.... well, sort of. The Blackpool goalkeeper looked to have caught it and it slipped out of his hands.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Today's the day. 9am.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/65982507

[Herbert Anchovy]

Memorable for all the wrong reasons was the first game of the season away at Rotherham around 1989 ish. Full away end, we lost 3-0, our goalkeeper sent off (Paul Malcolm?) for kicking a Millers striker up the arse and a really, really dodgy walk back to the station afterwards.

[karldew]

Well the ‘leaked’ fixtures that never seem to be right have us at Barrow away.

[Jimmydee]

I would like Morecambe away for a seaside weekender for me.

[Metalmicky]

Wrexham away would be a nice start...

[karldew]

Wrexham away would be a nice start...

I think it’ll be Bradford Vs Wrexham on the Friday night.

[Thorney]

Well the ‘leaked’ fixtures that never seem to be right have us at Barrow away.

Hope it's not barrow away.

[RobTheRover]

They're late.

[ncRover]

Harrogate at home. Perfect. Easy home fixture and can hopefully banish the memories of that nightmarish evening of the same fixture from last season.

[Ryaldinhio]

Home to Harrogate....that'll do nicely

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Pleased with that, they should bring an ok following and home is a good start.

[Jimmydee]

I would like Morecambe away for a seaside weekender for me.

Oh well, it will be my birthday weekend trip instead, that’ll do.

[Campsall rover]

Harrogate at home. Perfect. Easy home fixture and can hopefully banish the memories of that nightmarish evening of the same fixture from last season.

EASY
Don’t like that word ncRover. No such thing. 
The game isn’t played on paper.

[Thorney]

Great fixture.
Really glad it's at home. That's me already telling work that I am not available that weekend under any circumstances.

[Reg of the Rovers]

First three home games absolute crackers - Harrogate, Notts C and Mansfield. Big test of how far we've come but get some good crowds in and back the team and we'll be flying!

[Filo]

I would like Morecambe away for a seaside weekender for me.

Oh well, it will be my birthday weekend trip instead, that’ll do.

It’s also my Birthday Weekend, on the 6th

[Campsall rover]

Only going to miss Crewe A & Colchester H in late November plus FA Cup 2nd round game 1st Sat in Dec, if we get that far this season.
Pity we had a midweek fixture at home that week. Still at least it isn’t one of the big games that I will miss.

[Padge_DRFC]

Will Notts County at home get moved to midday or Friday night? Big races event with band on the same Saturday. Selfishly I hope it's Friday as I am at said event. If not I'm leaving it for 2 hours

[glosterred]

Home game against Harrogate which should be a winnable game, what’s not to like


COYR

[Colin C No.3]

That’ll do me.

At home against a ‘localish’ team.

Important to start with a win & if we can’t win this one…..