2023/24 - Important dates for your diary

[morganb]

https://www.efl.com/news/2023/may/efl-k ... 324-season

The EFL have confirmed that league fixtures will be released on Thursday 22 June when all clubs will learn of their schedule for the season ahead.

The opening round of fixtures will take place across the weekend of 4th-6th August.

A full list of the key dates ahead of the 2023/24 EFL season can be found below:

Fixture Release Date – Thursday 22 June 2023, 9am
Start Date – Saturday 5 August 2023 (with a likely live game on Friday 4 August)
Carabao Cup Round One – w/c 7 August 2023
Carabao Cup Final – Sunday 25 February 2024
EFL Trophy Round One – w/c 4 September 2023
EFL Trophy Final – Sunday 7 April 2024
League One Play-Off Final – Saturday 18 May 2024
League Two Play-Off Final – Sunday 19 May 2024
Championship Play-Off Final – Sunday 26 May 2024

[NathStPaul]

I will eagerly await the Papa John's Trophy fixture release date.

[Snowball]

I've kept May 18th 2024 free...

[Orion1871]

I've kept May 18th 2024 free...

Why, who's playing?

[Royal_jimmy]

I've kept May 18th 2024 free...

Why, who's playing?

Reading v Oxford at Wembley

[Snowball]

I've kept May 18th 2024 free...

Why, who's playing?

We won't care, already up as Champions.









Sh!t, this stuff is good

[Orion1871]

I've kept May 18th 2024 free...

Why, who's playing?

Reading v Oxford at Wembley

Must be the same day pigs fly over Wembley Stadium.

[Royal_jimmy]

We have to play away on the 26th August due to Reading festival. Thus I think we'll be at home first up. If so, I'm hoping it's against someone like Cheltenham, Port Vale or Exeter so we have every chance of starting off with a win.

5th August: Reading v TBC
8th August: EFL cup
12th August: TBC v Reading
19th August: Reading v TBC
22nd August: Reading v TBC
26th August: TBC v Reading

[NathStPaul]

Thanks for that, really useful.

[Silver Fox]

I'm on holibobs for the first 2 saturdays so aways would work for me

[Dirk Gently]

Missed out our renewed acquaintance with the FA Cup First Round (proper), which I assume will be November 3rd - 5th.

[Dirk Gently]

We have to play away on the 26th August due to Reading festival. Thus I think we'll be at home first up. If so, I'm hoping it's against someone like Cheltenham, Port Vale or Exeter so we have every chance of starting off with a win.

5th August: Reading v TBC
8th August: EFL cup
12th August: TBC v Reading
19th August: Reading v TBC
22nd August: Reading v TBC
26th August: TBC v Reading

We don't actually have to play away on festival weekend.

It just has to be a "police-free" fixture, so we could still play a small team without a significant away following at home that day.

[Royal_jimmy]

Not sure many teams will take a small following (under 500) since the smallest clubs in that league haven't played us for donkeys years and we're a new ground to a lot of clubs' fans in league one. Only club that probably will take less than that is Burton Albion

[NathStPaul]

I'm not sure any supporter will be falling over themselves to come to Reading m8.

[Pepe the Horseman]

We have to play away on the 26th August due to Reading festival. Thus I think we'll be at home first up. If so, I'm hoping it's against someone like Cheltenham, Port Vale or Exeter so we have every chance of starting off with a win.

5th August: Reading v TBC
8th August: EFL cup
12th August: TBC v Reading
19th August: Reading v TBC
22nd August: Reading v TBC
26th August: TBC v Reading

We don't actually have to play away on festival weekend.

It just has to be a "police-free" fixture, so we could still play a small team without a significant away following at home that day.

Shame we can't play ourselves LOL

[Clyde1998]

Not sure many teams will take a small following (under 500) since the smallest clubs in that league haven't played us for donkeys years and we're a new ground to a lot of clubs' fans in league one. Only club that probably will take less than that is Burton Albion

Fleetwood spring to mind. Whilst we've never played them before, their highest away attendance of the season appears to be only ~650. I can't imagine they'd bring more than about 300 here.

[Snowflake Royal]

I'm not sure any supporter will be falling over themselves to come to Reading m8.

We used to have one of the highest average away attendances at the Madejski because it's easy to get to Reading by rail or road. And we're not at the arse end of the cou try somewhere.

Assume not much has changed with that. So agree visiting attendance next year should be pretty high up for the league.

[tmesis]

I'm not sure any supporter will be falling over themselves to come to Reading m8.

Last time we were there, it did sometimes feel that teams treated it as something of a 'big day out', as playing in a ground of our capacity was something of a novelty then - and the stadium was still new and shiny.

I'm not sure the likes of Bristol Rovers would bring 4500 again though, even if we gave them that many tickets.

[Hendo]

I'm not sure any supporter will be falling over themselves to come to Reading m8.

Last time we were there, it did sometimes feel that teams treated it as something of a 'big day out', as playing in a ground of our capacity was something of a novelty then - and the stadium was still new and shiny.

I'm not sure the likes of Bristol Rovers would bring 4500 again though, even if we gave them that many tickets.

Would still probably expect them to sell 1,500-2,000 though.

[Orion1871]

I'm not sure any supporter will be falling over themselves to come to Reading m8.

People in Reading aren't falling over themselves to come to watch Reading. Unless they're given free tickets that is.