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Apologies in advance if this has been covered elsewhere already (but I don’t recall seeing anything).
The fixtures for next season will be released on 26th June, at noon, and the Carabao Cup first round draw is at 4.30pm the same day.

Some key dates

2025/26 Season

Fixture release day: Thursday, 26 June 2025 at 12pm

Sky Bet League One & League Two start date: Weekend of 2/3 August 2025

Carabao Cup Final: Sunday 22 March 2026

Vertu (EFL] Trophy Final: Sunday 12 April 2026

Final games of the regular season: Weekend of 2/3 May 2026

League Two Play-Off Final: Monday 25 May 2026

Summer transfer window:

Open: Sunday 1 June to Tuesday 10 June (19:00)
Close: Tuesday 10 June (19:00:01) to Monday 16 June (00:01)
Re-open: Monday 16 June to Monday 1 September (19:00)

Carabao Cup

Round One draw date: 26 June 2025

Round One: w/c 11 August 2025

Final: 22 March 2026

Vertu (EFL) Trophy

Group Stage draw date: 26 June 2025

Matchday One: w/c 1 September 2025

Final: 12 April 2026

I haven't worked out the point of closing the window for 6 days...

MisterPleasant wrote: ↑Sun Jun 01, 2025 8:54 pm I haven't worked out the point of closing the window for 6 days...

Its due to the club World Cup apparently

Don't forget folks….Fixture release Thursday 26th, 12:00pm

Also Carabao Cup 1st round draw for 70 of 72 teams. There is a Carabao Cup Preliminary round featuring the teams who finished 21st (Accrington) and 22nd (Newport) taking on the newly promoted sides - Oldham and Barnet respectively.

Jonty wrote: ↑Wed Jun 25, 2025 7:53 pm Don't forget folks….Fixture release Thursday 26th, 12:00pm

Also Carabao Cup 1st round draw for 70 of 72 teams. There is a Carabao Cup Preliminary round featuring the teams who finished 21st (Accrington) and 22nd (Newport) taking on the newly promoted sides - Oldham and Barnet respectively.

I'd missed that. Frankly I think it's insulting to make teams in a league go through a qualifying round to play in their own league cup. There must have been another solution.

What would your solution be out of interest?

HenneysKnee wrote: ↑Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:11 pm What would your solution be out of interest?

Big clubs put out second or third strings maybe, like Liverpool did when in the World Club Cup a few years back. It isn't the fault of Accrington, Oldham, Barnet or Newport that more teams are playing in Europe and have fixture congestion.

StephenD wrote: ↑Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:20 pm

HenneysKnee wrote: ↑Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:11 pm What would your solution be out of interest?

Big clubs put out second or third strings maybe, like Liverpool did when in the World Club Cup a few years back. It isn't the fault of Accrington, Oldham, Barnet or Newport that more teams are playing in Europe and have fixture congestion.

You mean when Liverpool we're made to play the same night so had no choice?

Van Der Nipper wrote: ↑Wed Jun 25, 2025 10:40 pm

StephenD wrote: ↑Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:20 pm

Big clubs put out second or third strings maybe, like Liverpool did when in the World Club Cup a few years back. It isn't the fault of Accrington, Oldham, Barnet or Newport that more teams are playing in Europe and have fixture congestion.

You mean when Liverpool we're made to play the same night so had no choice?

Yes that is what I mean and I know the circumstances, hence the reference to third strings.

Still annoying that FA cup replays were stopped because of too many fixtures for these big clubs.
As soon as the season finished Man U went on a tour raking in 12 million. Then this mickey mouse comp going on now.
Boils my [SwearFilter] to be honest. All the Prem teams have hiked up prices for the regular fans too.

Great post bud. I've never felt more distanced from the top level game. As someone said of Old Trafford recently - it was full of business men not football men. Last game l watched was the so-called Champions League Final - it was more like the Super bowl than ever. Maybe it's me.

AFC Blue wrote: ↑Thu Jun 26, 2025 6:58 am Still annoying that FA cup replays were stopped because of too many fixtures for these big clubs.
As soon as the season finished Man U went on a tour raking in 12 million. Then this mickey mouse comp going on now.
Boils my [SwearFilter] to be honest. All the Prem teams have hiked up prices for the regular fans too.

Manchester City have dropped the prices of their match day tickets by quite a significant amount for next season. Info in link below.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... -fans.html

HenneysKnee wrote: ↑Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:11 pm What would your solution be out of interest?

Or simply draw any four teams at random. Even if they restricted that to EFL teams.

The newly promoted League 2 teams have consistently proved not to be inferior for several years. Ironically we probably came closest to being the exception.

Storm in a Carabao tea cup. Though I do feel a little sorry for Barnet and Oldham. Must feel like they’ve still got their provisional licence.

Would be ironic if either drew the same teams in either of the opening fixtures of the season though. However they should look on the bright side. Both Accy and Newport should be considered quite beatable.