Champions United start at WBA

Manchester United will start the defence of their Premier League title at West Brom before facing Tottenham and Arsenal at home. Sir Alex Ferguson's side are scheduled to head to The Hawthorns on August 13 and complete the opening month of the 2011/12 season by welcoming potential title rivals Spurs and Arsenal to Old Trafford.The next team to visit the Theatre of Dreams are last season's runners-up Chelsea on September 17 before United travel to Liverpool and then entertain local rivals Manchester City in successive weeks in October.The traditional Boxing Day fixture pits the Red Devils at home to Wigan while Blackburn are due to visit Old Trafford on New Year's Eve.The opening game of 2012 sees Ferguson take his team to Newcastle and they will also travel down to Arsenal in January.February starts with back-to-back games against Chelsea and Liverpool before the return derby meeting with City is at Eastlands at the end of April.United's final home game is against promoted Swansea on May 5 and the season concludes with a trip to Sunderland to face former Red Devils captain Steve Bruce on May 13.

Source: Team_Talk