Source: SNAPPA
How excited are football fans about the new fixture list?
No sooner have we kicked one season out than another one turns up knocking on the front door and demanding to be let in.
Yes, it’s fixture time – tomorrow’s the day you find out who you’ll be playing on opening day, when derby day is and where you’ll be driving on Boxing Day when the trains aren’t running.
(Peter Byrne/PA)
The anticipation up and down the country is almost unbearable. Almost.
Fixtures out tomorrow #buzzing âš½ï¸âš½ï¸âš½ï¸#mufc
— SNAR (@s017) June 16, 2015
Can't wait to see the fixtures announced tomorrow
— Natalie_MUFC (@Natalie_R_x) June 16, 2015
Well excited to see the premier league fixtures for next seasonâš½ï¸
— Charlie Ball (@CharlieBall01) June 16, 2015
I buzz off the Fixtures announcement ! Tomorrow! Eeshhh ðŸ˜
— Rob Hall (@RobHall46) June 16, 2015
I'm so excited about the fixtures tomo loool
— (connie) (@conniegibson_) June 16, 2015
Some people were maybe a little *too* excited – like Christmas.
Woke up this morning thinking it was Wednesday looking for the fixtures for the new footy season #TooEager
— Nathan Caton (@NathanCaton) June 16, 2015
literally so excited for fixtures tomorrow, it's like the Christmas Day of football
— charlÉ™a (@mcc4rtney) June 16, 2015
Some people were excited but felt like they shouldn’t be.
Did an excited gasp when I read that the Premier League fixtures are announced tomorrow morning and now feel like a bit of a loser.
— Guybrush Threepwood (@mattwebb1982) June 16, 2015
Some felt like the whole thing was coming round a little too quickly…
Bloody hell are the PL fixtures for next season really out tomorrow? Last season ended 2 minutes ago ffs
— James (@JamesK_1312) June 16, 2015
And others just categorically were not excited.
What time are the fixtures released tomorrow?? #FixturesReleaseDay
— Luke (@Luke_Toresen4) June 16, 2015
For the promoted teams, the excitement was particularly acute.
There is a different hype waiting for the Premier League fixtures than there is the Championship ones. #NCFC
— Cory (@iwritethings23) June 16, 2015
1 day until the fixtures are out ðŸ˜âš½ï¸ Would like avfc or someone alike for the first game, not too difficult but an exciting start #watfordfc
— Tim (@timwfcmay) June 16, 2015
Among the jaded old Premier League regulars, plenty of fans were looking out for this particular away day…
Fixtures tomorrow. Bournemouth away August Bank holiday weekend would be alright
— Greenie (@tomgreen23456) June 16, 2015
Imagine Bournemouth away dropping on your birthday weekend tomora 🙈 absolute dreamer
— ash james (@ashscfcj) June 16, 2015
Bournemouth away first game or last game will do me nicely ðŸ»ðŸ» #lcfc
— Lee Fletcher (@coalvillefletch) June 16, 2015
(Chris Ison/PA)
For some it’s just another opportunity to troll their rivals.
Fixtures out tomorrow and it's another year without Derby, Forest or Coventry! #lcfc #WereAllOnOurOwn pic.twitter.com/EUqM6JlRan
— Luke Lyons (@CityTank) June 16, 2015
There were the inevitable ‘leaked fixtures’ tweets…
Leaked fixtures for the first day of the season #bpl #epl #nufc pic.twitter.com/esdxhVqBo0
— NUFC Gallowgate (@NUFCgallowgate) June 16, 2015
Given whoever did this hasn’t even managed to give Arsenal a capital A, we’re gonna go ahead and say it’s nonsense. It happens every year. It’s always nonsense.
So, see you tomorrow for the real fixtures. Try not to get so excited that you can’t sleep. Don’t forget to leave out a pie and some hot Bovril for the Fixture Fairy. And remember – if you stay awake all night, the fixtures won’t arrive.