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Premier League fixture list reaction for each club in one tweet
The Premier League fixtures for the 2019/20 season have been released – cue fans and pundits across the globe scouring the list for signs of encouragement or an impending nightmare campaign.
News.williamhill.com have traced and retraced Twitter to bring you one tweet to sum up the talking points around all 20 top-flight clubs’ treatment at the hands/motherboard of the FA’s infamous random fixture generator.
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Your one tweet-per-club guide to the Premier League 2019/20 fixture list reaction
Arsenal
It’s fair to say Arsenal Twitter isn’t exactly awash with enthusiasm for what the new campaign may bring.
Considering we bottled finishing in the top 4 by failing to beat one of Everton, Palace, Wolves, Leicester, Brighton etc, I have no interest in the fixture list. It’s going to be a very tough season anyway.
— 1886 (@1886_blog) June 13, 2019
Aston Villa
Villans, on the other hand, don’t even mind getting a Champions League finalist first time up.
Happy with @AVFCOfficial fixtures – cheeky Spurs game to get up to speed, nice run to warm up and a happy Xmas! #UTV #PremierLeaguefixtures
— Adam Curry (@adamcurry76) June 13, 2019
Bournemouth
Twitter silence on the south coast, but fans of other clubs see the travelling Cherries as easy pickings.
The real winners in the fixture list is whoever gets Bournemouth away early doors
— Tom (@tomfahy93) June 13, 2019
Brighton and Hove Albion
April is the cruelest month said T.S Eliot, well known Seagull.
Looks like April could be 0 points again #bhafc https://t.co/2eDWMx5rxs
— Martin (@theonlymarmar) June 13, 2019
Burnley
The Turf Moor contingent are railing against the commercial considerations of the modern game.
Mabey keep them the same this season rather than messing your supporters around having to take time off work at the last minute because a match has been moved
— 13fc (@The13enr) June 13, 2019
Chelsea
Blues fans like the look of their 2019/20 deal.
December/February looks tricky. United up first. A pretty spaced out fixture list tbh. Interesting season up ahead. 🔵#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC pic.twitter.com/ymaDnRgkOt
— Aaradhya (@AaradhyaCFC) June 13, 2019
Crystal Palace
The fixtures appear to have condemned Hodgson’s men to a grind of a campaign.
We've got to have one of the roughest set of fixtures ive ever seen. Roughly no chances to build momentum. Never Burnley-Norwich-Southampton….always Burnley-Man City-Arsenal. https://t.co/ISeWHmRdqX
— Holmes Dale (@CPFC_Dude) June 13, 2019
Everton
Meanwhile, Toffees opt for the time-honoured trope of questioning the randomness of the almighty fixture generator.
Scheduling Gods: * puts Everton vs Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool all in a row for the second season running but this time TWICE in our computer randomly generated fixture list* pic.twitter.com/9IgBJtz8Fe
— Vic 🌻 (@victoriacarlin_) June 13, 2019
Leicester City
Someone trawl back through Scott’s tweets to this time in 2015 and see if he called it.
https://twitter.com/RobottoGamiing/status/1139101299386003456
Liverpool
Klopp’s side are going to have to go like the Klappers to fulfill Dominic Holder’s demands. They’re 5/2 in the Premier League outright betting.
Hmm might have to get it wrapped up by March, that run in is not looking too fun 🙂
— Dom Holder 🎬 🎞 🎥 📽 📼 (@DomHolder) June 13, 2019
Manchester City
Looks like City’s season comes down to two crunch sequences, amid the sea of inevitable Ws.
Two crunch periods in the Man City fixture list. They play Liverpool, Chelsea, United and Arsenal over a six-game spell in Nov-Dec and then over a five-game spell in Feb-Apr – the latter amidst possible league cup and FA Cup and before CL quarters
— Simon Bajkowski (@spbajko) June 13, 2019
Manchester United
The Peach’s getting a warm and fuzzy feeling about United’s post-Europa League allocations.
The #MUFC fixtures that immediately follow their Europa League group stage matches appear to have fallen quite kindly: West Ham (a), Newcastle (a), Norwich (a), Brighton (h), Aston Villa (h), Everton (h)
— Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) June 13, 2019
Newcastle
The Magpies’ streak of top-six opening day assignments (barring a 2015 let-off) continued. When are they going to catch a break?
https://twitter.com/bigchrisholt/status/1139090009766727680
Norwich
We can forgive Michael getting overexcited enough to promote Liverpool to Premier League champions after the announcement of this Dortmund-flavoured opening day humdinger.
https://twitter.com/ThisIsMcCann/status/1139102364751794176
Sheffield United
The Blades are going to have to be at their sharpest to avoid a major league post-Christmas slump. United are 4/6 favourites in the Premier League relegation betting.
https://twitter.com/PaulTtereve/status/1139090539238842368
Southampton
Saints show the love for one of the Premier League’s most reliably boring fixtures. Who’s off to nick the early price on the draw?
Southampton 🤝 Burnley
Starting the season off against each other. 0-0 incoming 😍#saintsfc #bfc— Alz (@AlexJacobLee) June 13, 2019
Tottenham Hotspur
What a time for the Lilywhites to finally kick off a campaign with a home game again.
8 – Tottenham Hotspur will start a league season at home for the first time since 2010, following eight successive seasons with an away match to start their league campaign. Wait. #PremierLeaguefixtures pic.twitter.com/LkjjaX4YeI
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 13, 2019
Watford
Come on, we had to put this tried and tested rib-tickler in somewhere.
have checked the Watford fixtures fully now and they will be playing everyone twice
— Doug Jones (@apple_bonkers) June 13, 2019
West Ham United
Hark at the Irons complaining. Have they not seen Newcastle’s recent opening days?
West Ham’s opening fixtures for the last 5 seasons:
2019: Man City (H)
2018: Liverpool (A)
2017: Man Utd (A)
2016: Chelsea (A)
2015: Arsenal (A)
2014: Spurs (H)2019? Of course it’s Man City.
Try telling me this isn’t fixed to give us a shite start every year.
— ⚒ Jamie Bennett ⚒ (@jamiebennett92) June 13, 2019
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Finally, church-going Wolves fans have cause to rejoice. Unless they qualify for the Europa League group stage that is…
Wolves 2019/20 fixtures!!
We start the season away to Leicester & end the season away as well at Chelsea😳🤷♂️🙈
Boxing Day home to Man City & as of right now we have no Sunday fixtures whatsoever😳🤷♂️🙈#wwfc https://t.co/ZZIs2sp7hu
— Reggie (@Reggie61823972) June 13, 2019
