This morning the fixture list for the 2011/2012 season was released, and the countdown to next season begins now! JT and the boys begin the season with a tough match away to Stoke on the opening day on 13th August. This is followed by two home games against West Brom and newly promoted Norwich. With our first few home games we will be looking to gain maximum points and will be hoping for a repeat of last season's opening day win over West Brom when we put six goals past the Baggies.
Our first big test of the season comes early on, with a trip to Old Trafford in September and this time round we will be looking to avenge our defeats at the tail end of last season, with the return fixture at Stamford Bridge in February. Trips to newly promoted Norwich and Swansea come back to back in January, and personally I am looking forward to these as they will be new away trips for this season.
The season comes to an end at home to Blackburn, when we will be hoping to see JT lift the title again, following on from a trip to Anfield in the penultimate game of the season. This has echos of the 2009/2010 when we all but won the title in the historic double winning season with a victory at Anfield in the second last game of the season. If we do the same in May 2012, it will certainly be a good end to the season.
Our managerial situation may still not have been resolved, but with the release of the fixtures, we can safely say that the excitement for next season has begun. Regardless of whatever outcome there is to next season, we are all eager for it to get started, and it is safe to say that in two months time we will be back in our blue shirts, in our usual pre-match boozers down the Fulham Road and in our seats at Stamford Bridge!
Roll on next season :)
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