Key Dates - 2012/2013

[Foxy]

Before the usual plethora of questions on fixtures and season opener start, here are the key dates for the start of next season:

Npower League One

Fixtures Released: June 18th 2012 - 9am
Season Starts: August 18th 2012.

League Cup (Capital One Cup)

First Round Draw: 14th June 2012
Competition Starts: Round One - August 13th 2012
Final: 24th February 2012

Johnstones Paint Trophy

Final: 7th April 2012

 

[WhiteHawk]

Blimey I only asked in the shoutbox, no need to start a thread on it

 

[dingledog]

You missed , July 21st, DD goes on holiday.

 

[Kev Gee]

When will the retained/released list be released?

 

[SotonBlade]

When will the retained/released list be released?

I would imagine by the end of this week.

 

[WhiteHawk]

You missed , July 21st, DD goes on holiday.

July 30th - WH goes on holiday.

 

[marky200484]

Season Starts: August 18th 2012.

Cracking! We get back from our honeymoon on Sunday 12th, I expected to have missed the first match this way she can get used to married life right from the first weekend - come to the football or see you on Sunday

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

When's the play off final?

 

[Foxy]

When's the play off final?

I didn't want to tempt fate by putting it in the original post... but it's the 19th May

 

[gavtheblade]

I didn't want to tempt fate by putting it in the original post... but it's the 19th May

if we make the play offs next term,i`ll show my bollocks to the kop.
no chance danno.

 

[SotonBlade]

Cracking! We get back from our honeymoon on Sunday 12th, I expected to have missed the first match this way she can get used to married life right from the first weekend - come to the football or see you on Sunday

To piss her off even more the League Cup game is week commencing 13th August

 

[JohnDenver]

if we make the play offs next term,i`ll show my bollocks to the kop.
no chance danno.

Another one to save alongside the poo-eating of Matt B.

 

[Foxy]

Seems the OS fancied following suit

 

[Danneh]

Rather unusual next season then, as the League Cup starts before the League campaign.

 

[oldblade]

It is unusual, but not unheard of. If my memory hasn't altogether failed me I think the league cup started before the league for a few seasons around the beginning of the 1980s. I seem to remember us playing Wednesday before the league programme started in the season that we were relegated to the fourth division. Let's hope the same thing doesn't happen this time!

 

[Darren]

It is unusual, but not unheard of. If my memory hasn't altogether failed me I think the league cup started before the league for a few seasons around the beginning of the 1980s. I seem to remember us playing Wednesday before the league programme started in the season that we were relegated to the fourth division. Let's hope the same thing doesn't happen this time!

The first round always started before the league season until 81-82. The two seasons we competed under that format we did crap - losing 2-4 on agg to Doncaster in 1979 and 1-3 on agg to Wednesday in 1980.

 

[oldblade]

The first round always started before the league season until 81-82. The two seasons we competed under that format we did crap - losing 2-4 on agg to Doncaster in 1979 and 1-3 on agg to Wednesday in 1980.

That makes sense of things and explains why I only became aware of it starting before the league season around the turn of the 1980s. We'd never attained a league position low enough to be included in the first round until 1979!

Mind you, I don't recall us ever doing particularly well in the league cup until 2002-3 season, apart from one or two memorable games - beating Liverpool in 1978, and Arsenal in the home leg in 1981.

 

[Darren]

That makes sense of things and explains why I only became aware of it starting before the league season around the turn of the 1980s. We'd never attained a league position low enough to be included in the first round until 1979!

Mind you, I don't recall us ever doing particularly well in the league cup until 2002-3 season, apart from one or two memorable games - beating Liverpool in 1978, and Arsenal in the home leg in 1981.

Our best season in the League Cup prior to 2002-03 was reaching the quarter finals 3 times and each time - in true SUFC style - we buggered up what looked like good positions:

1961-62: we drew the quarter final away at Blackpool 0-0, but managed to lose the home replay 0-2
1966-67: first Division United lost the home quarter-final 2-3 to 2nd division Birmingham
1971-72 we lost the quarter final 0-5 at West Ham having won there 2-1 in the League a week or so before.

Twas ever thus...

 

[essexblade87]

When do tickets for on sale for 1st game? Am up on my Summer Hols and can shoe in a trip to bdtbl while up

 

[Longtime Blade]

The first round always started before the league season until 81-82. The two seasons we competed under that format we did crap - losing 2-4 on agg to Doncaster in 1979 and 1-3 on agg to Wednesday in 1980.

 

[Longtime Blade]

Going from memory, didn't the League Cup start first in 1999/2000 with a home game against Shrewsbury?

Incidentally, I recall buying the programme for this match and reading that one of their players, Steve Jagielka,

was the brother of Phil Jagielka who was one of our United youth team. That's the first time I heard of Jags.

 

[Sensiblade]

Feb 16th - Home to Colchester & my Birthday too.
I know pretty much it'll end up being changed cos it's normally FA cup weekend so we'll be playing away at the farthest part of the country instead so i don't get to see a game on my birthday as per the norm.

 

[WhiteHawk]

Tranmere away on Saturday 30th March and then Carlisle at home on the Monday night? Is that correct?

 

[stannyblade]

Tranmere away on Saturday 30th March and then Carlisle at home on the Monday night? Is that correct?

Easter weekend?

 

[mattbianco1]

When are the squad numbers released?

Might get Evans on the back of my shirt

 

[Kev Gee]

When are the squad numbers released?

Might get Evans on the back of my shirt

Maybe have 17 as his squad number? 2017 as his release date

 

[BusheyBlade]

Feb 16th - Home to Colchester & my Birthday too.
I know pretty much it'll end up being changed cos it's normally FA cup weekend so we'll be playing away at the farthest part of the country instead so i don't get to see a game on my birthday as per the norm.

Wouldn't that be the 5th round of the cup? You're optimistic of it being changed!

 

[TAMUS]

if we make the play offs next term,i`ll show my bollocks to the kop.
no chance danno.

Will you be shaving them first Gav with a view to enhancing your manhood ? .

 

[gavtheblade]

Will you be shaving them first Gav with a view to enhancing your manhood ? .

oh yes