Premiership fixtures 2008/09
By Leipziger
June 24 2009
After the first day of the season, it’s the most exciting day of the year – the day the Premiership fixtures are published! Today we discovered that our Falcons will get an early chance to avenge our only defeat away to Leeds last March in September when the Guinness Premiership season begins with a visit to Headingley to face the newly-promoted Cardigans.
June 24 2009
After the first day of the season, it’s the most exciting day of the year – the day the Premiership fixtures are published! Today we discovered that our Falcons will get an early chance to avenge our only defeat away to Leeds last March in September when the Guinness Premiership season begins with a visit to Headingley to face the newly-promoted Cardigans.
The new fixtures show Salbania as our first visitors for the third successive season, before Geoff Parling and his Tiggers host the Falcons for what is always a loud and popular away trip. Home games against Harlequins and Saracens round off the first set of Premiership games.
The computer has handed us a local derby at Christmas when Leeds come north, and there is the possibility of spending New Year’s Day on the epic trek that is the walk from the bus stop to Adams Park as we visit Wasps.
Wasps at home completes a difficult run-in, also including home matches against Leicester and visits to Sale, Quins and Saracens.
Fixture dates for the Anglo-Welsh Cup and details of our clashes with Albi, Montauban and Petrarca Padova in the European Challenge Cup are still to be confirmed, as are indeed exact Premiership dates and times, but here is the rough fixture list as we have it (all competitive games are listed as Saturday, but are on the weekend of):
15/08 Middlesex Sevens (Twickenham)
21/08 Away friendly TBC
22/08 Home friendly TBC
05/09 Leeds (A)
12/09 Sale (H)
19/09 Leicester (A)
26/09 Harlequins (H)
03/10 Saracens (H)
10/10 ECC 1
17/10 ECC 2
24/10 Bath (A)
31/10 Worcester (H)
21/11 London Irish (A)
28/11 Northampton (H)
05/12 Gloucester (A)
12/12 ECC 3
19/12 ECC 4
26/12 Leeds (H)
02/01 Wasps (A)
09/01 Gloucester (H)
16/01 ECC 5
23/01 ECC 6
13/02 Northampton (A)
20/02 London Irish (H)
27/02 Worcester (A)
06/03 Bath (H)
27/03 Saracens (A)
03/04 Harlequins (A)
10/04 ECC SF
17/04 Leicester (A)
24/04 Sale (A)
01/05 ECC SF
08/05 Wasps (H)
15/05 Premiership SF
22/05 ECC Final
29/05 Premiership Final
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Date: 24/06/2009 13:06
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Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: alas (IP Logged)
Date: 24/06/2009 13:17
The last six games look like a pretty tough run-in although one of the Leicester games must be at home. Let's hope the Falcons don't need too many points from them.
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Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: citizen-slacker (IP Logged)
Date: 24/06/2009 13:23
Blimey, April will be a barren month for the non-travelling support.
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: TouchLine (IP Logged)
Date: 24/06/2009 14:30
What happened to the good old home/away/home away formula that worked well in the past?
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: There's 35 seconds to go (IP Logged)
Date: 24/06/2009 14:37
The Lester Cheetah's game in April is at home, unless we're playing them twice at welfare road.
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: Leipziger (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 07:53
Yes it is. Sorry, rushed it out at the end of the work day. Also we won't have two ECC semis, the first would be a quarter.
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Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: Hideo (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 08:00
Why do we have 4 consecutive away games in the run in, before one last home game? That hardly seems fair. That means that we have no home Prem game for 2 months between 6th March against Bath and the last match on 8th May v Wasps. What the hell is that all about?!
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: There's 35 seconds to go (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 08:11
The Lester game in April is at home. We have two home games in a row earlier in the season.
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: Hideo (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 08:15
Ah...I was fooled by the fact that it says "Leicester (A)" and made the rash assumption that this meant it was an away game - but you're right there is another Leicester away in September, so the April one is presumably meant to be at home, thanks.
Still cr@p, but slightly better!
Still cr@p, but slightly better!
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: TouchLine (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 15:26
Confirmed dates and times for home matches
Sun Sep 13: Sale Sharks (3pm)
Fri Sep 25: Harlequins (8pm)
Sun Oct 4: Saracens (3pm)
Sun Nov 1: Worcester Warriors (3pm)
Fri Nov 27: Northampton Saints (8pm)
Sun Dec 27: Leeds Carnegie (3pm)
Sun Jan 10: Gloucester (3pm)
Fri Feb 19: London Irish (8pm)
Sun Mar 7: Bath (3pm)
Sun Apr 18: Leicester Tigers (3pm)
Weekend of May 8: London Wasps (Date and time TBC by Premier Rugby)
Doesn't look like we'll be on telly much
Sun Sep 13: Sale Sharks (3pm)
Fri Sep 25: Harlequins (8pm)
Sun Oct 4: Saracens (3pm)
Sun Nov 1: Worcester Warriors (3pm)
Fri Nov 27: Northampton Saints (8pm)
Sun Dec 27: Leeds Carnegie (3pm)
Sun Jan 10: Gloucester (3pm)
Fri Feb 19: London Irish (8pm)
Sun Mar 7: Bath (3pm)
Sun Apr 18: Leicester Tigers (3pm)
Weekend of May 8: London Wasps (Date and time TBC by Premier Rugby)
Doesn't look like we'll be on telly much
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: westand (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 16:15
Any thoughts on how many Friday games we'll have?
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: TouchLine (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 16:26
At least 2!
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: westand (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 17:48
And that'll teach me to criticise stoopid questions-----
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: Mally (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 19:46
Why doesn't it look like we'll be on tv much? Sky flex their programming depending on how the season is going - if we're shoite they won't show us as often.
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: TouchLine (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 19:47
Because they usually, but not exclusively, show GP games on a Saturday.
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: Mally (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 19:50
I'd rather they showed our away games than home ones - then if I can't get to a match (Sale and other ********* Friday night matches) I can still see it. Much as I love Kev and Smithy listening on the radio is agony!
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: Monkey1 (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 20:08
As we have seen year after year, the published schedule is still open to a thorough rotavation by Murdoch's people, and any of those dates could change.
I predict an away game that is at least 6 hours away will be resceduled for a lunchtime Saturday KO, totally screwing up the chances of supporters to get there. Last season I believe Murdoch did this for the Barf game.
I predict an away game that is at least 6 hours away will be resceduled for a lunchtime Saturday KO, totally screwing up the chances of supporters to get there. Last season I believe Murdoch did this for the Barf game.
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: DGNTR (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 20:11
Better chance of getting there than at 8pm on a Friday evening though.
Re: Premiership fixtures 2008/09
Posted by: Mally (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 20:36
Thought the barf game was moved so it didn't clash with the 6 Nations England match?
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