ESPN's first Premier League fixtures

Whilst ESPN are only showing 23 live Premier League games this season, they have made some good picks for the first few months of the 2010/11 season:

August:

• Saturday 14th Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion 5:30pm
• Sunday 22nd Newcastle United v Aston Villa 1:30pm
• Saturday 28th Manchester United v West Ham United 5:30pm

September:

• Saturday 18th Sunderland v Arsenal 5:30pm
• Saturday 25th Bolton Wanderers v Manchester United 5:30pm

October:

• Sunday 3rd Manchester City v Newcastle United 1:30pm
• Saturday 16th Aston Villa v Chelsea 5:30pm
• Saturday 30th Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur 5:30pm

November:

• Saturday 13th Stoke City v Liverpool 5:30pm
• Saturday 20th Liverpool v West Ham United 5:30pm

SPL initial fixtures revealed

The initial fixtures to be broadcast on ESPN (and Sky Sports) have been revealed today.

ESPN will have the following to start with:

• Monday August 17 - Dundee United v Hearts
  Live on ESPN, kick-off 7.45pm
• Saturday August 22 - Falkirk v Hibernian
  Live on ESPN, kick-off 12.30pm
• Sunday August 30 - Hibernian v Celtic
  Live on ESPN, kick-off 12.30pm
• Monday September 14 - Falkirk v Aberdeen
  Live on ESPN, kick-off 7.45pm
• Saturday September 19 - Kilmarnock v Rangers
  Live on ESPN, kick-off 12.30pm
• Saturday September 26 - St Mirren v Celtic
  Live on ESPN, kick-off 12.30pm
• Saturday October 17 - St Johnstone v Rangers
  Live on ESPN, kick-off 12.30pm

All Old Firm games will be broadcast on Sky Sports. For the initial Sky games, see here.

August-November Premier League fixtures confirmed

The first lot of fixtures between August and November have been confirmed, including which channels will be broadcasting them. Below is a list of the games confirmed for ESPN so far:

August

• Saturday 15 Everton v Arsenal 5.15pm
• Sunday 23 West Ham v Tottenham 1.30pm
• Monday 24 Liverpool v Aston Villa 8pm
• Saturday 29 Chelsea v Burnley 12.45pm

September

• Saturday 12 Tottenham v Manchester United 5.15pm
• Saturday 19 West Ham v Liverpool 5.15pm
• Saturday 26 Fulham v Arsenal 5.15pm
• Monday 28 Manchester City v West Ham

October

• Saturday 3 Manchester United v Sunderland 5.15pm
• Monday 5 Aston Villa v Manchester City 8.00pm
• Monday 19 Fulham v Hull City 8:00pm
• Saturday 24 Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers 5.15pm
• Saturday 31 Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers 5.15pm

November

• Saturday 7 Wolves v Arsenal 5.15pm
• Monday 9 Liverpool v Birmingham City 8.00pm
• Saturday 21 Manchester United v Everton 5.15pm
• Saturday 28 Aston Villa v Tottenham 5.15pm

That's a total of 17 games between August and November, with some promising fixtures amongst them. If you want to see the full list of fixtures to be broadcast, which includes the Sky games too, they're available here.

As soon as the rest of the fixtures are available, they'll be here.