# The fixture list.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fixture-list/500234>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 18, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fixture-list/500234 "2009-06-18T23:36:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fixture-list/500234/1 "2009-06-18T23:36:03Z")

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So how’s yours? Good, bad, indifferent?

Personally, I don’t give a shit. A tough start always gives way to creampuffs and vice versa, but feel free to gloat/moan about your side’s schedule. Frankly, the only reason I started this thread was so I could post a link to this utterly fascinating, in-depth BBC [article](http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/06/secrets_of_the_fixture_compute.html#097608) about who comes up with the list and how it’s done.

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**Author:** ![Paulj1989](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Paulj1989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paulj1989)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fixture-list/500234/2 "2009-06-18T23:38:52Z")

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Millwall at Home + Kevin Keegan as our manager = Someone is going to die in Southampton on the first day of the season.