Sky confirm Premier League dates
July 6, 2010 · 0 Comments
Sky Sports have today announced 44 live fixtures for the first part of the 2010/11 Barclays Premier League season. The season is set to be Sky’s biggest yet with the return of Monday Night Football, and 115 live matches in total with every match available in high definition.
Sky’s season kicks off with the Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City clash live on Sky Sports HD2 on Saturday, August 14. This is followed by the first Ford Super Sunday of the season as Liverpool take on Arsenal live on Sky Sports HD1 on Sunday, August 15.
The first Monday Night Football clash will see Manchester United take on newly promoted Newcastle United on Sky Sports HD1 on Monday, August 16. The first match of the new season to feature title holders Chelsea will be the Saturday, August 21 evening kick-off against Wigan.
Sky have pledged that their live matches will feature every Premier League team at least once by the beginning of November, and that they will screen six matches between last year’s top five teams, along with six major derbies.
Selected live matches will also be in 3D which will work with existing Sky+HD boxes and initially be introduced without extra cost for customers who subscribe to Sky’s top TV package and the Sky HD pack.
Barney Francis, Managing Director of Sky Sports, said: “This season we will have more live Barclays Premier League games than ever before and all in HD. This is a great line-up of fixtures starting with Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester City and we’ll show last year’s top five across the first two weekends of the season.
He added : “Monday Night Football is also back and we have a mouth-watering opening fixture between Manchester United and Newcastle United on 16 August.”
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