Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City will be the first of 115 live HD Premier League fixtures on Sky Sports this season.
Three huge fixtures kick off biggest season yet...
Sky Sports has announced the first set of live Barclays Premier League fixtures ahead of its biggest season of HD football.
This season
Sky Sports will show 115 live Premier League fixtures with every match available in HD. In consultation with the Premier League,
Sky Sports has confirmed 44 live games up until the end of November.
The season starts with Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City, live on
Sky Sports HD2 on Saturday August 14.
Click here for the full list of live fixtures
The first Ford Super Sunday of the season will be Liverpool v Arsenal, live on
Sky Sports HD1, followed by the return of Ford Monday Night Football between Manchester United and Newcastle United on
Sky Sports HD1 on August 16.
The fixtures are part of a record number of live HD football matches across four dedicated
Sky Sports HD channels;
Sky Sports HD1, Sky Sports HD2, Sky Sports HD3 and Sky Sports HD4. Sky Sports News will also be available in HD in August.
The latest fixtures - updated throughout the season on
www.skysports.com - include:
ALL THE CLUBS: Every team, including all three newly-promoted clubs, at least once by the beginning of November.
BIG HEAD-TO-HEADS: Six matches between last year's top five teams, six major derbies, plus Manchester United v Liverpool on September 19.
FORD MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: The return of Monday Night Football, starting with Manchester United v Newcastle United at Old Trafford on August 16.
HD and 3D: Every match will be available in HD, providing the very best picture quality and sound. Selected live matches will also be in 3D which will work with all existing Sky+HD boxes and initially be introduced at no 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.
"Monday Night Football is also back and we have a mouth-watering opening fixture between Manchester United and Newcastle United on 16 August."
This season Sky is the only place to watch all
Sky Sports HD coverage of the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League, npower Football League, Carling Cup, Scottish Cup, Clydesdale Bank Premier League, Spain's La Liga and Euro 2012 Qualifiers for England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.
Sky Sports will offer over 125 live matches from the UEFA Champions League on
Sky Sports HD2, Sky Sports HD4 and via the red button, including live coverage of the final qualifying round in August. Throughout the tournament
Sky Sports will show up to 15 live matches per week across the group stage including every match on Tuesday nights.
The npower Football League season kicks off with Norwich City v Watford live on
Sky Sports HD3 on Friday, August 6.
Sky Sports will show 65 live games from across all three divisions, plus the end of season Play-Offs and all three Play-Off Finals from Wembley Stadium, all available in HD.
The live coverage is supported by a range of football programmes including
Soccer AM, Gillette Soccer Saturday, Goals on Sunday and Sunday Supplement. Plus
Sky Sports News will give in-depth sports news, breaking stories, results and interviews, 24 hours a day.
Subscribers can also see live Premier League matches on Sky Player and Sky Mobile TV.
Premier League 2010/2011 live on Sky Sports
| DATE |
GAME |
KICK-OFF |
| AUGUST |
| Saturday 14 |
Tottenham v Man City |
12.45pm |
| Sunday 15 |
Liverpool v Arsenal |
4pm |
| Monday 16 |
Man Utd v Newcastle |
8pm |
| Saturday 21 |
Wigan v Chelsea |
5.15pm |
| Sunday 22 |
Fulham v Man Utd |
4pm |
| Monday 23 |
Man City v Liverpool |
8pm |
| Saturday 28 |
Blackburn v Arsenal |
12.45pm |
| Sunday 29 |
Bolton v Birmingham
Aston Villa v Everton |
1.30pm
4pm |
| SEPTEMBER |
Sunday 12 |
Everton v Man Utd
Birmingham v Liverpool |
1.30pm
4pm |
| Monday 13 |
Stoke City v Aston Villa |
8pm |
| Saturday 18 |
Stoke City v West Ham |
12.45pm |
| Sunday 19 |
Man Utd v Liverpool
Chelsea v Blackpool |
1.30pm
4pm |
| Saturday 25 |
Man City v Chelsea |
12.45pm |
| Sunday 26 |
Wolves v Aston Villa
Newcastle v Stoke City |
2pm
4.10pm |
| OCTOBER |
Sunday 3 |
Chelsea v Arsenal |
4pm |
| Monday 4 |
Wigan v Wolves |
8pm |
| Sunday 17 |
Everton v Liverpool
Blackpool v Man City |
1.30pm
4pm |
| Monday 18 |
Blackburn v Sunderland |
8pm |
| Saturday 23 |
Tottenham v Everton
West Ham v Newcastle |
12.45pm
5.30pm |
| Sunday 24 |
Stoke City v Man Utd
Man City v Arsenal |
1.30pm
4pm |
| Sunday 31 |
Bolton v Liverpool
Newcastle v Sunderland |
1.30pm
4pm |
| NOVEMBER |
Monday 1 |
Blackpool v West Brom |
8pm |
| Saturday 6 |
Bolton v Tottenham |
12.45pm |
| Sunday 7 |
Arsenal v Newcastle
Liverpool v Chelsea |
1.30pm
4pm |
| Tuesday 9 |
West Ham v West Brom |
8pm |
| Wednesday 10 |
Man City v Man Utd |
8pm |
| Saturday 13 |
Aston Villa v Man Utd |
12.45pm |
| Sunday 14 |
Everton v Arsenal
Chelsea v Sunderland |
2pm
4.10pm |
| Sunday 21 |
Arsenal v Tottenham
Fulham v Man City |
1.30pm
4pm |
| Monday 22 |
Sunderland v Everton |
8pm |
| Saturday 27 |
Aston Villa v Arsenal |
12.45pm |
| Sunday 28 |
Newcastle v Chelsea
Tottenham v Liverpool |
1.30pm
4pm |
