United Rant

Ronaldo-less Manchester United will take on Birmingham City in the season 2009/10 opening fixture on August 15 at Old Trafford. Other notable pre-Christmas dates include a home match against Arsenal on August 29, the first derby of the season, at home to Manchester City, on September 19 and then Liverpool away on October 24. United finish the season with fixtures against Chelsea, Blackburn, City, Tottenham, Sunderland, with the final game of the season at home to Stoke on May 9. At first glance the fixture list appears even, although away ties at Liverpool in October and Chelsea in November both follow a Champions League match, which may not please Sir Alex Ferguson.

While we’d love to bring you the full fixture list, we can’t due to licensing restrictions. So you’d be better off looking here!