Coventry fans discover where Premier League journey resumes after 25 years away

Coventry will begin their first Premier League campaign in 25 years with a Friday night trip to champions Arsenal on August 21.

The fixtures for the 2026-27 season were revealed on Friday morning, and Frank Lampard’s new boys start with a tough test at Emirates Stadium before fellow promoted club Hull begin with a mouth-watering home fixture with Manchester United on the Saturday.

Ipswich entertain Sunderland on August 22 and some of the other eye-catching opening weekend fixtures include Andoni Iraola taking Liverpool to Newcastle on August 23 for his debut match while Manchester City start life after Pep Guardiola at home to Bournemouth on the same day.

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Brentford host Tottenham, Everton welcome Conference League champions Crystal Palace to Merseyside and Leeds visit Nottingham Forest that weekend while Europa League winners Aston Villa make the trip to Brighton before new Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso begins his reign with a west London derby at Fulham on Monday, August 24th.

Iraola’s Anfield debut will occur on the weekend of August 29th against Nottingham Forest and a first top-flight match at Coventry’s home stadium since 2001 will be versus Hull.

Arsenal face a difficult opening period after they host Coventry. It is followed by Mikel Arteta’s men going to Aston Villa before, a week later, the first big six encounter of the season will pit Alonso’s Chelsea against the Premier League champions at Emirates Stadium. Trips to Sunderland and Brighton follow for the north London outfit.

The weekend of September 12 brings the first Manchester derby of the post-Guardiola era with United boss Michael Carrick no doubt eager to claim bragging rights at Old