Premier League 16/17

A new era begins on the blue half of Merseyside as Ronald Koeman takes over management of Everton.

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http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2016/06/14/blues-appoint-koeman

He's likely going to have serious transfer market shopping to do, as most of Everton's major players are likely to exit during the window.
 
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New Premier League logo. New West Ham logo. Old Man City logo?

Slightly odd, isn't it? The only thing I can think of is that for Wet Spam and the PL, they have already made their logos official (if you go to their websites, they are the ones they are using). For City, though, they have said that the new logo does not become standard until 3rd July, and the website still displays the old design, so technically that image displays all the correct "active" logos.
 
Soooooo...... Anyone have insight whether Brexit will impact Premiere League and, if so, when?
 
When do they decide the actual dates and times of the games? I will be traveling in England in september 11-17 and would love to catch a game if possible, but it seems the current times are just placeholders.
 
I believe they announce what matches are being moved for TV for the early part of the season in the first week of July or so. Going to matches over there is fantastic - highly recommend it if you make it work in your schedule!
 
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When do they decide the actual dates and times of the games? I will be traveling in England in september 11-17 and would love to catch a game if possible, but it seems the current times are just placeholders.

The TV companies announce their games in 3 month blocks - this allows them, apart from anything, to compensate when stories like Leicester happen, so that a decision at the start of the season to barely feature one club doesn't come back to bite them. Therefore, if you ever come over here to England later in the season and want to catch a game, you'll still have to wait until relatively close to the time to find out which games are being moved for TV. However, VF226 is right - the games for September will be announced in the first week of July most probably.

That reminds me, I need to work out which matches I can attend this season...
 
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The TV companies announce their games in 3 month blocks - this allows them, apart from anything, to compensate when stories like Leicester happen, so that a decision at the start of the season to barely feature one club doesn't come back to bite them. Therefore, if you ever come over here to England later in the season and want to catch a game, you'll still have to wait until relatively close to the time to find out which games are being moved for TV. However, VF226 is right - the games for September will be announced in the first week of July most probably.

That reminds me, I need to work out which matches I can attend this season...
For what it's worth I subscribe to the Man City fixtures calendar and the schedule for next season seems to have appeared in my Google account a few days ago. Or that's at least when I noticed it. Totally subject to change of course as it's pretty early and they tend to change them up pretty often anyway but I thought I'd mention it.
 
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For what it's worth I subscribe to the Man City fixtures calendar and the schedule for next season seems to have appeared in my Google account a few days ago. Or that's at least when I noticed it. Totally subject to change of course as it's pretty early and they tend to change them up pretty often anyway but I thought I'd mention it.

Yeah, the fixture list was released on the 15th and that at least tells you on which week each game will be played, but look at the list as it currently is - they're currently at Saturday 3pm kick-offs. As a guess, about 90% of Manchester City's fixtures will end up being moved from that slot - the bigger teams tend to get very few Saturday 3pms. The TV companies only get to see the fixture list when everyone else does, and they take a few weeks to decide which games they want to show and in which slots (and then they have to negotiate with the police, the rail companies etc) so it takes them a while to announce which fixtures they're going to show. For that reason, you've got to expect those fixtures to all alter somewhat when they announce the TV fixtures in a week or so.
 
From NBC Sports Soccer:


TV schedule for opening 2 months of 2016-17 Premier League season

Matchweek 1
Sat., Aug. 13 7:30 a.m. Hull City v. Leicester City CNBC
Sat., Aug. 13 10 a.m. Everton v. Tottenham TBD
Sat., Aug. 13 10 a.m. Southampton v. Watford TBD
Sat., Aug. 13 10 a.m. Crystal Palace v. West Bromwich Albion TBD
Sat., Aug. 13 10 a.m. Burnley v. Swansea City TBD
Sat., Aug. 13 10 a.m. Middlesbrough v. Stoke City TBD
Sat., Aug. 13 12:30 p.m. Manchester City v. Sunderland CNBC
Sun., Aug. 14 8:30 a.m. Bournemouth v. Manchester United NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 14 11 a.m. Arsenal v. Liverpool NBCSN
Mon., Aug. 15 3 p.m. Chelsea v. West Ham USA

Matchweek 2
Fri., Aug. 19 3 p.m. Manchester United v. Southampton USA
Sat., Aug. 20 7:30 a.m. Stoke City v. Manchester City NBCSN
Sat., Aug. 20 10 a.m. Burnley v. Liverpool TBD
Sat., Aug. 20 10 a.m. Watford v. Chelsea TBD
Sat., Aug. 20 10 a.m. Tottenham v. Crystal Palace TBD
Sat., Aug. 20 10 a.m. West Bromwich Albion v. Everton TBD
Sat., Aug. 20 10 a.m. Swansea City v. Hull City TBD
Sat., Aug. 20 12:30 p.m. Leicester City v. Arsenal CNBC
Sun., Aug. 21 8:30 a.m. Sunderland v. Middlesbrough NBCSN
Sun., Aug. 21 11 a.m. West Ham v. Bournemouth CNBC

Matchweek 3
Sat., Aug. 27 7:30 a.m. Tottenham v. Liverpool NBCSN
Sat., Aug. 27 10 a.m. Watford v. Arsenal TBD
Sat., Aug. 27 10 a.m. Leicester City v. Swansea City TBD
Sat., Aug. 27 10 a.m. Chelsea v. Burnley TBD
Sat., Aug. 27 10 a.m. Everton v. Stoke City TBD
Sat., Aug. 27 10 a.m. Crystal Palace v. Bournemouth TBD
Sat., Aug. 27 10 a.m. Southampton v. Sunderland TBD
Sat., Aug. 27 12:30 p.m. Hull City v. Manchester United NBC
Sun., Aug. 28 8:30 a.m. West Bromwich Albion v. Middlesbrough CNBC
Sun., Aug. 28 11 a.m. Manchester City v. West Ham NBCSN

Matchweek 4
Sat., Sept. 10 7:30 a.m. Manchester United v. Manchester City NBCSN
Sat., Sept. 10 10 a.m. Arsenal v. Southampton TBD
Sat., Sept. 10 10 a.m. Stoke City v. Tottenham TBD
Sat., Sept. 10 10 a.m. West Ham v. Watford TBD
Sat., Sept. 10 10 a.m. Middlesbrough v. Crystal Palace TBD
Sat., Sept. 10 10 a.m. Bournemouth v. West Bromwich Albion TBD
Sat., Sept. 10 10 a.m. Burnley v. Hull City TBD
Sat., Sept. 10 12:30 p.m. Liverpool v. Leicester City NBCSN
Sun., Sept. 11 11 a.m. Swansea City v. Chelsea NBCSN
Mon., Sept. 12 3 p.m. Sunderland v. Everton NBCSN

Matchweek 5
Fri., Sept. 16 3 p.m. Chelsea v. Liverpool TBD
Sat., Sept. 17 10 a.m. Manchester City v. Bournemouth TBD
Sat., Sept. 17 10 a.m. Hull City v. Arsenal TBD
Sat., Sept. 17 10 a.m. Leicester City v. Burnley TBD
Sat., Sept. 17 10 a.m. West Bromwich Albion v. West Ham TBD
Sat., Sept. 17 12:30 p.m. Everton v. Middlesbrough NBC
Sun., Sept. 18 7 a.m. Watford v. Manchester United CNBC
Sun., Sept. 18 9:15 a.m. Southampton v. Swansea City TBD
Sun., Sept. 18 9:15 a.m. Crystal Palace v. Stoke City TBD
Sun., Sept. 18 11:30 a.m. Tottenham v. Sunderland NBCSN

Matchweek 6
Sat., Sept. 24 7:30 a.m. Manchester United v. Leicester City NBCSN
Sat., Sept. 24 10 a.m. Swansea City v. Manchester City TBD
Sat., Sept. 24 10 a.m. Liverpool v. Hull City TBD
Sat., Sept. 24 10 a.m. Middlesbrough v. Tottenham TBD
Sat., Sept. 24 10 a.m. Bournemouth v. Everton TBD
Sat., Sept. 24 10 a.m. Sunderland v. Crystal Palace TBD
Sat., Sept. 24 10 a.m. Stoke City v. West Bromwich Albion TBD
Sat., Sept. 24 12:30 p.m. Arsenal v. Chelsea NBCSN
Sun., Sept. 25 11 a.m. West Ham v. Southampton NBCSN
Mon., Sept. 26 3 p.m. Burnley v. Watford NBCSN
 
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So, what Americans are (or may be) playing in the Premier League this season?

Geoff Cameron - Stoke City
Emerson Hyndman - Bournemouth
Brad Guzan - Middlesborough (presumably)
DeAndre Yedlin - Tottenham, but may be loaned again to Sunderland or another side.
Cameron Carter-Vickers - Tottenham, but may be loaned.
Matt Miazga - Chelsea, but will presumably be loaned.
Gedion Zelalem - Arsenal, but will presumably be loaned.