And Everton are subject to eight fixture changes during the first few months of the season.
The trip to Hull City will now take place on Sunday September 21 at 3pm due to Everton taking part in the first round of the UEFA Cup on the preceding Thursday.
The home game with Manchester United has had a change of kick-off time and will now start at high-noon on Saturday October 25th as some of Merseyside's finest are still having flashbacks, 'Nam style, about pissed up Blues and Mancs knocking shite out of each other on Everton Valley.
And six fixtures have been rescheduled to be shown on the telly box, five courtesey of Sky and the other by Setanta.
Sky have opted to show our match at Stoke (Sunday September 14, 1.30pm), the Goodison derby (Saturday Sept 27, 12.45pm), and our home fixtures against Newcastle (Sunday October 5, 4pm), Fulham (Saturday November 1, 12.45pm) and Middlesbrough (Sunday November 16th, 1.30pm).
Setanta have picked on our trip to Wigan and will be showing that on Monday November 8 at 8pm...so it's straight on the train after work to get to that one then!
The return fixture against Wigan has also been changed to Sunday April 5 at 3pm due to it clashing with some horse race on the Saturday.