Season kicks off with Sheffield Wednesday v SouthamptonReading and Peterborough meet on opening day in League One
Leeds will restart life in the Championship against Cardiff at Elland Road, while Wrexham’s first Football League match since 2008 will be at home to Milton Keynes Dons. Those were among the eye-catching elements of the EFL fixture release for a season that kicks off on Friday 4 August, with promoted Sheffield Wednesday hosting relegated Southampton in the Championship.
Both teams will be under new managers when they get the ball rolling, with Darren Moore having left Hillsborough and Russell Martin in at St Mary’s. Other opening-weekend Championship fixtures include Plymouth v Huddersfield on Saturday 5 August, pitting the 74-year-old Terriers manager Neil Warnock against one of his former clubs.
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