When are Birmingham City’s League One 2024/2025 fixtures released

Chris Davies is preparing for a huge challenge in his first job as a manager as he takes on the task of bringing Birmingham City back to the Championship.

Davies took charge at St Andrew’s following their relegation to League One and will welcome back the players for pre-season at the start of July, ready for a huge few months ahead.

It’s guaranteed to be a very different season in the EFL and otherwise, thanks to a new deal with Sky Sports which means Birmingham will be televised live at least 20 times. Five League One and League Two matches will be broadcast live each weekend, as well as all opening day, final day and midweek matches, plus matches played on bank holidays including Easter, Boxing Day and Boxing Day. New Year and all matches in international time. breaks

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The campaign will run on the weekend of August 10th until May 3rd. There will be 46 rounds of league games played across 33 weekends, nine midweek and four bank holidays in the Championship. Leagues One and Two will play 36 weekends and six midweek games. The League Cup and Football League Trophy will continue with the same formats as last season. The Carabao Cup will be launched in mid-August. Meanwhile, the play-off final will take place on the 2025 May bank holiday weekend.

The new fixture list will be announced on Wednesday 26 June at 9am. It will be published live on BirminghamLive.

TV selections for all matches to be played before the end of September will be confirmed by 1 July, within seven days of the fixtures being announced.

The selection of all other fixtures scheduled to be played before the FA Cup third round in January 2024 will be confirmed before the start of the season. The selection of all matches to be played between the FA Cup third round and the first weekend in March will be confirmed by November 1.

The selection of all matches scheduled after the first weekend in March will be made over a four-week period starting on February 1. Sky uses the example that a match chosen for TV coverage on the first weekend in April will be announced by the first weekend in March. It added: “This is almost six months’ notice given to fans and clubs, a significant increase on the current deal which sees five weeks’ notice given for most of the season. will be able to plan with certainty when making travel and hotel arrangements.”

The summer transfer window officially opened on Friday 14 June and will close on Friday 30 August at 11pm. The winter transfer window will run from 1 January until 23:00 on Monday 3 February 2025.

Key dates for the 2024/25 League One season

• Program launch day – Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 9:00 a.m
• The Blues players return to training on Monday, July 1
• Start date – weekend 10-11 August 2024
• Carabao Cup First Stage – 13-14 August 2024
• Carabao Cup Final – Sunday 16 March 2025
• End of season – Saturday 3 May 2025
• Last play-off weekend – 24-26 May 2025

Who’s in League One next season – and very early chances of promotion

Birmingham 10/11, Bolton 11/4, Huddersfield 3/1, Rotherham 3/1, Wrexham 4/1, Peterborough 9/2, Barnsley 5/1, Reading 5/1, Charlton 11/2, Blackpool 7/1, Lincoln 7/1, Stockport 7/1, Wigan 7/1, Wycombe 7/1, Mansfield 11/1, Stevenage 11/1, Bristol Rovers 14/1, Leyton Orient 14/1, Exeter 16/1, Burton 18/ 1, Cambridge 18/1, Northampton 18/1, Shrewsbury 18/1, Crawley Town 40/1