Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce will return to Bolton
sooner than he thinks as the two sides will meet at the Reebok
Stadium on the opening day of the season.
Champions Manchester United will open their title defence at home
to Reading, while Chelsea host newcomers Birmingham City.
Champions League finalists Liverpool travel to Aston Villa, and
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will be hoping his side can set off on
the right foot against Fulham at home.
Roy Keanes Sunderland will host Tottenham, and the other promoted
side Derby entertain Portsmouth.
Elsewhere , Everton open against Wigan, West Ham host Manchester
City and Blackburn travel to Middlesbrough.
There is drama in store the following weekend as Man City host Man
Utd in the Manchester derby.
Opening Day: 11 August
Arsenal v Fulham
Aston Villa v Liverpool
Bolton v Newcastle
Chelsea v Birmingham
Derby v Portsmouth
Everton v Wigan
Man Utd v Reading
Middlesbrough v Blackburn
Sunderland v Tottenham
West Ham v Man City
