{"id":44024,"date":"2021-06-24T09:05:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T08:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging28.planetswans.co.uk\/?p=44024"},"modified":"2021-06-24T09:27:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T08:27:40","slug":"blackburn-and-sheffield-united-first-up-for-the-swans-full-fixture-list-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp\/2021\/06\/24\/blackburn-and-sheffield-united-first-up-for-the-swans-full-fixture-list-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn and Sheffield United first up for the Swans  &#8211; full fixture list here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Swans will start\u00a0 with a trip to Lancashire to take on Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday, August 7 as the Championship Fixtures for the upcoming season were released today.<\/p>\n<p>After the disappointment of the play off final defeat to Brentford less than four weeks ago it is now time to look forward to the opening fixture of the season now just over 6 weeks away.<\/p>\n<p>The first home game will be the following weekend against Sheffield United whilst Stoke are at the Liberty just three days later for the first midweek game of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The two South Wales derbies are set for October 16 and April 2, with the first of those taking place at the Liberty Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The festive period sees a Boxing Day trip to Millwall followed by home fixtures against Luton and Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>The Swans will round off the campaign with a home game against Queens Park Rangers on Saturday, May 7.<\/p>\n<p>In between the opening two games of the season, there is the first round of the Carabao Cup, the Swans will find out their opponents this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><b>Swansea City 2021\/22 Championship fixtures in full<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/E4ofJ3sXoAElNOv?format=jpg&amp;name=4096x4096\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swans will start\u00a0 with a trip to Lancashire to take on Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday, August 7 as the Championship Fixtures for the upcoming season were released today. 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