Key FOOTBALL FIXTURES from Mon 3 Aug to Sun 9 Aug
Monday 3rd August
English League Cup Preliminary Round – York City v Crawley Town, 7.30pm
Scottish Premiership – Celtic v Dundee, 7.30pm
Among the top-flight games – Denmark (6pm), Finland (5pm), Poland (6pm), Serbia (6pm and 8pm), Sweden (2 at 6pm) and Ukraine (1.30pm and 4pm)
Plus club friendlies as pre-season continues
Tuesday 4th August
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round First leg games at 5pm (2), 6:30pm (2) and 7pm (4), including Sparta Prague v Lyon and USG v BODO/Glimt
Two UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round games at 8pm – Larne v Iberia 1999 and Shamrock Rovers v Egnatia Rrogozhine
One UEFA Conference League Third Qualifying Round game at 5pm
Women’s Champions League Qualifiers at 8am and 3pm
Club friendlies
Wednesday 5th August
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round First leg games at 5.30pm and 7pm
One UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round game at 7.15pm
UEFA Conference League Third Qualifying Round games at 6pm and 7.30pm
Women’s Champions League Qualifiers between 9am and 8pm
Club friendlies
Thursday 6th August
English League Cup, First Round – Bristol City v Walsall, 7.45pm
UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round games 4pm, 5pm (3, Rangers play at this time), 6pm (3), 6.45pm, PAOK v Anderlecht), 7pm and 8pm (Benfica v Hearts)
27 UEFA Conference League Third Qualifying Round games between 4pm and 8pm
Motherwell play at 5pm – Shelbourne play away to Ajax at 7pm – Bohemians play at home to Midtjylland at 7.45pm – Hibs play at home to Shkendija at 8pm
Club friendlies
Friday 7th August
English League Cup First Round ties – Wolves v Port Vale, 7.45pm – Wycombe Wanderers v Stevenag, 7.45pm – Middlesbrough v Wrexham, 8pm
19 FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Games between 7.30pm and 8pm
Scottish Championship – Partick Thistle v Livingston. 7.30pm
Club friendlies
Northern Ireland Premiership – Cliftonville v Crusaders, 7.45pm
League Of Ireland Premier Division – Derry City v Sligo Rovers, 7.45pm – Galway United v Drogheda United, 7.45pm – Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk, 8pm
League Of Ireland First Division games (all at 7.45pm) – Athlone Town v Longford Town – Bray Wanderers v Finn Harps – Cobh Ramblers v Treaty United – Cork City v Kerry FC – UCD v Wexford
Dutch Eredivisie – Cambuur v Excelsior, 7pm as the season gets under way
The Belgian Pro League season gets under way with Club Brugge v Kortrijk at 7.45pm
Japanese J1 League games at 11.25am and 11.30am
There’s a Portuguese Primeira Liga match at 8.15pm, as the season begins, plus other top-flight games in Europe and Scandinavia, and indeed a Chinese Super League at 12.35pm
Saturday 8th August
29 English League Cup First Round ties between 1pm and 5.30pm
Two Scottish Premiership games at 3pm – Dundee v Aberdeen and St Mirren v St Johnstone
12 National League games at 3pm as the season gets under way
12 National League North games at 3pm as the season gets under way
12 National League South games at 3pm as the season gets under way
A vast number of FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round ties at 3pm, plus three at 2pm
Four Scottish Championship games at 3pm as the season gets under way
Five Scottish League One games at 3pm as the season gets under way
Five Scottish League Two games at 3pm as the season gets under way
Four Northern Irish Premiership games at 3pm
Two Coppa Italia ties – one at 7pm and one at 7.30pm
There are Dutch Eredivisie matches at 3.30pm, 5.45pm, 7pm and 8pm as the opening round of the season continues
Belgian Pro League matches at 5.15pm and 7.45pm (2) as the opening round of the season continues
There are Portuguese Primeira Liga matches at 3.30pm, 6pm and 8.30pm as the opening round of the season continues
There is an MLS game at 9.30pm
There are Brazilian top-flight games at 8pm, 10.30pm, 12.30am and 1am, Chinese Super League games at midday, 12.35pm (2) and 1pm, Japanese J1 League games at 11am (5) and 11.15am, plus other top-flight games across, for example, Europe and Scandinavia
Club Friendlies from midday, with the games including Juventus v Inter Milan (midday) – Chelsea v AC Milan (1pm) – Brighton v Roma (3pm) – Tottenham v Getafe (3pm) – PSG v Man Utd (4pm) – Ferencváros v Real Madrid (6pm) – Galatasaray v Villarreal (7pm)
Sunday 9th August
One English League Cup First Round tie – Mansfield Town v Sheffield United, 4pm
Scottish Premiership, four games – Kilmarnock v Celtic, 1.30pm – Hearts v Dundee United, 3pm – Motherwell v Falkirk, 3pm – Rangers v Hibs, 4pm
Nine FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round ties between 1pm and 3pm
Emirates Cup final – Arsenal v Borussia Dortmund, 2pm
Club Friendlies, including Man City v Atletico Madrid, 12pm, Johor Darul Ta’zim v Chelsea, 1pm, and Liverpool v Monaco, 2.30pm
League Of Ireland Premier Division Matches – Waterford v Bohemians, 3pm and Shelbourne v St Patrick’s Athletic, 5pm
Coppa Italia ties 6.45pm and 8pm
Dutch Eredivisie matches at 11.15am, 1.30pm (2, including PEC Zwolle v Ajax) and 3.45pm
Belgian Pro League games at 12.30pm, 3pm (2), 5.30pm and 6.15pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga games at 6pm and 8.30pm, with two other kick-off times TBC
Brazilian Serie A matches at 3pm, 8pm (2), 10.30pm (2) and 11.30pm
Chinese Super League games at midday, 12.35pm and 1pm
Japanese J1 League games at 10am and 11am
There are also other top-flight games across, for example, Europe and Scandinavia
