The Championship season is almost back after more than three months away due to the coronavirus pandemic.
At long last, the 2019/20 Championship campaign will resume on Saturday, 20 June when local and indeed promotion rivals Fulham and Brentford get the ball rolling again with an early kick-off in the capital.
Bristol City face Blackburn Rovers in their first game back on Saturday and warmed up with a friendly match against Premier League side Southampton on the weekend.
But before action does resume, what do you need to know?
We have put together a useful guide with the opening and final rounds of fixtures, TV details and key dates.
Take a look below.
Key dates
- Fixtures resume - Saturday, June 20
- Final day - Wednesday, July 22
- Play-off final - Unconfirmed. Believed to be either Sunday, August 2, or Monday, August 3.
First round of fixtures
Saturday, June 20
- Fulham vs Brentford – 12.30pm (Sky Sports)
- Blackburn Rovers vs Bristol City – 3pm
- Huddersfield Town vs Wigan Athletic – 3pm
- Hull City vs Charlton Athletic – 3pm
- Luton Town vs Preston North End – 3pm
- Middlesbrough vs Swansea City – 3pm
- Millwall vs Derby County – 1pm
- Queens Park Rangers vs Barnsley – 3pm
- Reading vs Stoke City – 3pm
- Sheffield Wednesday vs Nottingham Forest – 3pm
- West Bromwich Albion vs Birmingham City – 3pm (Sky Sports)
Sunday, June 21
- Cardiff City vs Leeds United – 12pm (Sky Sports)
Final round of fixtures
Wednesday, July 22
- Birmingham City vs Derby County
- Brentford vs Barnsley
- Bristol City vs Preston North End
- Cardiff City vs Hull City
- Leeds United vs Charlton Athletic
- Luton Town vs Blackburn Rovers
- Millwall vs Huddersfield Town
- Nottingham Forest vs Stoke City
- Reading vs Swansea City
- Sheffield Wednesday vs Middlesbrough
- West Bromwich Albion vs Queens Park Rangers
- Wigan Athletic vs Fulham
TV details
Sky Sports will show 30 of the remaining 108 Championship fixtures across their channels, beginning with Fulham vs Brentord on Saturday as part of three selections across the first weekend back.
Clubs are also streaming games for season ticket holders across iFollow - or club equivalent - platforms, and non-season ticket holders are also able to buy match passes to access fixtures for £10 per match.
TV selections
Here are the Sky Sports TV selections so far.
- June 20 - Fulham vs Brentford (12.30pm), West Brom vs Birmingham (3pm)
- June 21 - Cardiff vs Leeds (12pm)
- June 26 - Brentford vs West Brom (7.45pm)
- June 27 - Preston vs Cardiff (12.30pm), Leeds vs Fulham (3pm)
- June 28 - Bristol City vs Sheffield Wednesday (12pm), Nottingham Forest vs Huddersfield (2.15pm)
- June 30 - Millwall vs Swansea City (5pm)
- July 1 - Preston vs Derby (5pm)
- July 2 - Hull vs Middlesbrough (5pm)
- July 3 - Charlton v Millwall (8:15pm)
- July 4 - Derby v Nottingham Forest (12:30pm), Bristol City v Cardiff City (3pm)
- July 5 - Swansea City v Sheffield Wednesday (12pm)
- July 7 - Nottingham Forest v Fulham (5pm)
- July 8 - West Brom v Derby (5pm)
- July 9 - Leeds United v Stoke City (5pm)
