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When are Wrexham's cardinal Championship fixtures? (1:08)
Take a look astatine immoderate of Wrexham's biggest fixtures for their instrumentality to the 2nd tier of English football. (1:08)
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Jun 26, 2025, 07:00 AM ET
Wrexham volition statesman their archetypal Championship run successful implicit 40 years distant astatine erstwhile Premier League broadside Southampton.
After becoming the first-ever broadside successful English shot to execute 3 consecutive promotions, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny's Wrexham look a hard commencement to beingness successful the 2nd tier with an distant travel to Milwall and games against Sheffield Wednesday and West Bromwich Albion successful their opening 5 games.
Birmingham City, who are co-owned by Tom Brady, look Ipswich Town successful the Championship curtain-raiser connected Aug. 9. The League One champions past instrumentality connected Blackburn Rovers, Oxford United, Leicester City and Stoke City successful their archetypal 5 games.
Wrexham big Birmingham connected Oct. 4 successful a fixture dubbed "The Hollywood derby." The instrumentality fixture connected April 11 astatine St. Andrews could perchance person promotion implications.
Elsewhere, recently promoted Charlton big Watford connected the opening play portion Sheffield United volition look to bounce backmost from their playoff last disappointment against Bristol City connected the opening play nether caller manager Rubén Sellés.
The relegated Premier League sides -- Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich -- volition each beryllium targeting swift returns to the apical flight. Leicester volition beryllium expected to commencement good arsenic they instrumentality connected Championship strugglers Oxford United and Preston North End successful their archetypal 5 earlier an intriguing clash with Frank Lampard's Coventry City connected Sept. 20.
Kieran McKenna's Ipswich look a challenging commencement to their promotion propulsion arsenic they volition play Birmingham, Southampton and Sheffield United successful their archetypal 5 fixtures.
Southampton commencement the caller play nether caller manager, Will Still, 32, who volition person to contend with trips to Ipswich and Watford aft hosting Wrexham to commencement his archetypal play successful English football.
The archetypal South Coast derby of the play betwixt Southampton and Portsmouth takes spot connected Sept. 13 astatine St. Mary's with the instrumentality fixture acceptable for Jan. 24 astatine Fratton Park.
The archetypal East Anglian derby is carded for Oct. 4 arsenic Ipswich invited rivals Norwich to Portman Road.
