Everton’s 2025-26 Premier League season begins against Leeds United

I remember playing newly promoted Leeds at Goodison. The famous Neville Southall incident, when he came out on his own and sat against the goal post. We lost 3 - 2!!

The club has requested the first three games to be played away. That was from a trusted source who hasn’t been wrong in the past 5 years.

Won't even have any new players anyway apart from Kyle Walker, Jack Harrison and Stuart Barlow.

I wonder if we're going to win the league at Spurs or whether we'll wrap it up against Sunderland in the previous home game?

Liam, I'd go as far as to say we only have 19 home games before the end of the season, so yes, potential stadium issues. Let's hope they can resolve them soon :)

despite several teams pushing them and snapping at their heels Evevrton held on. Sunderland were beaten at a nervy BMD 2-1 to eventually raptorous scenes.
David Moyes even smiled.

I can dream can't I

My cousin has already been onto me. He's going to sort tickets for Chelsea away in December at Stamford Bridge, so that's me in with the Chelsea supporters again.

But worth every penny Iain.

Squad needs sorting.

At the same time as the source was saying such, The ceo was telling the FAB there was no such club request.

I stand by what I posted Michael. I know he wouldn't lie and doesn't go in for windups.

Another one just before Villa and Liverpool. I think my phone will be busy.

Mark, Brighton should be fine, as will Brentford. My cousin will sort out Chelsea. Dust off your cunning disguise. Lyle & Scott jumper, turned up jeans and Dr Martins!!!

'A team cannot start or end the season with 2 home or away matches'

First game - Away

Last game - Away

'A club cannot play home or away twice for the fixtures which take place on or around Boxing Day and NYE'

26th Dec - Away

30th Dec Away

Obviously rules are there to be broken!

Leeds away takes me back to the start of a season in 1956 (?) when Ian Buchan had taken over managing the team, he was a rookie from Loughborough College (?), he stopped the coach a mile or two from the stadium and told them to walk to the ground— a lovely summer day didn’t feel to good at half time with the score 5-0 to Leeds it got worse when the rain came down during the second half although we did score a goal to make it 5-1——Happy bleedin’ days!

We play Sunderland on Bradley Lowery's birthday.

It was a notification from his family on their foundation page on social media.

I hope the club goes out of it's way to host them and mark it.

Gonna be strange for Pickford to play against Sunderland, I'd have thought?

Also, at Christmas/New Year, we are currently down as

Sat 20th Dec Home
Sat 27th Dec Away
Tue 30th Dec Away
Sat 3rd Jan Home
Wed 7th Home
Sat 17th Away
3 home, 3 away

Swings and roundabouts. Think they try to keep alternate Saturdays Home and Away, and work midweek out around it. Perhaps logically if they gave us the 30th Dec at home, we then have 4 home games in 6 and other changes would need to take place.

Am sure there's more to this malarkey, like we currently play Liverpool as part of Matchday 5 out of say the first round of 19 games. Then the second game is match 33.

Also, why do teams play each other twice in a few weeks, we have Forest twice in December.

The weird one for me is Forest at home on 6 Dec then again away on 30 Dec, only three and a half weeks later. That second game is the 19th fixture so in theory we shouldn't be playing return games at that point. I'm not going to tie myself in knots trying to make sense of it all though!

I bet it's bloody complicated to put together, with all sorts to take into consideration. For example, it's no coincidence that our first post-Xmas game, on the 27th, is in the North West (Burnley away).

Not a direct quote, but the family are saying they are made up. Two clubs dear to their heart.

We'll all be singing the Jordan Pickford song together!!

Said to a mate at the weekend that we’d be away to promoted club first game of the season, my spider senses were tingling.

Changed trains at Doncaster, and as I'm walking to the stairs, a couple of hundred Leeds fans we're walking towards me.

Lamenting the fact that I'd now be watching the final from a hospital bed, if I was lucky, it turned out that a) they disliked Tottenham more, and b) they'd just won at Anfield, so a quick 3 minute chat and a shared can of beer, and we were on our way.

Didn't Rooney score the winner at Elland Road in his breakout season for us - when we hadn't won there in a long time?

Hopefully Moyes can fix that mindset by getting us some comfortable wins over the first month or so.

With my memories going back to the mid 70s and 80s. There was the obvious bogey in the room, who I won't mention..

In more recent times, Arsenal, going back to Ian Wright, who must have been delighted when he saw when they were playing Everton.

Even more recently Bournemouth have become an annoying wasp.

Turns out our last game of season has been away five times out of eight (including this coming season).

We've played Arsenal twice, Spurs twice and Bournemouth twice, which seems statistically unlikely (but I know next to nowt about statistics so I'll shut my gob about it). Newcastle and Man Utd were the other opponents.

Our record is W2, D1, L4. Hmm, not great is it? I suppose a rosier reading of the data would be that we've won two of our last three final games! Yeah, let's go with that.

I've been in the changing rooms at Elland Road, as it happens, although I suppose that's neither here nor there.

I think it might be a myth about us not winning there for a long time.

Over the length of time from the fifties ‘til Rooney scored the only goal of the game around 2002, how many games did we play them in the league?

Not a great deal I think.

The game to which you refer was played on 18 August 1956. The story I heard some years ago was that Ian Buchan told the players that by running into Elland Road they would demonstrate they were fitter than their opponents.

Back in the dressing room at half-time with the team losing 5-0 Tommy Eglington quipped… "It's a bloody good job we're fitter than they are, boss!" Final score was 5-1.

Let's hope the outcome is better for us on 18 August 2025!

Not many transfer are being made apart from existing commitments and low-key youth players. Club World Cup teams excluded.

Most players will be signed in July and August. The vast majority of players will be on holiday.

John (48), Yes that's the story I remember with Eggo's bit added on.

You remember correctly some times and think you remember others!

Thanks John — Sorry Martin!

Many Evertonians may have wished for the inaugural Premier League fixture of the 2025-26 campaign to take place at the Hill Dickinson Stadium; however, the Blues will have to wait patiently before facing Brighton. 

The game takes place on 23 August, which is north of 2 months away. Before this, however, Everton’s first domestic challenge will be a trip away to Elland Road against newly promoted Leeds United.

After marginally winning the EFL Championship, on a frantic final day, The Whites will be eager to begin their campaign positively. On the other hand, Everton have maintained an unbeaten record against Daniel Farke’s side since November 2020 and will be determined to preserve this.  

Both fixtures may prove to be challenging for the Blues, given the hostile atmosphere Elland Road tends to provide, and Brighton’s impressive form at the back end of the previous campaign. Nevertheless, Everton supporters will undoubtedly be encouraged to see their team make a positive start to the 2025-26 season.