In today’s early League Two match, Salford have taken a 2-0 lead against Stevenage and appear to be enjoying a fine introduction to league football. I suppose in the end you get what you Dieseruvwe. Ahem.
Salford City’s Mani Dieseruvwe celebrates scoring his side’s second goal against Stevenage. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA
There can be no better place to start than with today’s fixtures, which looks like this. I’ve also tucked in Ben Fisher’s season previews for each division, for a little added reading:
Championship Barnsley v Fulham Blackburn v Charlton Brentford v Birmingham Millwall v Preston North End Nottm Forest v West Brom (5.30pm) Reading v Sheff Wed Stoke v QPR Swansea v Hull Wigan v Cardiff
League One AFC Wimbledon v Rotherham Blackpool v Bristol Rovers Burton Albion v Ipswich Bury v Milton Keynes Dons (postponed) Coventry v Southend Doncaster v Gillingham Lincoln City v Accrington Stanley Peterborough v Fleetwood Town Shrewsbury v Portsmouth Sunderland v Oxford Utd Tranmere v Rochdale Wycombe v Bolton
League Two Bradford v Cambridge Utd Carlisle v Crawley Town Colchester v Port Vale Crewe v Plymouth Exeter v Macclesfield Forest Green v Oldham Leyton Orient v Cheltenham Morecambe v Grimsby Newport County v Mansfield Northampton v Walsall Salford City v Stevenage (12.30pm) Scunthorpe v Swindon
There are also some friendlies involving Premier League clubs:
Bournemouth v Lyon (3.30pm) Borussia M’gladbach v Chelsea (4pm) Crystal Palace v Hertha Berlin Dordrecht v Norwich (1.30pm) Man Utd v AC Milan (5.30pm) Newcastle v St Etienne Norwich XI v Toulouse (4pm) RB Leipzig v Aston Villa (2.30pm) Reims v Sheff Utd (4.30pm) Southampton v Cologne Watford v Real Sociedad Werder Bremen v Everton West Ham v Athletic Bilbao Parma v Burnley
And also some fun and games in Scotland:
Scottish Premiership Celtic v St Johnstone Hibernian v St Mirren Livingston v Motherwell Ross County v Hamilton
Scottish Championship Alloa v Partick Arbroath v Queen of South Ayr v Morton Dundee Utd v Inverness CT
